RECIPES

 

Here is my blog recipe post.
Some are recipes of my own and others have been shared on the Eclectus group and I am sharing them here now with permission. Cooking for our fids should be fun...but with their over all health in mind when considering ingredients.

I thought what better place than here on my blog where I can look back anytime, or pull it up while in the kitchen. I will add more along the way. So be sure to check back on this post often. If you have a recipe that your Ekkie (or other bird/parrot) enjoys and you would like to share it, shoot me a message below or post it and I will be sure to try it out and load it here.

Enjoy! I know Viggo and many other Ekkies do.

 

Viggo's Bird Bread by Megan (me)

1 cup Brown Rice or Black Bean Flour (Organic)

1/2 cup unsweetened organic apple sauce

2 eggs (with or without shell)

1 cup water

1/2 cup Mixed vegetables of choice

1/2 cup Mixed Nuts or 1/2 cup seed

Optional: I make a veggie chop in our food processor that I'll add into the bread in place of mixed veggies. This bread is so easy to play around with, add whatever veggies chopped or nut or seed mix and make it into one your parrot will devour.

Cook at 325 for 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool and cut into cubes. I cook ours in a 9x9 baking dish. Make sure to oil the dish so the bread comes out. I use coconut oil.

PASSIONFRUIT SURPRISE by Narrelle

The passion fruit is pretty easy. I make a few days worth of polenta (1 litre of water to 3/4 cup of polenta: bring to boil and cook slowly for 20 minutes and then let rest and cool before putting it in the fridge). When you want to use the polenta, I take out the amount that I need and microwave that for about 1 minute to soften it (be careful as it is super hot!). To that, I added 1 teaspoon of almond and chia paste that I have in the fridge (you can buy this at the supermarket) and mix through. Fill the passionfruit halves and stick them together. Put in the fridge to let the polenta cool again and stick the halves together. When cool, give to your fid and watch the enjoyment!!!

INSIDE OUT APPLE CRUMBLE by Narrelle

I chopped the top off the apple (keep this) and then hollowed it out to make a cup. Into that I put a mix of crushed nuts, bread crumb and coconut. Popped the tops back on the apple. I put them in a dish with some water in the bottom and into the oven for about 30 mins. Let it cool and then give to your fid. It is pretty quick and easy which is how I like it! lolOh... I forgot to mention, the apple crumble mix also has cinnamon in it. And I cooked it at 180 c.

CRUNCHY VEGGIE CHIPS by Narrelle

Use a vegetable peeler to peel things like sweet potato, zucchini, apple (can dust apple with cinnamon), carrot etc. Put on a baking tray in the oven on 180c for about 20 mins and then reduce temp to 150c. Take out after about another 30 mins when crisp! Easy peasy!

VEGGIE CHIPS (VERSION 2) by Narrelle

Healthy for us and for them! Cut zucchini and Sweet potato into chip size strips, coat with some whisked egg and breadcrumbs. Bake on a lightly oiled tray for 40 mins on 180c.

For variations, you could include chilli flakes into the breadcrumb mix for a bit of extra zing.

BERRY EGGS by Narrelle

3 Egg Shells baked in the oven (broken in half)Quantity of polenta warmed upBerry compote (I used cherry's because my parents dropped some off today!)Coconut

Cook down the berries on a stove with water (this might take a while) until it reaches a nice rich consistency. Do NOT add any sugar, only water. I added 1 even tablespoon of polenta to the mix just to thicken it a bit. Be careful with the amount as it will thicken very fast. Allow to cool and then put in the fridge until cold.* If you don't have the time to make it, I guess you could buy it? I'm not sure. You could use blueberries or strawberries or apple. Any fruity mix that you can boil down.

Put a quantity of polenta in the shell half and leave a space in the middle for the compote. Mix some coconut into the compote and carefully spoon into the middle. A little coconut on the top for finish!

It's all a mix and match really with what you have available. I used the egg shells from the quiche I made tonight. I happened to have an egg carton handy which helps and Rose should have fun tearing

that apart too for extra fun.

