from Parrot Parrot in California
Birdie Bread
from Hideaway Farms in South Carolina
I Yam What I So Yam
from Parrot Parrot
Cornmeal Fantasy
from Land of Vos in Florida
Sweet Potato Balls
from Georgeann Suthers in Judsonia, Arkansas
from the Utleys
Tails Up Good
from Sharon Dahlen in Colorado Springs
Fruit and Veggie Popsicles
from Jamie Gersh in Mississippi
Tropical Fruit Dish
from Jenny in Florida
Sweet Rice Mash
from Fran Menley of Arkansas
"Quinoa Breakfast of
Champions"
Quinoa (pronounced "keen-nwa") is a South American grain that is high in
protein, calcium, and phosphorous. Probably the most nutritious grain in
the world, it is an excellent food for parrots, either sprouted and
served raw, or cooked, as in this recipe. It is available in most health
food stores as a bulk grain.
1 cup quinoa
2-3 cups water
Corn kernels
Chopped carrots
Raisins and/or dried apples (unsulphured, found in health food stores)
Cinnamon stick
Boil 2 cups of water, add quinoa. Cook for 10 minutes, then add veggies
and dried fruit. Cook another 5 minutes or until the quinoa grain is
clearish and has a tiny tail sprouting from it. You may have to add a
little more water if it gets too dry too quickly. Let cool. Serve. You
can put almost any veggies or fruits in this recipe.
This recipe comes from the kitchen Parrot Parrot. Lovebirds adore this
grain and even the most stubborn eaters will be tempted! Add a star of
anise at the end of cooking to further entice them.
"Birdie Bread"
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup yellow corn meal
2 tsp baking power
3/4 tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
1 Tbs sugar
2 eggs with shells
3 Tbs oil (your preference)
1 cup buttermilk
Grease an 8" pan with Pam. Mix dry ingredients. Wash eggs then pulverize
in blender. Mix in oil and buttermilk, then mix in dry ingredients. Bake
for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool and cut into small squares and
freeze.
Variations: Fruits, veggies, peppers, nuts, etc. can be added to the
mixture if you like.
This recipe comes from the kitchen of June DiCiocco of Hideaway Farms in
South Carolina. She breeds Sun Conures, Finches, Conures, Pacific
Parrotlets, and Severe Macaws. She says that conures particularly love
this birdie bread.
"I Yam What I Yam"
(6 servings)
Yams are an excellent source of vitamin A. The corn is a good addition
because most birds will eat corn, and the yam mixture sticks to it, so
they get to learn how to like yams if they're wary of new foods. The
yogurt gives them not only calcium, but acidophilus and bifidus, both
excellent fighters of yeast infections! This is a great recipe for birds
that are feeding their young. It's easy to digest and regurgitate for
babies.
2 Medium/Large Yams
1/4 c Raisins (unsulphured)
1 tsp. Butter (optional-but does have things a bird needs!)
½ tsp. Pumpkin spice
½ c Corn
1/4 c Nonfat Yogurt (preferably organic)
Cut yams into quarters then boil until soft. Drop in raisins for the
last 5 minutes of boiling. Cool. Peel off skins. Put peeled yams back in
pot and mash, adding butter and pumpkin spice. Add back raisins and corn
and mix into the yams. Serve in glass bowls for maximum visual
stimulation ;->. Put a dollop of nonfat yogurt on top of each serving.
Warning: Do not leave this food in the cage for more than 2-3 hours,
especially on a hot day.
This recipe comes from the kitchen of Parrot Parrot,, Los Angeles,
California. Lovebirds, Amazons, Budgies, Senegals, and Parrotlets have
tested and approved it.
"Cornmeal Fantasy"
If you can boil water and stir, you can make your birds very happy! !
This recipe is similar to a flan or soft pudding. You need only fine
ground corn flour, available in most supermarkets.
Stir fine ground corn flour into boiling water until it starts to
thicken, and continue stirring for another minute or two. At this point,
you have a soft pudding. If you want to embellish the recipe, you can
now add pumpkin puree, apple sauce, or baby food fruits or veggies. I
think you may be surprised just how much your birds like this simple
food. You'll have no problem finding a feathered friend to "lick the
spoon"! My birds just call it YUM! It can be refrigerated for several
days or frozen in squares for later use.
This recipe also comes from the kitchen of Carolyn Swicegood.
"Popcorn Pizza"
Use popcorn cakes, a corn version of rice cakes, available in all health
food stores and most supermarkets. Spread on the top of the popcorn cake
a thin layer of peanut butter. Top with your birds' favorite foods, such
as: grated carrots, chopped broccoli, thin-sliced apple, apple sauce,
fresh peas, grated mozzarella cheese, etc. No cooking required.
