The humble beet, kind of ugly and homey on the outside but so beautiful and vibrant on the inside. I like beets, I think I am the only one in the house that does. Besides Pixie I mean. The older girls try them whenever I have them because I ask them to but I don’t make them take a second bite. The first time I had fresh beets at the house, as in made them myself was when SIL and her family were visiting form Uganda one summer. They were so easy I couldn’t believe I never made them before. Beets are good roasted in the oven also. They are great for baby plain or with other vegetables or yogurt. I like them plain or with butter, salt and pepper.
Wash and trim the beets. Boil until tender- this takes a while.
Once they are fork tender, run them under cold water to rinse. Then peel with a paring knife. The skin should come right off easily.
Puree for baby using a little water or if you let baby have it juice. I wouldn’t use the cooking water, for no other reason than the fact that I don’t like the color. It’s not a vibrant pink like the beets, it’s a mucky brown and beets are dirty since they are a root vegetable. Oh and be careful they stain everything pink. Including diapers.
I am sure I have posted a carrot puree before, but it's a great vegetable to add to other baby puree's, it's naturally sweet and let's face it carrots are cheap. For baby you can roast them, steam them, put them in soups. If you roast them you can add other root vegetables like turnips and toss with a little olive oil and rosemary sprigs. They can be steamed with other vegetables but also compliment fruits well. When added to vegetables like broccoli, spinach or asparagus that aren't sweet they can help you introduce less popular vegetables to baby. When cubed and cooked until tender they make great finger foods.
This method of coking fish for babies is versatile. You can use almost any vegetable or fruit that your baby has had. I prefer parchment paper because, for me at least these packets cook up faster in parchment as opposed to foil. 
A salt free vegetable stock is a great way to thin out purees for baby and a great base for meat free soups. Making a big batch is convenient because once you freeze the stock in an ice cube container it's ready to be used any time. It's also nice to have stock on hand for cooking any meal. It's less expensive than buying stock and you know what's in it.
Confession- I never made my older girls white potatoes. They never had them really unless it was off our plates and I don't generally eat white potatoes, so we don't buy them often. I bought one the other day, notice I said one, for Pixie. I thought potato and asparagus would be a good combination and she really liked it. Or it seemed like she did. But then again she seems to like everything so who knows.
A puree of sweet potato and sweet peas for Pixie girl. Both of these vegetables are naturally sweet they would be good mixed with spinach or other greens that aren't sweet to get your baby used to them. Pixie loved the mixture of these two vegetables.
We had baked sweet potatoes with our dinner so I mashed one up with a little water and cinnamon for Pixie girl. She liked it! I didn't use the babycook, I just used a spoon to mash it up.