SNEAKY PUMPKIN BALLS by Narrelle

Make up a quantity of mashed pumpkin, potato and broccoli (the sneaky part!). Mix in some Brown or Jasmine rice and mix. Carefully roll into little balls and put a coating of crumble on the outside (see Inside out Apple Crumble recipe). Pop into the fridge to cool. If you have extra, put them into the freezer as a quick treat when you need it.

Birdy Cookies by Trent & Rebecca

1 1/2 cups of rolled oats

1 banana- mashed

2 small sweet potatoes- boiled cooked first then mashed.

Hand full of dry roasted almonds chopped.

1/2 tin of puréed apple baby food- make sure it's pure apple, no sugar etc!

Sprinkle of black chia seeds.

Mixed all together and made into "cookies"- oven 160 (fan forced) for roughly 20min- pending on your oven also.

                                                  

Birdy Bean Crazy w/ Rice by Robin

1 Cup Quinoa (uncooked)

1 Cup Brown Rice (uncooked)
1 Cup Oatmeal
1 small box raisins
½ Bag (1/2 Cup) of Craisins (Dried Cranberries)
1 Can Black Beans
1 Can Pinto Beans
1 Can Chick Peas
1 Small Bag Mixed Veggies Frozen
1Tablespoon Cinnamon
1 Tablespoon Chili Powder
In a Saucepan bring 4 Cups water to a boil, Add 2 Cups Brown Rice, Cinnamon, Chili powder, Raisins, and cranberries and cook for 10 minutes, then add quinoa and cook for another 15 minutes until mixture is done..

While the rice mix is cooking take and rinse the beans thoroughly ( I try to get beans with no added salt but sometimes it has it so I rinse longer is all) and mix in 1 Cup of frozen mixed veggies…(any frozen veggies will do) set aside…
When rice is done mix that together with your bean mixture…and add 1 Cup of dried oatmeal…then in ice cube trays spread this mixture evenly over the trays and freeze for easy serving…Makes a lot…
My birds love this...

 

 Soft Food Mix by Robin

1 cup brown rice
1 can black beans (rinsed for 2 minutes in a colander)
1 Can of Chick peas (rinsed for 2 minutes in a colander)
1 can pinto beans (rinsed for 2 minutes in a colander)
(I use can beans to save on cooking and soaking time..and I rinse them well to be sure there is no added salts..I do not use kidney beans...i am afraid i wont have them cooked well enough for my birds)
1 box raisins
1 box of craisins (dried cranberries)
1 teaspoon cinnamon

In a pot bring to a boil 2 cups of water and add your rice, cinnamon, ¼ cup of raisins, ¼ cup of Craisins and cook for 30 minutes or until rice is done and turn off to let cool…in another pot boil and cook the beans for one hour or so with a small amount of water…when you know they are well cooked…drain well but don’t rinse because you are now rinsing nutrients off the beans…
Mix the beans and the rice mixture together ..
In ice cube trays spread your bean rice mix in them and freeze…plop out and place into freezer bags for easy serving size..
I use this with my fresh veggies and fruit and sprouts…and serve it with them..I alternate this with my sweet potato balls

 

Sweet Potato Mash (<--Links to a video)

 I make these all the time....my birds love them ... the quinoa you can find at any health food stores and the millet i just buy a canary seed mix...

 

 

Birdy Biscuits by Rochelle

 1cup of brown flour
1/2 cup of millet,
1/2 cup of chopped nuts ( any nut will b fine)
Water to combine,
Nuts to top

Combine dry ingredients... Stir... Add enough water to combine dry ingredients... Roll into balls... Place on baking tray... Squish them down with a fork and place nut on top to garnish... Place in oven at 180 degrees fan forced, 200 degrees conventional, and cook for about 15-20 minutes or till golden... Remove from oven... Break into pieces for fids then serve,.. Birds love holding them in their feet and eating away at them!