Tonight is a big night in L’s personal dietary history, as she will graduate from rice cereal to food we grown-ups actually eat (the rice stuff is gross; I know because I tasted it). On the menu: Zucchini.

Not just any zucchini, mind you; organic zucchini. Why? Because her dad (that is, yours truly) has been geeking out all week about making her the healthiest food possible.

Making the food has been fun. A few weeks back, I wrote a post seeking suggestions about which device we should purchase to prepare L’s food. Thanks for all of your great input; we went with the Babycook from Beaba (via Williams-Sonoma). Yes, this device was outrageously spendy. Thankfully, we had a bunch of gift cards that defrayed the cost considerably.

Now, the fun part comes in predicting which different grown-up foods L will like. Powergirl and I are thinking zucchini might make the cut; pumpkin and potatoes, maybe not so much.

As this whole feeding thing gets more complicated, please feel free to share suggestions and recommendations for foods which your babies have enjoyed. If you’ve got any good recipes for all-natural baby foods, please share those as well.