Anne's Birdie Bread
by: Anne Johnson
2 boxes Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
4 eggs
1/4 cup milk
3 tbs. oil
1 cup raisins
1 cup diced apple
1 cup grated carrots
1 cup grated zucchini
Pre heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix first 4 ingredients together in large bowl. Add next 4 ingredients and mix well. Grease and flour 2 bread pans. Bake at 400 for 35 mins. Variations: You can substitute any fruit or veggie such as: blueberries, cranberries, bananas, broccoli, squash, caulflower, green beans, raspberries, spinach, nuts, pineapple, etc. You can also use other muffin mixes such as the oatmeal, bran, etc. Be creative and use your imagination. You can freeze any leftover bread or prepare it in advance and freeze for future use. Serve warm.
BeBe's Birdie Bread
by: Ken Highfill
2 6 oz jars baby food sweet potatoes
2 jars baby food tropical fruit
1-1 1/2 cups pellets or 4 tbss hand feeding formula
3 eggs and eggshells (crushed)
I recycle pellets left in our birds' bowls (We use uncolored pellets). Mix eggs and baby food. Use a little in a small blender/processor to crush the egg shells (calcium source). Mix in remaining ingredients. Put in paper cupcakes or muffin tins- 4 tsps each. Microwave 1-2 mins until firm. Or bake in toaster oven at 400 degrees for 15 minutes till firm. Makes 12 servings. Serve warm, but not too hot. Cockatoos - 1 each, conures - 1/4 each. Save remainder in fridge and warm before serving. Very nutritious and they all love it.
Bird Bread For Eclectus
by: Carolyn Swicegood -
2 cups yellow corn meal
1 cup whole wheat flour
l cup currants or raisins
1 cup nuts (pine, almond, walnut, pecan)
1 cup shelled sunflower seeds
1 twenty-nine ounce can of solid pack pumpkin
1 thirty-two ounce bottle of papaya nectar
one half cup of sunflower or safflower oil
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 Tbs baking powder
Combine ingredients in a large bowl. Add enough water or juice to make a pourable batter. Use two large well-greased baking pans. Bake at 425 degrees for 30 minutes or until done. Cool and slice. Can be frozen. This recipe makes a "heavy" bread, not as light as you would prepare for yourself, but the birds love it! Notice that it contains very little baking powder, (some baking powders contain aluminum) no added sugar or other sweenteners, and no added salt.
Birdie Bread for Overweight Birds
by: Cristiana Senni
8 cups total of mixed grains and whole flours (wheat,buckwheat,oats,spelt,barley,quinoa etc.) which include 1/2 cup of either soy or chick peas flour for protein or 1/2 cup of corn meal (to make it less fattening)
2 tbs baking powder
2 cups approx. of whole boiled mixed grains
Approx 8 large carrots
1 large red pepper or 2 small ones
1 or 2 papayas, depending on the size - (I add the whole seeds)
1 or 2 slices of melon
2 eggs - I include the egg shells when I have the time to clean them well first
1 or 2 cups unsalted pumpkin seeds
The boiled whole grains are in addition to the 8 cups. I mix the grains,and boil them for 15 minutes in 2 parts water. After I turn the flame off, I let them sit in the covered pan for another 15 minutes or more to absorb all the water.
The quantities can vary, this recipe gives an idea of the proportions to follow, but if the dough is too soft or too dry it can be adjusted with either more flour or fresh foods. What I tried to do was to make a bread that would have a high Vitamin A content, I don't know how much there is left after cooking it, someday I would like to have the nutrients tested by a lab.
Grind the fresh foods in the food processor, mix them with the eggs and then mix everything together. Bake it in 2 rectangular pans at 350 for about 40-45 minutes.
If calories are not an issue one could add a variety of other foods like bananas, sesame seeds, crushed nuts,raisins passion fruit, prikly pears, etc.Sweet potatoes would be a very good addition except that the variety with the orange pulp, high in Vitamin A, is still not available here in Italy.
