Christina Hendricks Says She Has a Habit of 'Trying to Impress' While Cooking: 'I Outdo Myself'

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Christina Hendrickstends to overdo it in the kitchen.

PEOPLE caught up with theMad Menalumna on Thursday at theGood Eggs launch eventin Santa Monica, California, where she revealed she’s hoping to scale things back moving forward when she’s preparing food.

Lately, though, Hendricks has “done less and less and less” with her recipes, and is hoping to continue down that path.

“What I like about tonight is that it doesn’t have to be a four hour process,” Hendricks remarked. “Just fresh ingredients and just grill a piece of fish with great vegetables, and it’s just as delicious. So, that’s what I’m looking forward to: convincing myself to get back into just doing a simple, quick, fresh kind of cook rather than trying to impress myself.”

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Just how elaborate were Hendricks' meals?

“I would say the last thing I cooked… probably three weeks ago, I had a big Sunday roast. I made a traditional beef roast with vegetables, a nice fennel salad, and Yorkshire puddings,” Hendricks said, explaining she cooked the latter — a British delicacy — specifically for one of her British guests. “One of our guests was Jake Scott, who is Ridley Scott’s son, and I wanted to make sure he had a proper Yorkshire pudding so he gave me his mom’s recipe and I made that for him.”

Hendricks also made dessert, a chocolate pots de crème.

“I don’t love chocolate, but I like things that are creamy,” she said. “I’m usually a fruit and cream kind of person, but chocolate pots de crème is a crowd pleaser.”

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Of course, being a foodie means Hendricks loves to watch her fair share of food competition shows, though one reigns supreme for her.

“I’ve been watchingTop Cheffor 12 years or something like that,” she said. “I’m obsessed, it’s always been my favorite. I still haven’t watchedThe Great British Baking Showand I tried to get intoIron Chefand stuff like that, I just like the sort of more personal feeling ofTop Chef. It’s like a more well-rounded show.”

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source: people.com