Healthy Treats For Your Pets

Recipes For Delicious and Natural Snacks

Bone Appetit!

BISCUITS

2 c. whole wheat flour
1/4 c. dry milk
1/2 c. rye or buckwheat flour
1 tsp. dry yeast
1/2 c. brewer's yeast
1/4 c. warm water
1 c. bulgur
1 c. chicken broth
1/2 c. cornmeal
1 egg beaten with 1 tbsp. milk
1/4 c. parsley flakes

Combine flour, brewer's yeast, bulgur, cornmeal, parsley and dry milk in a large bowl. In a small bowl combine dry yeast and warm water. Stir until yeast is dissolved. Add Chicken broth.

Stir liquid into dry ingredients, mixing well with both hands. Dough will be very stiff. If necessary add a little more water or stock. On a well floured surface roll out dough to 1/4" thickness. Cut with knife or cookie cutter in desired shapes.

Transfer biscuits to cookie sheets and brush lightly with egg glaze. Bake at 300 for 45 minutes. Turn off heat and let biscuits dry in oven overnight.

Yield 6-7 dozen biscuits

DOG BISCUITS DELUXE

2 c. whole wheat flour
1/4 c. sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds
1/4 c. cornmeal
2 tbsp. oil, melted butter or fat
1/2 c. soy flour
1/4 c. unsulfured molasses
1 tsp. bone meal
2 eggs,, mixed with 1/4 c. milk
1 tsp. salt

Mix dry ingredients and seed together. Add oil, molasses and all but 1 tablespoon of the egg/milk mixture. Add more milk if needed to make a firm dough. Knead a few minutes, let sough rest for 1/2 hour or more. Roll out to 1/2 ". Cut into shapes and brush with the rest of the egg/milk mixture.

Bake on cookie sheets at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until lightly toasted. To make biscuits harder, leave them in the oven with the heat turned off for an hour or more.

1 lb. chicken necks and gizzards (or other meat)
3 tbsp. bone meal
1 can chopped mackerel
1 tbsp.sea salt or 2 tbsp. kelp
2 c. full fat soy flour powder
2 c. whole wheat flour
4 tbsp. oil or fat
1 c. rye flour
1 tbsp. cod liver oil
1 c. cornmeal
3 cloves garlic minced
1 c. wheat germ
400 I.U. vitamin E
1 c. dry milk powder
1/4 c. alfalfa powder
1 quart water
1/2 c. nutritional yeast

Mix all ingredients together, except the yeast, to make a firm dough.

Spread flat on a cookie sheet and roll to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes. Cook break into bite sized chunks and sprinkle with the yeast. (For cats you might want to cut dough into small squares or ribbons before baking).

Store in airtight containers. Keeps 2-3 days without refrigeration. Longer with it. Supplement with a bit of fresh food, raw meat scraps, chopped vegetables, if fed on a regular basis.

Mix ingredients as listed. Roll in to 1 1/2 inch balls & place on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown in color.

MACKEREL CAT MUNCHIES

1/2 c Canned mackerel, drained
1 c Whole-grain bread crumbs
1 tb Vegetable oil
1 ea Egg, beaten
1/2 ts Brewer's yeast, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium-sized bowl, mash the mackerel with a fork into tiny pieces. Combine it with the remaining ingredients and mix well. Drop mixture by 1/4 teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool to room temperature and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

2 cups cornmeal
2.5 cups flour
2-3 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup sunflower butter (or peanut butter)
1-2 cups water
2 tablespoons butter
dash of salt

Mix all ingredients. Add water until desired consistency and spoon onto cookie sheet. Bake 10-15 minutes at about 350F. You can also dust brewers yeast on top before baking. Or, you can add oatmeal or nuts or seeds to the mixture. You don't have to add sunflower (or peanut) butter. 

Make it in any quanity, guinea pigs love it - You can add other things to this salad that your guinea pig likes

2 cups shredded carrots
1 shredded apple
1/3 cup molasses
1 cup bran
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup dry oatmeal

Mix all ingredients together. Should have a doughy consistency (if not, add more bran or flour). Place dough in muffin tins. Sprinkle w/brown sugar. Bake @400 degrees for 30-50 minutes or until done.

1 c. whole wheat flour or rye flour
1/3 c. water
1/4 c. soy flour
1/2 tsp. bone meal
3 tbsp. oil or lard

Mix flours. Mix oil or lard with water. Add liquid to flour and mix well.Roll out on cookie sheet and bake until golden brown at 350 degrees. Break into bite sized chunks or precut with cookie cutter before baking.

Mix all ingredients.Roll out about 1/2" thick.Cut with cookie cutter or shape by hand.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes

Bones appetit

  2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
    1/2 cup nonfat dry milk
    1 tablespoon sugar
    1 tablespoon salt (optional)
    6 tablespoons margarine
    1 egg

Mix all ingredients with about 1/2 cup cold water. Knead three minutes or until dough forms a ball. Roll 1/2-inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters. Bake at 350 degrees on lightly greased cookie sheet for 30 minutes.

Variations: Add three tablespoons of any of the following -- chicken or beef bullion powder, dried soup greens, liver powder, soup mix, peanut butter or garlic. 

Beef Jerky

1 pound lean beef (flank or round steak)
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder

Slice the lean beef with the grain 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide and 2-6 inches long.   Pain on or dip the strips into a mixture of soy sauce and garlic powder.   Place on wire rack in a deep oven pan; dry completely at 150 degrees F for 8-12 hours.

NOTE:  Or use lamb instead of beef.

Microwave Doggie Doughnuts

2 cups whole wheat flour
1  egg, lightly beaten
2/3 cup beef or chicken broth
3 tablespoons oatmeal
1 teaspoon garlic powder

Place flour in a bowl, add egg and broth, mix well.  Blend in oatmeal and garlic powder.  Roll dough into a ball, then roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/2" thick.  Cut with small doughnut cutters.  Reroll scraps and repeat.   Shape last bits by hand.

Arrange rings on a shallow baking dish or on a sheet of parchment paper in a single layer.  Cook on high 10 min. or until firm.  Let cool until hardened. 

Mini Cakes for Cats & Dogs

2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup soybean flour
1 cup skimmed milk or water
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon Canola or sunflower oil
1 teaspoon sea salt

Mix dry ingredients.  Add liquid and honey. Mix and let the dough rest in a warm place for 15 minutes.  Add oil and allow to sit another 1/2 hour.Take walnut size portions of dough and flatten into small cakes.  Bake in oven at 400 degrees for 1/2 hour.

For cats, roll dough into 1/4" thickness and bake on a sheet scored into small sections 1/4" square or smaller.

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.   Pour melted butter into 13 x 9 baking pan. Stir in cheese powder, bacon bits and gravy mix.  Add cereals and stir well until all pieces are coated.

Heat in oven for 45 minutes.  Meanwhile cut doggie meat treats into 1/2 inch pieces.  Remove cereal from oven, add doggie treats.  Store in airtight containers.  May be frozen.