I tried out a new recipe last night (see recipe below).
Result = feeding frenzy!!! Red faces had a go, then the longtails and cordons and red brows joined in... first time I've seen such a unanimous approval for something I made. Gouldians, tri nuns and saint helenas also looked interested.
Made it for the gouldians with chicks, figured some soft food would be appreciated for their chicks
but now everyone wants it!!Recipe:
ingredients:
1/3 cup of cous cous
1/3 cup of boiling water
1 hard boiled egg
small handful of garden peas (I used frozen and defrosted them)
small handful of corn
Method:
- Put cous cous and boiling water in a jug and cover with glad wrap
- Hard boil 1 egg
- Defrost peas
- Once egg is done, leave to cool, then peel off the shell and mash with a fork.
- Combine mashed egg with couscous
- Add peas & corn
- Smash and add the egg's shell.
took me a sum total of fifteen minutes, makes a sort of slightly gooey mash.
Makes enough for about a week for 24 birds.
would be interested to know if anyone else has tried this (or subsequent variation of this), and what their results were.
J
let me know how it goes
