Dog food Recipe

[Justbec]

Ready for the oven (350 for an hour maybe longer)







5lbs chicken breast ground up (or buy ground chicken/turkey)

3 large carrots (not peeled)

1 large zucchini (not peeled)

3 Jumbo eggs

2 cups fresh spinach

2 slices uncooked bacon (diced)

1 cup shredded cheese of choice

1/2 tsp salt





Grind up the chicken along with the three eggs and salt and put in a large bowl

Shred the carrots, zucchini and spinach. Add the bacon and cheese and pulse until mixed.

Add to the bowl and mix it all up until blended.

Put in baking dish and bake at 350 for at least an hour or until chicken is completely done.

[sb]

My recipe for dog food (when I had dogs) was basically ground turkey, sweet potatoes and broccoli all boiled and mashed up together. They loved it!

[foxy]

After reading some of the ingredients some commercial dog food companies put into the food (tumors for example) you're probably better off making your own. It is important, however, to know how to give your pet a balanced, healthful diet at every stage of their life. Also know which "people food" ingredients are toxic to dogs.

[Justbec]

Mar 4, 2024 19:12:44 GMT -5 foxy said:

After reading some of the ingredients some commercial dog food companies put into the food (tumors for example) you're probably better off making your own. It is important, however, to know how to give your pet a balanced, healthful diet at every stage of their life. Also know which "people food" ingredients are toxic to dogs.

I research every item I put in their food. I know bacon and cheese are not the healthiest but I only use enough to give it some flavor. I have the toxic food list memorized. 

[Justbec]

Today's Recipe is:

2lb lean ground beef
4 cups frozen veg mix of corn, green beans, carrots and peas
1 cup shredded cheese (I used cheddar)
2 large eggs

Mix it all together and put in casserole dish. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until cooked through.

[Justbec]

Today I made 2lbs of beef tips, carrots, spinach, broccoli, 2 eggs and cheese. Cooked it like a stew (added the eggs and cheese at the end). Very happy dogs

[deyana]

So I vary it a little each time I cook. Depending on what I have on hand.

But basically this is it:

Ground chicken, or ground turkey or ground beef.(not all at once though). I will also use non-ground meats, like pork, but take off the fat first.

A little bit of liver or kidney or similar meat.

veggies, usually sweet potatoes or pumpkins, carrots, peas (or some other kind of greens),

I add a spoonful of white rice and a spoonful of oats, this to bind it all together.

Eggs (crush the shell and put in also for calcium).

Plus doggy vitamins and fish oils especially made for dogs.

I don't add any salt or favoring to mine.

I know a lot of people put in baking tray and cook in oven. I usually cook everything in a large pot on top of the stove and stew it to a thick consistency. Then I cool it and bag it up in smaller freezer bags, I make enough to last about a week or so.

My dogs love it. They have it for breakfast every morning. Rest of the time they have a good quality kibble. They also get raw bones with marrow (to help clean teeth), as well as a dental chew every morning. They also get a few treats, like training treats and such sometimes.

[Justbec]

I am going to try that deyana,. I got lazy and just baked chicken and steaks for them but now I want to get more veggies and stuff into their diet.

[Springschick]

Once a week or so, my son brings home some of the pet food the meat market sells. It is made up of ground and chopped bits and pieces of the leftover scraps from cutting the meat. Kuma devours it. He also brings home a tomahawk bone for her every so often. She gnaws on it for a while, then buries it outside.

[deyana]

Mar 6, 2024 20:17:18 GMT -5 Justbec said:

I am going to try that deyana,. I got lazy and just baked chicken and steaks for them but now I want to get more veggies and stuff into their diet.

I really like doing it that way, as they get more liquid with the food. I thought well, the kibble is dry so lets try and make breakfast more moist at least. My dogs are little, so that bit of adjustment makes a bit difference.

I vary the veggies, depending on what I have at the moment. I do have a lot of frozen pumpkin that I cut up from fresh, into small pieces and bagged up. So that makes it a bit easier. I don't use tinned anything. Everything has to be cut into small pieces to help it cook quickly and make it easier for them to eat.

What you make sounds pretty good to me, Justbec. If I had bigger dogs, I would probably be doing it in a similar way.

[Justbec]

I use what I have too and if out of fresh veggies I'll add frozen but now I'm focusing on fresh and changing it up.

[deyana]

Mar 6, 2024 20:27:13 GMT -5 Justbec said:

I use what I have too and if out of fresh veggies I'll add frozen but now I'm focusing on fresh and changing it up.

It's always nice to use fresh, but I use frozen too. I won't ever use tinned though. Too many preservatives.

[Justbec]

Today I diced up 5lbs of chicken breast into small bite size pieces, mixed in a 1lb of lean ground beef, 2 jumbo eggs, 2 slices of bacon diced, 3 diced carrots and a cup of shredded cheese. Put it in a casserole dish and it's baking at 350.

[Justbec]

Dish one ready for the oven: Beef sirloin tip, 2lb lean ground beef, shredded cheese, 2 jumbo eggs, corn and peas.



Next up the chicken dish!

[Justbec]

Dog Beef Stew


Ready to cook

2lb lean chuck roast
1lb lean ground beef
1 cup chopped cabbage
1 medium zucchini chopped
1 cup chopped fresh spinach
1 cup diced sweet potato
1 cup corn (or peas or both)
8oz salt free beef or chicken broth

Mix all ingredients together and stir well. Simmer on the stove until done and tender or bake in the oven.

[johnnylee]

We have 2 border collies and we bought them dog food and they wont eat it unless we put a mixture in it for them, ty Justbec,sb,foxy,deyana,Springschick, for the ideas.

[Justbec]

johnnylee, my dogs love home cooked.

[deyana]

I have found that since they get home cooked food, even just for breakfast, they have more energy, shiner coats and just overall are more healthy.

[Justbec]

Mine are eating a lot less kibble in between meals now.

[Springschick]

Ours still sits by Joe and I and hopes for scraps. She gets a lot of pizza crusts, fatty meats and the occasional fruit or veggies.