Hi guys--just finished freezing the extra ^^ annnd they're a hit
I'm actually pretty excited about this because I love TOPS pellets but Jacko was crunching them to dust trying to eat them and was losing weight. Sooo it finally dawned on me---heeeyyyy Imma make birdie bread with them (I made muffins and cut them in half--she gets half a muffin a meal so its frozen in portions and easy).
I sorta threw a recipe together based off instructions I found for Harrison's Bird Bread but here's what I used (btw you can totally use the regular size pellets--I just had the crumplets on hand):
Half a pound of Totally Organics Crumplets 'flour' (don't worry about trying to make it really fine)
1 & 1/2 cup water/juice (I used orange juice)
1 teaspoon oil (palm oil or coconut would be great---I used olive for the trial run)
2 large eggs (beaten---you could add crushed shell if you wanted but I didn't this time)
Optional (I added these but you can choose not to or add other things)
2 heaping tablespoons nut butter (I used peanut butter this time---but I'll use almond etc later)
1 small banana blended into the juice
Mix everything together in a bowl (you may have to add a little more water/juice at this point--I originally put in 1 cup of juice then added 1/2 cup at this point---the batter is thick)
Grease a pan and preheat to about 350 F and then spoon your batter into the pan and put it in for about 25-30 mins.
Let it cool and serve as you need.
It makes really dense moist birdie muffins as there's no baking powder--I find this good as its easy for them to eat. They tend to come out really soft (but nothing sticks to the toothpick) and then harden juuust enough on the outside to be easily handled).
I'll be making a similar birdie veggie loaf recipe with a sweet potato/yam and carrot base soon so I'll post that up when I try it