The INSIDER Summary:

• Celebrity chef and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart reveals her guilty pleasure is cheese.
• The chef satisfies midnight cravings with American cheese slices.
• Stewart also enjoys a spoon of organic peanut butter, pickled herring, and liverwurst.
• Martha Stewarthas been a fan of processed foods since she was a child.

Martha Stewart has been known for being not only a famous chef, but a lifestyle guru to everyone. However, contrary to what you would believe, Martha Stewart doesn't cook herself a sour cherry pie, a cheese Danish, or a Mediterranean-inspired dish whenever she is having those midnight cravings. 

Instead, she leans more towards lazier and more common ideas, like cheese slices. According to Martha, "I steal American slices sometimes — in the plastic, it’s so horrible. But it’s such a good snack". 

What even is inside those cheese slices?

Just by comparing the color of these slices and the color of milk, you just know that whatever American cheese is— it isn't something very natural. 

Each slice has 45 calories and 2.5 grams of fat. And not only that, but it has been said that the fewer ingredients a food had, the healthier it was. And needless to stay, the ingredient list of your average American cheese "reads like a novel".

Is this Martha's only guilty pleasure?

Not really, Martha Stewart's guilty pleasures extend to even more than just American cheese. 

In an interview with "Town & Country," the celebrity confessed all of her guilty pleasure and trust me, you'll continue to be even more shocked. This "domestic diva" also stated that she enjoys "a spoon of really good organic peanut butter", as well as pickled herring and liverwurst.

How did this happen? How did this role-model chef ended up prefering processed foods over her very own cookie dough brownies? Or even over her own sweet gelatin? Well, turns out Martha is just like us and has been a fan of processed foods since she was a child.

Growing up, there was nothing she would prefer than a good old-fashioned hot dog for dinner and a hot fudge sundae. And even though she has since made her own gourmet versions of these common foods, she still reserves a soft spot for those snacks. 

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