I am considering making my soft food up in larger batches and freezing it in ice block trays as I am very busy with my job, kids, wedding, etc and i would be great to be able to just pop a couple of blocks into dishes and let them defrost or give them frozen in summer. Has anyone tried this? Is there anything that I shouldn't include in my soft food if I wanted to freeze it?

I am considering making my soft food up in larger batches and freezing it in ice block trays as I am very busy with my job, kids, wedding, etc and i would be great to be able to just pop a couple of blocks into dishes and let them defrost or give them frozen in summer. Has anyone tried this? Is there anything that I shouldn't include in my soft food if I wanted to freeze it?

 

I used to do this with (human) baby food - it works a treat and saves so much time

I cant think of anything that cant be frozen

Boiled eggs okay?

I've done it to. As I don't have heaps of birds, food goes off really quickly. I found it great to be able to make up a whole lot and freeze in ice cube trays. To defrost I put them in a bowl of warm water. I used to do lentils as well, and they'd get a mix of them and veggies. Lettuce doesn't unfreeze well, but I think it's mainly the watery one which shouldn't be fed to them anyway.

Boiled eggs okay?

 

I don't know??? They wouldn't spoil in the freezer - perhaps try one and see how it thaws

okay I'll give it a go.

I know Bea would make up her mixes in ice cube trays and thaw them that is okay, but just putting in lettuce to freeze would get wet and soggy and probably not pleasant for them to eat.

Nah, I don't feel the need to freeze, my birds don't get it anyway. I just wanted to do my wet mix, boiled egss, chicken crumble, egg n' biscuit, carrot, apple and a bit of water to moisten, then freeze.

You should be able to freeze all those with not an issue for at least up to 3 months. If you do a search I am sure you will find Bea's post on it I remember it. . Here is a Freezing Fact Website http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Focus...ezing/index.asp

Edited July 12, 200817 yr by Elly

You should be able to freeze all those with not an issue for at least up to 3 months. If you do a search I am sure you will find Bea's post on it I remember it. . Here is a Freezing Fact Website http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Focus...ezing/index.asp

that is a great article, l have bookmarked it

l always freeze my budgies cooked food but l also give them fresh food too.