My freezer was getting low- so I have been cooking! Each batch is frozen in ice cube trays, and bagged up for easy feeding. I always start with soaking dried beans overnight. I then cook the beans for several hours, seasoning with ginger, garlic, cinnamon, turmeric, crushed red pepper, sometimes oregano, basil, thyme. At some point in the cooking process (depending on how long the chosen grain needs to cook), I add in the whole grains and let them cook with the beans.
Cooked lima beans and kamut grain:
Pilaf mix with brown, wild and red rices, and lentils and split peas:
15 bean soup mix and barley:
I also like to make smaller more frequent batches of cooked foods, usually quinoa and veggies, often cooked in my rice cooker. Recently I found millet at the store, and the birds gave two thumbs up! I added cinnamon, ginger, kale, carrots and celery to this batch.
Served with pomegranite seeds, and sprinkled with sesame seeds:
Love the stuff you cook for your birds. I think I, too, will get into the kitchen and cook up a bunch of stuff to freeze for my birds. Thanks for the inspiration!
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