Making gutload

[Kodos2150]

i just finished making a batch of frozen gutload for my roaches. I made it with collard greens, turnip greens, dandelion greens (store was out of mustard greens or they would be in there too), carrots, apple, papaya, mango, and butternut squash. I got everything to grind up pretty fine so it is almost an all-in-one paste with no chunks.

I was wondering if it would be nutritionally sound to just throw all the ingredients into a big cooking pot and steam cook them down and then put them through an apple sauce maker I have to make a uniform paste. All the water from the cooking goes into the final product so I shouldn't be losing a ton of nutrients from the water. I was thinking about putting agar into the mix after the apple sauce maker to make gel cubes.

Anyone who has more nutritional knowledge than I do have any thoughts or suggestions on this idea before I try it?

 

[sandrachameleon]

1 - why bother? you already have a paste
2 - steaming does destroy / change some nutrients so I'd go for fresh or frozen over steamed (however steaming may also reduce/change oxalic acid, so if you used a lot of collards, maybe that would be helpful).

 

[ShelbyFFS]

I don't think the roaches will care.