Gwyneth Paltrow Shocks Fans with Odd Dairy Substitute

revealed the surprising ingredient she uses as a dairy substitute when cooking.

The 53-year-old actress opened up about her unexpected culinary tips and tricks during a cooking segment on Wednesday's episode of the Today show.

'If you want to avoid dairy, one trick that I do is I dice up arugula and I put it in,' the Goop founder said before making turkey meatballs on the morning show.

'It sounds weird, but it kind of adds, like, a nice texture to it,' she explained. 'And it's delicious.' 

Fans were left completely perplexed by Paltrow's 'weird' suggestion, with some even finding it 'disgusting.'

'Let's never ask her for a recipe again. Please,' penned one user, with another adding: 'Oh Gwyneth, why are you so darn weird'

Paltrow's eating habits have long been headline news. Last year, the Oscar-winner shockingly ditched her ultra-strict Paleo diet after following it for years. 

The idea of the Paleo diet, also known as the Paleolithic or caveman diet, is to eliminate modern foods and eat what our ancestors would have.

When Today host Savannah Guthrie said arugula seemed 'weird' as a dairy substitute, Paltrow told her: 'It sounds weird, but it kind of adds, like, a nice texture to it, and it's delicious'; pictured in April 2025