Toddler Tastes

Jacob has always been a picky eater. When he started eating solids, he survived on yogurt and cheese - actually, that's still his basic food groups. However, he likes things that surprise me, like salmon. He's been chowing down on salmon since he was 9 months. I can't think of any other toddler who likes salmon.

He also likes brie cheese. Now, its not the strongest tasting cheese out there, but it definitely has a distinct taste. If Ryan and I are eating brie with crackers, he'll eat the brie and leave the cracker - go figure.

Jacob cracked me up today with another strange food for a toddler. I made him pasta the other day with a bunch of diced veggies and just a drizzle of olive oil. Normally he eats pasta without any problem, but he doesn't generally like veggies mixed in with it - all food has to be separate, nothing mixed in with each other. Since he helped me make his pasta he was all over it, until he tasted a bell pepper. (He doesn't like the skin on the bell pepper so the bell pepper normally gets spit out) I thought since it was very finely chopped the bell pepper might stand a chance, but no. Once he realized there was bell pepper in the pasta, he refused to eat it, even though he saw me pick all the pepper out. I thought I'd give the pasta another try this afternoon, but I added pesto to it. He was all over it! Jacob loves pesto and actually was asking for more!

Where did this kid learn how to eat?