5 Easy Homemade Dog Food Recipes

Feeding a proper and healthy diet is essential to help pet dogs remain fit. To keep their meals nutritiously right, nutritious homemade dog food can be helpful. It is a healthy alternative to the traditional dog food. 

By choosing the homemade food recipes to feed the dog, you may ensure what nutrients are going in their bowl and that the food is free from any harmful chemical preservatives and questionable gelatinous gunk. 

Let’s run down some easy and healthy homemade dog food recipes. We have chosen a few simple recipes to help you cook in less time.^{1}{2}

Homemade Dog Food Recipe 1: Scooby’s Stew 

It is an easy recipe that could be stored for almost a week. The preparation time is only 15 minutes but the cooking time is a little more and somewhere around 5 to 8 hours. A healthy recipe that also smells so good that the pet would want to have it again and again. 

Key Ingredients Required

• Frozen mixed veggies (carrots, green beans, peas): 2 pounds
• Large chicken breasts: 2 nos 
• Cubed sweet potatoes: 1 cup
• Brown rice: 1 cup 
• Water: 2 ½ cups

Recipe Directions

1. Place all the ingredients in the slow cooker while ensuring that the chicken should be covered with the vegetables. 
2. Let it cook for 5 hours on high flame or 8 hours on low flame.
3. Turn off the flame and remove the ingredients from the slow cooker. 
4. Shred the chicken breasts and stir all the vegetables and rice to mix evenly. 
5. You can store it in the fridge for almost three days, but it should be properly packed. It may also be freezed in small quantities (1 serving).^{3}

Homemade Dog Food Recipe 2: Vegetables Rich Turkey

This easy-peasy homemade dog food recipe is rich in fresh vegetables. At the same time, it is a cheaper and well-balanced meal with 25% grains, 25% veggies, and 50% protein. 

Key Ingredients Required

• Canned or frozen peas: ½ cup
• Shredded zucchini: 1 medium 
• Shredded carrots: 2 medium
• Chopped baby spinach : 3 cups
• Ground turkey : 3 pounds
• Olive oil: 1 tablespoon
• Brown rice: 1½ cups

Recipe Directions

1. Take a large saucepan, pour rice and 3 cups of water and cook it. Keep it aside.
2. Now, take a Dutch oven or a large stockpot, put a little olive oil in it and heat on medium flame. Then, add ground turkey and cook for 3-5 minutes or until it turns brown. Meanwhile, keep on crumbling the turkey while cooking. 
3. Time to add brown rice, peas, zucchini, carrots, spinach, and stir for about 3 to 5 minutes or till the spinach has withered. 
4. Keep it aside to cool.^{4}

Homemade Dog Food Recipe 3: Rosemary And Turkey

This easy and tasty homemade dog food recipe is a mixture of healthy and nutritious brown rice, broccoli, rosemary, and turkey. It can be kept and stored in the fridge for long. 

Key Ingredients Required

• Frozen broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots: 8 oz
• Dried rosemary: 1 teaspoon
• Brown rice: 2 cups
• Ground turkey: 1 pound
• Water: 6 cups

Recipe Directions 

1. In a Dutch oven or a large saucepan, add and mix rosemary, rice, turkey, and water. Wait till the turkey breaks up symmetrically. 
2. After a boil, simmer the flame and let it cook for 20 minutes. 
3. Now, add the frozen vegetables and let it cook for 5 minutes more. 
4. Off the heat and keep it aside to cool.
5. Store the delicious dog food recipe in the refrigerator.^{2}

Homemade Dog Food Recipe 4: Meatballs

It is one of the easiest recipes, which is also rich in fibre. The pumpkin used in this recipe acts as the stool softener. Meatball is the ideal recipe for keeping the digestive system healthy. 

Key Ingredients Required

• Lean ground beef: 10 lbs
• Cubed small bread: 3 slices
• Oat bran: 2 cups
• Eggs: 4 nos.
• Pumpkin puree: 3 cans
• Carrots: 4 nos. (steamed or boiled and mashed)
• Flour
• Salt
• Leaves of finely chopped kale stalk: 4

Recipe Directions 

1. Take a large bowl and mix all the ingredients thoroughly in it.
2. Make balls of any size. 
3. Roll the balls in the flour and remove the excess flour. 
4. Put the balls in the oven and set the oven at 400 degrees. The total bake time may vary depending upon the size of the balls.^{3} 

Homemade Dog Food Recipe 5: Easy Crockpot

It is the ideal recipe for dogs suffering from food allergies; also one of the easiest recipes as you only need to put all the ingredients in the crockpot to cook. Adding ground eggshells and chicken livers can make it rich in extra calcium and iron. 

Key Ingredients Required

• Lean ground chicken: 3 lbs
• Butternut squash: 1 cup
• Drained kidney beans: 15 oz can
• Peas: 1 cup
• Green beans: 1 cup
• Diced or sliced carrots: 1 cup
• Uncooked rice: 1 ½ cup
• Water: 4 cups

Recipe Directions 

1. Just put all the ingredients in the crockpot following the exact quantity. 
2. Let it cook for 4 hours on high flame or 6 hours on low flame. Stir occasionally. 
3. After the ingredients get cooked, turn off the flame and keep it aside to cool.^{4}

These recipes are the simplest and most cost-effective way to make your dog eat healthy. It is the best alternative to the traditional dog food of processed kibble. If your pet is dealing with any health issues, make sure to consult with a professional veterinarian before opting or switching for any homemade dog food recipe.^{5}

You may consider using DuePet’s food tracker to track how these new meals are going with your dog’s health. 

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