It is always better to feed
homemade food to your dog/puppy. Check out the recipes given here to
known how to make your own dog food at home.
Homemade Dog Food
It is always a smart option to
feed homemade food to your dog. Canned or preserved pet-food might
sometimes lead to food allergies in your pet. Moreover, you cannot
determine the dietary content of such commercial food and ascertain if
it contains proper canine nutrition. Standard dog foods should normally
comprise of 1/3 protein and 2/3 vegetables and grains. You can easily
incorporate the necessary nutrients in your dog's diet by consulting a
veterinarian and preparing easy-to-make dog food at home. Here are some
quick, simple and nutritious dog food recipes that you can try making
for your canine companion. Read on to know how to make your own dog food
at home.
Cheesy Cookies
Ingredients
- 1½ cups Flour
- 2 cups Milk
- 1 cup Cheese (grated)
- ½ stick Margarine
- 2 Garlic cloves
Procedure
- Whip the grated cheese and margarine in a bowl for 2-3 min.
- Now, add the crushed garlic and flour and mix thoroughly.
- Pour some milk and knead the mixture into a ball.
- Now, refrigerate the ball for ½ hr.
- Finally, roll and shape it into as many cookies as possible.
- Bake until the cookies are light golden brown.
Fish Patties
Ingredients
- 1 can of Boneless salmon
- 1 Egg
- 1 Potato
- 1 Carrot
- 1 Stick of celery
- 3 tbsp Cornmeal
- 2 tbsp Canola or Rapeseed oil (oil used for salad dressing)
- Peanut butter or cottage cheese (optional)
Procedure
- Chop the vegetables and boil them in 3 cups of water.
- Beat the egg in a separate bowl, add the cornmeal and salmon
pieces to it and mix well.
- Roll them into small patties and rub some cornmeal to the pieces
again.
- Fry in a little canola oil, till they get light brown on both the
sides.
- Now, add these fried pieces to the boiled vegetables.
- Add some peanut butter or cottage cheese, if desired.
Chicken Delight
Ingredients
- ½ kg Chicken
- ½ cup Brown/ white rice (cooked)
- 3 Potatoes
- 3 Carrots
- 3 shoots or pieces of Broccoli
- 3-4 cloves of Garlic
- 2 tbsp Canola oil
- Pepper to taste
Procedure
- Chop the broccoli sticks and carrots and boil them in 5 cups of
water.
- Lightly add fried chicken and potato pieces (fried in canola oil)
to the boiling concoction.
- You may also add fried garlic cloves to for extra flavor.
- Cover the pot for sometime, till the ingredients are properly
cooked.
- Finally, add the cooked brown rice.
- Sprinkle some pepper for taste.
Lamb in Yoghurt
Ingredients
- ½ kg Lamb (finely chopped)
- ½ cup Brown/ white rice (cooked)
- 1 Carrot (boiled)
- 3-4 Garlic cloves
- ½ cup Yoghurt
- 1 tsp Flaxseed (ground)
Procedure
- Boil the lamb pieces and the crushed garlic cloves in 5 cups of
water.
- Take out the cooked lamb pieces when tender.
- Don't drain the water and use it for cooking the rice.
- Finely mix the cooked rice and lamb mixture in a bowl.
- Add boiled carrots and sprinkle ground flaxseed to it.
- Blend it again.
- Finally add yoghurt and serve when cool.
Serve these nutritious recipes to
your pet and see him wagging his tail in delight.
