Zucchini Pancakes Gal Fids Only Texas 3/4 C. flour 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 Tbs sugar 1 1/4 C. yellow cornmeal 3/4 tsp salt 1 egg with shell 1 C. milk 2 Tbs. oil 1 C. grated zucchini 1/4 C. grated carrots Combine dry ingredients. Mix in egg, milk, oil, zucchini and carrots. Stir until barely smooth. Cook on hot griddle or skillet until done. These can be cooled and stored in freezer bags. Be sure to put wax paper between for easier separation later. Oatmeal Balls Gal Fids Only Texas 3/4 C. Whole wheat flour 1 1/2 C. Quaker Oats 1/2 C. chopped holiday fruit, nuts and coconut mixture(or make your own) 1/2 C unsweetened natural applesauce 1/3 C dark molasses 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoons cloves(ground) 1 tsp vanilla 1 egg Mix it all up and roll into balls(about the size of a quarter... add more oats if needed to make it dryer, more applesauce if it is too dry....place on oiled cookie sheet and bake at 325° for 15 -20 minutes or till slightly brown. Tropical Rice Pudding Gal Fids Only Texas 1 C. brown rice 1 1/2 C. rolled or cracked corn 1/2 C unsulphured dried bananas 3 1/2 Tbs split green peas 2 1/2 Tbs raisins 2 1/2 Tbs pistachio nuts(unsalted) 1 Tbs. dates chopped into small pieces 1 tsp dried milk powder 1/4 tsp allspice Add contents to 1 quart warm water. Bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and boil gently for 30 minutes. Serve warm or cool. Yields 2 pounds. You can keep a 3 day supply in fridge to reheat in the microwave(avoid hot spots). Serve no more than can be consumed in 5 hours. You can also freeze in ice cube trays and store in baggies. Pop out and heat in microwave. Be careful not to burn your bird. Popcorn Pizza - No cooking required Gal Fids Only Texas Use popcorn cakes, a corn version of rice cakes(health food stores have them) Spread peanut butter on top and then top with shredded carrots,chopped broccoli, thin sliced apples, grated mozzarella cheese orwhatever your bird likes. BEAN MIX Gal Fids Only Texas 1 small bag dried Pinto Beans 1 small bag dried lima beans 1 small bag split green peas 1 small bag split yellow peas 1 small bag Navy Beans 1 small bag kidney beans Mix together well and store in airtight container. When cooking..take out what you will need for a few days. Soak over night in water. Pour water off and add fresh water. Boil till tender. Cool and serve to your birds. I add my fresh chopped vegetables to it when I serve. I also add it to my Pro Grow when I serve it. Try adding some cooked rice or pasta. Easy healthy and fast!!! Bean, Rice, Chicken & Pasta 1 Pkg. of 15-Bean Soup Mix (throw away the seasoning pack) 1 Cup Brown Rice 1 Cup of Boiled Chicken or Turkey, debonded and ground fine 1 1/2 Cups of Veggie Pasta A few dried chili peppers A couple cloves of Garlic, mashed Soak beans overnite, rinse well. Cook till tender but firm, add the brown rice & chili peppers & garlic, cook another 30 minutes. Drain. Add chicken and veggie pasta. Let cool and serve. You want the beans and rice still firm and a bit crunchy, the birds love this :) Freeze the rest for another day. Preparation Tip from Val - California Recently I purchased an item called the ULTIMATE CHOPPER...I bought it on Ebay as several folks I know have. We have all paid different prices..t is worth its weight in gold as far as I am concerned. It is exactly what it is called. I have never been able to chop veggies small enough to my satisfaction...You just put them in and in less than a second they are anything from extremely small to mush..depending on what you want...I have even put nuts in and they are so small my guys can eat it. It has cut down on the amount time it took me. I am so much happier with the results than when I did it by hand. I recently bought some very expensive cockatiel seed over the internet and got it today and everything is way to large for my guys.....so, you guessed it...I threw them in my ultimate chopper and everything is now parrotlet size and I mixed it in with their regular seed and they are eating it where left the size I received it they never would have touched it. Not to mention that a chore I hated is not a lot of fun and I almost look forward to doing it..... The only fruit I have tried is apple and it was sort of like mush......but all this stuff would be great put into any birdie bread because it is sooooo small they