Thursday, November 29, 2012
Homemade Dog Biscuits Recipe
If you love your pets like me, what better way to show them than by making home-made treats! You can also add other ingredients to enhance their flavor and/or to promote health (examples: wheat germ, garlic, brewers yeast, yogurt, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, etc.). By making your own treats, you know exactly what goes into them. And if you have a finicky eater or your doggy has a sensitive tummy or allergies, you can customize your treats just for them. There are tons of recipes and information on-line, so do your homework and come up with what works best for you and your dog!
You can use any shape cookie cutter you already have, or, you can purchase a dog-bone shaped cookie cutter at your local kitchen supply, craft/hobby or on-line store!
Better Than Store-Bought: Homemade Dog Biscuits
Ingredients:
½ cup water
2 eggs
½ cup cornmeal
½ cup rolled oats
3 tablespoons peanut butter
½ cup canola oil
2 cups whole-wheat flour
Combine ingredients in a large mixing bowl, then stir to combine (mixture will be thick). Sprinkle flour on a countertop and roll out the dough with a rolling pin until it is between ¼ and ½ inch thick. Using cookie cutters, cut out biscuit and place on a well-oiled baking sheet.
Bake biscuits at 400F for 20 minutes (or until hard). Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Recipe courtesy of: http://www.takepart.com/video/better-store-bought-homemade-dog-biscuits
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Friday, November 9, 2012
Wild Bird Treat Mix in a Quart Jar
This would be a neat gift for friends and family members that are bird enthusiasts!
Wild Bird Treat Mix in a Quart Jar
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups yellow cornmeal
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup small mixed bird seed
1/2 cup raisins
1 1/2 cups quick oats
Directions:
Wild Bird Treat Mix in a Quart Jar
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups yellow cornmeal
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup small mixed bird seed
1/2 cup raisins
1 1/2 cups quick oats
Directions:
- Layer cornmeal, wheat germ, bird seed, raisins and oats in order given (starting with cornmeal), in a 1 quart wide mouth jar pressing each layer very firmly before adding next layer.
- Decorate jar and attach a recipe card with the following instructions:
- "WILDBIRD TREATS"
- Empty all ingredients from jar into a large bowl, mix.
- Add: 3/4 cup peanut butter, smooth or crunchy, and 1 cup water.
- Mix very well. Add more water, if necessary, to make a stiff dough.
- Spread in a 9"x13" baking pan.
- Use knife to cut bars into 2"x4" bars. Leave bars in place.
- Bake at 250 degrees F. for 45 minutes.
- Leave in pan to cool.
- Cut into bars along cut lines.
- Feed wild birds one bar at a time.
- Keep remaining bars refrigerated until needed.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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