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We transitioned at 7 months, so it was different because she'd just eat whatever we gave her....but if it was me I'd just give him whatever is for the meal, and that's that. It balances out over time, some days T barely touches a vegetable, other days she shovels them in. So I try not to worry. If she doesn't eat much, she doesn't eat much. I try really hard not to give her a pouch even if she barely touches dinner, because I think it kind of reinforces her not eating what we are all having. I do occasionally give her pouches for snack, mostly if we are out and about though
I'd try eating together as a family as much as possible, and giving him what you are eating. Most of the time I put the food directly on her tray, but have found that putting it in a bowl and giving her a fork or spoon will help her get interested in something she is otherwise ignoring,
It sounds kind of mean, but my opinion is that if she's hungry she will eat. And I'm not going to get in the habit of preparing special meals, so she will set what we are having.
The one thing I do that maybe counters this, is give her a small amount of cows milk- maybe 2 ounces- if we are having something I know she isn't crazy about. But for the most part, she will eat all of our meals.

Oh- I should add that we've definitely been making more "baby friendly" meals. Pasta with pea, spinach or broccoli pesto is something we do weekly, and ensures lots of veggies! Shredded sweet potato, beet, and carrot sauteed in a bit of olive oil. Quesadilla with beans, spinach and cheese. We just cut everything into smallish pieces or strips that she can grab and chew on.
She ate almost a whole veggie burger and broccoli pancake on Friday- I just put a little ketchup on both.

We've had a lot of luck with offering her new foods in very tiny amounts mixed with things she knows and likes. We use a bento box, but an ice cube tray would work great too!

I would stop offering the crackers/carbs if you don't want him filling up on them...I know that if E sees the puffs, she doesn't want to eat. But if i hide them, she has no problem eating her table foods. Out of sight, out of mind. And offer small amounts or a couple of bites off your fork. Sometimes i feel like she has to taste it before she digs in herself.

It takes about 15 exposures to a food before they take to it (if they're going to) so you just have to keep offering. i don't know how many times i offered broccoli before she started to eat it (and even then, not plain/steamed broccoli)

For purees, it just happened naturally for us. She just started eating more table food, less purees, and finally i stopped offering them because we were wasting food.

I stopped offering additional carbs (like puffy style things) after he started what I considered reasonable amounts of table foods. If I felt he had had enough I would not offer it.
BUT if Xander still eats it, after he had table foods then he's probably still hungry so maybe give it to him a little longer until he fully gets into table foods.

Also I know I sound like a broken record but what really helped was when we started throwing our schedule around to accommodate a family dinner. He still eats more and is more adventurous if I/we eat together with him. It was quite an act because before DH and I just ate once LO was in bed. It was definitely worth it though.