I am so glad I got this set. I am still learning how to cook in general, and really didn't know anything about making baby food. I have a much older child, and at that time it was just natural to buy jar baby food. I wanted to do better with my new little son, especially since I am really into healthy and organic food.Although I was still intimidated at first, and used organic jar baby food during the first few weeks while my son got used to eating (and mostly wasted his food), I now make all of his baby food (except carrots, which my baby's doctor said it's better to buy for various reasons). It does not take long at all -in most cases, you are just cutting fruit or veggies, microwaving it for 3 to 5 minutes, letting it cool, blending, and scooping into trays to freeze. This book will give you an easy system to get it done. If you add a couple trays of new food to your freezer every week, before long you will have a nice selection of fruit and veggies for your baby. Mine is 8 months old now, and it makes me feel really good to know that as a mother who works full time I am still able to give my baby homemade baby food -I don't worry about what's in it, and it's true that compared to jar food it tastes so much better.I usually mix fruit with a rice, oatmeal, or grain cereal for morning and night meal, and do a warm veggie "soup" for my baby's lunch, and he loves everything. I've found the cooking times for the food in the book to be accurate, if you go too long it might bubble over, so that is nice. And I am very confident in making baby's food now. Finding a food in the book is also a nice reassurance that it is appropriate for baby, though I am not introducing foods in the exact order listed in this book.I bought 2 other books of baby purees, but so far this book has been all I needed...sice you only want to introduce one new food at a time, this simple book is enough to keep you busy with a new baby. I like the suggested combinations for mixes, as well. Before long, I may start using the other baby puree books, but honestly it probably won't matter to baby, the food I'm giving him now, though simple combinations, is keeping him healthy and happy. Now I don't know why I thought making my baby's food would be hard...but clearly I needed a little help since like a lot of busy people these days cooking just isn't my area of expertise, and it's been a long time since I had a baby.Finally, for soft fruits I like to blend with the Kidco electric baby food blender, the size is nice and mixes very well, and is easy to clean. For more chunky fruits or veggies, especially potatos, I am VERY glad I have a Vitamix, which gets it nice and smooth. Also better for large batches. My son has a major gag reflex, so I still have to keep his food VERY smooth/watery/soupy, so this is important. For freezing, I have trays with ice cube size and slightly larger size holes, and both are nice, I like being able to choose larger or smaller portions. I also absolutely love the small 4 oz rubbermaid containers with lids, great for a small portion that you can thaw and mix right in the container for serving, or for when you have enough food left for just one or two containers, don't want another tray in your freezer.Good luck! If you are worried making baby food is hard or too time consuming, this will show you otherwise, highly recommended. Even if you have just a little time, you can buy some jar food, and make your own food when you have the time, and then slowly transition to all homemade baby food as you get the hang of it, that's what I did.