Update on Callie
Ingredients
1lb ground beef
1lb ground turkey
3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts cubes 1/2 inch
2 cups mixed frozen diced peas and carrots
2 stalks celery peeled and diced
1/2 lg red bell pepper diced
1/4 c cilantro
1/4 c parsley
1 c spinach
3 lg eggs
1/2 c yellow squash diced
1/2 c zucchini diced
Directions
1. Mix together everything but the cilantro, parsley and spinach and place in a casserole dish. Bake at 425f for 45min.
2. In a food processor dice up the cilantro, parsley and spinach
3. Portion out into 6 daily servings, add a 1/6th of the greens mix to each serving and mix together in bag. Makes enough to feed 1 1/4 cups twice a day for 6 days.
In addition to the food you need to add a vitamin and mineral supplement to make this a well rounded diet, I use Nupro All Natural Dog Supplement as well as feeding salmon once a week to add omega 3 fatty acids to the diet.
Homemade dog food version
Ingredients
4 lb ground chicken
3 lb lean ground beef
2 lb ground turkey
1 lb ground pork
1 zucchini diced
2 yellow squash diced
1 red bell pepper diced
1 can green beans diced and drained
3 stalks celery diced
1 sweet potato diced
1/2 cup cilantro diced
1/2 cup parsley diced
4 cups mixed frozen peas and carrots diced
2 cups greens(turnip,spinach,kale,mustard,chard etc.)
4 cups cooked brown rice
Directions
1. cook meats through and veggies except greens, parsley and cilantro until just soft.
2. Cook greens, parsley and cilantro until wilted
3. Mix all ingredients together
4. Portion into daily servings, I do 2 cups per day for a 10 lb puppy. Makes about 3 weeks to a month, could add 2 more cups of cooked rice to add some filler with no problems.
In addition to the food you need to add a vitamin and mineral supplement to make this a well rounded diet, I use Nupro All Natural Dog Supplement as well as feeding salmon once a week to add omega 3 fatty acids to the diet
Homemade Dog Food with Rice
Ingredients
-3 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts in 1/2 inch cubes
-2 lb ground turkey
-2 lb ground beef
-6 cups cooked brown rice
-1 diced red bell pepper
-3 pealed and diced stalks of celery
-1 lg diced zucchini
-2 diced yellow squash
– 1 small pealed and diced sweet potato -1 can green beans diced and drained
– 4 cups frozen mixed peas and carrots
-1 cup turnip greens chopped small
-1/2 cup cilantro
-1/2 cup parsley
Directions
1. Cook together meats and veggies except cilantro, parsley, and turnip greens.
2. After meat and veggies are cooked through add in greens and cook til wilted.
3. Once cooked mix with rice and portion out into freezer bags, I do 2 cups a day and its plenty for an 8lb puppy for over 2 weeks of food. Comes out to around $30.
In addition to the food you need to add a vitamin and mineral supplement to make this a well rounded diet, I use Nupro All Natural Dog Supplement as well as feeding salmon once a week to add omega 3 fatty acids to the diet
Turkey and Rice Muttloaf
For those puppies with upset tummies that need a bland diet:
Ingredients
2 lb ground turkey
½ cup carrots
1 stalk celery
2 lg eggs
¼ cup cilantro
¼ cup parsley
½ cup peas
½ cup red bell pepper
2 cups cooked brown rice
Directions
In food processor coarsely puree veggies and herbs
Process cooked brown rice lightly
Mix together all ingredients
Form into loaf pans or muffin tins
Cook at 350 for 1 hr
Portion out into serving sizes and freeze
In addition to the food you need to add a vitamin and mineral supplement to make this a well rounded diet, I use Nupro All Natural Dog Supplement as well as feeding salmon once a week to add omega 3 fatty acids to the diet
Salmon Delight
3lb atlantic salmon
1 cup green beans
1 cup blueberries
1 cup brussels sprouts
1/4 cup cilantro
4 large eggs with shells crushed
1/4 cup parsley
1 cup snow peas with pod
pulse all veggies in food processor until coarsely chopped or use a slap chopper or something of that sort, cook salmon and then add in veggies cooking until just soft. cook eggs separately and add in at the end.
