How to attract a variety of birds with homemade suet.

suet

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable shortening

Coconut oil provides a similar texture while being plant-based.

currants

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: raisins

Dried cranberries add tartness and are often less expensive.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier, while margarine is often cheaper.

spices

🥗Healthier: fresh herbs

💰Cheaper: ground spices

Fresh herbs can enhance flavor while ground spices are often more economical.

Cut half of a 1 pound box of lard and scoop it into a pot.

Scoop half of a 1 pound jar of low sodium peanut butter into the pot with the lard.

Turn the burner to medium-low heat and melt the lard and peanut butter together, stirring with a stiff spoon.

Add 1 cup of cornmeal and 1 cup of oats to the melted mixture.

Add about 1 cup of meal worms and 1.5 cups of ground raw peanuts to the mixture.

Stir the mixture until it reaches a consistency that can be easily poured into a pan.

Pour the mixture into a pan and flatten it out.

Place the pan in the freezer for about 20 minutes to firm up, but not freeze completely.

Remove the mixture from the pan and cut it into blocks suitable for a suet feeder.

Wrap the suet blocks in plastic wrap and store them in the refrigerator or freezer.

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