Homemade Healthy Chicken Recipes For Your Kitty Cat or Dog

CHICKEN RECIPES FOR CATS







HOMEMADE SPOT'S STEW FOR CATS

1 Whole 4 to 5 Pound Chicken
1 Pound Brown Rice
3 1/2 Cups Chopped Carrots
3 Cups of Chopped Celery
2 Cups Chopped Zucchini
2 Cups Chopped Yellow Squash
1/2 Cup Green Beans
1 Cup Of Broccoli
2 Cups Chicken Broth Organic Low Sodium

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Roast whole (thawed) chickens for 20 minutes per pound, plus an additional 15 minutes.
•  Cook Carrots, Celery, Broccoli and Green Beans with chicken stock until vegetables are almost tender then add your squashes. Cook until all veg is completely tender, but recognizable.  Reserve any broth remaining.
• Steam rice until it is fully cooked and no longer tough.
• While vegetables and rice are cooking de-bone chicken and chop into kitty size pieces.
• Blend or puree vegetables and rice adding chicken stock as needed. Pour out the veg/rice mixture and stir in the chicken pieces or blend them in depending on how your kitty likes his/her food. Store remaining food in bpa free ziplock bags in the freezer.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN PUREE
1 Cup Of Roasted Chicken (chopped)
1/4 Cup Of Jasmine Rice, Quinoa or Amaranth (cooked)
1/4 Cup Of Cooked Carrot, Sweet Potato, or Squash
Low Sodium Organic Chicken Broth

Mix all ingredients in a food processor adding chicken broth as needed to blend into a palatable consistency. Store leftovers in bpa free containers in refrigerator or freezer.

RAW CHICKEN CAT FOOD
2 Cups Ground Chicken
1/2 Cup Chicken Organs (hearts, liver or kidneys)
1/2 Cup Raw Vegetables (shredded carrot, julienne green beans etc.)
1/2 Cup of cooked organic quinoa, jasmine rice, oats, or amaranth

Sanitize your work environment to cut down on any bacteria. And only use very clean and sanitized equipment. And always use fresh FRESH ingredients. If your cat does not eat raw vegetables puree them until they are a fine mush .Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. If you have a senior cat you can run the mix through a blender or food processor. Package the food into individual portions and freeze. Defrost in refrigerator overnight. DO NOT LEAVE RAW FOOD OUT ALL DAY PLEASE.

CHICKEN KITTY SUPPLEMENT
For sick cats or orphaned kitties

1  Cup of goats milk (canned is ok)
1  Cup of  filtered water
1 jar of chicken baby food (safeway's O organic is sometimes cheaper)
A TBSP or Two of plain yogurt
1 envelope of Gelatin (KNOX)

Boil water and add gelatin, stiring well. Add goats milk chicken and yogurt. You can add a kitten or senior vitamin paste if the kitten or cat needs extra nutrition.

CHICKEN RECIPES FOR DOGS

CHICKEN CHOW 

2 Chicken thighs cooked
1/2 cup of celery steamed and chopped
1 cup of carrots steamed and chopped
1 cup of cooked potatoes cubed
3 cups of cooked rice (cook in chicken broth)

Debone chicken and remove skin. Chop chicken thighs. Add celery, carrots, potatoes to rice. Mix everything together. If you dog prefers pureed food toss it all into a blender with a little extra broth. Store extra food in refrigerator or freezer in bpa free containers.

ROTISSERIE CHICKEN FEAST

4 Cups of Rotisserie or Roasted Chicken
2 Cups Of Mashed Potatoes
1/2 Cup of Cooked Diced Carrots
1/2 Cup of Cooked Diced Celery
1 TBSP Olive Oil

Combine all ingredients and separate into manageable portions and refrigerate any leftovers.


