What's for dinner tonight?

Do you cook the squash first?
This was our first night with Val's diet. They had:

Staple #1 (I have 3 versions made & being frozen)
pear
mango
papaya
apple
bok choy
fresh green beans
celery
sugar snap peas
yellow sweet pepper
cucumber
yellow squash
cooked egg white (left from my experimental coconut/yucca root cake)

Tonight, I fed the squash raw. Some days I will steam it, others I won't. I like to change it up by alternating between raw and cooked vegetables.

bjve wrote:

And I have a friend who is into growing organic flowers - he knows I will have a wish list for him this year. In fact, if anyone else wants to add to it, he says he is willing to dry and sell them. .

I would like some flowers please.

OH and I think the gliders think the plastic monkeys need to eat also I always find them in the bowls!!

So...I need suggestions of flowers for him to grow :o)

For our first night on VGV, they didn't eat so well. I know that change can take a couple days, and I have been playing with new veggies, so I won't be discouraged yet!

First night on VGV tonight!

Serving up: bok choy, kale, collard greens, sweet potato, peaches, plums, honeydew, cantaloupe, and some green juice.

I got some fresh beets tonight. Do you just cut them up raw? I was looking for yucca root but they didn't have any. What about parsnip do they like it?

Last night I decided to make up a new batch of staple mix since the girls won't eat the three I already had. This batch had the base ingredients, plus yogurt, vitamin E, some honey, alfalfa, a touch of carrot juice, and - since I had some left and they love it - about 1/2 T of the HPW Complete. It worked....they ate it!

The rest of dinner: frozen veggie mix (corn, green beans, carrots, peas), bok choy, cucumber; blueberries and kiwi with a bit of blueberry yogurt mixed in.

Tonight, the veggie mix will be the same, but with sweet potato and broccoli added in.

They aren't eating ALL their veggies, but they are eating some, and last night was the first night they actually ate the staple! Yay! I just needed to sweeten it up a bit :o)

Melindakay wrote:

I got some fresh beets tonight. Do you just cut them up raw? I was looking for yucca root but they didn't have any. What about parsnip do they like it?

You've obviously fed these already LOL but thought I'd answer anyway. I generally peel the beets, then just cut them up and feed raw. I also feed parsnips - they don't LOVE them but they eat them. They're very similar to carrots IMO.

Tonight...we're having our staple mix, along with:

parsnips
broccoli slaw
star fruit
yucca root
cucumber
kiwi
sweet potato
brussel sprouts
spinach

And chicken. :)

wow what a great topic! after reading through all 11 pages, i feel really bad for my girls, lol. theyve been on BML, which i know it a little more 'strict' about additional items.

last night they got their staple, grapes, blueberries, gala apple and veggie mix. a half of a teddy graham (split between the two!), some dried pineapple and a pine nut in tent time for foraging treats was the "excitement". oh, my poor babies!

i want to try a lot of the ideas here - quail egg still in the shell (hard boiled though, right?), suggie chicken soup, chicken salad...the baked chicken and veggies! oh man, so many good ideas! but, since my girls get BML, how often can I have a junk food night? once a week? or would it be ok to add one fun thing per night to their staple?

ive given them a boiled chicken leg or wing, and they really go to town on the marrow part. i admit though, i throw away most of the chicken! theres just something about the texture of raw chicken that really turns me off by the time its done cooking. i love it if someone else is preparing it though!

When I make chicken for my gliders, I boil the legs, then take much of the chicken off, just leaving a bit on the bone. I put it in a baggie and freeze it to use another time.

Yes, you're restricted using BML, which is one of the biggest reasons I didn't and won't feed the diet. You know, WE like variety in our lives. We love to try new foods and I don't know about you, but I don't want to eat the same thing day in and day out. My feeling is that gliders should be no different - why shouldn't they be afforded the same things?

You can have junk food night - do it once a week - they might really enjoy it.

You make very good points, Aimee - I cant even get myself to bring lunch to work because I never know what Im in the mood for until Im hungry, lol. And I work in an expensive city, so that means spending at least $10 per day on lunch, most days more!

