Recipes

Nothing says I love you Trixie like a home-prepared meal. Let these recipes be the simple, affordable base for culinary adventures with your eager taster.

Dog Food Recipes: Cool Treats for Warm Weather

by Jessica Disbrow Talley

Lots of fun in the summer sun makes for hot and hungry dogs. Here are two treat recipes that are sure to be pup-pleasers. Look for organic and/or free-range ingredients and you’ll double the benefit.

Frozen Sunrise

An icy treat to be enjoyed from sunrise to sunset.

Ingredients
2 cups fruit juice (apple works best)
1 mashed and puréed banana
1 cup plain non-fat yogurt
1 cup puréed strawberries

Dog Food Recipes: Easy Crockpot Chicken & Brown Rice

by Susan Tasaki

Base
1 cup brown rice
2 cups water

Vegetables
1/2 lb. green beans, broken into segments
1 medium sweet potato, raw, cut into medium-sized chunks (leave skin on)
3 carrots, sliced into about 1" thick rounds

Protein
2 boneless chicken breasts (with or without skin) or 4 to 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs

Directions
1. Put all ingredients into the crockpot in the order given (layer, don’t mix).

Mackerel Makes Great Toppers

by Rick Woodford

Rick Woodford, the man behind dogfooddude.com, is back with another highly informative, yet easy-to-use cookbook. His new, aptly titled Chow will enable even absolute beginners to try their hand at whipping up whole meals, or simple nutritious and delectable “toppers” (like the one here), for their dogs. Nothing says loving better.

Homemade Kibble

by Henrietta Morrison

This great kibble recipe is from the new cookbook, Dinner for Dogs by Henrietta Morrison. She is the founder of Lily’s Kitchen, a popular pet food company in the UK. She believes in proper food for dogs, and Lily, her Border Terrier, is her chief taster. See an interview with Henrietta as well.

Dog Food Recipes: Valentine Liver Treats

by Lucy Postins

This delicious recipe is nutritious and tasty, and the loaf can be sliced up into any size. What better way to make your pup feel truly special this Valentine’s Day than with homemade treats richly infused with love. The added bonus is that Valentine Liver Nibbles are completely wheat-free, making them ideal for sensitive pets.

Ingredients
1 lb. fresh raw organic beef or chicken liver
3 free-range eggs
1⁄4 cup canola or other vegetable oil
1 clove fresh garlic, crushed (optional)
2 cups instant oats

Whole Grain Peanut Butter Treats

by Claudia Kawczynska

Ingredients

Recipe: Chicken, Squash and Greens

by Susan Thixton

A simple home-prepared meal that incorporates healthy ingredients that not only improves our animals’ health but is also easier on our budgets.

Food Works: Putting Homemade To The Test

by Claudia Kawczynska

For about a year, I’ve been supplementing our dogs’ quality kibble with homemade turkey burgers (along with whole-wheat pasta and cooked vegetables). Our three dogs eat twice a day; at each meal, our largest dog (45 pounds) gets half a burger, while the two smaller ones (30 and 25 pounds) roughly share the other half.