From shiplap to oversized wall clocks, everything she does inspires.
It isn’t just Gaines' design eye that draws people in, though.
It’s who she isas a person: warm, funny, charismatic.

Do they want to know whether Joanna Gaines prefers oil-rubbed bronze of matte black hardware?
Do they also want to know exactly what she eats on any given day?
Gaines dishes daily on interior design tricks, as that’s her job.

Happily for fans, she also happens to love talking about eating.
Here’s what she has to say about the foods that fuel the mompreneur’s myriad endeavors.
And, well, baby boasts quite the appetite.

Fromchocolate bundt cakesto cookies in the wee hours, the belly gets what the belly wants.
“With all the restaurant’s final tastings, the cookbook (yes these cookies are in it!
), and this pregnancy I’m definitely growing at a record rate.”

Chip and the kids even added a vase of fresh flowers and three beverage choices.
Could they be any more thoughtful?
As Gaines revealed ontheMagnoliablog, these types of gestures occur frequently in their household.

Look no further than Joanna Gaines' diet.
Who hasn’t been there, right?
Rather, she makes her own, healthier version (because, domestic goddess).

In fact, she serves up fresh produce from the farm garden in the family’s Magnolia Table restaurant.
In February 2018, the Gaines family poured their hearts intorenovating the beloved spaceon an episode ofFixer Upper.
How about a heck yeah for comfort food?

However, Joanna Gaines manages the feat with her growing brood.
Fortunately, this bang out of meal planning is fairly simple.
If you need more meal prep help, the design maven offers afree meal planning sheeton theMagnoliablog.

Tacos and sushi?
Joanna Gaines obviously loves Southern staples and comforting classics likeapple butter,fresh banana bread, andveggie lasagna.
The design star’s tastes prove more diverse than that, though.

In December 2015, a delighted Gaines returned home to find a feast waiting.
“The best welcome home ever.
Tacos and sushi!”

theFixer Upperhost declared onInstagramof the delicious dinner.
That isn’t the only time Gaines has alluded to the family’s love for tacos, either.
Tex-Mex makes the menu in the Gaines home often, especially when husband Chip rises bright and early.

Tex-Mex also has a place in their weekly Tuesday date nights.
All the cupcakes
Cupcakes, y’all is there anything better?
That same year, she let it slip just how far her cupcake obsession goes.
The struggle is real!
It’s evident on every episode ofFixer Upper.
“My granddad was a quiet man and a very hard worker.
He had nine children and at times would work three jobs to support them,” Gaines shared onInstagram.
It was just me and him in the kitchen all day baking and enjoying each other’s company.
It was the most we ever talked and it was a sweet time I will never forget."
To this day, the Gaines family matriarch uses the very recipe her grandfather typed up for her.
They designed it as a destination.
It’s truly the kind of place you could easily while away a day.
part of Magnolia Market’s fun lies in food trucks.