don't have any idea what they are eating, just that it tastes good.........you might even be able to try banana's Judie...........LOL oh, and one of the best features it is so quick and easy to clean.....only takes a moment. A different source A warm dinner - Jill - Home Page - Hatch to Feathers - California For variety I run veggies through the food processor and then throw it into the rice cooker with a couple of cups of rice. Once it is done cooking I mix in some seeds, dried chili and wheat grass powder into it and my birds devour it. Broccoli seems to be the key ingredient in this mixture at my house. I alternate this with pro grow/birdie bread. Since there is spirulina in the birdie bread I use wheat grass on the rice. Then I alternate which one I feed them. On the weekends I make fresh egg food, so they are only getting spirulina 3 days a week. I put bee pollen into their dry and fresh egg food. On Jo Ann's suggestion I now alternate bee pollen with lory nectar mixed into the dry egg food. I wasn't having much success getting them to eat the lory nectar straight. Birdie Bars (contrbutor unknown) Mix some treat seed with pure honey. Add some nuts in a size good for your bird and wrap with saran wrap. You can give it too them soft or put it in the fridge for a few days to harden. Tosca's Pumpkin Goo Mix any amount of canned pumpkin puree with a little bit of cinnamon and honey, if you prefer-molasses works good also), Warm it gently in the microwave or stovetop, and serve it to your feathered friend. You could add rasins or finely chopped nuts. Fruit and Veggie Salad by Diablo Mix small chunks of fresh apple, mango, orange and papaya (with peel still on) - I mix enough for two or three days for freshness sake. This is great by itself, but to this mix, I'll add thawed and heat califlower, broccoli, peas, and carrots. Let the heated (and partially cooked) veggies cool some. the cool fruit will also take the temp. down. To this, I add fresh sliced jalepeno and dried whole chili's. -Both the fruit or the veggie mix's are good together or by themselves to give your birds some variety.. Mary's Super Quick and Easy Egg food. - Mary Malloy & flock scramble 3 eggs. Mix with 1/2 cup of cooked brown rice. Should feed one pair for about a week or so. Rosemary's Fruit Compote: First, I put fresh and frozen berries (raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, strawberries, blueberries, cranberries) into my little mini-chopper. I add a few chopped nuts and stir.. Mix an envelope of unflavored gelatin, add it to the berry compote, and let congeal. Put a teaspoon of this jelly-like berry mixture into their fresh food cups daily. It disappears as fast as anything. No added sugar or salt. Just a little protein in the gelatin. Yes, my parrotlets make messes but this helps to contain the mess a little bit. Northern Scrambled eggs - by Judie - Toronto, Canada 1 egg, 1tb.finely chopped green of your choice, 1-2 thin slices of green and/or red pepper finely chopped, 2 tb. fresh or frozen corn. Microwave in a small glass dish on high 1-2 minutes. (2 if using frozen vegies) Stir half way and be sure egg is thoroughly cooked. Allow to cool to room temperature then serve. Unused portion, if any, may be frozen. Matt's large Quantity Birdie bread.. Matt, Pennsylvania Good for breeders with large flocks 18 eggs 1 large can of whole pumpkin 1 large applesauce 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup dry handfeeding formula 1/2 cup raisins 3 tbsp molasses 2 boxes of Jiffy baking mix (or other baking mix) mix all together in very large mixing bowl add water to make a thick slurry, about the same consistency as thick handfeeding formula. pour into cookie sheets just about to the brim bake in preheated 350F oven for 30 minutes allow to cool then cut into squares and freeze in ziplock bags Buddy Bars - Natalie - 1 ripe banana 1 1/2 cups (approx) Cheerios type cereal 1 egg (shell and all, cleaned) 1/3 cup chunky applesauce 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter 1/3 cup raisins (optional) Place the Cheerios in a ziplock baggie and crush with a rolling pin - ONLY SLIGHTLY (enough to be broken into small pieces, not pulverized into dust!). Mush the banana well in a large bowl and add all the other ingredients, stirring well. Spoon into a lightly greased 8 or 9 inch square pan and bake for about 45 minutes at 