Birdie Corn Bread Squares
1 Cup plain yellow corn meal
1 teaspoon backing powder
1 egg
1/2 cup apple sauce
1/2 cup apple juice (pasturized)
1/3 cup thawed frozen peas
1/3 cup grated carrot
1/3 cup cooked white or brown rice
1/3 cup pellets or seeds
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, mix above ingredients together. Put in a glass 8x8 pan. Bake for 35 minutes. Allow corn bread to cool and cut into 1 inch squares. These freeze well or can be kept about a week sealed in a plastic zip lock bag in the crisper. My birds from Conure to Budgies love them.
Bobbi's Basic Birdie Bread
by: Bobbi Brinker
2 boxes Jiffy corn muffin mix
3 tbss baking powder
1 tsp Spirulina
2 eggs & shells (puree in blender)
4 jars baby food (carrots, sweet potatoes, a fruit, chicken/turkey with rice, noodles, or vegetables)
3/4 cup peanut butter
2 cups baby cereal (buy lowest percent of iron)
1-1/2 cups shredded/chopped veggies (usually carrots or broccoli). Almost any of the baby foods can be used but choose those with a high Vitamin A content.
Warning - the batter will be hard to mix! Mix wet & dry ingredients separately. Combine wet & dry ingredients along with shredded/chopped veggies. Spray 9x13 pan with cooking spray & bake about 30 minutes in a 400 degree preheated oven. Cool on rack, cut into squares & freeze in 3 day batches.
Optional Additions: chopped nuts, toasted soybean bits, shredded low fat cheese, dried fruit (small pieces), shaved cuttlebone, toasted sunflower kernels, pureed bananas, pureed beans (reduce baby foods by one jar ), peeled, pureed fresh mango, papaya or kiwi (reduce number of jars of baby food).
High Protein or High Vitamin A Bread
by: Sandi Sartain
6 Oz. breeder pellets
2 cups cooked beans (kidney, lentils, garbanzo, pinto, etc)
1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup reg. flour
3 eggs plus shells
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup raw carrots, chopped in blender
1/2 cup shelled sunflower seeds
1/2 cup veg. oil
Cover pellets with hot water to soften. Mash. Add all dry ingredients to pellets. Blend well. Puree beans, eggs, and carrots in food processor or blender. Stir into dry ingred. to make a thick batter. Add water as needed. Bake at 350 degrees 45-50 minutes. I bake these in the miniature muffins pans so I don't have to cut and slice them. Freeze in individual baggies.
Vegetable-rich Bread: Substitute equal amounts of maintainence pellets and cooked veggies. Carrots, brocculi, yams, squash instead of the beans. Prepare as above. I always use Vitamin A rich veggies in this bread. I have weaned a lot of baby Greys on these breads. My breeders and pets loves it too! Hope your birds enjoy it!
Kathy's Birdie Bread
by: Kathy Pearson
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1/2 cup each whole wheat flour and rye flour
- 1/4 cup each Cream of Rice cereal, Malt-O-Meal, grits, and rolled oats
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 3 jars baby food - squash, sweet potatoes & applesauce
- 1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 1 large carrot chopped
- 1 cup chopped broccoli stems & crowns
- 2 eggs with shells
- 1 cup puffed brown rice cereal
- water as necessary
Put carrot & broccoli in food processor for 30 seconds. Eggs & shells should also be processed in the food processor until shells are ground. Mix all ingredients and add water to make mixture spreading consistency. Spread in greased 10x13 pan, and bake at 400 for 30 minutes.
I created this recipe by combining ingredients from some of the other birdie bread recipes out there and adding some of my own. My birds love it! Ingredients can easily be substituted with similar ingredients that you have on hand.
Linda's Southern Cornbread
by: Linda Muylle
2 cups yellow corn meal, 1 cup self-rising flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp Spirulina, 2 raw eggs, 2 chopped boiled eggs, 1 pkg frozen sweet peas or broccoli and grated carrot.
Mix all ingredients including egg shells. Pour into greased baking pan and put in preheated 450 degree oven for about 20 minutes. Cool completely and cut in small squares and freeze. Just take'm out when you need'm.
