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Ginger Birdie-Bread
By Angie Johnson, CAS
This delicious, festive recipe will warm your cold bird to the core! Delicious ginger will explode in his little beak, making it easy to slip in nutritional supplements and extra healthy snacks! Plus, you might even get to try a taste! You Will Need:
Cooking Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and spices. Stir in melted butter, molasses, egg, and buttermilk or sour milk. Beat in hot water. Chop carrot and broccoli, add to batter. Mix in half can of pumpkin. Mash yam, add to batter. Pour batter into a generously greased and floured 8-inch square pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until cake springs back when lightly touched with finger. Once cooked, you can garnish with chopped (or shelled) pistachios or almonds.
Why It's Great:
Ginger is a favored Holiday spice, but it has more beneficial qualities than just the spicy, festive taste! Ginger has been known to reduce nausea, calm an upset stomach as well as ease stomach cramps and increase circulation. Plus, for us humans; Ginger is often used as a herbal remedy to ease colds, allergies & respiritory conditions. Pumpkin and yam are full of Vitamin D and Keratin, which help promote glossy feathers, skin & beak! Almonds and Pistachios are beneficial because they contain essential lipids and some amino acids, and birds devour them readily.
Fruity Fourth Bird Treats
By Angie Johnson, CAS
Don't want your bird to miss out on the festivities this year? Want a delicious,
festive treat to help him stay cool while he enjoys this fun holiday with you? These treats are sure to excite! And best of all- They're cheap, easy and stay good for hours!
WHAT YOU NEED
-1 Star Shaped Silicone Ice Cube Tray (Available at Ikea)
-3 Banana Slices
-3 Raspberries
-4 Blueberries
-Red food coloring
-Blue food coloring
HOW TO ASSEMBLE
Assembling these fun, festive treats is so easy!
1. Mix 1 cup of room temp. water with red food coloring.
2. In another cup, mix 1 cup of room temp. water with blue food coloring.
3. In another cup, put 1 cup of clear, undyed water.
4. Use a spouted measuring cup to pour equal amounts of water into each star shaped mold on the ice cube tray.
5. In the red-colored water, add one raspberry. In the blue-colored water, add one blueberry. In the clear water, add one banana slice.
6. Freeze for several hours, until hardened.
Such simple, easy and inexpensive treat has never been more fun! Watch your bird lick the ice cube or watch your larger bird break it apart as she uncovers the hidden treat inside! What's more- You can enjoy these awesome treats, too! Just plop them into your own drink to stay refreshed!
Tropical Wholegrain PancakesBy Angie Johnson, CAS These pancakes are sure to please even the most discriminating taste buds! Packed with wholegrain goodness and bursting with tropical, banana & coconut flavor; these pancakes are a healthy, delicious breakfast you and your parrot can share! (Though you can sneak more bits of nutritious foods into your bird's portion! Shhh!) WHAT YOU NEED: -1 box of Buckwheat Wholegrain Pancakes (I am so original, I know..) -2 Tbsp. Ground Flaxseed (w/ water) -1 Cup of Almond or Rice milk -1 Cup of Shredded Coconut -1 very ripe Banana, Mashed -1 tsp. Vanilla Extract (or 1 Vanilla bean's insides, scraped.) HOW TO COOK:To make 6-8 Pancakes, put 3/4 Cup of Pancake mix into a medium bowl. Mix the Flaxseed with the appropriate amount of water to substitute 1 Egg. (according to directions on box, it varies depending on the brand of Flax you're using) Mix in 1 Cup of Rice or Almond Milk. Mix in your mashed Banana and 1 Cup of shredded Coconut. Mix in your teaspoon of Vanilla extract. Now, heat up a non-teflon skillet on low-medium heat and spray with cooking spray. Once it heats up (if you put a drop of water on the skillet, it should sizzle), pour about 1/2 Cup of batter onto the skillet. You can add additional, chunkier items to the batter at this point. You could sprinkle chopped Broccli, chopped walnuts, thinly chopped carrots, etc. to the top of the pancake, before you flip. Once the edges are forming little divets and bubbles, flip the pancake and let sit for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, let cool & repeat! Garnish with blueberries, raspberries or any delicious fruit you wish to make an absolutely pallet-exhilirating dish you and your bird will love to share!
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