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Recipes for Parrot Foods

You love good food, so does your bird. She may also be bored like you with routine food and needs a break. Use interesting recipes to cook good dishes for your parrot. Here are some—

Quinoa Breakfast of Champions

Quinoa, a South American grain, is good for bird’s health as it is high in calcium, protein, and phosphorous. It is an excellent food for parrots, which they can either eat sprouted and raw or cooked. You can get this seed easily from the health food stores as a bulk grain.

Ingredients to be used:


Any vegetable or fruits can be used

Method:

Boil two cups of water and add quinoa. Cook for about 10 minutes and add veggies and dried fruit. Cook for next 5 minutes. Look for quinoa grain getting clearish. There wull be a small tail sprouting from it. Add a little more water when the dish becomes dry quickly. Put off fire and let it cool. Serve.

Pine Cones

Pine cones are not only good for birds they also make excellent toys for them. Collect pine cones for your bird. They should not be old, damp, moldy. Do not pick the old ones but the ones that have fallen fresh on the ground. Pine cones and their seeds are a favorite for birds. They are safe for the birds to eat..

To make pine cones eatable, bake them in oven for about 20 minutes at 225 degrees F. turn off oven. Leave pine cones in the oven for about two hours to dry out. Heating them in oven kills molds and little critters. In this way they will be safe for the birds to chew.

Birdie Bread

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Method:

Grease the pan with Pam. Make a mix of dry ingredients. Wash eggs and powderize in blender. Mix oil and buttermilk and mix it with dry ingredients. Bake for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool and cut in small pieces. Freeze.

Apple Delight

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Method:

Take core apples and put them in baking dish with non-stick coating. Teflon is not recommended as it gives off harmful fumes. Make a combination of cinnamon, raisins, pine nuts, vitamins and wheat germ. Fill the center of apples with the mixture. Pour juice over apples. Bake for about 45 minutes.

Popcorn Pizza

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Method:

Take popcorn cakes, a corn version of rice cakes. They are easily available in all health food stores. Spread peanut butter on the top of the popcorn cake. Top grated carrots, chopped broccoli, thin-sliced apple, apple sauce, fresh peas, grated mozzarella cheese, etc with your birds’ favorite foods. No cooking essential.