| Dog meals and snacks don't have to hard to make or | | | | easily digestible for both humans and animals. Flour and |
| take a lot of time. Many snacks can be grabbed | | | | cornmeal are hard for animals to digest and many are |
| straight out of your refrigerator and are much healthier | | | | or can become allergic to these grains.4. Don't feed |
| than baked goods.However, there are a few things | | | | your dog too many "baked" treats that contain flour |
| that I have noticed regarding many homemade dog | | | | and cornmeal. Opt for more natural, healthy, and |
| food recipes that you should avoid doing.1. Don't | | | | uncooked treats (some recipes are listed |
| microwave your dog's food. Microwaving kills vitamins, | | | | below).Healthy Homemade Dog Food RecipesYou |
| minerals and nutrients. The radiation also alters the cell | | | | can make up several days worth of dog food at one |
| structure of the food. Scientific studies have shown | | | | time or cook them up while you prepare your own |
| that humans that eat microwaved foods have | | | | supper. Here are a few recipes to try |
| significant and disturbing changes in their blood cells. | | | | out:*****Shepherd Pie6 oz beef or chicken broth (low |
| Microwaving has many serious side-effects, including | | | | sodium or make your own) |
| altering the minerals in vegetables into cancerous free | | | | 1 pound ground beef, chicken or turkey |
| radicals. It's bad enough that we humans continue to | | | | 1 cup mashed potatoes |
| use microwaves to cook our food... let's not subject | | | | 1/2 cup mixed vegetables (no onions or |
| our animals to it as well.2. Many recipes that I've seen | | | | mushrooms)Mix broth, meat and vegetables together. |
| promote using beef/chicken bouillon cubes and/or | | | | Grease casserole dish and pat mixture into dish. Top |
| canned beef/chicken broth. These products have very | | | | with potatoes. Bake at 300 degrees for 30 |
| high and unhealthy sodium levels. Either use sodium | | | | minutes.***** |
| reduced broths or better yet make your own.3. | | | | Sometimes your dog may have a slightly upset |
| Obviously, some sort of flour is needed to bind | | | | stomach with possibly some diarrhea involved. The |
| together baked dog biscuits. However, instead of using | | | | following recipe is a nice bland mixture that still tastes |
| white flour, whole wheat flour and/or cornmeal in your | | | | good and should help to solve your pup's tummy |
| recipes, substitute spelt flour instead. It's much more | | | | problems. |