Sweet Potato Puffs
A few days ago it was my beautiful Quaker Parrots birthday. Jiji turned 5 on the 28th of February and for her birthday I made her a few treats.
I made her a Salad mix to add a bit more variety to her diet as well as some sweet potato puffs.
I found the recipe for Sweet Potato Puffs from the quakerparrots.com forums. The recipe was posted by Majj although she did not create the recipe and she does not know exactly who did.
The recipe that she posted can be found here:
http://www.quakerparrots.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12437
I slightly changed the recipe to replace ingredients that I couldn’t get hold of.
Here is the exact recipe that I used.
SWEET POTATO PUFFS
Ingredients
1 Sweet potato
1 Cup of finely chopped nuts (Walnuts, Almonds,
1 Banana
1 Cup of rolled oats
Unsweetened Apple Juice
Seeds
Unsweetened coconut flakes
Method
1. Peel and boil one sweet potato until soft.
2. Mash sweet potato and mix with finely chopped nuts, banana and rolled oats.
3. Add unsweetened apple juice until sticky enough to roll into a small ball (or puff) with your hands.
4. Shake them in a bag with seeds and unsweetened coconut flakes until coated.
I packaged the ‘puffs’ into Ziploc bags and put them in the freezer. I kept a few in a bag in the fridge so they weren’t frozen when I wanted them.
To Serve: Heat for a few seconds in the microwave until warm (not hot, you don’t want to burn your bird’s tongue)
The size that you make the ‘puffs’ is completely up to you and the size of your bird. I have a Quaker parrot, Lovebird and a budgie, so I made the puffs about 2 cm (approximately 1 inch) in diameter. They are a good size for Jiji, although she does waste some, but a bit big for the lovebird and budgie but they just have half each.
The size that you make the ‘puffs’ is completely up to you and the size of your bird. I have a Quaker parrot, Lovebird and a budgie, so I made the puffs about 2 cm (approximately 1 inch) in diameter. They are a good size for Jiji, although she does waste some, but a bit big for the lovebird and budgie but they just have half each.
I will post the recipe that I used for the salad mix in the next post
