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Homemade Dog Food Chicken Souffle

Your homemade dog food choices include some veggies and protein options, but sometimes your dog will resist a home cooked meal if your dog is feeling sick or is suffering an illness. Offering a tasty warm meal is the solution to this problem.  This is the best way to ensure they are on the road to recovery, and you can provide great nutrition and the right food for your dog.  When you do offer homemade dog food, be sure to mix it up, and add different protein, and different veggies.  One recipe that works well for my dogs, is Chicken Souffle.

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Ingredients for Homemade Dog Food Chicken Souffle

  • 2 cups of organic chicken cooked either white or dark meat
  • 12 organic eggs
  • 8 oz of Monterrey Jack, Mild Cheddar, White Cheddar or Cream Cheese
  • 2 oz Cheddar Cheese Curds
  • 2 cups of half and half
  • 1/2 cup Breadcrumbs
  • Olive Oil or spray olive oil

How to Assemble Homemade Dog Food Chicken Souffle

007You can usually find the organic chicken already grilled, or cooked on the rotisserie for you at the deli.  The chicken I buy is prepackaged all cooked and shredded. I mince it in the food processor to tiny little pieces, no bigger than a grain of rice.   If you are feeding a hungry large dog, you do not have to mince the chicken, but with sick or small dog, it will ensure your dog eats the quiche or souffle.  Depending on if you want to separate the eggs, it will be either.  With a separation of the whipped egg whites, you get a souffle.  This is not a necessary step, but can be a nicer presentation.  For a dog, I am not sure they really like the souffle vs. the quiche. Dogs just love eggs!   I do not separate the eggs whites from the yolk, so my result is more quiche like.  It is a choice you need to consider when you are creating this recipe for your dog.

If your dog is sick, old, and suffering from illness, go for the quiche.  Of course, if your dog is looking to drop some weight, the no yolk souffle will be the right choice.  And, if you are baking for a party or a special occasion, whip the egg whites first, save in a bowl, and add as the first ingredient.

Recipe for Homemade Dog Food Chicken Souffle

  • Makes 12 Souffle Meals in 12oz ramekins

Heat your oven to 325 degrees.  Using 6 ramekin baking bowls at a time, spray oil or olive oil a light coating of oil on the bottom of the ramekin.  Use a brush to lightly coat the inside of the ramekin, or lightly spray.   Place evenly on a cookie sheet.   Then, dust the breadcrumbs along the bottom of the inside of the ramekins.  Separate 1/2 of the total chicken, to work with the 6 ramekins.  Add a this mixture to each ramekin, in the center of the bowl.  Whip egg whites if you are making a souffle, or whip both egg whites and yolks in a food processor for more of a quiche.  Add half and half to food processor.  Pour egg mixture over ingredients to fill ramekin 3/4 a way up.  Place a slice of cheese on top of egg mixture.  Place another piece of cheese curd on top of that cheese.

Note: The cheese curd will bake into the meal, and show you when the mixture is completed in baking, by its spread over the top of the egg.

Evenly distribute among all 6 bowls, reserving half for your total ingredients for your second set of 6 bowls. Complete second set of bowls.

Bake on cookie sheet, for 25 minutes.  Move top cookie sheet down to bottom of oven, and bottom to top for another 20 minutes.  At the end of 45 minutes, heat oven up to 400 degrees for 5 minutes.  This will crisp up your souffle or quiche.  Move to counter to cool, and remove from ramekin to cool to warm for your dog.  Enjoy!

 

All homemade dog food quiches or souffles can be cooled, frozen, and then reheated in oven 5 minutes for later use.  One quiche or souffle will be sufficient to feed a medium sized dog for one meal.  It is a great way to give your dog needed protein, and do it without raw ingredients.  Your souffle can be combined with pumpkin, green beans, lentils, salmon, beef, or any thing that your dog loves, and that does not have preservatives and toxins.  Add a mineral and a vitamin, and you have a homemade dog food option that is true health benefits to come.

Dog Stomach Acid and Holistic Solutions

Dogs sometimes develop a physical problem in their digestive system, that ensures that they will produce a large amount of stomach acid. Unfortunately, I know only too well what this problem is like, and how frustrating it may be for pet parents.  When you have a long day at work, and come home to a series of stomach acid trails on your floor, it is hard not to be sad for your dog, and frustrated that their are not good solutions for your dog.  Here are some ideas that really can help you manage this frequent and common problem.

Solutions for Dog Stomach Acid Symptoms

Looking at the holistic answers, to possibly “cure” the stomach acid that you are experiencing, here are some great long term solutions.

