My baby was 5 months when she started to really want foods. The first thing she tasted was an Organic teddy bear cookie (I know!!!!, but she only touched it to the end of her tongue, didn't eat it)
After that and since, I don't give her anything that I deam "bad". I.e. over-processed, over-cooked foods w/ added sugar, salt, hydrogenated oils, refined flour...
Every morning I have Ezekiel bread w/ almond butter, and I share it w/ her. Of course, I put honey on my part, and we share banana. Ezekiel bread is made out of sprouted whole wheat and is not nearly as allergenic as pure ww bread.
We have a huge garden, so she's lucky to have all that good stuff. Basically, I feed her mostly fresh fruits (loves tomatoes, grapes, plums, peaches, babanas...)and veggies (avocados, cucumbers, big carrots, broccoli, anything else... raw is best), with the occasional cereal (homemade). I have the book Healing w/ whole foods, and in there, they state that the best things for babies to eat after breastmilk are fresh juices made of carrot, celery, beet, and homemade hempmilk and almond milk.(Just soak the seeds/nuts overnight blend in food procesor, strain and serve)
I don't puree her food because she doesn't like like it, and she prefers to eat big chunks. She's never choked and I have confidance that she never will. I just give her a whole tomatoe or whatever, and she sucks out the insides, quite funny actually.
Last thing I want to say is that I think that "baby cereals" are way over-rated (even if they are organic). I heard that they were introduced because ABM-fed babies were lacking some nutrients, so they started adding them to pre-cooked dried baby cereal. I think that the baby will get all the iron they need from your milk and eating fresh fruits and vegetables that contains natural vit-C to help the iron be absorbed more easily.
Anyways, that's my opinion, and I hope it is of some help.