hello
sorry i didn't get back to you sooner, but you know how it goes.
here is the receipe for dog and cat "cakes".
in blender put: 3 cups of water
1/2 cup oil...any kind
2 eggs
2 tbls cod liver oil
1 low-potency multimineral capsule...break open and add powder.
blend until thoroughly mixed.
in a bowl put:
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup cornmeal
3/4 cup instant nonfat dry milk
1/2 cup bran
1/4 cup bone meal (vital, don't skip this)
1/4 cup brewer's yeast powder
2 tbls granular kelp
1 tbls double-acting baking powder
after mixing the dry ingredients together, pour in the blended liquid ingredients all at once. mix together thououghly and pour into two greased layer-cake pans, and bake.
this is important: bake in a preheated 400 degree oven...this changes the starch into dextrin, which not only tastes good to your pet, but makes it more digestible. when done, after about 25 minutes, cool on a rack as with any cake.
this is what the book says about feeding...i hope i can write this and not get into trougle with copywrite stuff.
"the basic nutritional requirement for any animal is calories. if the critter doesn't eat, he'll starve. each layer of dog and cat cake contains about 1,200 calories. and, like people, dogs need the basic amino acids found i protein foods. so, for a twenty pound pooch, cut one of the layers into six parts. each part is one serving, providing 200 calories. to make a completely nutritious and sufficient meal, crumble and mix it with any one of the following combiations:
3 or 4 ounces ground beef, cooked; 2 scrrambled eggs; 4 ones liver, cooked.
get the idea? or save money by giving fido the healthful stuff that you won't eat. mix about 3 onces of meat scraps with his dog cake. or, when pressed for time, mix in half a small can of all-meat dog food instead.
variation: if you want an all-in-one food, cook 2 and 1/4 pounds of ground meat, combine it with the cake ingredients, and bake in four layer cake pans. just crumble and serve twice the quantity of plain dog or cat cake..
Important: this feeding concept assumes that you are giving your pet the breakfast drink or a small amount of milk or whatever in the morning, because a 20 pound dog needs about 750 calories a day, and the dog cake plus the meat provides only about 500 calories. adjust the amount to the dog's weight, so that a 40 pound dog gets twice as much, and so on.
where is the convenience? simple. it takes only minutes to make a twelve-day supply of dog food for an average small dog. and you can save money by having a built-in way to feed him those meat scraps in the most nutritious way.
store unused cake, wrapped, in the refrigerator. if you wish, bring to room temp before serving.
for cats: cats are finkcky. but even if your cat isn't, keep these things in mind... cats need more of certain vitamins than dogs do, and cats need more protein proportionaltely than dogs do. so make the basic dog and cat cakes, but double the cod liver oil and the brewer's yeast powder
to make an all-in one meal, follow the directions outlined above, substitution your cat's favorites, such as ground liver. by baking it right into the cae you will have a semidry convenience food the cat can nibble on all day, which is the way many cats prefer to feed.
or, if you prefer, start with a one-sixth part of a layer of the basic cake mixed with half a can of tuna or 3 to 4 ounces of meaty table scraps or some other meat food. the calories and so on work out just about the same as for dogs. amounts eaten vary widely from cat to cat, but you can quickly find the right amount to set out each day for yours
breakfast in a saucer: in a blender put: 1/2 cup water
2 tbls instant nonfat dry miilk
1 tsp cod liver oil
1/2 tsp wheat germ oil
blend and feed like plain milk. great for either dogs or cats. makes enough to serve 1 cat or 1 20-pound dog.
note: some dogs have difficulty digesting milk, and this recipe may cause diarrhea. if this problem applies to your pet, a small amount of dog and cat cake may be substituted to make up his or her daily calorie requirement.
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i hope this is helpfull. it really came to me a couple of years ago when i was trying to prep for a year's worth of food for our dog and cat, just HOW MUCH FOOD THAT WAS. my thinking is, the above receipes would stretch the storage food.
breezyhill
Some of you may call me crazy, my son does all the time! I thought I'd mention this just in case somebody might need the idea. I know there are people who really can't afford to stock up on animal food, I can't unless there is a buy one, get one sale. What I have been doing for the last few years is saving some of my spaghetti sauce and mayo jars to use to can left over scraps for my dogs. When I make chicken broth, I save the skins and little hunks of meat and add a little water to it, then can it. I also cook and can any freezer burned meat or leftovers that I think are going to go to waste. If I have to, I'll keep it in the freezer until there is enough to take the time to can. I figure if things get bad enough I can add a jar of scraps to some rice, or use it to stretch the dry food, and give the dogs a decent meal. I have never had a problem with these re-used jars sealing, and I haven't had any break unless they weren't hot enough when they went in the canner. I like knowing that I have a little something put aside for the pooches, and they think they're getting a big treat when I feed them scraps!