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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hubrat" data-source="post: 822819" data-attributes="member: 869">Simple pet food recipe:We used to make dog and cat food separately as dogs need at least 35% protein and cats need at least 65%. Now we just make the 35% mixture and add additional chicken for the cats. I use all organic foods plus free range chicken. 10 birds last us about 2 weeks. We cut them up, removing skin and as much fat as possible. Boil on medium, you can either boil until done or bring to a rolling boil, turn off, and it will continue to cook in the broth. De-bone and cut into bite size pieces. You can also put it though a food processor but I like to leave a little something for them to chew on.Organic long grain brown rice makes up about 35% of the mix. I simmer it in broth on low until done. For 10 birds I will use about 9 cups dry rice to about 20 cups broth. (1 c. Rice x @2.25 c. Broth). If you are making a smaller amount it may be helpful to know that with these proportions, 1 c. dry rice = @ 24 oz. cooked.I let the broth cool and skim as much additional fat off as I can.Organic veggies comprise about 30%. I use frozen organic green beans, peas and carrots, about 17 16-oz bags for the amount we make. I use mostly green beans b/c they seem to like these best. I've read that it's best to avoid corn because of the carb content. I rinse frozen veggies well and simmer in broth maybe 1/2 hour. Drain. I process these into mush because the critters' digestive tracts don't - you will see them come out much like they went in.Oh, I cook the chicken in distiller water, btw. Our well water tastes nasty so none of us drink it. I have read, though, that if you're going all organic it's best to use distiller water.Eggs. I will use 3 dozen yolks for two weeks' food. They're difficult to proportion between cats and dogs as well as between large dogs and small dogs. Our 35 lb beagle/pit bull needs about 3/4 yolk per day, 11 lb yorkie Mix needs about 1/4 yolk per day. Our cats should get about 3/4 - 1 per day.Fresh parsley: I grind the leaves and try to get everyone about 1 teaspoon per day. It is supposed to help their breath and supposedly helps our diabetic cat with insulin regulation. The egg and parsley proportions are more difficult to control since we make two weeks at once, but adding them separately each day is more than we have time for. I think we're at least coming close.I toss everything into a big ole rubbermaid container and get elbow deep to mix it well. I then freeze about two day portions using a vacuum sealer. This food supposedly will keep frozen for 3 months. The most we have ever done was about 1-1/2 month around a long vacation.From the individual bags we feed twice per day, 12 oz for the larger dog, 3 oz for the small one, 3 oz for the larger diabetic cat and 2 oz for the smaller one. They all get a little fish oil and and a multi vitamin daily. I purchase these online at Only Natural Pet Store.If the cost seems high, when we started doing this we gave the dogs 25% protein and the cats 50%. I have found resources saying this is adequate. IMO it's better than the 9 or less they get from most commercial foods, because of the proportion and the fact that they are getting choice cuts as opposed to whatever the food companies buy leftover from human food manufacturers (hubby says beaks and feet).A couple of books I recommend are The Nature of Animal Healing by Martin Goldstein and Natural Health for Dogs and Cats by Richard Pitcairn. There is a wealth of literature out the and most that I've laid eyes on has been helpful.</blockquote>

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