Recipes:

• Pasta and Rice Supreme,
  
• Birdy Bread,
  
• Eggs Scramboli,
  
• Birdy Hard-Boiled Eggs,
  
• Chicken Noodle Soup,
  
• Oatmeal Surprise,
  
• Veggie Pizza,
  
• Birdy Tea(*This "tea" contains NO caffeine!),
  
• Home-Made Avi-Cakes,

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  Pasta and Rice Supreme-
  
  Ingredients:
  
  Assorted pastas-wagon wheels, ABC's, etc.
  Minute Rice,
  Vegetables-grated carrots, corn, broccoli pieces, chopped cauliflower, spinach, sweet potatoes, cucumber, etc.
  Instead of vegetables, you can also use baby food, assorted flavors. Chicken and veal ones are even good to use.
  

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  Directions:
  
  Cook pasta and rice thoroughly. Drain pasta, rinse with cool water and add to rice. If vegetables aren't chopped, diced or grated, do so now. Then add veggies to pasta and rice. If using a jar of baby food, add now. Allow mixture to cool. Once it has cooled, serve to your birds. Storage containers-tupperware type or ziplock bags. Can be stored for up to 1 year, safely.

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  Birdy Bread-
  
  Ingredients:
  
  1 pkg. Jiffy Cornbread Mix(Note: Only use the cornbread mix, as the muffin mix has too much sugar.),
  3-4 small jars of assorted flavor baby food, or 2-3 large jars of assorted flavor baby food,
  1 large hard boiled egg,
  1/2 good size banana,
  1/4 cup of corn(either fresh or frozen, stay away from canned, as it contains a high amount of salt),
  1/4 cup of assorted pastas,
  1/4 cup of seeds, pellets and oatmeal.
  

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  Directions:
  Prepare Jiffy cornbread mix, according to directions(you may or may not want to cut the liquid ingredients in half). Cook pasta until tender. Add baby food, hard boiled egg(shell and all), banana, vegetables, pastas, seeds, pellets and oatmeal. Cook entire mix according to directions on box. Allow to cool for at least 1 hour before feeding to birds(to be sure it is cooled entirely). Storage containers-tupperware type or ziplock bags.

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  Eggs Scramboli-
  
  Ingredients:
  
  1-2 eggs(depending on the number of birds, 1 egg can feed up to 3 birds),
  1/2 tsp. cinnamon,
  1/4 tsp. vanilla extract.

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  Directions:
  
  In a bowl, scramble eggs, add cinnamon and vanilla. Cook in microwave for 1 minute. Allow to cool for 15 minutes, before serving to birds.

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  Birdy Hard-Boiled Eggs-
  
  Ingredients:
  Eggs-amount depends on how many you would like to cook.
  

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  Directions:
  Boil eggs for 30 minutes. Allow to cool for one hour. Serve to birds chopped up with shells.

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  Chicken Noodle Soup-
  
  Ingredients:
  
  3 cups of water,
  1-2 large, boneless chicken breasts,
  1 chicken leg(on bone),
  2 cups assorted pastas,
  1 small-medium carrot- grated,
  1 celery stalk-chopped,
  1 small sweet potato-cubed,
  1/2 cup frozen or fresh corn off the cob...or...1 piece of corn on the cob, cut into pieces that can be picked up with foot easily,
  1/2 cup peas,
  1/2 cup broccoli,
  1 hard boiled egg plus shells.

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  Directions:
  Bring water to boil. Add chicken leg and breast(s). Cook until well-done. Add pastas, vegetables and hard boiled egg, plus shells-cook until tender. Allow to cool completely before serving to birds. Storage containers-tupperware or ziplock bags.

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  Oatmeal Surprise-
  
  Ingredients:
  
  1 cup quick oats,
  1/4 cup of raisins,
  1 hard boiled egg,
  1/2 cup minute rice,
  1 small carrot-grated.

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  Directions:
  
  Boil water, adding rice. Cook rice until tender. Then add quick oats, raisins, hard boiled egg and carrot. Cook until oatmeal is done. Allow to cool thoroughly before serving to birds. Storage: Tupperware type or ziplock bags.

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  Veggie Pizza-
  
  Ingredients:
  
  1 large tortilla,
  1 sweet potatoe,
  
  Garnish:
  Use broccoli spears, grated carrots, corn, rice, cooked beans, peppers to garnish pizza.

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  Directions:
  
  Cook tortilla shell in oven until crispy. Allow to cool. While cooling, poke holes in sweet potatoe using a fork. Cook in microwave until mushy. In a bowl, mash sweet potatoe into a paste like substance(can add water to help). Spread onto tortilla shell. Use veggies, rice, and beans to garnish pizza. Allow to cool. Once cool, serve to bird(s). Storage-Tupperware type or ziplock bags.

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  Birdy Tea-
  
  Warm some water in a cup & add a lemon slice, seeds removed.(*Note: Make sure water is not too hot, or bird can be severely burned!) Serve to bird. Once bird is done drinking, lemon slice can be eaten by bird in cage or on playgym/T-stand.

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  Home-Made Avi-Cakes-
  
  Ingredients:
  
  Seeds,
  Cheerios(plain, unsweetened)-crushed,
  Pellets-crushed,
  Honey,
  Fruits and Veggies of your choice.
  

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  Instructions:
  
  Mix seeds, crushed cheerios, crushed pellets and honey together in a bowl. Add any fruits and veggies you wish. Put the mix in mini-muffin pans & cook at 225°F for 45 minutes. Let cool & serve. Can be stored in Tupperware or Ziplock bags for cabinet or freezer storage.

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