Macaw Bake
by: Karen Loften
Ingredients: 3 eggs with shell, 1/4 lb. fried hamburger, 2 cups cooked beans (see bean mix below), 1 6oz jar baby food, 3/4 cup honey or course brown sugar, 3/4 cup peanut butter, 1/4 cup powdered soy milk, 1 cup corn meal, 3/4 cup shredded carrots, 2 cups oatmeal or wheat flakes, 1/2 cup oat or wheat bran, 2 tbls. wheat germ oil. I also add some Spiralinea(sp) if I have it.
Directions: Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix everything together and divide into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until top of bread is light brown.
Bean Mix - Red Beans, Black-eyed Peas, Great Northerns, Lima Beans, Kidney Beans, Pinto Beans, Soybeans equal to the total amount of mixed beans. Soak for 24 hrs, bring to a boil with a little salt and let sit for a couple of hours. Drain and rinse.
Mini Minute Birdie Cake
by: Tanya
1/2 cup cheerios or kix
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 egg
Crush the cheerios/kix slightly in a plastic bag with a rolling pin. Pour the cheerios/kix into a small bowl. Add other ingredients and mix until smoothe. Now, pour the mixture into a cereal bowl or a small soup bowl. Put into microwave for 1-1 1/2 minutes. When you take it out, it should be a bit soft, but not gooey. Gently lift cake out of bowl and place it onto a plate upside down. If the bottom is gooey, put it in the microwave for 10 seconds, otherwise flip right side up. Mush a ripe strawberry. Spread on top of cake. Cut into pieces according to birds size. Left overs can be put in fridge. I made this for my sister's lovebird and she loves them!
Norma's Birdie Bread
By: Norma Goldberger
1 box of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
Dump into blender:
1 egg with shell
1 carrot washed
1 hunk of sweet potato microwaved 30 sec to tenderize
2 bottles banana baby food
1 handful mustard leaves washed (from the veggie garden)
Substitutes: Vegetable list - 1 stalk of broccoli, handful of washed dandelion greens, handful green beans or peas. Liquids - A piece of banana and 1/3 cup of milk or a nutritious fruit juice can replace the baby food.
Optional: Add spices - 1/2 tsp chili or 1/4 tsp cayenne or 1/4 tsp cinnamon.
Blenderize above and add to corn muffin mix. Mix. Bake as package directs (400 degrees) in greased (corn oil) muffin pan. Must be the slightly green color that is so appealing.
Nutty Birdy Bread
by: Suzanne
1 box jiffy corn muffin mix
1 egg
1/2 cup of milk
1 apple (peeled, cored , and chopped up good)
1/2 cup quick oats
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
2 tbs peanut butter
1/2 cup of your birds favorite pellet(s) chopped.
Mix all ingredients together and spread in a 9" X 13" lightly greased pan (I use crisco spray). Bake at 350 for 25-35 minutes. Check with toothpick. Cool completely, cut into 2" squares, serve cool. Saves great in fridge!! Even the picky ones LOVE this stuff!!!
Quick'n Easy Birdy Bread
by: Deborah Furnia
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup corn meal
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp sugar or honey
2 eggs
3 tbs vegetable oil or palm oil (for African species)
1C milk or buttermilk
Mix the above ingredients and add any of the following: cooked sweet potatoes, squash shredded or chopped, grated carrot, pulverized egg shells, blueberries, peanut butter, walnuts, or anything that your bird likes. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes in a 13x9 pan.
Sharon's Birdie Bread Recipe
by: Sharon Dubois
2 Cups finely ground pellets
1 Very ripe banana
1/3 Cup wheat germ oil
1/3 Cup vegetable oil
6 Large eggs
2 Heaping tbss of canned pumpkin
1 Heaping tbs of applesauce
1 Cup of mixed vegetables
1 Cup of cooked or canned pinto beans
1 Cup boiled brown rice
2 Cups corn meal
4 tbs baking powder
1 tsp Spirulina
Mix the first five ingredients in a food processor until you have a fine blend. Add the next two ingredients and continue to process. Pour entire mixture into a large bowl and add the vegetables, beans, rice, corn meal and baking powder, spirulina and stir. The mix should be the consistency of cornbread. If it's too dry, add the liquid from the pinto beans. If there isn't enough liquid add water. When you have the desired consistency pour into a 13x9 inch baking pan.
