I LOVE this recipe! I started making a batch every week, and adding it to my greyhound's dinner bowl, and lessening their kibble. Our expensive kibble lasts longer, and they love eating it. I use smaller tupperware containers, keep one in the fridge, and stick the other 3 or 4 in the freezer. When I use one up with dinner, I pull one out of the freezer, and its thawed by the next day. I have happy pups, with easy to pick up poo. I've not noticed any gas or stomach upset at all with this.

Dear The Bark,

Can you provide us with a feeding chart that explains how much of this we should give our dog according to weight? What do you think about throwing a couple eggs in the mixture?

I did the individual servings in Tupperware for quite a while. I realized today that a cupcake tin makes perfect 1/2 c servings without dirtying a bunch of dishes. We make quite large batches so I freeze the "pawds" (pun intended) and put them in a ziplock bag after they're frozen.

Love seeing real food recipes for our beloved pets! We need less processed food in our lives, and our pets'; they live that much "faster" and may even be more susceptible to processed junk. Don't shorten their already short lives by feeding garbage from a fancy looking bag.

This is exactly, well one of the numerous reasons, why I LOVE this magazine! I do all my own homemade treats, turkey hearts, beef jerky, cookies, and many others, including K-9 Crack which Won Fetch Dogs National Dog Treat Contest and I make my dogs dinners. I can always use another suggestion to get my mind reeling to make something new. I love the versatility of this receipt and will be trying this out over the weekend. Thank you for publishing receipts on homemade foods and treats. I agree with all the comments regarding feeding less processed foods

I started doing this years ago when our Sasha had a tumor on her jaw and wouldn't eat anything else. I use chicken thighs with the bone in, but I remove the fatty skin. When it's all finished I just pick the meat off the bones, it pretty much falls off actually. Sometimes I use barley instead of rice. I had not included sweet potatoes, but I'll try that.

Should there not be a calcium source included in the recipe, too? My understanding is that if more than 25% of the diet is home cooked it is important to ensure the phosphorus/calcium balance is correct, either by feeding RMBs or including sufficient calcium in the cooked food.

My dogs love this and it is so easy to make! I use boneless, skinless chicken thighs. It would be really nice to have the nutritional breakdown, especially calories per a sized serving so I knew how much to feed my dogs. Thanks

I put the recipe into a nutritional analysis site and using 1 lb boneless skinless thighs, it comes out at 200 calories per 1 cup. Hope this helps in determining how much your dog needs.

Hi! I have been making this since December, when my Labrador, Miles, was diagnosed with a stomach mass. It was removed along with his spleen and thankfully the tumor was benign! I discussed the how and why of how this 11 lb., bigger than a soccer ball mass, grew inside my dog. The vet and I discussed processed dog food vs homemade, and of course I made the decision to cook for both dogs. Miles has a brother named Winston (chocolate) and Miles is black. These are my 1st dogs and I am crazy in love with them.

P.S. The vet suggested I use Organic Brown Rice. I buy mine at Sprouts, Trader Joe's, and of course there are a few markets that carry organic.

Thanks for this great recipe!

Shana...thanks for the calorie count, too.

I've been making my cockapoo's food for several months now. So many of the recipes I have seen are made with chicken. My dog loves chicken but it has always given him diarrhea. Has anyone else run into this?
I have to make his food with beef, pork or liver.

My dog is a diabetic. Does anyone have diabetic recipes they can share?