Make Your Own Dog Food

If you're like me and your dog is your whole life, then you want to make sure they're getting the right nutrients in their food. Omar read this article one time that said, imagine eating cereal for your whole life. You'll always be fed, but you won't really be getting all the right vitamins and healthy ingredients that you need. This is what its like for dogs who only eat kibble. Now, we always fed Oliver vegetables, eggs, and even cooked meats on the side, but it was never consistent. When we moved into our new apartment we wanted to start making Oliver homemade food.

Thanks to my grandma who got us a mini crock-pot I was able to start making Oliver food every week! There are so many different ingredients that you can use for this and most of them are probably ingredients that you already have in your house. I looked up different recipes and I listed some of my favorite ones down below.

This is a new trend that people pay a lot of money for, but when I was researching companies that sold healthy dog food, I realized that I can make this at home. I always keep it simple and only do a couple ingredients. Chicken, ground turkey, green beans, peas, corn (non-sweet), eggs, sweet potatoes. There are so many different things that you can make, but you don't want to throw in the whole kitchen sink though. Last week I made chicken and this week I made ground beef, it just depends on what you have.

It's really simple to make too. Don't put any seasoning on the ingredients and just let them all cook together in the crock-pot. I put two cans of green beans, a handful of ground turkey and four eggs. I let it sit there all day long and once it's cooked I put it in tupperware that last the whole week. I add some to his food every night and he loves it!

There are a lot of other recipes that you can try out, here are some of my favorites:

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You can also make your own homemade dog treats too! I always make Oliver his own birthday cake each year. It's just good to know what is going into your dog's food because you're the one whose putting it there. Do you have any other recipes I should try? Let me know!

xoxo, Michele