First

This happened in early May: his first solid food. Since then, it's become a habit --- peel vegetables (carrots, pumpkin, potatoes (also sweet), onions, turnip, leeks, etc), cut them in small pieces, barely cover them with water, simmer. When the vegetables are almost cooked, we add some variety of green vegetable: lettuce, turnip greens, watercress. When everything is cooked through, puree with a slug of olive oil.

At a certain point we introduced protein --- boil the meat separately and, when it's cooked, grind it finely in a food processor. We then add one or two tablespoons of meat to each soup he eats.

Then there's the fresh fruit, which we grate with a Microplane zester.

Not every country will introduce babies to solid food this way, it would be interesting to see the differences.

How important is this emphasis on vegetables and fresh food (as opposed to jarred) to the baby's future likes and dislikes?