My girls do love their BML though; I even get some happy noises when I feed it off my finger to them. Ill do the junk food night thing once a week, and see how that goes, but I might consider switching to a different diet in the future.

Side note, and kiiiiiiiinda OT - but as gliders get older, can their stomachs handle more "junk" food? like with kids, you wouldnt start an infant on baked chicken and really fatty/greasy foods, but as they get older, their bodies are able to process it better. are gliders the same? do you give your young gliders the same treats as older ones?

I give every glider in my house, regardless of age, the same food each night.

Tonight I am serving
Staple food (VGV)

honeydew, apple, grapes, peach, plum, pineapple, sugar snap peas, cucumber, bell pepper, corn, carrots, bok choy, green beans, grape tomato and dried rose buds.

good to know! i want to pick up some of those dried rose buds for my girls. they sound healthier than some of the other treats ive been giving, lol.

tonight, im giving them their staple (BML) corn, green beans, carrots and peas, blueberries and honey dew.

...and a chicken leg!!! and probably a little avocado ice cream for dessert since I feel bad after reading all the yummy things everyone else's gliders are getting, lol.

Last night they had:

HPW Complete with green juice
Carrots
Sugar Snap Peas
Jicama
Avocado

Tonight, we're substituting cantaloupe for the avocado.

Not too much variety - I need to hit the grocery store tomorrow.

Tonight, we're having our staple mix (VGV), along with:

Snap peas
Canteloupe
Broccoli
Chayote squash
Zucchini
kumquats
Raspberries
Pear

Tonight was a late night for me (which turned much later than expected)
So, I had to prepare their dinner yesterday. This always means smoothie night for my gliders.

So, tonight they had

staple mix (VGV)
baby spring mix topped with meal worms
sugar snap peas, fresh green beans, carrots, broccoli, grape tomatoes, corn, mushroom, bok choy, cucumber
and fruit smoothie made with pineapple, canteloupe, banana, strawberry, mango, grape, pomegranate juice and creamed papaya.

Bringing this back up to the top so it doesn't get buried.

Tonight is Hawaiian night. We are serving pork, pineapple, sweet potatoes and plantains wrapped in banana leaves.

Last night I served my gliders
roasted chicken, yogurt, peas, french green beans, red chard, baby spinach, celery, corn, carrots, apple, canteloupe, grape, pineapple, blueberry


Tonight I am serving
Staple mix (VGV)
french green beans, corn, grape tomato, yellow & red bell pepper, peas, carrots, kale, apple, nectarine, grape, plum and honeydew
And a few pieces of dry kibble per glider

We're having Staple Mix (VGV), peaches, grape tomatoes, jicama, baby corn, peas, watermelon, cucumber, zucchini, spinach and we're having a few pieces of kibble, too!

What are leeks and can they have them or are they too much like onion?

Melindakay wrote:

What are leeks and can they have them or are they too much like onion?

Leeks are in the same family as onions, but so is asparagus, so I don't know if they can have it! I don't want to try- just in case.

Last night was Indian night- yep, I'm theming now!

We had:

Goat
Kumquats
Choy Sum (like Bok Choy, but a flowering plant)
Lemon Grass
Lotus Root
Opo Squash
Starfruit (Okay, not Indian, but would be going bad soon)
Goat Cheese
Kefir

And, I was being bad and gave them a sprinkling of Jaggery. It's a mix of sugar cane and the sugars from the Date palm tree.

http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/seasonalcooking/farmtotable/visualguideasianproduce

The link above is if you want to know more about the fruits and veggies I fed last night- all found at the Indian Market.

pockietprincess wrote:

Melindakay wrote:

What are leeks and can they have them or are they too much like onion?

Leeks are in the same family as onions, but so is asparagus, so I don't know if they can have it! I don't want to try- just in case.

Asparagus is in that family? What??? I feed asparagus all the time! LOL Apparently it's not too bad because so far, everyone I feed is still alive. LOL

Tonight, we're having:

Staple (VGV)
carrots
strawberries
brussel sprouts
broccoli slaw
horned melon
mango
green beans
yucca root
a few bits of kibble

I'm giving shrimp for the first time tonight. So far it's going over like a lead balloon.