Bake the bread at 325 degrees for about 40 minutes or until done. To test your bread insert a toothpick in the middle of the pan. If it comes out clean the bread is ready. Make several pans at once so you can freeze the loaves and use them as needed. Sprinkle vitamins on the bread and crumble it before serving. Good vitamins to sprinkle are: Wheat Grass powder!
Terri's Birdie Bread
by: Terri Leinneweber
- 4 cornbread mixes
- 1 package frozen collard/kale/broccoli (or fresh)
- 4 eggs
- About 1/2 cup to 1 cup low fat, plain organic yogurt
- About 1 - 1/2 cups cooked butternut or golden squash, sweet potato or pumpkin
- Dried/fresh fruit (colorful to add interest)
- 1 cup pellets (or more if you want. I converted 2 birds to Harrison's using this recipe).
Blend Yogurt/eggs/greens, substitute for liquid called for. Mix all ingredients, bake about 45 mins at 400 degrees. I use 4 packages of cornbread mix (size of Jiffy or Washington (worthington?) but I try to get them at the healthfood store so they don't contain sugar, and have less salt, but cornbread is real easy to make yourself from scratch, so sometimes I do that too - time permitting.
What I do is take fresh or frozen collard greens, kale, chard, bok choi tops, broccoli, dandelion or whatever I can come by that is green and high in vitamin A. I put it through the blender with a little yogurt (plain, organic, lowfat) and substitute this for the liquid called for in the recipe. I also blend in the eggs, shell and all, called for by the recipe (I wash the outside of the eggs in hot water first. I don't know if it does any good).
I then steam yellow winter squash, pumpkin, or sweet potato, until very soft, or if I can find frozen, I'll use that. In the absolute worst case I will use a can of pumpkin, but be sure not to get pie mix. Just plain pumpkin. I stir in 1 package frozen, 1 can or the equivalent fresh cooked.
I then stir in a cup (more or less) of whatever pellets I have to spare, and some bright colored fresh or dried fruit (cranberries, raspberries, blue berries); just enough to catch their attention. Sometimes, I will throw in a few nuts. This makes 2 large pyrex rectangular sheet pans which is enough to give my birds (5 get their own piece/2 share 1 piece, so six a day) each day for almost 3 weeks. Pieces are about 1 inch square.
My birds really seem to like this bread. Occasionally, I will leave out the squash/sweet potato/pumpkin and add chopped red and green sweet peppers, a little garlic chopped, and some hot peppers or dried pepper flakes. When I do this, I also add about a quarter to half a cup cheddar in small chunks.
Tails Up Birdie Bread
by: Sue T.
2 Boxes Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
2 eggs (shells have bacteria, I toss them)
2/3-cup fruit juice (I use apple, 100% juice, no additives or preservatives)
24 oz can of sweet potatoes (Rinse well and mash)
1 apple cut into small chunks (scrubbed well to get preservatives off of it)
1-2 bananas
2 boxes snack size raisins (about 1/2 cup)
Big Scoop of Peanut Butter (about 1/3 cup)
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/3 heaping cup of Avain Naturals herb mix (www.allbirdtoys.com/herbmix.html)
1 Cup of Beak appetit food (Any flavor, prepared) (www.beakappetit.com)
Grease a 9x13 pan (I use olive oil) and spread evenly in pan. Place on middle rack of 450-degree oven for about 45 min to an hour. I test mine in the middle and its done when toothpick stuck in it comes out clean, and the sides have started to pull away from the pan. I then cut mine into manageable squares and store in Baggies in the freezer. I reheat in the Microwave for about 30 seconds and then crumble into food dishes. Make sure you don't burn anyone! Always test temp before serving to your birds.
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