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Baked Carrot and Apple Casserole
(For Your Birds)
2 c. sliced carrots
5 apples, cut into 1/4 inch slices
2 tbl. whole wheat flour
4 tbl. honey
4 tbl. butter
3/4 c. orange juice
Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Put half the apples in a shallow 1-quart baking dish and cover them with half the carrots. Sprinkle with one tablespoon flour.Drizzle two tablespoonfuls of honey over flour. Dot with two tablespoons of butter. Repeat the layers. Pour orange juice over entire mixture and bake for 40-45 minutes. Dish out into one inch squares. Let cool and place in plastic bags to freeze.
The russet wren glides in among the vines
And adds another strand unto its nest;
Then, on the neighboring trellis pours its song.
The poor man's cottage is its favorite haunt;
And he is poor indeed, who to his roof
Can welcome not the yearly visitor
To cheer his door with music.
- Thomas Reed
The kakapo is a nocturnal burrowing parrot of New Zealand that has a green body with brown and yellow markings. Its name is from Maori and means "night parrot."
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