chop recipes
important notes

chop lasts 3 days in the fridge, and 1 month in the freezer

small birds should be fed 1-2tbsp of chop a day

feed as breakfast with 1tbsp pellets and seeds available in the afternoon (or flip)

don't leave in bowl longer than 3-4 hours

all food and water dishes should be cleaned every day

kiwi's new life bird rescue
Protein (cooked and cooled legumes)
  • Choose 1-2 (lentils, chickpeas, mung beans, black beans), quinoa
  • Grains (cooked and cooled)
  • Choose 1-2 (barley, freekah, oats, quinoa, buckwheat, amaranth, hulled millet, rye)
  • Root Vegetables
  • Choose 1 (radish, daikon radish, parsnip, carrot, turnip), beetroot, cooked sweet potato
  • Leafy Greens
  • Choose 2 (silverbeet, kale, tuscan kale, any asian green, rocket, dandelion, bok choy)
  • Colourful Vegetables
  • Choose 3 or more (green beans, brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower and leaves, fennel and stems, zucchini, capsicum and seeds, pumpkin and raw seeds, or sprouts like alfalfa, mung beans, lentils, chickpeas)
  • Fresh Spices
  • Choose 1 or more (chilli and seeds, tumeric, corriander, basil, dill, dandelion, rosemary, thyme)
  • Healthy Seeds
  • Choose 3 or more (hemp, ground flax, sunflower seed, chia, pine nuts, fennel seeds, pumpkin seeds, millet, milk thistle seeds)
  • slop/chop mix ala wendy's kitchen
  • Choy
  • Sugar Snap Peas
  • Red Peppers
  • Jalapenos
  • Carrot
  • Zucchini
  • Broccoli
  • Celery
  • Plum (substitute: green apple, no seeds)
  • Peach. (substitute: blueberry)
  • kiwi's summer menu
  • Apricots
  • apple
  • pear
  • peaches
  • kiwis
  • bell peppers
  • spicy peppers (jalapeno, habanero, cayenne)
  • broccoli
  • carrots
  • kale
  • collard greens
  • almonds
  • walnuts
  • hemp seeds
  • flax seeds
  • chia seeds
  • rolled oats