I love making baby food from fresh, yummy, and healthy ingredients. I also spend much less making baby food instead of buying it, especially the packaged organic stuff! Here's a few of my tips on making your own baby food purees at home!
Tip#1
Always start with the best ingredients. If you are using frozen or canned ingredients makes sure the packaging is BPA free and contains no added sugar or chemicals. Buying organic is also pretty important for babies just starting out on foods. I'm only religiously organic with the following foods...Apples, grapes, and especially bananas (see below) others fruits and vegetables are based on my budget.
Organics
Bananas fall way down at #37 on their list. Because they have a thick skin, the fruit inside is fairly protected from the chemical pesticides and fertilizers that are sprayed on banana trees. Some get through, but compared to some other fruits, they are less contaminated.
I used to buy conventional bananas because I wasn’t too worried about the fruit and used my money to buy other foods organically. But then I read something that made me willing to spend the extra money on organic bananas. The fruit inside the bananas may be protected from many of the chemicals that are sprayed onto banana trees, but the time frame in which non-organic bananas are picked compared to organic bananas makes a huge difference. Bananas have a natural latex chemical that is present while ripening, this chemical naturally disappears once the banana is ripe (still green but ripe inside). Non-organic bananas are picked far earlier and this process does not have a chance to happen naturally thus the latex chemical remains and is then ingested by you and your children causing cramping and agitation to intestines. If you cut open an organic banana you'll notice it's yellow and looks like it has a peace sign on it. Non-organic bananas look very white when cut open because of the latex chemical still in them. So next time you go shopping be sure to add organic bananas to your list! The price difference is worth it to me especially with my daughters food sensitivities.
Tip #2
Sugar is not your enemy. I used to be crazy about making sure to not give my child sugar and while I agree high fructose syrups and processed white sugar are not ideal to spoon feed your child, I'm a big fan of using natural fruit sugar as a sweetener for purees with things like kale, broccoli or spinach in them. I'm happy if my child gets these super foods in her system even if it takes being a little tricky. You're little one needs natural sugar and so do you! 
Tip #3
Make purees in bulk and freeze. Tuesdays are usually preparation day for us. I spend morning nap time bulk blending purees like the ones on the Kids and Baby purees page. The mix below is just two servings so obviously you would double or triple the amount of ingredients based on your freezer and blender size :).
This is a carrot zucchini puree sweetened with organic applesauce. I always add spinach or kale as well as a good probiotic (at least 5 Billion CFU) to all of my baby purees. 
The carrots and zucchini are steamed so they blend well and if your consistency isn't quite right just add 1 tsp purified water until its the texture you're looking for...not too runny, not too thick.
I used the "Fresh Squeezed" by infantino system. The pouches come in packs of 50 and you can either use the stand to fill multiple pouches or attach the filler to a single pouch at a time (like if you need one right now because you forgot to freeze the last batch ;/).