  • Feed raw protein
  • Capsule any mineral or vitamins for your dog
  • Feed poached eggs with a warm temperature
  • Feed pumpkin or squash once a week
  • Feed raw foods room temperature, by simply placing in a tall stainless steel bowl in hot water, so it floats and warms but does not cook
  • Use a baby food warmer with larger packs of dogs
  • Keep your dog satisfied with dehydrated treats from the USA

Solutions for Managing Dog Stomach Acid Symptoms

Sometimes, managing the resulting vomit will be the best way to ensure your dog actually gets the nutrition it needs.  I know this sounds strange, but a dog that constantly produces acid, is going to have to remove it, and a grain full diet will be the worst diet for this condition.  In fact, it will create an even worse problem of more stomach acid.  For dogs that see stomach acid on a daily basis, be sure to see your veterinarian, for solid medical advice.  Often they will recommend medicine that will help with the symptoms, but won’t allow you to solve the situation.

Look for new advice from your vet, and take the situation day by day.  The solution will be hard to immediately see, but often a raw protein diet, will produce great results.  You can do this with people food, like chicken, beef, venison and lamb.  If the protein has raw tendencies, you can even let them eat the bones, as long as they are not cooked.  Dogs with stomach acid, need something for the acid to work on, so raw protein based food is the perfect natural choice.

Keep your dog in an environment, where you can easily control their movements, and allow them to vomit if they have to while you are away.  It does not make sense to expect immediate results, so please be patient.  Your dog will need peace and quiet while she recovers from the grain diet she may have been on for years.  Allow her time to get well.  Use blankets, towels, rugs and bed sheets to control the mess.  Do your best to hold your dog when she vomits the acid, and do it over a cookie sheet.  The large size, and flat but upturned edge will work wonders to allow the vomit to be expelled, but not ruin your home’s floors.  Buy a carpet cleaner, as you will need it until your dog gets better.  Do not use soap, just hot water to express the acid from any soft flooring material.

How to feed a Sour Stomach Acid Dog

After your dog has vomited, try to feed the raw protein within a hour.   Feed room temperature.  Be sure to warm it from cold refrigerator to warm room temperature with the hot water bath, or a baby food warmer.  A yogurt cooking machine is another option.   Do not feed dairy, seeds, nuts, rice, or grains.  Do feed raw bones.  Do feed within one hour of any vomiting.  If the dog does vomit, try to hold your dog over a cookie sheet or plate, to let them keep the vomit clean.  If they did vomit up food, let them finish it if they are inclined.  This is nasty, but it is a dogs survival technique.   They will not eat the stomach acid, but the morsels of protein, from previous meals.

Do find an organic mineral and pro-biotic vitamin to dispense.   The most important detail is to place the powder in a capsule, like a vegetable or vegan capsule for easier digestion.  Often, minerals and vitamins are hard to digest and will upset a dog’s stomach lining.  Many owners find giving the dog vitamin after the meal is the right way to give it to them.  Try slippery elm as a stomach chaser, as it often will help with tender tummies.

 

Beef and Sardines Dog Food

If your dog is overweight, chances are, they are eating way too much carbohydrate, snacking all day, and are not happy with how tasty their food is.  What if you could cook a simple meal for them, and make it nutritious and taste really great?  Here is a wonderful recipe, that I have adapted over the years to bring great Essential Fatty Acids into my dog’s diets, and as well, some super taste.

 

Surf and Turf for Dogs

Here is what you will need to make this killer beefy fishy meal!

2 Bunches of Carrots with Stems Attached, 2 lbs or more

1 Bag of Organic Green Beans, Frozen or Fresh, to equal 1 Pound

1 head of Cabbage, be sure to find Organic

2 pounds of Organic ground beef or buffalo

2 tins of sardines, no added salt, organic in olive oil

6 eggs

2 cans or 28 oz of re-fried veggie beans, pima or black OK

 

Cook the meat in a big pot on the stove, and cook on low.  Add the refried beans and the eggs.  Cook slowly, until a temperature of 185 is reached.

With the remaining ingredients, push through a food mill, or through a food processor.  Be sure to add the oil from the sardine can, into the meat mix.  Then, join all the ingredients together, and cook for 15 minutes, on low, or until soft.

Move your meal into small 1 cup or 2 cup containers for daily use.  It should make around 24 cups.

Store in the freezer, and when you want to serve, be sure to move a container from freezer to fridge, until all are eaten.  Only store in fridge for 2 days or less.

Dogs will need around 1 cup a day if they are 30 pounds.

 

 

You can serve this warm, or cold.  I suggest cold, as it is easier for you, and will preserve the vitamins and minerals, when you defrost the portions from the freezer.

