Toddler Cooking: The Coming Ingredient War

Having the little guy "cook" along side me is fun. He is such an enthusiastic chef.

However, he now wants real ingredients in his "dish". He can still be satisfied with wilted lettuce, mushroom stems, and dried orange peels.

But when I gave him onion peels to put in his dish today, he looked up at me, crinkled his nose and promptly picked them out and threw them in the trash can.

I wonder how long it will be before he starts demanding olive oil and his own set of ginsu cutlery.