"It's just a recipe" so say the non-parents

My toddler is quite fussy. He's also a copycat, so I've started getting him to help out in the kitchen. He loves feeding the bread maker downstairs, churning the butter, mashing the potatoes, etc. He's also started to be more willing to taste new foods he's helped make. I'm just trying to say that bread is an excellent starting point for clean eating and it's time for me to shovel the water into the bread maker and now I've got to explain it to my toddler.