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If I break my finger, I go to accident and emergency. If I have a cold, I go to the pharmacy. If I'm broken inside, where do I go? So, to help myself heal, I felt the best way to do this would be to talk, to share and to better understand what it is that I have. Nadiya Hussain

Pot Noodles are my true love because I don’t have to cook them. I have a ritual: take one pot noodle, add a teaspoon of chilli flakes and half of salt, plus all the seasoning it comes with. Nadiya Hussain

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As a child my life felt like an adventure, because my dad is such a fun guy. I had a brother and sister who were in and out of hospital a lot – one had a congenital heart problem and the other had a cleft palate. But my parents never stopped smiling. Nadiya Hussain

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I only ever baked because it helped with my anxiety. Nadiya Hussain

Anxiety Only Baked Because Helped Ever

Arranged marriages get a bad reputation. Do they always work? No, but that’s true of all marriages. As long as you aren’t forced, who cares how you get together? Nadiya Hussain

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I do identify as a Muslim and I do identify as a Bangladeshi girl, I identify as British, as well, and a woman and I’m a woman of colour, and why am I ashamed of that? And I used to not want to talk about it. But that is me. Nadiya Hussain

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There’s nothing wrong with using frozen and canned food. There’s nothing in this series I’m ashamed of. It’s the way I cook. Nadiya Hussain

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In an average week I’ll be testing recipes, doing a voice-over, filming and writing. I cram everything in Monday to Friday because I refuse to give up the weekend. Nadiya Hussain

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Growing up in Luton, we’d always eat on a cloth, placed on the floor of the living room, with no TV allowed. There were no chairs back in Bangladesh and Dad wanted to keep the tradition, so we never owned a dining table. Nadiya Hussain

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Most summers we went to Bangladesh and stayed in Grandad’s village, filled with relatives. I’m one of 67 grandchildren. Nadiya Hussain

Relatives Summers Stayed Most Bangladesh Grandchildren Village Filled

As a child, I loved being outdoors. Our house had a railway track going past it. Of course, Mum told us not to go near it and, of course, we did. There were amazing blackberry bushes growing all along it, and we collected the fruit. Nadiya Hussain

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I first met my husband on the day we got married, when I was 20. I moved to be with him in Leeds, 165 miles from Luton. The kitchen was absolutely tiny. But I got my first hand-held mixer and first set of scales and first blue cake tin from Tesco and that was very exciting. Nadiya Hussain

I jumped off a 30ft diving board for a dare once and it wasn’t fun. Nadiya Hussain

Once Dare Diving Off Board Fun

I bottled up all my emotions and forced myself to grow up faster than I needed to. Nadiya Hussain

Myself Emotions Faster Bottled Forced Up Than Grow Grow Up Needed

Give me buttered white bread with Marmite crisps and salad cream and I’m a happy girl. Nadiya Hussain

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When you are one of six, your brothers and sisters become your best mates. Nadiya Hussain

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I run a tight ship. The kids are responsible for their own chores. Each morning they unload the dishwasher from the night before then collect eggs from our chickens, and I cook those while they get ready for school. Nadiya Hussain

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I take everything out of the fridge and see what we can make. We talk about what we could possibly create, and if there is something on the turn that we could save, we chop it up and put it in the freezer. Nadiya Hussain

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But Sunday is our cleaning day: we give ourselves only one and a half hours and we clean everywhere. We do that together because we made the mess together. I refuse to get a cleaner, although I’d love one, because I don’t want to teach my kids that we make a mess and then we pay someone else to clean it. Nadiya Hussain

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How my parents are in the kitchen is a good indicator of their parenting style. Mum cooks for sustenance, wants to get in and out, the job done quickly. My Dad wants to prance around in the kitchen, create a curry - and a mess - and entertain everyone. Nadiya Hussain

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