Fresh or cooked veggies??

[Ladyluck]

Hi everyone!
I just got a DYHA and am grocery shopping today for veggies, beans ect and have read a ton of recipes for "mash" and pre-cooked then frozen meals but I'm wondering why not raw veggies daily?? Is it just convenience?? My plan was to dice up bell pepper, zuccini, swiss chard, green beans, apple, jalepeno, sweet potato...and keep in a glad bowl in the fridge and make up new batches weekly so that I can change the ingredients often....Any thoughts or advice??

 

[Featheredsamurai]

Raw veggies are fine Also add squash to your list, it's fantastic for birds.

A fantastic new parrot cookbook just came out that has a lot of great recipes you should check out.

 

[amysaviary]

Raw or fresh stuff is great but I would not keep it for a week. It needs to be fresh each day or every-other day. That is y people will freeze it so u don't have to do the chopping every day. Look up how to make "chop" this is a great way to feed fresh and raw things just don't have to make it every. When u have a house full of birds it takes so much time everyday that "chop" is a great way to go!

 

[tab_xo]

i feed fresh raw veges each day, but will cook pumpkin, carrot and sweet potato, because for some reason he will only eat them cooked not raw

 

[mtdoramike]

I feed mine both fresh and cooked. They actually prefer the cooked veggies better than the fresh like peas, greens leafy veggies and such.

 

[triordan]

I wish remington would eat raw veggies, so much easier~ he will play with a raw carrot stick...i do a lot of cooking!

 

[Ladyluck]

Thanks everyone! I made a fresh raw "chop" yesterday and I was happy to see that he experimented and ate some! I will make another batch to freeze, maybe some muffins too. My initial thought was that if I make a big batch and freeze, he wouldn't get as much of a variety as he would if I continue to do smaller batches 1-2 times per week...

 

[DebsFlock]

Some veggies do benefit from cooking, as it makes the vitamins more available. OTOH, if you offer cooked food, you need to make sure it is removed from the cage promptly -- cooked food spoils faster than fresh veggies do. The general rule is an hour at most for anything cooked.

OTOH, I see no problem with keeping a container of chopped veggies in the fridge for a week as long as each component is something that will stay fresh that long! I certainly don't buy veggies every day... I do generally chop them fresh in the morning because its become part of my routine and I like to vary things a bit, but when I have a sitter coming in, I make up containers of fruit and veggie for as long as the trip is going to last. The stuff you buy at the store generally wasn't picked yesterday anyway, so "fresh" is relative.

 

[henpecked]

IMO fresh is best