Miss Zara is a big girl (well average but huge compared to her older sister) and i have just started her on rice cereal to see if we can get her feeds a little further apart, she seems more than ready as she sits with me when i eat most days, tries to steal my fork, if given a spoon it goes straight into her mouth and she has a 'chewing motion' while eating her rice cereal.

When DD1 was starting solids i had no idea about BLS, everything she ate was mashed or pureed but i would really love to give BLS a try, possibly even a mix of BLS and just me being lazy and giving her mush.

So i guess i am asking WHAT are the best foods for her to try first, i would much prefer she try vegetable as this worked for us with DD1.
What is the best way to prepare.. for example do i just cut carrots into fingers, steam them until just soft and then let her go at it?
What about pumpkin etc?

Would love any advice as i think my poor girl is growing so quickly and although feeding a lot she just wants more.