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Dominique

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Apr 10, 2007
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Ga, USA
Parrots
Harley~B&G~F~3
Echo Bella~CAG~F~2
Lucy~Vos/SI Ekkie~F~8
AMBROSIA (Fruit Salad)

2 medium oranges peeled
1 small banana cut into slices
20-30 seedless grapes
1 c. strawberries cut in half
1 small apple cut into easily handled pieces pieces

Combine all ingredients and toss well.
Can be frozen until further use.

APRICOT NUT BREAD

1 c. snipped dry apricots
3/4 c. sugar
2 T. soft butter
1 egg
3/4 c. orange juice
2 c. flour
1 t. cream of tartar
3/4 t. baking soda
3/4 c. chopped nuts

Soak apricots in warm water for 30 minutes. (optional) Cream together sugar, butter & egg. Stir in orange juice. Combine flour, baking soda & cream of tartar. Drain apricots well; add to batter. Stir together. Add nuts. Pour into a greased 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45 min or until bread tests done. Cool ten minutes in pan before removing to wire rack. If use mini loaf pans makes 4 loaves & Baker's Secret pans 28 minutes Double recipe yields 7 loaves at 325 degrees for 33 min in Baker's Secret pans. Note: I don't bother to soak the dried apricots....a friend of mine does and says the bread is much moister which she likes. I like to juice a fresh orange or two & grated rind or use a fresh or frozen juice that has lots of pulp in it. Lots of pecans.

BASIC BIRDIE BREAD

2 boxes Jiffy corn muffin mix
3 T. baking powder
1 tsp. Spirulina
2 eggs and shells (puree in blender)
4 jars baby food *** (carrots, sweet potatoes, a fruit, chicken/turkey with rice, noodles, or vegetables)
3/4 c. peanut butter
2 c. baby cereal (buy lowest percent of iron)
1 1/2 c. shredded/chopped veggies (usually carrots or broccoli)*** Almost any of the baby foods can be used but choose those with a high Vitamin A content.

Warning - the batter will be hard to mix!!

Mix wet and dry ingredients separately.
Combine wet and dry ingredients along with shredded/chopped veggies.
Spray 9x13 pan with cooking spray and bake about 30 min. in a 400 degree preheated oven.
Cool on rack, cut into squares and freeze in 3 day batches.


Optional additions:
chopped nuts
toasted soybean bits
shredded low fat cheese
dried fruit (small pieces)
shaved cuttlebone
toasted sunflower kernels
pureed bananas peeled
pureed fresh mango
papaya or kiwi (reduce number of jars of baby food)


EASY BAKE MUFFINS

1 c. flour
1 c. yellow corn meal
3/4 tsp. salt
4 tsp.baking powder
1/4 c. Petamine
1/4 c. Bag O' Bugs
1 c. milk
1/4 c. vegetable oil
2 eggs with shells
1/2 c. mixed frozen vegetables, thawed 1/2 c. frozen broccoli, thawed

Mix together all dry ingredients.
Stir in milk, eggs, oil, and vegetables.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.
Cool and cut into one inch cubes and store in plastic bags

DRIED APPLES

3 - 5 small Delicious apples, cored but not peeled
3 T. lemon juice
2 c. water
1/4 tsp. salt

Cut apples into 1/8" thick pieces (keep the thickness at 1/8" but you can vary the size of the piece depending on the size of the bird).
Combine lemon juice and water.
Pour over mixture over the apples.
Stir so all sides of the slices are well coated.
Drain the slices.
Lightly sprinkle salt on both sides of apple slices.
Place apple slices on wire racks that sit on cookie sheets or baking pans (to catch drips.)
Bake at 200 degrees F. for 3 1/2 - 4 hr.
Start watching them after about 3 hr.
You want them leathery, not crispy.
Leaving the apples in the oven, turn off oven and leave overnight or about 8 hr.
Store in Ziploc bags until needed.

BEAN MIX

Red Beans,
Black-eyed Peas,
Great Northern,
Lima Beans,
Kidney Beans,
Pinto Beans
Soybeans equal to the total amount of mixed beans.

Soak for 24 hours, bring to a boil with a little salt and let sit for a couple of hours. Drain and rinse. This bread is the only thing I can get my Cockatoos to eat other than oranges and uncooked spaghetti.

Enjoy and more to Come!!!
 
Added the ingredients I don't have on hand for the birdy bread to my grocery list, along with their usual items that I am out of..... I noticed the items for the bird groceries is longer than the peoples.... :rolleyes:
 
Okay, now your really gonna have to put me straight here,
Bag O' Bugs
Are your Bugs the same as our Bugs, (insects and the like) :confused:

I noticed the items for the bird groceries is longer than the peoples.... :rolleyes:
Thats a fact, the guys here eat better than all of us put together, and once the have finished off their wonderful meals, they then come after ours. :D
 
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I have never heard of bag-o-bugs, but I imagine you will be able to find it at a grocery store. If not, you could always skip it, lol!
 
... the guys here eat better than all of us put together, and once the have finished off their wonderful meals, they then come after ours. :D


Speak for your birdies ... my little picky eater wants nothing to do with trying anything new ... the only new thing that Hamlet eats is NEW buttons off my shirts ... :rolleyes:
 
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My birds are funny. They eat very healthy, as does my family. Although I give them seed first and while they are 'eating' prefpare their fruits and veggies. However, they prefer the fruits and veggies! They wait for them and then chow over seed!
 
Speak for your birdies ... my little picky eater wants nothing to do with trying anything new ... the only new thing that Hamlet eats is NEW buttons off my shirts ... :rolleyes:

Bucc is a bit like that, but Kito will eat anything I put in his bowl and they'll both want it if I'm eating it, that means then its fair game, :D
 

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