( Standardized Grapefruit Extract Controls Salmonella Bacteria)
Treat poultry with a solution of 6oz of water to 4 drops of standardized grapefruit extract (liquid concentrate)
for every one pound of poultry). Pour the solution over the chicken, turkey, or other poultry and mix. Let the mixture absorb into ground meat and allow chunks or whole breasts to soak for one hour in the refrigerator. Refrigerate extra oil. )

Homemade Jammy Jam

Well...it is canning season at our house, and boy have we been  busy. We have been super blessed this year, we have had a very productive plum tree, as well as a booming blackberry bramble. We have also had an abundance of beautiful tomatoes. I really wish it wasn't so horribly hot as it is, but it is August and at least we got a Summer season this year. Some years it seems like Spring just merges into Autumn, oh well. We also had a blazing hot July this year with 13 days at or over 100 degrees. Our tomatoes turned red, berries turned purple and the plums did too. So, we ran to our local bimart and bought us a pressure canner and some jars. Wish us luck on our new-ish project canning. New-ish because we can, however we have never owned a pressure canner, or had the opportunity to put up as much produce as we have this year.


Blackberry-Plum Jammy Jam:

1. Place 8 cups of pitted, skinned, and halved plums into a mixing bowl & drizzle with 8½ cups of sugar and 4 cups of blackberries. Stir plumbs and berries until they are coated with sugar. Let them sit for 1 hour or 2 than transfer the mixture in to a big pot.
2. Bring the mixture to a boil uncovered, while stirring occasionally. Boil until mixture is bubbling hot and simmer for 10 minutes than turn off the heat. Cool to jam reaches room temperature. Mix in a box and a half of pectin.
3.  Bringing mixture back to a boil and then the lower temperature, stir frequently to prevent scorching. Do this for 5 more minutes or until the jam slowly rolls off of a cold spoon (what is known as jelling stage).
4. Ladle it into hot sterilized jars.  Put on lids and rings which were also hot (YO! don't boil your lids).  Tighten until they are finger tight, but don't over-tighten you WILL crack the jars.  Place in water bath canner and process for 10 minutes.

Homemade Cat Litter

Have you ever thought about making your own cat litter? Well, if the answer was YES... I have stumbled across a few ideas. First off; we have a darling family of fur-babies, four to be exact. One of our lovelies Mr. Chin developed a urinary tract infection when he was two. When we got the terrible news from his vet we decided some things needed to change around our house. One of the things we changed was our cat litter. Our veterinarian is a huge fan of eco cat-litters. So we purchased a few bags of Yesterdays-News and a box of Swheat. These products were well loved by our babies, but they are very expensive. So after about a year of using Yesterdays-News we decided to try making our own litter. The first thing we tried was just shredded newspaper.....BUT THIS IS VERY MESSY... so we opted to try the wet method. This method is as followed....


NEWSPAPER LITTER
(1) Shred or chop several newspapers "for extra try going to nursing homes, hospitals or contacting your local paper for extras to recycle". 

(2) Put the shredded papers in a bucket or empty pool. Pour water over the shreds until it is workable. If your local paper does not use soy based ink add a small amount of dish detergent to the water mix.

(3) Mix the paper-water mix until you get a pulpie mix. {think homemade recycled paper}

(4) Squeeze the pulp making sure to remove as much water as you can. If you needed soap, squeeze the water out and then rinse the pulp once again. 

(5) OPTIONAL once you squeezed the water add some baking soda to the pulp this will help with odors and we all know every cat won't use a stinky box. {bobs redmill or arm and hammer}

(6) Place the pulp to dry in the sun on a screen or in a box spread out so that it can dry thoroughly. The texture is up to you fine or chunky. Simply just break it into smaller clumps. I recommend the box method if you are going for a fine litter. 

Option 2

Wheat litter:
When  you first buy Swheat or other name brand wheat litter, you are fooled into thinking this litter is special. Well, it's not. All this litter is, well, WHEAT. And you can make it at home for a fraction of a fraction of the cost at home. 

(1) Purchase bulk wheat berries at a grocer that sells bulk wheat, or hit up a grange/pet store and buy animal grade wheat. {any wheat berries will work}

(2) Grind in a blender,food processor or grain grinder until it is a coarse consistency. 

This method also works with corn and oats very effectively. However, for some reason unknown to me the wheat clumps better.

If you know why? Put a comment in the message box.

But if these ideas don't appeal to you, you can still make some snazzy "Tidy Cats" reusable bags.

Vegan Ranch Dressing

1/2 cup Vegenaise
1/2 cup soy yogurt (vegan)
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 small clove crushed garlic
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon dry chives
2-3 tsp agave syrup
1/2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp vinegar

In a large bowl, whisk together the all of the ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Makes a great dip or great on a salad !!