Ingredients:

 

1/2 cup dried split peas*

1/2 cup dried lentil beans*

1/2 cup dried small white beans*

1/2 cup dried navy beans*

 

*Note: you can also substitute the above with 3 cups of basic dried “bean soup mix” but do not use any that have added seasoning or sauces.

 

1/4 cup wild rice

1/4 cup dried popcorn kernels (un-popped, not microwave type!)

2 boiled eggs (smashed with shell crushed for added calcium)

1/2 cup frozen mixed vegetables (peas, carrots)

1/4 cup raisins

1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar

1/2 tsp cod liver oil

1 cup bird seed of choice

1 cup chopped fresh parsley (or non-toxic herb of choice)

 

(Feel free to improvise with any other healthy ingredients your bird enjoys when available)

 

 

 

 

Cooking Directions:

 

Place dried beans, rice and popcorn in a container with approx 2 cups of water. Cover and soak overnight (6-12 hours). After soaking, drain mixture & rinse. Put in a pot and cover about 1-2 inch's over with warm water. Cover and boil for 20 minutes, then rinse.

 

Separately boil 2 eggs. Mash the eggs into a nice crumble with the shells crushed. Mix the bird seed with the apple cider vinegar and cod liver oil together well, ensuring a nice coating on all the seeds. Add the mashed eggs, bird seed, frozen veggies (thawed), raisins, and fresh herbs to the cooked bean mix and allow mixture to cool before serving.

 

Storage:

 

Store any extra cooked mix in the freezer using old egg cartons, ice trays, or freezer bags. When ready to serve, remove the amount needed and allow mixture to thaw. You can optionally add dehydrated or fresh fruit/veggies to the mixture prior to serving. I usually add chopped spinach leaves, copped broccoli, grated carrots and diced apples when available.

 

You can store the thawed mixture in refrigerator for up to 3 days. Any unused/unrefrigerated mixture should be discarded after 8-10 hours. I usually place in cage in the morning and remove mid-evening to allow birds enjoyment for their morning and early-evening feeding times.

 

 

Note: This is a high-protein, low-fat meal that can be served in addition to a bird's normal daily diet of seed/pellet mix. It should not repleace their normal food!

:ygbudgie: wow, think I shall try that for the guys (and girls).

That looks FANTASTIC Thanks. I am certainly going to try that recipe

 

PS I will transfer a copy to our recipe section

Edited January 15, 200817 yr by KAZ

Yumo. My teils will love it. My budgies not so much... unless it's corn or native branches, they're not to keen... , atleast two out of eight will eat it. I'm glad I can freeze it so it will last longer. Thanks for that Ravengypsy, will be trying it this weekend.

Looks awesome and Kaz you took the words right out of my fingers (Laughing out loud)....great minds think alike.

(Laughing out loud) thanks, Mine LOVE it... and what's good is you can use this basic recipe for any of the parot types just substitute your birds favorites and use their normal seed type and viola! For larger parots you can also add peanuts or sunflowers to the finished food.

 

My budgies and tiel go nuts over it, and it's healty enough that you can feed it daily without it causing any issues like most 'treats' do. Mine have it daily and I substitute the fresh veggies with what I have on hand thats seasonal.

 

Here is a photo of of it finished ... in this batch I also added some spinach leaves, cooked pasta and some chili pepers for my teil. (the birds don't have a heat gland for spice, so it won't harm them and they like the seeds inside)

 

Edited January 15, 200817 yr by Ravengypsy

Looks so good we should be eating it ourselves

it's actually health enough to be eatten by humans I've tried it and it's like a nice salad.. minus the seeds of course!!! (Laughing out loud)

thanks for the recipe.

l shall try it on my birds