Nov 17 2011

Homemade Dog Food

I am mainly posting this here for my own reference but if anyone else is interested in making their own dog food, Awesome!

My dog has pretty bad allergies, and I recently saw a holistic vet because our regular vet was out of ideas and wanted to put our little Penny on a daily drug forever. The holistic vet said to feed her mustard greens, kale and beet green to sooth her hot spots and cantaloupe and watermelon to cool her insides. I am skeptical, but am also willing to try anything to relive my little pooch.

I decided rather than just feeding her some kale with every meal I would try making her fresh food from scratch. Penny is 15lbs and needs 550kcal per day (I weighed it on my scale after I prepared it and it was around 749g of this food per day), so this recipe makes enough for 7 days (2 meals per day). You can substitute the protein for whatever you dog likes, but Penny has food allergies, so I went with bison and all organic veggies.

Organic Whole Food Dog Food
770g Lean Ground Bison
2 cups Quinoa
6 Broccoli Stalks
1 1/2 cups Carrots
2 large Yams
1 bag Frozen Peas, Corn & Carrots
2 bunch chopped Kale
2 bunch chopped Mustard Greens

Cook Quinoa. You can cook it ahead of time as well and just leave it refrigerated until you are ready for it.

Steam kale for 5 minutes and set aside.

In a food processor add chopped broccoli, carrots, and yams and process until all big chunks are gone. Add to a boiling pot of water with frozen bag of veggies and boil for 15 minutes. Strain the water out and put it into a large bowl. Add the quinoa, kale, and mustard greens.

In a frying pan, saute bison until cooked. Add to large bowl and mix all the ingredients together. Cover and put in the fridge to cool off.

Food will last 3 days refrigerated, so freeze the rest into meal sized portions. To thaw, I just add a little hot water to the food and stir, or you can microwave.

Sidenote: I am going to add some multi vitamins into the next batch as well for added nutrients.