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Howdy fellow troph keepers, here is a step by step recipe to homemade Shrimp mix.
First a big thanx to billansor for the recipe.
ALL INGEDIENTS SHOULD BE FRESH AND WASHED SEVERAL TIMES!
I prefer to use organic grown veggies, as they are free of additives. If you can’t get fresh veggies, frozen will do the job out of season.
Ingredients:
1 lb spinach
1 lb mustard greens (I use kale, as mustard greens isn’t available here)
1 whole garlic
1 lb natural peas
1 lb natural green beans
42 oz frozen shrimp
4 to 6 heaping tablespoon of Spirulinia powder
Small can of Paprika
Tools:
Blender
Food processor / veggie shredder
Freezer
Other stuff (you should find in most kitchens):
Large kitchen knife
Long wooden spoon
Large bowel or pot
Soup spoon
Freezer Zip-lock bags or Ice trays
Work time approximately 3 hours incl. cleaning.
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Step #1
I removed the shrimp tails quick under cold running water, as I’m going to freeze them again and it’s not safe to freeze shrimps again after they have been defrosted. So back into the freezer with them as soon as possible
Step #2
Wash your veggies, I also was the frozen peas and green beans, getting them ready to use in different bowls. Peal the whole garlic I use Egyptian garlic, the cloves are not covered with skin, so it’s a lot easier to peal then regular garlic.
Step #3
Blend the peas, beans along with a little water, I add ½ cup of water for the peas and ½ cup for the beans give or take. It’s better to use a little too much water then to little, as your blender will heat up and you risk killing it. Chop the spinach with a big kitchen knife and blend it with the garlic and mix in pea and bean puree or make it into puree with a food processor, then mix the whole deal together in the big bowel.
Step #4
Shredding the frozen kale and shrimps, this is why the shrimps were returned to the freezer. The kale have been removed from the stalk, chopped and frozen in small balls, they are not as good as fresh kale but a lot easier to work with. The shrimps need to be frozen solid to be shredded, but it’s a very easy job done.
Step #5
Everything should be blended and mixed together in the large bowel or pot, now you add the paprika and the spirulina. Stir a little, till it’s no longer dusty.
Step #6
Now we are almost done, last before I bagged it all I gave it a last run thru the food processor. Smoothing the kale and shrimp out, mixing the spirulina and paprika well into the whole deal.
Last I pourd the mixture into zip-lock freezer bags, sucked the air out of the bag and flattened it before I put them in the freezer. You can use ice cube trays if you like
Step #7
After 5-6 hours freezing time, give it a feel once in a while as every freezer is different. The bags shouldn’t be solid frozen yet but getting there and you can easily cut the sheets into squares, put them in a zip bag and in to the freezer and the next day it’s ready to feed with.
Good advice – clean up as you go from step to step! Everything is very easy to wipe up and clean up when you spill it, but once it’s dry it sticks like glue.
I have ordered some agar home as gelatin isn’t good for trophs, agar is gelling agent made from red algae and should be okay to feed the fish. With this I hope I will be able to make it into a gel that I can cut in squares and freeze, and that way jump step #7.
Hope someone out there can use this
First a big thanx to billansor for the recipe.
ALL INGEDIENTS SHOULD BE FRESH AND WASHED SEVERAL TIMES!
I prefer to use organic grown veggies, as they are free of additives. If you can’t get fresh veggies, frozen will do the job out of season.
Ingredients:
1 lb spinach
1 lb mustard greens (I use kale, as mustard greens isn’t available here)
1 whole garlic
1 lb natural peas
1 lb natural green beans
42 oz frozen shrimp
4 to 6 heaping tablespoon of Spirulinia powder
Small can of Paprika
Tools:
Blender
Food processor / veggie shredder
Freezer
Other stuff (you should find in most kitchens):
Large kitchen knife
Long wooden spoon
Large bowel or pot
Soup spoon
Freezer Zip-lock bags or Ice trays
Work time approximately 3 hours incl. cleaning.
Step #1
I removed the shrimp tails quick under cold running water, as I’m going to freeze them again and it’s not safe to freeze shrimps again after they have been defrosted. So back into the freezer with them as soon as possible
Step #2
Wash your veggies, I also was the frozen peas and green beans, getting them ready to use in different bowls. Peal the whole garlic I use Egyptian garlic, the cloves are not covered with skin, so it’s a lot easier to peal then regular garlic.
Step #3
Blend the peas, beans along with a little water, I add ½ cup of water for the peas and ½ cup for the beans give or take. It’s better to use a little too much water then to little, as your blender will heat up and you risk killing it. Chop the spinach with a big kitchen knife and blend it with the garlic and mix in pea and bean puree or make it into puree with a food processor, then mix the whole deal together in the big bowel.
Step #4
Shredding the frozen kale and shrimps, this is why the shrimps were returned to the freezer. The kale have been removed from the stalk, chopped and frozen in small balls, they are not as good as fresh kale but a lot easier to work with. The shrimps need to be frozen solid to be shredded, but it’s a very easy job done.
Step #5
Everything should be blended and mixed together in the large bowel or pot, now you add the paprika and the spirulina. Stir a little, till it’s no longer dusty.
Step #6
Now we are almost done, last before I bagged it all I gave it a last run thru the food processor. Smoothing the kale and shrimp out, mixing the spirulina and paprika well into the whole deal.
Last I pourd the mixture into zip-lock freezer bags, sucked the air out of the bag and flattened it before I put them in the freezer. You can use ice cube trays if you like
Step #7
After 5-6 hours freezing time, give it a feel once in a while as every freezer is different. The bags shouldn’t be solid frozen yet but getting there and you can easily cut the sheets into squares, put them in a zip bag and in to the freezer and the next day it’s ready to feed with.
Good advice – clean up as you go from step to step! Everything is very easy to wipe up and clean up when you spill it, but once it’s dry it sticks like glue.
I have ordered some agar home as gelatin isn’t good for trophs, agar is gelling agent made from red algae and should be okay to feed the fish. With this I hope I will be able to make it into a gel that I can cut in squares and freeze, and that way jump step #7.
Hope someone out there can use this
