Gwyneth Paltrow Uses Arugula as a Dairy Substitute

Another took the joke even further, writing, “If my grandmother had wheels, she would be a bike!”

Still, some fans understood Paltrow’s culinary vision. “It sounds odd but I think it’s out of context,” one person added to the conversation. “Instead of adding grated parmigiano, you can absolutely add diced arugula. This will lighten the texture and add flavor and moisture.”

And it’s not the first time Paltrow has set the internet ablaze by sharing her eating habits.

“I really like soup for lunch,” Paltrow explained on The Art Of Well Being Podcast in 2023, elaborating that her ideal lunch before a daily one-hour sweat session is “bone broth for a lot of the days.”

However, the fitness lover also isn’t afraid to treat herself, like when she experimented with cocktails during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paltrow revealed her favorite cocktail at the time was “this great quinoa whiskey from this distillery in Tennessee with maple syrup and lemon juice, and it’s just heaven,” as she told Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes on the SmartLess podcast in 2021, concluding that she would “have two of those every night of quarantine.”

After all, the Goop lifestyle brand owner knows how to indulge a craving when she feels like it. 

“A friend came over [last night] and I ate a chocolate-covered Oreo. That is trans fats to the max. That’s, like, seed oils all the way,” Paltrow told British Vogue in 2025 about the last time she consumed junk food, adding, “I love it. I think it’s all about balance. Going too strongly in any direction is never good.” 

Read on to revisit Paltrow’s colorful career from the very beginning.