This recipe also comes from the kitchen of Carolyn Swicegood.
"Sweet Potato Balls"
Blue and gold macaws, African greys, Senegal, Keets, 'tiels-- it seems
as if most birds--enjoy this recipe. You can add just about anything to
this basic mix and birds seem to love them. Peanut butter, oatmeal,
coconut or any fruit or vegetables are some examples.
1 large sweet potato, microwaved until soft
1/2 cup raisins
1 mashed banana
1 cup mixed fresh or frozen mixed vegetables
1 cup diced apples
1 1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal, corn flakes or granola cereal.
Mix all together and add enough fruit or vegetable juice to make it form
small balls. Freeze balls individually. Defrost and serve.
This recipe comes from the kitchen of Georgeann Suthers in Judsonia
Arkansas
Easy Cornbread
This recipe helped us convert our cockatiels to pellets.
1 package cornbread mix (try to get one low in sugar)
2 eggs, shell included
1/2 cup seed mix
1/2 cup pellets (any brand you prefer)
1 cup mixed vegetables.
Mix ingredients together per package instructions and adding the extra
ingredients above. Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes.
This recipe comes from the kitchen of Jon and Julie Utley. Their budgie
, pionus, and conures have all loved it.
Tails Up Good!
I have a parrot rescue aviary. I have had to learn how to convert older
seed lovers to veggies. This is a winner.
1 c cornmeal
1 c wheatgerm
1/4 c groats
1/4 c buckwheat
1/4 c soybeans finely ground
1/4 c nuts coarsely ground
1/8 c olive oil
1 c fresh/frozen corn cooked
1 c shredded carrots
1c greens chopped
5 eggs shell and all
1 apple chopped fine
1/2 cup soy milk
left over rice or beans (optional)
Mix all ingredients together. Prepare 9x13 inch pan with olive oil. Bake
at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, then at 350 degrees for another 30
minutes or until done.
This recipe comes from the kitchen of Sharon Dahlen of Colorado Springs.
In her parrot rescue aviary there are currently 13 parrots of varying
sizes: macaws, cockatoos, an amazon, and African greys. Most of these
birds have had seed-only diets and had malnutrition on arrival. This
recipe is one that they all will eat.
Fruit and Veggie "Popsicles"
My senegal Emerald realy seems to like this recipe!
1 apple
1 carrot
1 orange
several grapes
1 tomato
1 green pepper
Any other fruits and veggie your bird might eat
Put the ingredients on a cutting board and dice them finely (except for
the orange). Place the ingrdients in a bowl. Cut the orange and squeeze
(over the bowl) until it is out of juice. Pack your ingredients into a
ball and stick in a wooden popsicle stick. Wrap with wax paper and put
in freezer. Let it sit for an hour. Take out and give it to your bird
(my bird likes the popsicle stick the best!).
This recipe comes of Jamie Gersh of Mississippi.
Tropical Fruit Dish
I have a quaker and a Lovebird and they just love this recipe!
Put in a certain amount of everything depending on what kind of bird you
have: kiwi, watermelon, grapes, hard-boiled egg (shell included).
Mix all ingredients (look at chart below) except the egg shell together
in a food bowl. Chop the egg shell very finely with a fork. Sprinkle egg
shell on top of the fruit mix.
Lovebirds-Budgies:1 slice of cut kiwi, 1 cut up cube of watermelon, 1
sliced grape 1/2 egg, 1/4 egg shell.
Quakers-Lories:2 slices of kiwi, 2 cubes of watermelon, 2 grapes, 1 egg
and shell.
Amazon-African Grey: 4 slices of kiwi, 4 slices of watermelon, 5 grapes,
2 eggs and shell.
Macaws: 6 slices of kiwi, 6 slices of water melon, 7 grapes, 2 1/2 egg
and shell.
This recipe comes from Jenny in Florida.
Sweet Rice Mash
I haven't found any parrot on a veggie diet that wouldn't eat it!
4 coarsley grated sweet potatoes
2 bags brown rice
1 can carrot juice
1 can veggie baked beans (rinsed to remove excess sugar)
1 bag small shell pasta
Boil rice using carrot juice added to the water until almost done. Add
in sweet potaoes and pasta (adding a little more water if needed - just
enough to keep from sticking - you want it to fully absorb). Stir often.
Add in rinsed baked beans, stir some more. I divide it up into several
zip freezer bags and then take out what I need each day.
This recipe comes from Fran Menley of Arkansas. "My pets, breeders, and
babies love this, it is part of their daily diet. I add in different
fresh seasonal and frozen veggies, and some sprouted sunflower seed each
day, then in the afternoon they get their fruit and more fresh greens."
Fran has parrotlets, eclectus, a red-bellied parrot, blue crown conure,
and macaw.
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