Mr. Maggie's Egg Stuff! recipe

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Ingredients

6 unpeeled hard-cooked eggs, mashed
1 (4.5 ounce) jar baby food, fruit and vegetable mix
1 large carrot, grated
1 apple, grated
¼ cup rolled oats
1/4 cup fruit pellets for cockatiels (from pet store)
2 tablespoons bird seed mix
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ cup apple juice, or as needed

Nutrition Info

7.1 calories
carbohydrate: 1.5 g
cholesterol: 0 mg
fat: 0.1 g
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 0.2 g
saturatedFat: 0 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 4.2 mg
sugar: 0.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Mix eggs with their shells, baby food, carrot, apple, oats, fruit pellets, bird seed mix, and cinnamon in a large bowl until combined. Add apple juice as needed to make a thick paste.

  2. Shape egg mixture into 24 individual balls and place on a baking sheet. Freeze for 1 hour, transfer to zip-top plastic bags, and return to the freezer.

  3. Defrost balls in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours before feeding.

Recipe Yield

6 cups

Recipe Note

Mr. Maggie loves this recipe and will often get right into it, needing a bath afterwards. No one ever said cockatiels were neat eaters!

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