Hello I will be your chef for today! Here are some of my special yummy recipes that I make and has sent to me, for your feathery friends! Got a recipe ? send it to cookiethequakerparrot@hotmail.com 
NOTICE -- These recipes are offered on this site "as is". YOU must be responsible for making and testing these foods with your own birds. All birds are different and could have negative reactions to about anything. Please be wise and cautious about trying new foods with your companions. Ask the vet.
NEED TO KNOW 
Do Not Feed: avocado, fruit pits and seeds, ground cherries (those that are sold with a lantern like cover), tomato plant, butter, foods containing high fat, salt, or sugar, and no alcohol, Chocolate in any form, Caffeinated beverages. Dairy items are not digested in birds. Birds do not have the digestive enzymes necessary to process milk. There are some products that are available on the market as an alternative to dairy products. Soy Milk, Tofu Cheese, etc. Which can be given to your birds as an alternative to dairy items.
Bird Sandwich
1 slice whole wheat bread
1 jar vegetable baby food
chopped veggies and nuts
Spread the baby food on the bread about 1/8" thick. Add chopped nuts and/or veggies and let your bird enjoy!
*My green-cheeked conure likes the "salsa" variety. To do:mix tomato, carrot, and broccoli baby food together and spread on bread. Add chopped pepper, lettuce, and almonds on top.
Rice Ball Surprise
Boil 2 cups of brown rice until it is sticky. Wait about half an hour for it to cool enough to handle. Fill a metal bowl with cold water and set off to the side.
Chop about 20-30 bite sized pieces of your bird's favorite veggie treat. Once the rice is cool enough to handle, take a small amount and flatten it in your palm, place veggie treat in center, cover with more sticky rice. Wet hands with cold water and roll into small, talon-sized balls, just big enough for your bird to hold. Repeat until rice is gone. Makes between 20 and 30 balls, depending on size. These can be frozen and re-heated in the microwave as desired.
Fruit Iceys
Take your parrot's favorite fruits. Puree them in a blender. Pour into Ice Cube Tray and freeze.
If your birds are like mine, they will love it. Comes in handy in those hot summer months too.
SWEET POTATO CHIPS
Preheat oven to 400-425 degrees. Peel one large sweet potato and cut it into strips like you would for fries. Rinse in water and shake them in a bag with a mixture of ground cornmeal flour and a few shakes of Cayenne pepper. Place them on a cookie sheet and bake them for 30 minutes, turning them over halfway through. Mix cornmeal flour, some crushed red pepper, sesame seeds, 1 egg and enough water to make batter consistency. Dip all the potato chips in this. 
Brown Rice & Peas
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1 1/3 Cups raw brown rice |
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2 2/3 Cups hot water |
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1 Cup fresh shelled or frozen green peas |
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1/2 Cup dry split peas, cooked until just tender |
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Cook rice until almost all of liquid is absorbed. Stir in the fresh or frozen peas and cook about 1 minute until warm. Don't overcook. Add the cooked split peas. The combination of the brown rice and dry split peas gives complimentary protein.
Sweet Potato Pancakes
2 Large Sweet Potatoes (Baked or Microwave)
2 Eggs with Shells in Food Processor
Whole Wheat Flour
1 cup Corn Meal
Mash the sweet potato and form into patties, dip them in a whole wheat flour, coat in the eggs mixture and then in the corn meal. Coat a pan with cooking spray and cook over medium high heat for about 3-4 minutes each side.
Banana Nut Fruit Cake
4 cups crushed pellets
2 cups orange juice with calcium
6 eggs with shells (mix in blender or food processor)
1 cup chopped almonds
1 cup banana chips
1 small can crushed pineapple
1/2 cup dried figs, chopped
6 Tbsp baking powder
Add juice and pellets and baking powder. Beat eggs and add to pellets. Sir in remaining ingredients. Bake in a 9X13" pan at 325 degrees for 1 and 1/2 hours.
Fruit Heavenly Rice Pudding
1 cup rice (preferably brown)
1 1/2 cups fresh corn
1/2 cup dried banana (or mango or papaya)
31/2 Tbsp split lentils (or peas)
21/2 Tbsp golden raisins
21/2 Tbsp. natual, unsalted pistachio nuts
1 Tsp dried powdered milk
1/4 Tsp allspice and nutmeg
Add all contents to a quart of cold water. Bring water to a boil, then lower the heat. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Serve warm (not hot). Can also be served cool. Yields 2 pounds or 1 1/2 quarts.
More to come....
Here are a few suggestions that may get your bird eating vegetables and Fruits:
1) Push some seeds into a piece of broccoli, apple banana or any other fruit or vegetable.
2) Weave a carrot top or celery leaf in the bars of the cage
3) Try different size pieces of various fruits and vegetables – some very tiny pieces that you can put in a dish or some larger pieces that you hang up in the cage.
4) Eat the food in front of your bird and offer him a piece from your hand or from your plate.
Remember that it might take anywhere from a few days to a few months to convince your bird to eat these foods, but for your bird’s health, please keep trying.
Do not remove the seeds to try to make your bird hungry enough to eat the fruits or vegetables. A bird can starve himself before trying to eat something that he does not know is food.