300. Allow to cool and cut into bars, depending on your bird's size. Buddy, my conure, LOVES these! Mashed Sweet Potatoes Pierce a sweet potato (or piece of sweet potato depending on how many birds you have) a few times with a knife or fork. Microwave until fork tender. Cut up into chunks, mash with a fork. Option: mix in a tiny bit of peanut butter. You can add about anything. This is an easy way to add spirulina or wheat grass to the diet also. Let cool until just warm then feed to birds. Vitamin A is important to the health of our birds! Katie's Candy - Judie I take the above recipe and additionally with a tsp make small balls and roll in canary seed (or any small seed. Allow to cool and then freeze individually on a plate. Once frozen they can be placed in a Ziplock to use as you wish.. She loves these and we call it candy treat... Honey Treats 4 cups bird seed of choice (according to the size of bird) one half cup of clover honey 6 envelopes of unflavered geletin ( equals 4 and a half Tablespoons) One half cup of dried greens or dried peppers or fruit or veggie I use raisins and some Zoopreem cockatiel pellets and I sprinkle some Spirulina vitamin in it. Combine dry gelatine and honey in small sauce pan. Bring to boil over medium heat stirring constantly for 4 minutes. Pour into the center of the seeds and your choice of fruits and veggies or one or the other plus some pellets or choice. Spray your hands with Non-stick cooking spray and spray on muffin tin. When cool enough mix with hands and roll into balls for 2 inch tins makes( 50 treats) or apricot size balls for 3 inch tins (25 treats). Preheat oven to 350 degrees Bake small treats for 15 minutes- Large treats 20 minutes. While they cook- Fold twist ties in half to use for attaching treats to cage. When treats are cooked remove from oven and quickly insert in the center of each treat the twist tie. Press down and around ties firmly. As treats cool, they will harden completely. Store in air tight container. ALSO, treats can be stored in freezer.. Feeding Tip for the finicky parrot - from Jill M. Sprinkling dried hot red pepper flakes (in the spice section at the supermarket) on top of your parrotlet's cooked foods may entice fussy eaters to "dig in". Because birds do not have highly sensitive taste buds they seem to like the spicy flavor in additon to all those little pepper seeds. Another benefit is that hot peppers are high in vitamins A and C, and also in beta carotine. Parrot Carrot Bread - shared by Nancy from her friend Judith Archer - North Carolina Preheat oven to 375 Grease 8 x 8 or 9 x 9 or so pan (if you use Pam or a spray-on like it, step outside prior to spraying..its' great stuff for cooking, but not for bird lungs) To see if this WOULD turn into "Parrot Cookies" I used a cookie sheet today. In a large mixing bowl place: One cup whole wheat flour 1/2 c each of rolled oats, cornmeal, 1/4 c flaxseed meal One teaspoon baking soda One teaspon each of cinnamon and ginger One half teaspoon each of powdered cloves and nutmeg (If you're not otherwise a cook and don't keep spices on hand, just substitute pumpkin pie mix which is readily available in stores this time of year) Roughly one half cup dates, finely chopped.. Two carrots, shredded . Toss the mixture so the carrot and dates get coated with the flours rather than clumping together IN another smaller mixing bowl, mix One cup cooked acorn squash, Leave the seeds in for birds only bread, avoid them for human food (Other squash or solid pack canned pumpkin can be used, but you amy have to add some additional liquid..apple cider works, but this is one of those "touchy feely now you gotta know how to cook" things to if you don;t stick with the acorn squash) Two eggs Roughly a third cup peanut (or other non-flavored cooking) oil Roughly 2 tablespoons molasses (As you can guess, this is the point wher eI forget to keep measuring & went back to just tossing and pouring..not to mention I mak ea double recipe, so then I have to halve everythign to write it down) Note that a whisk works well with mixing both the dry and the "wet" ingredients, obviously you would mix the wet stuff first Make a well in the dry mix, and pour in wet stuff. Mix just enough that there are no blobs of dry flour show, no more. Dump in the pan.This makes such a stiff batter that it take scooping it up with a spoon, then patting it out, but