Food

Recipes

Stewed Chicken 

I use this to top whatever high quality kibble I am using. We do this 3 chickens at a time because we have a freezer and that's how many I can fit in this pan but for most people one would be more than enough.

1 chicken

enough water to cover chicken

optional ingredients:

3 or 4 carrots cut up

1/2 cup brown or white rice

garlic powder

Put chicken in pan and cover with water.  Cook until all the bones are off the meat and the meat has a shredded appearance.  Using tongs, remove all bones.  Remember you want this pretty brothy.  Don't worry if you don't get all  the bones out as you'll be able to easily remove them when you mix it with the kibble later. Add any optional ingredients and continue cooking until they are soft.  Let cool and divide into serving sizes appropriate for a few days and freeze.  I used to use sandwich bags to freeze the individual portions in  because after filling I could flatten the bags and mazimize my freezer space . This works well but when you take them out to thaw place it in a bowl as the expansion from freezing will  make holes in the corners that allows the broth to leak while thawing.  This will last most most homes weeks.

If you want to make the chicken last longer or want to do something else for a change we sometimes use 1/2 chicken and 1/2 canned Pedigree food mixed with a little warm water for a topping.  I only use the canned foods that say "traditional " across the top for this.  I don't use the slices and gravy type of canned foods.

Remember, the  large cooked chicken bones  ( the ones that can splinter) are dangerous . Make sure to remove them.  

We are big on places like Sam's Club or Costco where you can get a 2 pack of chickens for about $7.  A 5lb bag of carrots or a large bag of rice is pretty inexpensive as well.

Doggie Trail Mix

(for puppies these chunks could be cut smaller)

1 lb. of lowfat chicken hotdogs

1/2 cup of cheese

 Cheddar, colby, or any inexpensive cheese will do

2 cups  cereal

Cheerio's or chex's

1/2 cup of rolled dog food

I use Redbarn or Natures brand ; you can get this at a petstore

Put the cereal into the container you plan to store in.   Open package of hotdogs and drain liquid from hotdogs onto the cereal.  Close container and shake to coat cereal with liquid.  Cut the hotdogs , cheese an rolled dog food into nickel size pieces.  Add to cereal and mix.  Store in fridge.    Note: hotdogs are precook and need no additional cooking.

I also use plain hot dogs cut into nickel sized pieces and then cut again in 1/2 for training dogs and puppies.   I keep a few pieces in my pocket whenever I take a puppy out to potty when I'm housetraining and give it to them immediately after they potty along with a profuse amount of praise for doing the deed in the correct place.   95% of housetraining a puppy is giving them positive feedback for doing it in the correct place rather than punishing for doing in the wrong place.

(for puppies these could be cut into 1/4's)

Recipes Coming Up 

Baked Scrapple and Rice Treats

Liver Bread

Brown Rice and Liver Casserole

Liver Birthday Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Hot Dog Biscuits