Bird Suet Recipe Bacon Grease Food

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HOMEMADE BIRD SUET RECIPE



Homemade Bird Suet Recipe image

Substitute seeds or bird food for specific species

Provided by Kim - Today's Creative Life

Categories     DIY Projects

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/2 Cup Bacon Fat (substitute with lard or shortening)
1/2 Cup Peanut Butter (creamy or chunky)
1 Cup Cornmeal
1 Cup Rolled Oats
1/2 Cup Flour
1 Cup bird seed - Black Sunflower seeds

Steps:

  • Melt peanut butter and bacon fat in the microwave for a minute or so, mix well.
  • Mix in the remaining ingredients and stir well.
  • Spoon into paper cups and place in the freezer or refrigerator
  • Once it's cooled completely, tear the cup away from the suet and place into the mesh bag.
  • I tied twine around the opening end and secured it enough to hang from a tree.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1680 calories, Carbohydrate 124 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 49 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 120 grams fat, Fiber 19 grams fiber, Protein 40 grams protein, SaturatedFat 30 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 2 1/2 cups, Sodium 4254 grams sodium, Sugar 7 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 80 grams unsaturated fat

NO-MELT SUET (FOR BIRDS)



No-Melt Suet (For Birds) image

Don't put suet out in high summer temperatures, it can spoil and melt, coating feathers. This is a tried and true suet recipe that I found in Birds and Blooms Extra, contributed by Virginia Barnard. She explains that it works very well in Oklahoma's high summer temperatures. We live in Wisconsin, where it obviously isn't quite as hot, but it has held up here, even in direct sun. The squirrels like it too, but now that we're offering other food for them, a little ways away, they aren't bothering it as much as they were at first. The recipe is written for lard, but I used saved bacon grease and it has worked fine. The next time I make it, I'm going to experiment with less or none of the sugar, as it doesn't seem necessary. But, I guess maybe the birds could have a little sweet tooth, too! Note: yield is approximate. I doubled the batch last time I made it, and filled 2 quart ziplock containers after putting some in a feeder, so I'm not exactly sure how much I started out with.

Provided by SrtaMaestra

Categories     < 15 Mins

Time 10m

Yield 5 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups quick-cooking oats
2 cups cornmeal
1 cup lard do not use bacon grease
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
some bird seed, preferably without shells

Steps:

  • Melt the lard and peanut butter together, either on the stove or in the microwave.
  • Combine all of the dry ingredients.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the melted fats.
  • The original recipe suggests pouring into a square pan about 2 inches deep, or spreading onto tree limbs. I just put it into ziplock containers and scoop it out as needed to fill a screen type of feeder (See photos). I use my cookie scoop to take it out, but then mash and break up the scoops, because otherwise the squirrels can come and take a whole scoop at once, way too easily! I don't know if it would hold up well in cake form, as I haven't tried that, but it defintely doesn't melt or make a gloppy mess.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 973.7, Fat 70.7, SaturatedFat 20.9, Cholesterol 39.2, Sodium 331.7, Carbohydrate 70.6, Fiber 11, Sugar 5, Protein 20.6

PEANUT BUTTER BIRD SUET



Peanut Butter Bird Suet image

Want to attract your feathered friends? Want something cheaper and better than the suet blocks found in 'big block' stores? The birds go crazy for this! We get several species of woodpecker, bluejays, chickadees, nuthatches, blackbirds, snowbirds and others coming to taste our wares!

Provided by Northern_Reflectionz

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 5m

Yield 4 blocks

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup lard
1/2 cup suet
2 cups oatmeal
1 cup mixed wild bird seed
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup chopped cranberries or 1 cup raisins

Steps:

  • Melt the lard and peanut butter, and mix in the dry ingredients and bird seed. Often we mix in bacon fat, bread crumbs, Red River cereal, or whatever we have on hand. Work well together. Make into 4 x 4 x 2 inch blocks and freeze. Place in suet feeder in a tree and watch the birds come to feast!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1179.3, Fat 89, SaturatedFat 32.4, Cholesterol 43.7, Sodium 311.9, Carbohydrate 77.3, Fiber 12.9, Sugar 7.6, Protein 26.5

SUET BALLS FOR BIRDS (FOR CHRISTMAS)



Suet Balls for Birds (For Christmas) image

Tie these up with a big red ribbon and place in trees where birds have lots of places to perch. Fir and spruce trees make a magical look. source "Les Fougere's"

Provided by MarraMamba

Categories     Christmas

Time 6m

Yield 5 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 cup melted beef suet, slightly chilled
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup mixed wild bird seed

Steps:

  • Mix all ingredients toghter and form into balls with a looped string for hanging in the middle of each suet ball.
  • As a christmas decoration ad a red ribbon wired to the top of the ball.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 841.8, Fat 70.3, SaturatedFat 28.2, Cholesterol 30.8, Sodium 263.1, Carbohydrate 40.8, Fiber 7.5, Sugar 4.7, Protein 17.7

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