you can add a quarter cup or more of apple cider or other liquid if this bothers you & pour it. I make double or triple batches, so the time to cook gets iffy, I try to end up with a batter that is only about 3/4 to 1" thick, and this takes about 30 minutes to bake. If in doubt, the old "stick a clean knife into the center, if it comes out clean, its' done, if there is batter on the knife, cook a little longe" though you can usually shut off the oven at this point..it will finish cookign as the oven cools. Today...I scooped up blocks of dough, maybe walnut sized, rolled them into balls, rolled into chopped Boca nuts, then plopped on a greased cookie sheet and flattened slightly so they were aboot a half inch thick, then baked for 20 minutes..."Parrot Cookies" BTW, this IS good with sweet butter right out of the oven, or with some cream cheese the next day...:). It's sort of a combo date/nut bread and gingerbread, which has been very well received here. I offer it as a "healthy treat" not as a meal. The last batch (I knew I forgot something,) I tossed in a cup or two of frozen blueberries....quite good, actually good enough I ate some, dodging the squash seeds..:). Judith (ps..makes the house smell GREAT) Almost Instant Sugarless Apple Crisp - Chris This morning I made a quick apple crisp, sat Milo on my knee and fed him as I ate mine from my bowl. Big hit! chop 1 MacIntosh apple into cubes chop a few walnuts mix with a little dried fruit of your choice in a microwavable bowl top with old fashioned oatmeal (the course kind) microwave for 5 minutes Let it cool to comfy eating temperature, and share with your bird buddies. You could add some brown sugar to yours after cooking if you like it sweeter, but I think the apples and dried fruit make it sweet enough Birdy Quiche. - Susan..Wings Parrotlets 4 eggs/ without shells 1/2 cup/ chopped frozen spinich 1/2 cup/ hulled millet 1/2 cup/hemp seed 1/4 cup/poppy seed 2 tbs./ bee pollen 1/4 cup/ peanut oil 1/2 cup/ non fat milk Pre heat oven at 3:50 degrees Beat eggs and milk together. Add the rest of ingredents. Poor into small baking dish and bake for 20 minutes. |
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Zucchini Pancakes Gal Fids Only Texas 3/4 C. flour 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 Tbs sugar 1 1/4 C. yellow cornmeal 3/4 tsp salt 1 egg with shell 1 C. milk 2 Tbs. oil 1 C. grated zucchini 1/4 C. grated carrots Combine dry ingredients. Mix in egg, milk, oil, zucchini and carrots. Stir until barely smooth. Cook on hot griddle or skillet until done. These can be cooled and stored in freezer bags. Be sure to put wax paper between for easier separation later. Oatmeal Balls Gal Fids Only Texas 3/4 C. Whole wheat flour 1 1/2 C. Quaker Oats 1/2 C. chopped holiday fruit, nuts and coconut mixture(or make your own) 1/2 C unsweetened natural applesauce 1/3 C dark molasses 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoons cloves(ground) 1 tsp vanilla 1 egg Mix it all up and roll into balls(about the size of a quarter... add more oats if needed to make it dryer, more applesauce if it is too dry....place on oiled cookie sheet and bake at 325° for 15 -20 minutes or till slightly brown. Tropical Rice Pudding Gal Fids Only Texas 1 C. brown rice 1 1/2 C. rolled or cracked corn 1/2 C unsulphured dried bananas 3 1/2 Tbs split green peas 2 1/2 Tbs raisins 2 1/2 Tbs pistachio nuts(unsalted) 1 Tbs. dates chopped into small pieces 1 tsp dried milk powder 1/4 tsp allspice Add contents to 1 quart warm water. Bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and boil gently for 30 minutes. Serve warm or cool. Yields 2 pounds. You can keep a 3 day supply in fridge to reheat in the microwave(avoid hot spots). Serve no more than can be consumed in 5 hours. You can also freeze in ice cube trays and store in baggies. Pop out and heat in microwave. Be careful not to burn your bird. Popcorn Pizza - No cooking required Gal Fids Only Texas Use popcorn cakes, a corn version of rice cakes(health food stores have them) Spread peanut butter on top and then top with shredded carrots,chopped broccoli, thin sliced apples, grated mozzarella cheese orwhatever your bird likes. BEAN MIX Gal Fids Only Texas 1 small bag dried Pinto Beans 1 small bag dried lima beans 1 small bag split green peas 1 small bag split yellow peas 1 small bag Navy Beans 1 small bag kidney beans Mix