Thanksgiving for the Dogs
Dinner (cooked): cooked turkey meat, 3-4 green beans, dried cranberries, sweet potato, low sodium chicken broth
Dinner (raw): 2 raw turkey tails or 1 raw turkey neck, 3-4 green beans (finely chopped), 1/4 cup dried cranberries, 3-4 Tbs. low sodium chicken broth
Dessert: 1 cup canned pumpkin, 1/2 cup plain yogurt, 1 egg. Can serve raw or put into muffin tin and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Serving size is 2.
*cooked dinner and dessert courtesy of Dr. Jyl in Orangevale, CA, as seen on Fox40 morning news 11/19/12
**NO cooked bones, onions or garlic!
Baked Treats
Peanut Butter & Banana Treats
1 mashed banana
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup oats (or use 1/2 c oats and 1/2 c whole wheat flour or grain-free base)
3/4-1 cup plain yogurt
2 Tbs. olive oil
1 egg (with shell, broken into pieces)
Combine all ingredients and add water if needed. The dough should be thick. Drop by spoonful (the size treat you want) onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Check after 15 minutes and flip if needed. Cool. Store in an airtight container up to 3 weeks.
Pumpkin & Apple Treats (can add shredded chicken or turkey for pickier souls)
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 apple, finely chopped
1 cup flour/oat/grain-free base
1 egg (with shell, broken into pieces)
1/4 cup dried cranberries
Combine all ingredients and add water if needed. The dough should be thick. Drop by spoonful (the size treat you want) onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Check after 15 minutes and flip if needed. Cool. Store in an airtight container up to 3 weeks (store in fridge if meat was added).
Sweet Potato Chews
Slice a sweet potato length-wise as thin as possible. Spread strips on a cookie sheet and bake at 170 degrees for 45 minutes. Flip the strips over and bake another half hour. Turn the oven off and let them sit in the closed oven for at least a few hours (I leave mine overnight). Store in an airtight container up to a month (I think – mine have never lasted that long!).
Grain-Free Base for Baking
Put 2 cups grain-free kibble in a food processor or blender and grind until it’s powdery like flour. It does stink while baking, but worth it so my allergic to everything gal can have yummy treats too. I use it to replace any rice/oat/flour in treat recipes.
Ideas for the Dehydrator
1. Sweet potato slices
2. Beef or chicken kidney or liver, cut into strips or chunks
3. Chicken feet (sometimes labeled chicken paws)
4. Chicken jerky: chicken breast sliced thin
5. Beef jerky: choice of steak sliced thin (I hear flank steak works well – cook it first if you are making jerky for yourself)
6. Combine any cooked meat with fruits like blueberries, apples, etc. and a flour/oat/rice/grain-free base in a food processor until a paste is formed. Add water as needed. Drop by spoonful (aim for larger than the size you want, as they shrink) onto fruit roll trays.
7. Salmon slices
The directions for my dehydrator recommends cooking or freezing then thawing meats first to cut down on bacteria. We do raw twice a week so I’m not worried about that, but wanted to make note of it. Meats should be set to 170 degrees for 5-7 hours and baked goods at 135 degrees for 4-5 hours. I typically do it in the evening and just unplug the dehydrator when I go to bed and store it in the morning. Also organ meats like kidney and liver as well as the chicken feet smell AWFUL so put the dehydrator somewhere you can’t smell it (mine is in the garage). As always, wash hands and surfaces thoroughly when dealing with raw meats.
More to come…
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