Cooking with Chickens

Roasting or cooking chickens, can make great dog food, in a simple and easy way!  To do this, you will need two full sized chickens, and some time to roast them.

Here is a great recipe, that offers real nutrition, and can be a great way to add value to your dog’s daily nutrition.

Chicken Roasts for Dogs

2 Large Chickens, from 5 pounds to 8 pounds

2 cups of filtered water

2 garlic heads, peeled and separated

2 sprigs of fresh rosemary

2 cups of sweet potatoes, or 4 large sweet potatoes

2 bunches of carrots with stems, chopped, not skinned

2 yellow zucchini or squash, chopped into large pieces

2 spaghetti squash, whole

1 Bag of Frozen Green Beans, 1 pound

Heat oven to 325 degrees F.

Bake squash and sweet potato on a cookie sheet for 1 hour.  Remove and cut squash in half, remove any hard or husky pieces from the squash.

Take all the pieces out of the chicken, ie the glizzards paper, and neck etc.  Keep the gizzards and cook with chicken, but toss the chicken neck or any bones that have no meat attached.  Place chickens, and sweet potatoes in a large pan, and cover with the 2 cups of water.  Bake for 2 hours, or until all the chicken reaches a temp of 180 internal degrees. Once the sweet potatoes and the chicken is cooked, remove, and place chicken on a plate or cooking sheet to cool.

 

Meanwhile, take the remaining ingredients, and layer over the sweet potatoes and the water, and bake for 15 minutes.

While the veggies are softening and baking, with plastic food safe gloves, remove the bones completely from the chickens.  Be sure to get all the hard bones, as they are dangerous for your dog!

Then, once all the items are cooked, cool a bit, and push all the veggies, chicken and squash through the food mill.

All the water, and the herbs can be then joined into the big milled veggie/meat mix.   The milled mix is your final product, and can be then separated into containers, for freezing, and daily use.

 

This should take you around 4 hours from start to finish, but the food will be enough for 4 weeks, for a 30 pound dog.  Your dog will be dancing in the kitchen with you!

Make Dog Food

If you are looking for a healthy food for dogs, a high protein dog food, a human grade dog food, why not make your own?

Cooking for Dogs

You should know, it is not as hard as it seems, and they can get great nutrition from your home cooked meals, as well, as a path to great health.  If you are interested in cooking for your dogs, here are the things that you should know!

You will need to boost your kitchen equipment up a bit, if you do not have some of these recommended items, and you will need some time each week, to make the food, and freeze it for the next two weeks.

When I cook for the dogs, I make chicken on one weekend, and beef or venison on the next.  That way, they have the variety that they so love.  You will need to plan a bit, as the ingredients for each recipe should be purchased ahead of time, and will need to be fresh, and only organic.

So, here are the items you will need!

  • A working oven, large enough to roast two full sized chickens
  • A large pan, for both chickens,
  • Aluminum foil, spring water, thermometers, and some timers to keep track of cooking time
  • Veggies, and fruits as needed per recipes
  • Garlic, sea kelp, and rosemary
  • Essential Fatty Acid Oils
  • A meat grinder, or an attachment to your mixer
  • Containers to freeze your meals, and appropriate freezer space
  • A lovely space of time to show your love to your dogs

If you can space out your time, with shopping and planning, and then cooking, it will be easy!  Be sure to check the rest of this site for recipes and your great next meal for your dog food.

Hypoallergenic dog food

What is the fact on hypoallergenic dog food?  What does this term mean?  If you are looking for a dog food that is great, you are at the right place.  Our reviews and products have been tested by the dog community at large.  There are no reasons why you can not afford a great dog food, and one that is technically hypoallergenic.

Dog food hypoallergenic

Hypoallergenic means the food creates a positive solution to many of the allergic reactions that dogs suffer from.  Whether it is skin allergies, ear infections, eye problems, or other hot spot problems, your dog is simply not getting the right minerals and vitamins.

The best way to combat this, is to remove many common dog food brands, and use common sense.  If you can not recognize an ingredient, that should be a red flag to move to a different brand.  The brands that work, are those that do not contain grains, by-products, have some Essential Fatty Acids, and have natural immunity boosters.

Be sure to review the brand carefully.  It should be made in the US, UK or Canada.  No chinese imports, and there should be a variety of vegetables, and pure human worthy proteins.  If you are feeding a food with meat meal, you are getting chicken feet and beaks.  This is unacceptable.

A great way to beat allergies, is to be sure to feed the best food available.  Here is a great list for you to look for!

Halo Canned and Dry Food

Flint River Ranch

Avoderm

Evanger’s Canned

Nature’s Variety