Shauna Roberts' Mash Diet

Recently I came across this recipe I've heard a lot of good things about it and decided to give it a try. Of course I took pictures to share here.

You start out by soaking the grains and legumes overnight or at least eight hours.



Lentils



Brown rice and barley.

**NOTE: The recipe calls for at least 3 grains. Unfortunately I live in a small town and was only able to find brown rice and barley. I'm hoping that when this batch is almost used up I'll be able to go to a bigger city and do some shopping for ingredients.**

So after rinsing the heck out of the above legumes and grains I left them to soak overnight, rinsing every now and then. This morning when I got up I rinsed the heck out of them again.



Boil uncovered for ten minutes, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for twenty.



So now we have the base (at this point I had put all but enough for a few days into the freezer). Time to add the goodies.

Category 1: Orange



Carrot.



Sweet potato.

Category 2: Green Leafy



Kale.



Turnip greens.

Category 3: Other Veggies.



Bell pepper.



Broccoli.

Then I took these beautiful vegetables...



And tortured them in the food processor.



Here you have it, the finished product. I overestimated a little and this food will probably last more than three days and end up in the freezer so that it doesn't go bad before it's all eaten lol.



His Royal Greyness was ready for his taste test. I wish I could get it on video, whenever I bring him a bowl of food I let him take a look before putting it into his cage. He fluffs, looks into the bowl and says, "Oooo."



Looks like he approves! I offered some to my Quaker as well thinking that he would have no interest whatsoever and the little green brat dug right in. Looks like the mash diet is a success in this house. :)