The Callie Special
Ingredients
1 lb pork loin diced
1 ½ lb boneless skinless chicken breast diced
1 ½ lb chicken gizzards and hearts, fat and tendons removed(yes this is a pain and you will only get about ¾ lb of meat)
1 small sweet potato diced
1 cup mixed peas and carrots
½ cup snow peas with pods
1 cup spinach
½ cup parsley
½ cup zucchini
1 small apple
4 eggs
Directions
Dice meat
Using food processer lightly process peas and carrots, snow peas, celery(after peeling the outer layer off), spinach and parsley
Dice zucchini, apple and sweet potato
Cook meat, zucchini, apple and sweet potato until meat is cooked through and veggies are soft
Add eggs into cooked mixture and cook til eggs are done, drain any liquid
Mix together raw and cooked mixtures
Portion out into serving sizes for your dog, you can double or even triple or quadruple this recipe if needed very easily, I like making 3 or 4 different recipes for the month and giving her something different each day so she doesn’t get bored.(how many days this will make depends on how large the dog is, this made 8 days for a 5 lb puppy, ¾ cup serving for the day) 10 lb dog: 1 ¼ cup 15lb dog 1 ½ cup, 20lb dog 2 cup, 25 lb dog 2 ¼ cup, 30 lb dog 2 ½ cup, 35 lb dog 3 cups, 40lb dog 3 ¼ cup, 45lb dog 3 ½ cup, 50lb dog 3 ¾ cup(going by this you should be able to estimate for larger breeds as well, generally go up by a ¼ cup for every 5lb of weight)
Puppy Meatloaf
Ingredients
10 lb ground turkey
3 lb ground beef
2 stalks celery
1 cup broccoli blanched
1 cup green beans blanched
2 cups carrots blanched
1 orange bell pepper
1 lg zucchini
1 green bell pepper
1 apple
1 pear
1 sweet potato blanched
4 eggs
1 cup cheddar cheese
1/4 cup bacon bits
1 cup cooked quinoa
1 cup cooked steel cut oats
Directions
mix together the ground beef and ground turkey
process all fruits and veggies in a food processor
mix into the fruit and veggie mixture the eggs, cheese, rice and bacon bits
mix together the meat and veggie mixtures (might need to do in a few batches, take a third of each and mix it together at a time)
pack mixture into muffin tins or meat loaf pans sprayed with non stick spray(you could even do mini muffin tins if you have very small dogs and want it pre portioned) if you would like, top with low sodium ketchup or tomato paste. Bake muffin tins at 350 for 1 hr, loaf pans 350 for 90 min and mini meat loaf pans for around 45 min at 350.
once cooked cool thoroughly and cut into daily portions if using loaf pans, a small dog will eat around 1 cup(one muffin or two mini muffins) a large dog will eat around 2 – 2 1/2 cups(2-3 muffins or 4-5 mini muffins) you will generally feed slightly less homemade food than you would commercial food as it is more filling and calorie dense.
The Works
Ingredients
1 cup apple
1 cup blueberries
1 medium celery stalk
3 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
1 1/2 lb chicken gizzards and hearts trimmed of fat and tendons(about 3/4lb meat)
4oz chicken liver
4 lg eggs with egg shells crushed
1 lb salmon skinned and deboned
1 lb pork loin diced
1/2 cup parsley
2 cups snow peas in pod
2 lb ground turkey
1 cup spinach
1 large zucchini
1 medium sweet potatoes
Directions
1.blanch veggies
2 process fruits and veggies in food proccessor coarsely
3.cook meat and eggs at a low temp until just cooked (i recommend cooking pork,chicken and turkey together and then cooking the salmon and eggs separate)
4.mix together meat, veggies and fruits and egg shells
5.let cool and the portion out into freezer bags(makes 18 cups of food) you can find out how much your dog needs a day at : http://makedogfoods.blogspot.com/2016/08/top-5-best-homemade-dog-food-recipes.html
Dehydrated Dog Treats
You will need a decent food dehydrator for this. Mine has no fancy settings just adjustable vents and one temp setting.
1pk pigs ears
1 small pk salmon with skin on
1 lg sweet potato
For small dogs slice the pigs ears into thirds, place on one of the food dehydrator trays without them touching. Skin the sweet potato and then cut long ways into quarter inch thick strips, layer on another tray of the dehydrator(two if necessary). Last, Cut most of the salmon off of the skin leaving just a little meat close to the skin, then cut the skin into inch wide strips(save the meat and cook it for your fur baby, they will love it) spray the dehydrator tray with some nonstick spray and then lay the skin pieces on it without them touching. Now stack all the trays on top of each other per dehydrator instructions and leave on the 175f or 200f setting with the vents half open for 12 hours, I would layer them in this order: sweet potato on bottom, then pigs ears, then salmon. when done the sweet potatoes will be mostly dry but still a little bendy, the pigs ears will be hard and dry and the salmon skins should have a slight give to them(you might have to check them around the 8 hr mark and take them off early)
Muttloaf
Ingredients
2 lg carrots
2 lb lean ground beef
¼ tsp garlic powder
2 lg sweet potatoes
4 eggs (with shells dried for 3 min in microwave and ground up in food processor til powder)
1 can dark red kidney beans
¼ tsp cinnamon
1 sprig rosemary
Directions
1.In a food processor, process eggs, beans and spices
2.Grate sweet potatoes and carrots (use grate attachment on food processor if you have one)
3.Mix all ingredients together and pack into muffin tins
4.Bake at 350 for 1 hr
5.Cool and then freeze in individual (1/4c) servings. This recipe makes enough to feed a 5lb dog 3 servings a day for around 10 days but I like to mix it up and give her a serving of 3 different recipes each day.
In addition to the food you need to add a vitamin and mineral supplement to make this a well rounded diet, I use Nupro All Natural Dog Supplement as well as feeding salmon once a week to add omega 3 fatty acids to the diet.
