When she's not walking the catwalk or posing for high-end campaigns, Gisele moonlights as a chicken farmer, or so she says.
The
Brazilian supermodel, who was spotted in a Boston park getting some
exercise on Monday, recently revealed some kitchen secrets to Food & Wine magazine.
The highest-paid model in the world, the tall blonde often likes to dole out advice and play the down-to-earth mom.
Walk in the park: Gisele gets some exercise in a park in Boston on Monday
For Monday's outing, the 33-year-old wore
black leggings, a black tank top with a pink sports bra peeking out,
gray Converse sneakers and a gray sweater tied around her waist.
Her
long hair was pulled back in a ponytail and she wore sunglasses and
carried a yellow water bottle, which just might have contained one of
her secret recipes.
She told Food & Wine that she makes her own version of healthy lemonade, but also hinted that it can be spiked, if you wish.
'I make an aloe-lemon
drink that's pretty healthy, but you could add tequila,' she told the publication. 'Juice three
lemons, peel fresh aloe, add a teaspoon of coconut nectar and a gallon
of water, and blend it.'
What's in that bottle? Gisele recently shared a recipe for a hydrating aloe drink
She
also shared a special practice she claims to share with her school-age
son, Benjamin, whose dad is New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady,
36.
'Benjamin
and I make his school snack together - fruit leather in our dehydrator,' she explained.
'You can use any fruit, but I always use banana as the base because it
has great texture and sweetness. My son is so proud; he goes to school
and tells all his friends he made his own snack.'
Those aren't the only kitchen tricks she learned from her mother, who raised six girls and worked, she says.
Practice for the catwalk: The supermodel showed off her slender legs in yoga pants
Perhaps her most suspect revelation was that she keeps chickens on the property she shares with Brady, their two children - Benjamin, 4, and daughter Vivian, 17 months and Brady's six-year-old son John with his ex-partner Bridget Moynahan.
'I
have a beautiful garden in L.A. where I raise chickens,' she told the culinary guide. 'We have very
little waste because the chickens eat all of the vegetable scraps, and
anything they won't eat, I put in my compost pile with the chicken poo.'
Although it's hard to imagine a diva actually tending to chickens, let alone a compost heap.
Smokin' hot: The Brazilian beauty drew raves for the hemp gown she wore to the Rainforest Alliance gala
And
when it comes to spicing up your meals, she was free with even more
advice, suggesting exotic pink Himalayan salt, used judicously.
'Never
salt your food until the end,' she instructed. 'If you put salt on the food in the
beginning, you use a lot more than you need.'
Other tidbits from the interview include exercise and travel tips.
'I've lived on planes. I get up and stretch in the aisle,' she revealed. 'I don't
care if people are looking at me like, "What is this crazy woman
doing?"'
For those with endless amounts of time and money to travel, she also raved about a special spot in her homeland.
'In the southeast, there's a place
called Bonito, with the most fantastic waterfalls. You walk into this
forest and you feel like you're in Avatar.'
Happy couple: The model and her athlete husband attended the Met Gala on May 5
Gisele drew raves on Wednesday flouncing around in a gray Prophetik hemp gown at the Rainforest Alliance Gala in Manhattan.
The lingerie model founded the Clean Water Project and even has a forest named after her in her native Brazil.
'After
attending the Rainforest Alliance gala, I connected with their efforts
to conserve the environment and help impoverished communities,' she told Food & Wine. 'I
recently joined their board, so now I can participate more in their
projects that I'm passionate about.'
Busy, busy: Gisele really knows how to multitask, as she stated in this shot of her breastfeeding while 'working'
Gisele has become known for snippets like this touting her lifestyle advice.
In
December she raised ire when she posted a shot of herself breastfeeding
Vivian, while reclining in a penthouse apartment, all caramel limbs and
honey-hued tresses, as a team of stylists pamper every inch of her
billion-dollar body.
'What would I do without this beauty
squad after 15 hours of flying and only 3 hours of sleep?' Miss Bundchen
trilled in a caption, adding the obnoxious hashtag #multitasking.
Must be nice: The model mom posted this shot of her mommy-and-me yoga session with baby Vivian
Being
as out-of-touch as she is gorgeous seems to come naturally to Gisele,
from telling other mothers how to feed their children to chastising new
moms for pregnancy weight gain.
'There should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies,' she told a fashion magazine.
She added: 'I
think a lot of people get pregnant and decide they can turn into garbage
disposals. I was mindful about what I ate and I gained only 30 pounds
(just over 2st).'
She also bragged that losing baby weight is a breeze. So much so that she described taking care
of her house and husband just 24 hours after giving birth: 'The next
day I was walking, I was washing dishes, I was making pancakes in the
kitchen.'
