Next I added the oatmeal and the canned pumpkin. Follow the instructions on the box and mix your cornbread until it’s nice and smooth. Try to avoid using more than 3 of each to avoid having crumbly bread and if you do, like I did, use a little less to avoid this problem.įirst thing you need to do is preheat your oven to the temperature that’s on them cornbread mix. Switch up the fruit, veggie, fun extra mix for every batch of bread to make to keep if from getting bland. Stick to the baking aisle or produce for your nuts and dried fruit to avoid getting any with salt or sugar added to them. Other thing you can use are canned sweet potato, flax seeds, unsalted sunflower seeds without the shell, raisins and other dried fruit, chopped pecans, chopped cashews, and other chopped tree nuts. For this batch I’m using oatmeal, canned pumpkin, and chopped up walnuts and almonds. Everything but the peas will need to be processed and the leafy greens can take a long time to do.įor fun extras pick something that your birds enjoy the taste or texture of and has some healthy fats and proteins for them. Other good veggies are cauliflower, kale, green beans, peas, asparagus, romaine lettuce, and most other leafy greens. My veggies this time are carrots, spinach, and broccoli. Make sure to pit and core your fruit before processing them and blue, black, and raspberries should be good to put in without processing them. Avoid any citruses, melons, and anything overly soft or juicy. Other fruit that works are pears, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, and grapes. Keep in mind that most of the ingredients are going to need to go into a food processor, so if you do buy frozen fruit or veggies give it time to defrost.įor this bird bread I’m going to use apples, bananas, and a mix of blue and black berries. I try to get most of my stuff fresh but frozen can work too and you can freeze the fresh stuff if you want to get a good deal on a sale. Now first, you’re going to need to go shopping for your ingredients, but what to get? I go by a 3x3x3 rule, that’s 3 fruits, 3 veggies, and 3 fun extras. Also Candy wasn’t out with me while I was baking, she only was out for pictures and I recommend not baking or cooking while your bird is in the kitchen.Ī box (or 2) of cornbread mix and whatever the mix may need (milk and eggs)ģ kinds of fruit, 3 kinds of veggies, and 3 fun extras So to make up for that I’m going to show everyone how I make my bird bread! Most of my birds hate eating all of their fruits and veggies and I found this to be a good way to trick them into eating them. Keep in mind that I made enough bread for 10 parrots to last me about 3 weeks, so change the amount of the ingredients if you need less. So I’ve been 5 different flavors of sick for the past few months and because of that I haven’t been able to take as many pictures and videos of my birds.