Collard Greens with Bacon. Stewing the collard greens a few hours ahead of time allows their flavor to deepen. Source Martha Stewart Living, May 2. The Food Newsletter. Great tips recipes delivered to your inbox. How to Make Homemade Bird Food 1. Steps with PicturesUnderstand the advantages of preparing mash. Salmon Sauce more. As noted above, pellets compose a significant, if varying, percentage of each pet bird breeds diet. Part of the reason for pellets popularity is that they provide better nutrition and involve less waste than seed based diets. Birds are savvy creatures they will pick and choose their favorites from among a collection of mixed seeds. This practice often results in nutritional deficiencies. A similar principle applies when considering the rest of your birds diet. Mash mixture is a homemade supplement to store bought pellets and is especially popular with parrots. Biologically, birds are best adapted to raw foods. Mash allows you to provide the complex carbohydrates, fats, and protein your bird needs in raw form. Because it is mixed, your bird will be forced to consume a full range of nutrients. Responses to How to Grow Collard Greens jamie bishop Says September 23rd, 2010 at 214 pm. Ive been making collard burritos for some time now. They have never made it to my blog. Maybe its because I think of them as my goto quick meal that I eat when.