‘Killing Eve’ Star Sandra Oh Considers Kale Salad A Snack
Sandra Oh has been wowing audiences for two decades now, first in Grey’s Anatomy and now in BBC's Killing Eve.
Fans know that the 48-year-old TV star has barely aged a day (her skin-care routine is a 10) over the years, and Sandra's diet is a key part of what keeps her so healthy and glowing. She fuels her busy Hollywood life with a melting pot of both nutritious and indulgent dishes.
Sandra grew up eating Korean food, and learned how to cook by watching her mom in the kitchen. "I would hang out with her and eat the things," she told The New Potato. (Cooking skills run in the family: Sandra says her brother and sister are excellent cooks, too.)
When she's not on set, Sandra spends a lot of time in her kitchen. "I have a lot more time to cook. I love cooking for my friends," she told Lynn Chen on The Actor's Diet podcast. "I find cooking so...deeply fulfilling."
When she cooks, though, she typically sticks to American food and relies on a combo of intuition and cookbooks (Mark Bittman is a fave). "Korean food is not so easy to cook," she told Chen. "It's very labor intensive."
When she gets a hankering for Korean food, she gets her fix from LA's Korea Town, she said.
Since Sandra grew up in Canada, though, you'd better believe its influence has made its way onto her plate. Here's what she eats in a day.
Breakfast
When she wakes up, Sandra goes for a simple DIY breakfast. "I’m a real homebody, so I’d say a morning pour over coffee (Heart is one of my faves) and avocado toast (I have a tree in my backyard)," she told The New Potato.
Back in her Grey's Anatomy days, though, Sandra would make her own breakfast sandwich (a sourdough BLT with avocado, egg, and mayo) from the on-set catering and split it with her makeup artist. "Oh yes, a very good healthy way to start the day," she told Chen. "It gave me a lot of fuel actually."
Lunch
Sandra prefers homemade food for her midday meal, too. "For lunch, my mom’s Bin Dae Dukk, which is a type of Korean mung bean pancake filled with kimchi, pork, green onions," she told The New Potato.
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Sandra says she'd pick this meal to eat forever if she was stuck on a desert island.
Snack
"I'm a big snacker," Sandra told Chen.
Her snack of choice is a bit unexpected, though: salads. It's true; Sandra says so herself. She likes "things that have high energy, like kale salads," she explains.
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Don't worry, though: Sandra's kale salads sound totally delish. "I like my kale softened. I like it with a little cheese, romano, pecorino. I like it with a little nut. I like it to not taste like kale." Relatable.
Dinner
Sandra's characters may be complex, but she prefers her dinners to be anything but. "Dinner would be something simple—a spatchcocked chicken, roasted asparagus and zucchini with side of pasta and big fat glass of wine (I think I’m actually going to cook that for dinner tonight)," Sandra told The New Potato. (FYI: Spatchcocking a chicken means removing the spine, then laying the whole chicken flat to roast.)
If she has her way, Sandra doesn't chow down alone. Her ideal dinner party companions would be Michelle Obama, Genghis Khan, Buddha, and two of her "deep conversationalist" buds, per The New Potato.
Dessert
When she wants to treat herself, Sandra prefers savory (specifically, "salty, crispy fat") over sweet. One traditional Canadian specialty fits the bill: poutine.
"I've been searching in LA, there is no proper poutine here," she told Chen. "As a Canadian who grew up in Ottawa, I know poutine."
According to Sandra, real-deal poutine has to have cheese curds. "It has to be fresh squeaky curds." So there you have it.
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