Recipes
  
Using TOPs you can make some tasty dishes for your parrots with an impressive list of ingredients. Here are some of the examples:
TOPs Birdie Crackers
1/2 cup ground up TOPs pellets
1/2 - 3/4 cup Spelt, Kamut or Wholewheat flour
1 tsp of ground flax seed
3 tsp water
plus more water to just bind the dough together
Soak tsp of flax seed in 3 tsp in water and let it stand for a few minutes until gloopy.
Mix all the ingredients, including flax gloop well, but don't overmix. Add a little water at a time (about 1tbsp at a time) until all the ingredients are just bound together. Spread on a well oiled baking sheet (I used a pyrex dish) using your hands in a very thin layer and prick with a fork all over. Bake at gas mark 3 (150C) for 25 mins. Let cool for a few minutes. Then turn out onto a chopping board gently. Cut into squares and let cool completely.
If you would like to make them more colourful you can add some beetroot powder, carrot powder, mango powder or any other brightly coloured vegetable or fruit powder.
Because the crackers are baked at quite a low temperature the goodness is preserved better than when higher temperatures are used.
You can freeze the crackers on the day. Defrost as needed by warming it up in the oven for a couple of minutes to retain crunchiness
TOPs Birdie Bread
2 cups ground up TOPs
1 cup ground up rolled oats
1 cup spelt, kamut, triticale or wholewheat flour
2 Tbsp of ground up flaxseed/linseed
2 Tbsp of ground up sesame seeds
2-3 small jars of organic all vegetable baby food (or about a cup of steamed and pureed vegetables like sweet potatoe, carrot, squash, pumpkin)
3 Tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
1tsp of caraway seeds
1 tsp of dill seeds
2 tsp of baking powder
2 tsp of baking soda
Enough water to make the dough look like regular cake/sponge dough
Mix all the ingredients together, adding a little water at a time, to make the dough mixable but not watery. Spoon it into a well greased stainless steel or glass cake form. Bake at gas mark 4 (180C/350F) for 50 minutes or until the skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Let it cool, cut it into cubes and freeze. Defrost as needed in the fridge overnight, at room temperature for a couple of hours or in a microwave for a few seconds
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List Of Safe Foods For Parrots
Vegetables
Beetroot
Beet greens
Bok choy (Pak Choy)
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrot
Carrot Tops
Cavolo Nero
Celery
Celeriac
Chard
Chickweed (Stellaria media)
Chinese Cabbage
Courgette
Cress
Cucumber
Dandelion greens
Endive
French Beans and Runner Beans (better served steamed or lightly boiled)
Greater Plantain (Plantago major)
Kale
Lettuce (dark green varieties)
Mange Tout
Okra
Parsnip
Pea
Pepper (Bell, Jalapeno, Chilli etc.)
Pumpkin
Radish
Radish Tops (greens)
Rocket
Squash (Butternut, Winter and other varieties)
Spinach
Swede
Sweet Corn
Sweet Potatoe
Tatsoi
Tomatoe
Turnip
Turnip greens
Berries:
Blackberry
Blackcurrant
Bilberry
Blueberry
Cherry
Cranberry
Elderberry
Gooseberry
Hawthorn berry
Loganberry
Mulberry
Raspberry
Rose-hips
Rowan berry
Sea-buckthorn
Fruit:
Apple
Apricot
Banana
Clementine
Coconut
Date
Damson
Fig
Grape
Greengage
Orange
Kiwi
Lychee
Mandarin
Mango (Peel thoroughly before serving and only give when fully ripe)
Melon
Papaya (Peel thoroughly before serving and only give when fully ripe)
Passion Fruit
Pear
Peach
Persimmon
Pineapple
Plum
Pomegranate
Satsuma
Tangerine
Nuts (unsalted!):
Almond
Cashew
Chestnut
Cobnut
Coconut
Hazelnut
Macadamia nut
Pecan nut
Pine nut
Pistachios
Walnut
Herbs:
Basil
Calendula
Coriander
Dill
Fennel
Oregano
Parsley
Rosemary
Thyme
Spices:
Anise
Cayenne pepper
Chilli
Cinnamon
Cumin
Ginger
Fenugreek
Paprika
Turmeric
Grains For Cooking:
Amaranth
Buckwheat
Barley
Brown Rice
Chickpeas
Corn (dry, pop corn type)
Kamut
Millet
Oats
Quinoa
Spelt
Triticale
Wheat
Legumes For Cooking:
(soak overnight and boil for at least 40 mins all beans. Lentils don't need to be soaked)
Aduki bean
Borlotti bean
Butter bean
Chickpea
Haricot
Kidney bean
Lentils (any variety)
Mung bean
Pinto bean
Peas
Soya bean
Grains, Legumes, Seeds, Nuts For Sprouting:
Barley (whole)
Buckwheat
Brown Rice
Kamut
Millet
Oats (whole)
Spelt
Triticale
Wheat
Amaranth
Quinoa
Aduki beans
Chickpeas (Garbanzo beans)
Lentils (not split)
Mung beans
Peas (dry, whole)
Alfalfa
Broccoli
Cabbage
Clover
Chia
Cress
Fenugreek
Flax
Mustard
Radish
Rocket
Sesame
Turnip
Almonds
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Seeds For Growing Microgreens/Grasses:
Barley
Kamut
Oats
Spelt
Triticale
Wheat
Peas
Sunflower seeds
Alfalfa
Broccoli
Cabbage
Clover
Chia
Cress
Fenugreek
Flax
Mustard
Radish
Rocket
Sesame
Turnip
Teas:
Decaffeinated black, green or white tea in small quantities (check the information on the box to make sure it is decaffeinated using CO2 or/and water method, rather than using ethyl acetate. Organic teas are decaffeinated using the CO2/water method so best stick with those)
Chamomile tea
Calendula tea
Dandelion tea
Fennel tea
Ginger tea
Hibiscus tea (make it weak or give in small quantities, can lower blood pressure).
Linden tea
Nettle tea
Peppermint tea
Raspberry leaf tea
Rooibos tea
Rosebuds tea |
