Joanna Gaines Ordered the ‘Same Meal from the Hospital Cafeteria’ After She Gave Birth to Her 5 Children

The cookbook author joked she always looked forward to "Chicken Cordon Bleu and anesthesia" in the hospital before remembering that she also met her babies there

Joanna Gaines stays true to her hospital cravings.

In a video clip of her show, Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines posted to Instagram on Saturday, July 6, the cookbook author, 46, shared that she had an "odd tradition" every time she had to go to the hospital to deliver one of her five kids.

"....You stay the night. And for me, it was like, 'I just gave birth to an 8-pound human, I need to eat some food' and Chicken Cordon Bleu was always my choice from the cafeteria," she said in the clip while preparing her version of the Swiss chicken dish that features breaded chicken, ham and swiss cheese.

"I know that it's not a good thing when you're in the hospital, but any time I have to.....there are two things I look forward to: Chicken Cordon Bleu and anesthesia," Joanna said, before people off-screen behind the camera laughed, prompting her to remember that she also met her five kids during these visits.

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"Oh and the baby, three," she added in the funny moment. "I love meeting the baby."

The caption of the video read: "Every time I’ve delivered a baby, I’ve ordered the same meal from the hospital cafeteria: Chicken Cordon Bleu. I’m sharing my take on this classic French dish this Sunday @ 1p/12c."

Related: Joanna Gaines Says Renovating Homes with Husband Chip After 21 Years of Marriage ‘Never Gets Old’ (Exclusive)

Joanna and her husband and business partner Chip Gaines have been married for 21 years and share five kids: sons Drake, 19, and Duke, 16, and Crew, 6 and daughters Ella, 17, and Emmie, 14.

"What we have realized about our kids is, they want to feel as normal as possible. So they don't ever talk about any of it. I think they love the idea of flying under the radar, feeling normal," Joanna exclusively told PEOPLE in a November 2023 interview, about how their children handle The Fixer Upper hosts' fame.

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"We get that. But maybe they'll be proud of this one day," she added, referencing to the lifestyle empire she and Chip have built over the last two decades."

She also speculated if any of her children would join the family business one day.

“Obviously at some point it'd be so fun to have one or two of our kids work with us, but that's definitely not what we're saying out loud to them,” she said at the time. "Chip is really good at saying, 'You need your own identity. When you're finished with college, go do some stuff on your own. Learn some stuff. And then if you want to come back years later and teach us, we're here.'"

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