Ideas for food for 6 months baby

Hey ladies! I need vegetables and fruit combinations that you do cook for a 6 months, baby !
No cereals or rice, and nothing bought from a store , I want her to just eat vegetables and fruits and eggs.
And also have you given meat to a 6 months baby with no teeth , some say it's good to give them meat , some say if they don't have teeth do not Give them meat and keep breastfeeding to avoid excessive hormones intake, have you any ideas about this ?
And if you give meat, how do you cook it ? And what type of meat ?
Has anyone also given 6 months baby the food that we eat ? Like with spices and stuff ? Can you share your experiences please 🙏

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Hi! I really recommend following Srnutrition on instagram. I followed her book with my first and I’m about to with my second. I remember you do all the bitter veg first and purée them with baby milk which you might offer either very squishy finger food of the same veg (basically cooked until you can easily squish through with you thumb). We began with all the green ones first, spinach then broccoli, then courgette etc.

I'd recommend Annabel Karmel's book on weaning or the app Solid Starts. Both go into detail on how to safely serve fruit, veg and meat.

This is a great app - https://solidstarts.com/. I have their paid subscription. They have all the nutrition facts and recommended age for all the food items. Even different types of meat. Lots of recipes too. I am east Indian and currently only introducing Indian recipes as I want her pallette opened up to the food we usually eat at home. Pretty soon I'll be starting to mix up recipes as she is now 10 months and has been eating for a while.

One of my baby's absolute favorites is red soup. I started with only beet, then beet + carrot and now we are at beet + carrot + tomato. Occasionally I've also added another veggie in it.
Though one piece of advice I've read about is to introduce a single food item first. Like I did just beets. That's to have them explore that one veggie or fruit or eggs etc. and develop a taste for it.
I've also made green soup. Starting with just spinach. Then spinach + peas & so on.

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