My sweet dog has decided she doesn't like her store bought food anymore. In all honesty, this has been going on for a few months now. I decided to make her dog food. It's so much healthier for her and I know what's in it. This recipe can easily be double, tripled or quadrupled. I have a small dog so, I only make one batch at a time. You can also freeze part of it and refrigerate a few days worth. My 8 pound dog gets 1/2 cup per day. She also gets snacks throughout the day and I keep dry food in her bowl, in case she gets hungry (she rarely eats it). It may not look pretty, but she loves it.
DOG FOOD:
(makes around 12 cups)
Ingredients:
*1 pound ground turkey, chicken, or lean beef
*1/3 cup chicken liver, cut into small pieces
*1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cooked (I steam mine)
*3 medium carrots, peeled and cooked (I steam mine)
*1 large egg
*1 (15 ounce) can French cut green beans (or frozen)
*1 (15 ounce) can peas or spinach (or frozen)
*3 cups cooked white rice
*1/4 teaspoon turmeric
*dash of pepper
Directions:
~Mash or cut into small pieces (or mash) one medium cooked sweet potatoes and 3 medium cooked carrots in a large bowl.
~Stir in 1 large egg while mixture is still hot.
~Drain 1 (16 ounce) can French cut green beans and 1 (16 ounce) can peas.
~Stir into potato and carrot mixture.
~Stir in 3 cups of cooked white rice (while still hot).
~Stir in 1/4 teaspoon turmeric and a dash of pepper.
~In a large skillet drizzle a little olive oil when pan it hot.
~Add in 1 pound ground turkey, chicken, or lean ground beef and 1/3 cup of chopped chicken livers and cook until done.
~Stir into veggie and rice mixture.
~Allow to cool and then measure into bags (for my small dog it's 1/2 cup per bag) and seal.
~Refrigerate or freeze (mixture is good in the refrigerator for 1 week and good in the freezer for at least 3 months.
