A simple cake stand that Joanna and Chip Gaines received as a wedding present 22 years ago kickstarted a daily tradition that remains in place to this day.

Joanna Gaines shared on TODAY on Aug. 19 that anyone who visits the kitchen of the Magnolia co-founders can rest assured that one item will be there to nibble on every day.

“There’s a cake plate stand on the island that since I first got married — it was like the first year, I got it for a wedding gift, and it was empty,” she told Craig Melvin and Savannah Guthrie.

The tradition started when Chip and Joanna tied the knot in 2003 .

“We had so many friends and family coming in, and I was like, ‘I need to start having something in there,’ so it was kind of a weird rule I made,” she said.

Gaines, 47, makes sure the plate has some kin

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