HOMEMADE DOG FOOD | healthy dog food recipe

hello my friends it's danny and today

i'm showing you how to make

homemade dog food our dog charlie he's

four years old

we recently decided to switch him from

store-bought foods to homemade food

and really i figured if everybody else

in our house was eating clean and

delicious

why not charlie plus i've really

discovered that making homemade dog food

is a really easy to do you have so many

options so many different

varieties so today what i'm going to

show you is a really great

well-balanced starter recipe that's both

easy to make and super versatile so the

one thing i would suggest if you plan to

start making homemade food for your dog

food

is to do a little research just so you

know the foods that dogs are not

supposed to eat right so there's foods

like onions garlic

kale grapes raisins what i would

recommend is doing a quick

google search to find an all-inclusive

list of the foods they can't eat

and or to buy a few doggy cookbooks

and do a little bit of research i will

be sure to leave

the books that i purchased when i was

researching this myself

down in the description box below if you

want to check them out i also called the

vet just to make sure that i had the

green light and that i wasn't

missing anything so do anything that you

feel you need to do to take the

necessary precautions

but also keep in mind there's really not

that much to worry about and it's

probably a lot easier than you think

so to get started i'm going to heat a

nice large saute pan

over a medium heat you could also use a

pot

actually if you're doubling or tripling

the recipe i recommend

using a pot for sure and i'm gonna melt

one tablespoon of coconut oil

once the coconut oil has melted down i'm

adding in

one pound of ground turkey this could

also be ground beef and i'm just going

to start breaking it up

you just want to break it up until you

have crumbles and let this cook for

about 10 minutes

or until it is cooked through and

lightly browned

next up i'm going to add the veggies and

we're using about three cups

total starting with one cup of shredded

zucchini which is about

one large zucchini then one cup of

shredded

carrots which i washed and peeled and

then a big old handful

of baby spinach which i just gave it

really rough chop and cut it up nice and

fine

now it is not recommended that you add

salt to your dog's food

but there are lots of spices and herbs

that can be really beneficial to the dog

so i'm also going to add in a half a

teaspoon of turmeric because that's an

anti-inflammatory and it's great for

their digestion

along with the tiniest pinch of black

pepper

to help activate that turmeric then

we're just going to stir this

all together get all the meat mixed up

with the vegetables

and let it cook for another eight

minutes or so really what we're looking

for

is for those veggies to become nice and

tender and because they're cut so small

it doesn't take much time at all

then i'm just going to turn off the heat

and i'm going to crack

one egg right into the pan and the

residual heat from the meat and the

veggies is going to cook this

egg so i'm just going to stir it in get

it really well incorporated not only is

this going to add

extra flavor but it's gonna add a little

more protein some healthy fats

and some great vitamins and minerals as

well and then the final ingredient is

three cups of cooked brown rice this

could also be white rice

i'm just gonna stir this in you can make

the rice however you prefer i like to

take a shortcut method i usually buy

frozen brown rice and just

cook it up in the microwave and then i

let it cool a bit and add it right into

this mixture

and you're going to see that once

everything comes together it looks

beautiful

you might even want to take a bite of it

yourself which would be totally fine

because there's nothing in there that

you can't eat but what you want to let

it do

is cool down completely before you serve

it and then what i do

is i transfer it into an airtight

container and this will last in the

fridge

up to five days and if you wanted it to

go the long haul

you could pop it in the freezer for up

to three months

now this makes about six cups of food

which for charlie who's about 40 45

pounds

is three days worth of food so i do

recommend if you plan to start cooking

for your dog on a regular basis

scale up the recipes so you don't have

to be in the kitchen

every three or four days right make

enough to get you through a week or two

or even three if you're leaning on your

freezer and i also want to share that if

you're not

ready to do the deep dive and start

cooking for your dog on a day-to-day

basis

but you are intrigued by this just keep

in mind that just

adding some fresh whole foods to the

dog's food can be extremely beneficial

for the dog i mean before we dove all

the way in

oftentimes my husband would add a

scrambled egg to charlie's food or he

might add some shredded

carrots or apples maybe a little dollop

of greek yogurt right

so you can kind of ease your way into

the process or even if you never plan on

going all

in just adding those little bits of

fresh real whole foods

can really be not only a treat for the

dog but super good for their health as

well

charlie has really been enjoying his

homemade food as you can see which

really

gives me a lot of inspiration to keep

playing around in the kitchen and

finding more delicious meals that he can

enjoy

i also plan to experiment with some

doggy treats as well

so if you want to see more of this on

the channel let me know come on down to

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thanks so much for watching i'm danny

spees and i'll see you back here next

time with some

more clean and deliciousness cheers

you