Easy DIY Dog Food Recipes For Your Fur Baby; A Weekend Treat To Look Ahead

While you enjoy a delicious meal and indulge in all the treats, don't forget your furry friend patiently waiting by your side for their treat.

Explore these easy and interesting DIY dog food recipes we've curated just for you.

DIY Homemade Dog Food

Ingredients

1 ½ cups brown rice
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 pounds of ground turkey
3 cups baby spinach, chopped
2 carrots, shredded
1 zucchini, shredded
½ cup peas, canned or frozen

Instructions

Step 1: In a large saucepan of 3 cups water, cook rice according to package instructions; set aside.

Step 2: Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add ground turkey and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the turkey as it cooks.

Step 3: Stir in spinach, carrots, zucchini, peas and brown rice until the spinach has wilted and the mixture is heated through, about 3-5 minutes.

Step 4: Let cool completely.

(Recipe credit: damndelicious.net)

Balanced Homemade Dog Food

Ingredients

7 lbs 90% lean ground beef or lean ground turkey or chicken
1.5 cup hemp seeds or 1/3 cup hempseed oil
16 oz canned sardines in water or 4 tsp cod liver oil
4 tsp ground ginger
4 tsp kelp powder
8 eggs pasture-raised
4 egg shells
15 oz pumpkin puree NOT pumpkin pie mix!
8 oz beef liver 12 oz if using ground turkey or chicken instead of ground beef
8 oz broccoli
8 oz spinach omit if your dog has kidney issues
8 oz red bell pepper

Instructions

Step 1: Begin by mixing the ground beef, eggs, kelp powder, ground ginger, hempseed, (or hempseed oil), sardines, and pumpkin puree (if using). Drain the water from the sardines before you add them in. Save half (4) of the eggshells and set them aside.

Step 2: Break up the sardines as much as you can so that it is evenly distributed when mixed. Next, process the veggies, eggshells, and beef liver. You may need to do this separately if your food processor can't fit everything. I process everything separately, except for the bell pepper and eggshells- I process those together.

Step 3: Portion out the food according to your dog's daily food intake requirements. The dog food will be good in the freezer for weeks, but only for a few days in the fridge. Portion accordingly. I do not like to keep cooked dog food in the fridge for more than 4 days.

Step 4: The food is ready to serve raw, or you can gently cook it. Cook without any oil on a nonstick pan on low heat. Do not try to sear the meat over high heat- you want to gently cook it until it is just done.

Step 5: Drain the fat and let it cool completely before storing it in the fridge, for up to 4 days.

(Recipe credit: stellanspice.com)