Motherhood has turned socialite Nicole Richie into a culinary queen - she feeds daughter Harlow homemade baby food.

Three years ago, the 27 year old confessed she was no good around the house, insisting she didn't clean and had no idea how to cook.

But, after becoming a first-time mum to baby Harlow in January, she has changed her approach to her home life and now purees steamed vegetables for the 10-month-old tot.

She tells People.com, "Food tastes better coming from your mum because it's made with love.

"Her first food was sweet potatoes and she loved it. She ate the whole thing and it was all over the place - in her hair, on her nose, everywhere!"

And Richie's boyfriend, Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden, is delighted with the star's efforts: "We talk about it all the time... I know exactly what's going into (Harlow's) body."