Argh Avicakes!! WHY?!?!

[Courtzrocks]

So the one place I could get avicakes from (now my new job) has told me that Avicakes can't be shipped into Australia anymore....WHY!?!?!?! What am I going to do now??? I don't even know why they can't be sent here now...grr..just needed to vent..

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I make my own! Both my birds love them!
Here is my recipie:



Homemade Avi cakes/nutriberries

1 C. dried fruit your choice
2 Tbsp. coconut
1/2 C. uncooked Old Fashioned Oatmeal
2 Tbsp. peanut butter
1/4 C. high quality seed or crushed nuts (pistachio & almonds)
1 Tbsp. Molasses
1/4 C. Pellets of choice
Blend all ingredients in a food processor or by hand (chopping w/knife) until finely chopped. Place mix in a bowl, add peanut butter and molasses. Mix very well, will be very sticky. Roll into small 1/2" balls/ or mush into cookie sheet and cut squares and put on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or onto a foil lined sheet lightly rubbed with vegetable oil. Bake at 325 F. for about 20 min. Cool and serve. Store in a tightly sealed container.

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here are some of my other favorites and my birdies too:

Basic Birdie Bread

* 2 boxes Jiffy corn muffin mix
* 3 T. baking powder
* 1 tsp. Spirulina
* 2 eggs and shells (puree in blender)
* 4 jars baby food (carrots, sweet potatoes, a fruit, chicken/turkey with rice, noodles, or vegetables)
* 3/4 c. peanut butter
* 2 c. baby cereal (buy lowest percent of iron)
* 1 1/2 c. shredded/chopped veggies (usually carrots or brocolli)

Almost any of the baby foods can be used but choose those with a high Vitamin A content.

Note: - the batter will be hard to mix!! Mix wet and dry ingredients separately. Combine wet and dry ingredients along with shredded/chopped veggies. Spray 9x13 pan with cooking spray and bake about 30 min. in a 400 degree preheated oven. Cool on rack, cut into squares and freeze in 3 day batches.

Optional additions: Chopped nuts, toasted soybean bits, shredded low fat cheese, dried fruit (small pieces), shaved cuttlebone, toasted sunflower kernels, pureed bananas peeled, pureed fresh mango, papaya or kiwi {reduce number of jars of baby food)

Birdie Apple Cinnamon Muffins

* 3 c. flour
* 3/4 c. sugar
* 1 1/2 t. cream tartar
* 3/4 t. baking soda
* 1/2 t. orange peel
* 1/2 t. cinnamon
* 1/2 c. butter
* 1 c. finely chopped apple
* 1 c. french vanilla yogurt
* 2 eggs, beaten

Mix all together. Fill greased muffin cups 2/3rds full. Makes 22 muffins. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. 325 degrees for Baker's Secret pans. Afer baking, brush tops of warm muffins with melted butter & then dip in mixture of 1/2 t. cinnamon & 1/3 c. sugar.

Birdie Pumpkin Bread

* 3 c. sugar plus bit of molasses
* 1 c. vegetable oil
* 4 eggs, beaten
* 16 oz. canned pumpkin
* 3 1/2 c. flour
* 2 t. soda
* 1/2 t. ground cloves
* 1 t. each cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg
* 2/3 c. water
* 2 c. nuts (optional)

Mix sugar, oil & eggs together. Add pumpkin, then add dry ingredients then water, stirring until just mixed. Pour batter into 2 greased & floured loaf pans. Bake 350 degrees for 1 hour, or makes 6 mini loaves in 40 minutes

Birdie Apricot Nut Bread

* 1 c. snipped dry apricots
* 3/4 c. sugar
* 2 T. soft butter
* 1 egg
* 3/4 c. orange juice
* 2 c. flour
* 1 t. cream of tartar
* 3/4 t. baking soda
* 3/4 c. chopped nuts

Soak apricots in warm water for 30 minutes. (optional) Cream together sugar, butter & egg. Stir in orange juice. Combine flour, baking soda & cream of tartar. Drain apricots well; add to batter. Stir together. Add nuts. Pour into a greased 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45 min or until bread tests done. Cool ten minutes in pan before removing to wire rack. If use mini loaf pans makes 4 loaves & Baker's Secret pans 28 minutes. A double recipe yields 7 loaves at 325 degrees for 33 min in Baker's Secret pans.

Birdie Banana Nut Bread

* 3.5 c. flour
* 2 t. cream tartar
* 1.5 t. baking soda
* 2/3 c. applesauce (or 2 apples chopped finely)
* 1 1/3 c. sugar
* 4 eggs, well beaten
* 2 c. ripe mashed bananas
* 1 c. chopped baby carrots
* 2 c. pecans
* 1 jar baby food, winter squash or sweet potato (optional)

Bake 350 for about 30-33 min makes 6 mini loaves or approx 1 hour for 2 large loaves

Pineapple Carrot Bread

* 3 cups flour
* 2 cups sugar (can use less)
* 1 t. baking soda
* 1 t. cinnamon
* 3 eggs
* 2 cups shredded carrots
* 1 cup vegetable oil (or 1 c. applesauce)
* 1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple, drained
* 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
* 2 t. vanilla extract

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon. In another bowl, beat eggs, add carrots, oil, pineapple, nuts & vanilla. Stir moist ingredients into dry ingredients, mixing just until moistened. Spoon into 2 greased & floured loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 65-75 minutes or until loaves test done. Cool 10 minutesin pans before removing to wire racks. Makes 6 mini loaves, if baked in Baker's secret pans at 325 degrees takes 35-40 minutes.

Birdie Corn Bread #1

* 1 box of cornbread mix
* 1 extra egg (included shells)
* 1 c. frozen mixed vegitables

Bake as directed. Cut into serving sizes and freeze. Defrost and serve as needed.

Eight Grain Corn Bread

* 2 boxes(8 1/2 oz.) Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
* 2 c. Eight Grain Cereal, not cooked
* 1 c. peanut butter
* 4 eggs with shells

Mix ingredients in a large bowl, adding enough water to make a cake-like batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

A Great Birdie Bread

* 2 C cockatiel crumbles
* 1 banana
* 1/3 C wheat germ oil*
* 6 eggs--with shell
* 3T pumpkin, yams or squash
* 1/3 C vegetable oil
* 1 1/2 T applesauce or 1/2 apple
* 1 C thawed frozen mixed vegetables
* 1 C cooked dry beans
* 1 C cooked brown rice
* 2 C corn meal
* 4 T baking powder

Food process first 8 ingredients. Add beans & rice and blend til pulverized. Add to cornmeal and baking powder. Mix well. Add water if too thick. Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes til done.
*You can find wheat germ oil (for horses) at most feed stores. Freeze the stuff crumbled, zap about 1 T. per bird per day.

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wow u made me hungry! that mcdonalds biscuit didn't do snit for me! LOL