We have never done baby food. The closest I suppose has been when I bought a jar of applesauce since that isn’t normally what we would buy. I read somewhere before my first was born about what they oddly call “baby-led weaning”, which isn’t weaning but just means give babies real food.
Both of my babies had avocado as a first food followed quickly by things like banana, squash, sweet potato, oatmeal, peanut butter, and whole wheat pasta. We have had to lay off the spicy food, which is a bummer, but otherwise it is just easier to have the littles each what we eat.