Hi, I'm Margie and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.

This is the podcast where every week I ask my guests to choose their seven Desert Island dishes.

These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood,

the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course, the last dish they would choose to eat before being cast off to the desert island.

If you're listening and you haven't yet left a review, please do.

It only takes a few seconds and I know I'm always banging on about it, but those five-star reviews are genuinely very much appreciated,

and I read each and every one of them. So this week, I met one of the busiest women in the

business. You're going to hear what I think is a very inspirational story of how she managed

to turn the most tragic of personal experiences into a lasting legacy for her daughter Natasha.

She has conquered the business world, but she's done it at her own pace, and I think that is as admirable as anything.

I think the fact that Annabald shows lots of recipes from her latest book

is a testament to how delicious those recipes are, but also gives an insight into why Annabelle

has been so successful. So sit back, relax and get ready to be inspired to start that business you've always pondered about.

My guest today is Annabel Carmel. Annabel is the best-selling children's food author and television

personality. She has written a whopping 41 books which have sold millions of copies worldwide.

She's also created supermarket food ranges, weaning equipment and smartphone apps, with her app being

the number one food app in Britain. Annabelle was awarded an MBE in June 2006 in the Queen's

birthday honours for her work in the field of child nutrition.

She has been described as the undisputed category queen in baby food, and it's not for nothing

that Annabel is known as the Princess of the Purays. Welcome Annabelle. Thank you. How is that?

I like that description. How is that for a twishing up peas?

Yeah, but both a princess and a queen.

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