Breakfast
At home [in Nottinghamshire] I cook everything. But when I’m at Westminster, I wake up at 5.30am and pick up two flat whites and a porridge from Pret.
Lunch
A lot of MPs lose weight during the campaign to get elected, because they walk mile after mile delivering leaflets; it’s a peculiar lifestyle. And as you get older, you need less calories. If I’m seeing my daughters in the evening and eating out, I’ll just have a banana for lunch. I’m 61; I don’t need the carbs.
Snacks
If I don’t eat, my blood sugar drops, and I get very grumpy. I like Percy Pigs from M&S. I’m obsessed with Walkers or Kettle Chips. Vegetable crisps? Sorry. They need to be potato with salt. Although, I had chickpea crisps the other day; they were OK – mainly because they were covered in chilli.
To drink ... it’s very rare I drink coffee after lunchtime. If I have too much caffeine, I’m as high as a kite. I could never take any sort of drug; I’d just explode.
Dinner
I love having people around and cooking. I can be adventurous and I read recipe books for pleasure. There’s a Jamie salad of dressed leaves, roasted beetroot and fillet steak topped with a mix of soured cream, horseradish and mustard that is to die for. If I’m in London, I like a curry at Kennington Tandoori. The Frustrated Chef and Cafe Roya in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, are also both very good.
Anna Soubry is MP for Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire; annasoubry.org.uk
