Meeting your heroes can often lead to disappointment, but Jennifer Garner’s experience with Ina Garten was quite the opposite. Garner, an actor and mother, joined Harper’s Bazaar for its “Food Diaries” series on April 14, where she shared her favorite meals, snacks, and culinary inspirations.
Starting with her regular breakfast, Garner admitted to being a coffee fanatic, starting her day with a black coffee and sometimes an almond milk cappuccino. Currently, her breakfast of choice is full-fat yogurt with berries and nuts. For lunch, Garner enjoys a fresh arugula salad with garden-fresh veggies, cheese, nuts, and a little rice. When it comes to snacks, she reaches for pre-sliced apples with peanut butter and Once Upon a Farm’s blended fruit pouches, which are suitable for anyone aged 6 months or above.
Despite her love of cooking and posting her culinary adventures on her “Pretend Cooking Show,” Garner doesn’t consider herself a great cook or baker, but she loves to cook and bake for her family, especially her kids. She credits Ina Garten for greatly improving her cooking skills and often leans on the Barefoot Contessa for recipe inspiration. Garner particularly loves Garten’s Honey White Bread, Roast Chicken, and Beef Bourguignon.