together well and store in airtight container. When cooking..take out what you will need for a few days. Soak over night in water. Pour water off and add fresh water. Boil till tender. Cool and serve to your birds. I add my fresh chopped vegetables to it when I serve. I also add it to my Pro Grow when I serve it. Try adding some cooked rice or pasta. Easy healthy and fast!!! Bean, Rice, Chicken & Pasta 1 Pkg. of 15-Bean Soup Mix (throw away the seasoning pack) 1 Cup Brown Rice 1 Cup of Boiled Chicken or Turkey, debonded and ground fine 1 1/2 Cups of Veggie Pasta A few dried chili peppers A couple cloves of Garlic, mashed Soak beans overnite, rinse well. Cook till tender but firm, add the brown rice & chili peppers & garlic, cook another 30 minutes. Drain. Add chicken and veggie pasta. Let cool and serve. You want the beans and rice still firm and a bit crunchy, the birds love this :) Freeze the rest for another day. Preparation Tip from Val - California Recently I purchased an item called the ULTIMATE CHOPPER...I bought it on Ebay as several folks I know have. We have all paid different prices..t is worth its weight in gold as far as I am concerned. It is exactly what it is called. I have never been able to chop veggies small enough to my satisfaction...You just put them in and in less than a second they are anything from extremely small to mush..depending on what you want...I have even put nuts in and they are so small my guys can eat it. It has cut down on the amount time it took me. I am so much happier with the results than when I did it by hand. I recently bought some very expensive cockatiel seed over the internet and got it today and everything is way to large for my guys.....so, you guessed it...I threw them in my ultimate chopper and everything is now parrotlet size and I mixed it in with their regular seed and they are eating it where left the size I received it they never would have touched it. Not to mention that a chore I hated is not a lot of fun and I almost look forward to doing it..... The only fruit I have tried is apple and it was sort of like mush......but all this stuff would be great put into any birdie bread because it is sooooo small they don't have any idea what they are eating, just that it tastes good.........you might even be able to try banana's Judie...........LOL oh, and one of the best features it is so quick and easy to clean.....only takes a moment. A different source A warm dinner - Jill - Home Page - Hatch to Feathers - California For variety I run veggies through the food processor and then throw it into the rice cooker with a couple of cups of rice. Once it is done cooking I mix in some seeds, dried chili and wheat grass powder into it and my birds devour it. Broccoli seems to be the key ingredient in this mixture at my house. I alternate this with pro grow/birdie bread. Since there is spirulina in the birdie bread I use wheat grass on the rice. Then I alternate which one I feed them. On the weekends I make fresh egg food, so they are only getting spirulina 3 days a week. I put bee pollen into their dry and fresh egg food. On Jo Ann's suggestion I now alternate bee pollen with lory nectar mixed into the dry egg food. I wasn't having much success getting them to eat the lory nectar straight. Birdie Bars (contrbutor unknown) Mix some treat seed with pure honey. Add some nuts in a size good for your bird and wrap with saran wrap. You can give it too them soft or put it in the fridge for a few days to harden. Tosca's Pumpkin Goo Mix any amount of canned pumpkin puree with a little bit of cinnamon and honey, if you prefer-molasses works good also), Warm it gently in the microwave or stovetop, and serve it to your feathered friend. You could add rasins or finely chopped nuts. Fruit and Veggie Salad by Diablo Mix small chunks of fresh apple, mango, orange and papaya (with peel still on) - I mix enough for two or three days for freshness sake. This is great by itself, but to this mix, I'll add thawed and heat califlower, broccoli, peas, and carrots. Let the heated (and partially cooked) veggies cool some. the cool fruit will also take the temp. down. To this, I add fresh sliced jalepeno and dried whole chili's. -Both the fruit or the veggie mix's are good together or by themselves to give your birds some variety.. Mary's Super Quick and Easy Egg food. - Mary Malloy & flock scramble 3 eggs. Mix