making baby (food)

so baby z has been eating solid foods in puree form for a little over a month now.  besides the pureed prunes, i have been making his food.  it is actually quite simple and easy to prepare baby food, easier than i thought, so i wanted to share with y'all.  i start by peeling the fruits or veg and washing them: 

then i cut them into large chunks:

 

 after that i steam them in a pot with a little water.  if you have a steamer basket, that is the best since it keeps the nutrients in the food rather than seeping out into the water, but my steamer basket is MIA right now, so i just steam them in the bottom of the pot and cover it with a lid:

i steam the food until it is soft when pierced with a fork.  then i put them in the blender and add any leftover water from the pot.  not a lot, but just enough to be able to blend the food.  beware though, there are some foods that you shouldn't add the steam water to such as spinach or kale or other leafy veggies, because they are high in nitrates which is not good for little ones.  so if you are blending up some leafy veg, then just add regular water rather than the steamed water.  anyway, blend blend blend to puree to desired consistency:

some people mix the food with breastmilk, which sounds great, but i don't because i don't have a huge stockpile of extra milk to use for mixing with food, so i just use water.  oh and i use a blender because it does a really good job at pureeing.  when baby z is able to eat more chunky food, then i will just blend them for a shorter amount of time.  once the food is all blended up, then i just pour/spoon it into this ice cube tray that comes with a lid and pop it in the freezer:

once frozen, i pop the food cubes out and put into a ziplock bag for storage.  it's very easy:

if i cut up about 4-5 carrots, it fills up the ice tray, so that's about 12 ounces of food.  usually the little ones will eat an ounce of food at the beginning, but baby z now will eat about 2 ounces of food at a time, so one tray of food will last about 6 meals for him.  as you can see, a little bit of food goes a long way.  and as for when i make this food, i don't do it all at one time (some people do it all at one time for the month, and it works well for them) but rather i just throw some food in a pot and blend it up while i'm making dinner (or hubby is making dinner), it takes about 15 minutes.  when it is time for me to feed the baby i take two of the food cubes, put them in a small glass bowl and put in the microwave for a minute.  if it is too thin, i add a tiny bit of rice cereal to thicken it up.  so that's it.  baby z pretty much eats everything, he's a really great eater, and recently i have added green peas into the mix along with kale (i mixed the kale with a little bit of apple to balance out the bitterness) and he surprisingly really liked it!  i read that the earlier you start the babes on a variety of different tasting foods the better. oh, and there are a ton of great resources online that describe how to make baby food, how to store and what some of the rules are (like the fact that you should put leafy veg in the fridge or freezer right away after preparation to avoid higher nitrate concentrations), and a bunch of recipes.  here are some that i like:
http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/
http://www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com/pureed-baby-food-recipes.html
http://www.kidspot.com.au/Childhood-firsts/First-foods-Vegies-Babys-first-vegetable-purees+3795+702+sponsor-recipe.htm

so what about you guys?  have any great recipes for baby z to try?