Martha Stewart's pescatarian grandchildren are only allowed to eat her turkey on Thanksgiving

• Martha Stewart told Business Insider her grandchildren can only eat her turkey on Thanksgiving.
• Her grandchildren Jude, 12, and Truman, 11, are pescatarians, and her daughter Alexis is vegetarian.

When Martha Stewart's your grandmother, there's no shortage of incredible food during every family visit.

But Stewart recently told Business Insider that her grandchildren only eat her turkey when it's Thanksgiving.

"They don't eat meat, but they do eat fish, and they're allowed to eat one of my turkeys on Thanksgiving, but only on Thanksgiving do they eat anything related to meat," Stewart added.

Stewart's grandchildren Jude, 12, and Truman, 11, are pescatarians. She said they love eating great food, especially sushi, pho, or "anything Japanese."

They also like helping her in the kitchen, although Stewart said Jude is more interested in the cooking while Truman "is more interested in chopping."

"They're very, very good kids," she added.

Stewart's daughter Alexis, whom she shares with her ex-husband Andrew Stewart, has been a vegetarian since she was 12 years old. Stewart told Business Insider in a previous interview that Alexis gave up meat after a lamb from their farm was served for dinner.

"I tried to pass it off as a pork chop, but she knew the difference," Stewart added. "It didn't go over very well in our family."

Stewart told Business Insider during the same interview that she now rarely eats meat, which she believes was inspired by Alexis.

"I'm not going to ever go vegan. I really don't enjoy vegan food, and I really love my eggs," she said. "But I think I'm over the hill now in terms of eating meat. I have a garden, so I grow almost everything I eat on my farm, even during the winter, and I raise my own chickens for eggs."

When she's not teaching her grandchildren new skills in the kitchen, Stewart said Jude and Truman are teaching her about their own passions.

"Truman's taught me a lot about sports," she said. "I didn't know much about soccer and all the different players and who's good and who's not good — he's taught me a lot about that."

"Jude is a dancer, she goes to Alvin Ailey, she's been going there for 9 years, and she's taught me about the importance of dance on the human body," she added, referring to the prestigious Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York.

While you won't have a turkey made by Stewart for Thanksgiving (or her fried chicken that Snoop Dogg loves), the lifestyle icon revealed five of her all-time favorite recipes if you need a little inspiration for the holiday.

Stewart recommends whipping up her apple and lemon meringue pies, as well as her late mother Big Martha's famous pierogies.