with 1/2 cup of cooked brown rice. Should feed one pair for about a week or so. Rosemary's Fruit Compote: First, I put fresh and frozen berries (raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, strawberries, blueberries, cranberries) into my little mini-chopper. I add a few chopped nuts and stir.. Mix an envelope of unflavored gelatin, add it to the berry compote, and let congeal. Put a teaspoon of this jelly-like berry mixture into their fresh food cups daily. It disappears as fast as anything. No added sugar or salt. Just a little protein in the gelatin. Yes, my parrotlets make messes but this helps to contain the mess a little bit. Northern Scrambled eggs - by Judie - Toronto, Canada 1 egg, 1tb.finely chopped green of your choice, 1-2 thin slices of green and/or red pepper finely chopped, 2 tb. fresh or frozen corn. Microwave in a small glass dish on high 1-2 minutes. (2 if using frozen vegies) Stir half way and be sure egg is thoroughly cooked. Allow to cool to room temperature then serve. Unused portion, if any, may be frozen. Matt's large Quantity Birdie bread.. Matt, Pennsylvania Good for breeders with large flocks 18 eggs 1 large can of whole pumpkin 1 large applesauce 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup dry handfeeding formula 1/2 cup raisins 3 tbsp molasses 2 boxes of Jiffy baking mix (or other baking mix) mix all together in very large mixing bowl add water to make a thick slurry, about the same consistency as thick handfeeding formula. pour into cookie sheets just about to the brim bake in preheated 350F oven for 30 minutes allow to cool then cut into squares and freeze in ziplock bags Buddy Bars - Natalie - 1 ripe banana 1 1/2 cups (approx) Cheerios type cereal 1 egg (shell and all, cleaned) 1/3 cup chunky applesauce 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter 1/3 cup raisins (optional) Place the Cheerios in a ziplock baggie and crush with a rolling pin - ONLY SLIGHTLY (enough to be broken into small pieces, not pulverized into dust!). Mush the banana well in a large bowl and add all the other ingredients, stirring well. Spoon into a lightly greased 8 or 9 inch square pan and bake for about 45 minutes at 300. Allow to cool and cut into bars, depending on your bird's size. Buddy, my conure, LOVES these! Mashed Sweet Potatoes Pierce a sweet potato (or piece of sweet potato depending on how many birds you have) a few times with a knife or fork. Microwave until fork tender. Cut up into chunks, mash with a fork. Option: mix in a tiny bit of peanut butter. You can add about anything. This is an easy way to add spirulina or wheat grass to the diet also. Let cool until just warm then feed to birds. Vitamin A is important to the health of our birds! Katie's Candy - Judie I take the above recipe and additionally with a tsp make small balls and roll in canary seed (or any small seed. Allow to cool and then freeze individually on a plate. Once frozen they can be placed in a Ziplock to use as you wish.. She loves these and we call it candy treat... Honey Treats 4 cups bird seed of choice (according to the size of bird) one half cup of clover honey 6 envelopes of unflavered geletin ( equals 4 and a half Tablespoons) One half cup of dried greens or dried peppers or fruit or veggie I use raisins and some Zoopreem cockatiel pellets and I sprinkle some Spirulina vitamin in it. Combine dry gelatine and honey in small sauce pan. Bring to boil over medium heat stirring constantly for 4 minutes. Pour into the center of the seeds and your choice of fruits and veggies or one or the other plus some pellets or choice. Spray your hands with Non-stick cooking spray and spray on muffin tin. When cool enough mix with hands and roll into balls for 2 inch tins makes( 50 treats) or apricot size balls for 3 inch tins (25 treats). Preheat oven to 350 degrees Bake small treats for 15 minutes- Large treats 20 minutes. While they cook- Fold twist ties in half to use for attaching treats to cage. When treats are cooked remove from oven and quickly insert in the center of each treat the twist tie. Press down and around ties firmly. As treats cool, they will harden completely. Store in air tight container. ALSO, treats can be stored in freezer.. Feeding Tip for the finicky parrot - from Jill M. Sprinkling dried hot red pepper flakes (in the spice section at the supermarket) on top of your parrotlet's