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Cornbread recipe my vet recommended.
Ingredients
2 (8 1/2 ounce) boxes Jiffy corn muffin mix (dry)

1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups oatmeal
4 eggs (with shells) r


3 (6 ounce) jars vegetable baby food (sweet potato, carrots, potatoes, etc)
1/2 cup applesauce
2 tablespoons wheat germ
2/3 cup tahini or peanut butter
1/2 cup cheese, grated
3 carrots, grated
1/2 cup broccoli floret, finely chopped
1/2 cup seeds (or pellets)

Directions
1Pre-Heat oven to 400.
2Place muffin mix, oatmeal, and baking powder in large bowl and set aside.
3Wash whole eggs thoroughly and place in blender (shells and all.) Add baby food, applesauce, and wheat germ, and puree.
4Pour blended puree into your bowl of dry ingredients and stir with a large spoon. Stir in Tahini, cheese, grated carrots, and broccoli (if you have a fussy bird, you can puree these items in the blender in step 3.).
5Spread mixture in a lightly greased 9 x 13" pan and sprinkle the seed (or pellets) over the top.
6Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes. (Time may vary.) Let cool and cut into squares that are the size of a daily portion for your bird and freeze accordingly.
7Defrost daily portions in the microwave before feeding. Depending on your bird, either crumble the birdie bread into their bowl (especially smaller birds) or give them talon size chunks (bigger birds).
8Don't be afraid to experiment with the ingredients. The recipe is very forgiving. Instead of baby food, I sometimes substitute frozen mixed vegetables, a can of pumpkin, mashed bananas, or mashed sweet potatoes.
9Instead of oatmeal, I often use cooked brown rice, baby rice cereal, or wholegrain Cheerios. Other things I've experimented with include chopped nuts, raisins, cooked lentils, chopped kale, pureed chickpeas, or pasta.
10Tahini (sesame seed paste) is preferable to peanut butter, if you can find it. It's very high in protein and calcium.

Sweet potato Puffs:

Bake or boil a large sweet potato until soft. Peel and mash with:
1 cup chopped nuts (pecans, wallnuts, almonds, pine nuts)
1 banana
1 cup Grape-nuts cereal
add unsweetened apple juice to make to proper consistency to be moist but hold together. Use a melon baller or roll in your hands to make balls or "puffs". Shake them in a bag of seeds, unsweetened coconut flakes, and a little raw wheat germ. Serve or freeze for later use. You can add your birds favorite
treats to this recipe. I add RoddyBush natural pellets. My birds love this JOJO sets on edge of bowel and eats as I make this.

Dang Jimmy leave the seeds out of the sweet potato Puffs and I will eat it!

I know I set some aside for me um um good