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Cooking with Chickens

Roasting or cooking chickens, can make great dog food, in a simple and easy way!  To do this, you will need two full sized chickens, and some time to roast them.

Here is a great recipe, that offers real nutrition, and can be a great way to add value to your dog’s daily nutrition.

Chicken Roasts for Dogs

2 Large Chickens, from 5 pounds to 8 pounds

2 cups of filtered water

2 garlic heads, peeled and separated

2 sprigs of fresh rosemary

2 cups of sweet potatoes, or 4 large sweet potatoes

2 bunches of carrots with stems, chopped, not skinned

2 yellow zucchini or squash, chopped into large pieces

2 spaghetti squash, whole

1 Bag of Frozen Green Beans, 1 pound

Heat oven to 325 degrees F.

Bake squash and sweet potato on a cookie sheet for 1 hour.  Remove and cut squash in half, remove any hard or husky pieces from the squash.

Take all the pieces out of the chicken, ie the glizzards paper, and neck etc.  Keep the gizzards and cook with chicken, but toss the chicken neck or any bones that have no meat attached.  Place chickens, and sweet potatoes in a large pan, and cover with the 2 cups of water.  Bake for 2 hours, or until all the chicken reaches a temp of 180 internal degrees. Once the sweet potatoes and the chicken is cooked, remove, and place chicken on a plate or cooking sheet to cool.

 

Meanwhile, take the remaining ingredients, and layer over the sweet potatoes and the water, and bake for 15 minutes.

While the veggies are softening and baking, with plastic food safe gloves, remove the bones completely from the chickens.  Be sure to get all the hard bones, as they are dangerous for your dog!

Then, once all the items are cooked, cool a bit, and push all the veggies, chicken and squash through the food mill.

All the water, and the herbs can be then joined into the big milled veggie/meat mix.   The milled mix is your final product, and can be then separated into containers, for freezing, and daily use.

 

This should take you around 4 hours from start to finish, but the food will be enough for 4 weeks, for a 30 pound dog.  Your dog will be dancing in the kitchen with you!

Make Dog Food

If you are looking for a healthy food for dogs, a high protein dog food, a human grade dog food, why not make your own?

Cooking for Dogs

You should know, it is not as hard as it seems, and they can get great nutrition from your home cooked meals, as well, as a path to great health.  If you are interested in cooking for your dogs, here are the things that you should know!

You will need to boost your kitchen equipment up a bit, if you do not have some of these recommended items, and you will need some time each week, to make the food, and freeze it for the next two weeks.

When I cook for the dogs, I make chicken on one weekend, and beef or venison on the next.  That way, they have the variety that they so love.  You will need to plan a bit, as the ingredients for each recipe should be purchased ahead of time, and will need to be fresh, and only organic.

So, here are the items you will need!

  • A working oven, large enough to roast two full sized chickens
  • A large pan, for both chickens,
  • Aluminum foil, spring water, thermometers, and some timers to keep track of cooking time
  • Veggies, and fruits as needed per recipes
  • Garlic, sea kelp, and rosemary
  • Essential Fatty Acid Oils
  • A meat grinder, or an attachment to your mixer
  • Containers to freeze your meals, and appropriate freezer space
  • A lovely space of time to show your love to your dogs

If you can space out your time, with shopping and planning, and then cooking, it will be easy!  Be sure to check the rest of this site for recipes and your great next meal for your dog food.