cooked foods may entice fussy eaters to "dig in". Because birds do not have highly sensitive taste buds they seem to like the spicy flavor in additon to all those little pepper seeds. Another benefit is that hot peppers are high in vitamins A and C, and also in beta carotine. Parrot Carrot Bread - shared by Nancy from her friend Judith Archer - North Carolina Preheat oven to 375 Grease 8 x 8 or 9 x 9 or so pan (if you use Pam or a spray-on like it, step outside prior to spraying..its' great stuff for cooking, but not for bird lungs) To see if this WOULD turn into "Parrot Cookies" I used a cookie sheet today. In a large mixing bowl place: One cup whole wheat flour 1/2 c each of rolled oats, cornmeal, 1/4 c flaxseed meal One teaspoon baking soda One teaspon each of cinnamon and ginger One half teaspoon each of powdered cloves and nutmeg (If you're not otherwise a cook and don't keep spices on hand, just substitute pumpkin pie mix which is readily available in stores this time of year) Roughly one half cup dates, finely chopped.. Two carrots, shredded . Toss the mixture so the carrot and dates get coated with the flours rather than clumping together IN another smaller mixing bowl, mix One cup cooked acorn squash, Leave the seeds in for birds only bread, avoid them for human food (Other squash or solid pack canned pumpkin can be used, but you amy have to add some additional liquid..apple cider works, but this is one of those "touchy feely now you gotta know how to cook" things to if you don;t stick with the acorn squash) Two eggs Roughly a third cup peanut (or other non-flavored cooking) oil Roughly 2 tablespoons molasses (As you can guess, this is the point wher eI forget to keep measuring & went back to just tossing and pouring..not to mention I mak ea double recipe, so then I have to halve everythign to write it down) Note that a whisk works well with mixing both the dry and the "wet" ingredients, obviously you would mix the wet stuff first Make a well in the dry mix, and pour in wet stuff. Mix just enough that there are no blobs of dry flour show, no more. Dump in the pan.This makes such a stiff batter that it take scooping it up with a spoon, then patting it out, but you can add a quarter cup or more of apple cider or other liquid if this bothers you & pour it. I make double or triple batches, so the time to cook gets iffy, I try to end up with a batter that is only about 3/4 to 1" thick, and this takes about 30 minutes to bake. If in doubt, the old "stick a clean knife into the center, if it comes out clean, its' done, if there is batter on the knife, cook a little longe" though you can usually shut off the oven at this point..it will finish cookign as the oven cools. Today...I scooped up blocks of dough, maybe walnut sized, rolled them into balls, rolled into chopped Boca nuts, then plopped on a greased cookie sheet and flattened slightly so they were aboot a half inch thick, then baked for 20 minutes..."Parrot Cookies" BTW, this IS good with sweet butter right out of the oven, or with some cream cheese the next day...:). It's sort of a combo date/nut bread and gingerbread, which has been very well received here. I offer it as a "healthy treat" not as a meal. The last batch (I knew I forgot something,) I tossed in a cup or two of frozen blueberries....quite good, actually good enough I ate some, dodging the squash seeds..:). Judith (ps..makes the house smell GREAT) Almost Instant Sugarless Apple Crisp - Chris This morning I made a quick apple crisp, sat Milo on my knee and fed him as I ate mine from my bowl. Big hit! chop 1 MacIntosh apple into cubes chop a few walnuts mix with a little dried fruit of your choice in a microwavable bowl top with old fashioned oatmeal (the course kind) microwave for 5 minutes Let it cool to comfy eating temperature, and share with your bird buddies. You could add some brown sugar to yours after cooking if you like it sweeter, but I think the apples and dried fruit make it sweet enough Birdy Quiche. - Susan..Wings Parrotlets 4 eggs/ without shells 1/2 cup/ chopped frozen spinich 1/2 cup/ hulled millet 1/2 cup/hemp seed 1/4 cup/poppy seed 2 tbs./ bee pollen 1/4 cup/ peanut oil 1/2 cup/ non fat milk Pre heat oven at 3:50 degrees Beat eggs and milk together. Add the rest of ingredents. Poor into small baking dish and bake for 20 minutes. |
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