I show my affection to friends and family oftentimes through food. Since I very much consider our dogs to be members of our little family, I do make them special food treats from time to time. The recipe below is from the book, The Healthy Homemade Pet Food Cookbook
Best of all, both of our dogs absolutely devoured it.
In fact, this photo in the book pretty much captures how our Jack Russell, Kacy, reacted to the smell of the dish. She wasn’t as well-behaved, however.
Oh, and we (obviously) made this recipe is for our dogs, but it’s perfectly okay for cats, too!
I’m also giving away one copy of the cookbook! It features over 75 recipes suitable for dogs and cats as well as all sorts of helpful information about pet nutrition.
Be sure to scroll below to enter the contest!
Scrambled Eggs with Salmon and Apple
1 dozen eggs
1 apple, diced or 3-4 carrots, diced
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cans (14.75 ounces each) wild pink Alaskan salmon or jack mackerel
1. Crack all the eggs into a large bowl. Using a fork, beat the eggs well.
2. Add the apples and mix gently together.
3. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat.
4. Add the egg mixture, stirring it as the eggs cook.
5. Drain the salmon.
6. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the salmon.
This recipe makes several cups of food and the book recommends feeding 1/4 cup twice a day to a medium-size cat or 1 cup twice a day to a medium-size dog. For my small dogs, I normally mix just 1/4 cup of this food (or any wet food) with their dry food. Therefore, unless you feed this dog food recipe to your dogs within 3-4 days, you can freeze any extra food and thaw it out a few days before serving.
I think I will try this recipe next (a meatloaf recipe)!
C’mon, Enter Our Giveaway!
Like I said, I’m giving away one copy of cookbook to one lucky winner.
To enter, simply comment below and tell me about your dogs, cats, or other pets. A winner will be chosen via the blindfolded husband method at 6 pm Central Time this Friday, 3/13. I’ll notify the lucky dog (pun intended) and notify them via email. I’ll also update this post.
Good luck!
[Update as of 7:01 pm CST on 3/13/15: I am so impressed by the responses I got that I’ve decided to give away TWO cookbooks to two lucky winners. The winners are: Hope Williams and Sue S. I’ve sent you both an email.]
**A special thanks for this blog post goes to Quarto Publishing Group for sponsoring this post!**
Oh my word!!! You have been reading my mind! We have 3 large breed babies. My oldest is Shyloe and she is 5 years old. Then our boxer Shelby and she is 4 years old. Then our pup Callie-Sue, she is a catahoula mix and right at a year old. We have such issues with dog food. To me, it seems that these foods are unreliable in quality as there are bags that they simply refuse to eat! They smell it and look at it as if it’s just toxic. Then I donate that bag and buy a different batch and start again.
I’ve been talking about making their food for some time now. I had no clue there was a book on this. I am entering this one!
The book sounds wonderful! I have 6 rescue dogs. My oldest is CiCi, a short coat chihuahua. She is probably 13 or so. She has one eye and was given up by her owner to our local shelter. Penelope (Penny) is a long coat chihuahua who spent her first four years in a cat carrier as she was used for breeding. I have been fostering a long hair dachshund, Cruz, for the last two years for a gentleman who is in a nursing home and hopes to get his own place some day. He will never leave as he has breathing issues and had to have his legs amputated due to him being diabetic, but i just let him dream. Tobie, a 15 lb mix of something, has been with us for 2 years. He was dumped by the adult children of his owner who had dementia and went to a nursing home. He had lepto and almost died two months after we got him. After the conventional vets couldn’t fix him, I took him to a holistic vet and the results were nothing short of miraculous! CoCo is my dauthers unstable chihuahua/rat terrier mix. She has fear agression and does not get along with other dogs or my 3 year old grandson. She is with us now and she has come a long way. Then there is Violet, a little 5 lb chihuahua who has been with us since November 2014. She is also a product of my daughter’s lack of responsibility.
I supplement the store bought grain free dog food with kale/broccoli/carrots so that they are at least getting some fresh veggies but it would be great to eliminate the processed food altogether!
Thank you for offering this book.
Sherri Wilkerson
Mooresville, Indiana
p.s. I also have three female cats…Dion 18 year old who only eats wet food…Cora who only eats dry…and Tiki who will eat anything!!!
My Haggis is a schnauzer and spoiled to perfection. I have been making him treats (for all those wonderful entertaining tricks he does) for two years. I found a cute little bone shaped cutter and can’t make them fast enough. It’s hard to believe you can feel this strong bond between you and an animal (shh, he doesn’t know, we haven’t told him yet) but I love the little fellow. The recipes above look good enough for me to eat, thanks for the book giveaway, and as always thanks for your posts, I save it for last to open because you are like the icing on the cake!!!
What a houseful we have… Three that we inherited, Penny, Luci and Ozzy, Katie that we rescued from a ditch bank, Cowboy who was rescued from dog jail and then there is MaeBee who just stole our hearts! We are truly blessed with all our crazy critters!
So glad to hear about this. One of my weenies, Sister, has gotten diabetes and refuses to eat the diabetic dog food, both hard and soft. I have been cooking her food for nearly a year now. Lean chicken, venison and chicken livers along with ground flax, chia and a mixture of rice, quinoia and barley. I tried pulverizing the diabetic dog chow and adding it, but she usually won’t eat it when I do. It takes a lot of time, but I love my girls like my children and want her to be around as long as possible. Along with two insulin shots a day, I finally have her under control. Long story, but are there any diabetic recipes in the book?
Donna, I’m not finding that any of them are called “diabetic recipes” per se, but some do look like they would be okay for diabetic dogs such as “The Ultimate Veggie Oats”, “Turkey and Veggie Frittata”, “Ground Lamb, Jack Mackerel and Cucumber” and “Chicken Thigh Stir-Fry”.
This recipe looks suitable for diabetic dogs, I think? http://www.wholehomenews.com/blog/Homemade-Pet-Food-Recipe-Baked-Veggies-and-Chicken/454
We have three precious fur babies – 2 dogs and a cat. The oldest (10) is a German Shepherd named Zena. Zena has all kinds of allergies and eats prescription dog food, which is very expensive. I would love to make some hypo-allergenic food and treats for her. Next is (approximately) 5 year old Dot, a Catahoula Leopard. We “rescued” Dot from a situation where she would not have survived and we guess she was about 2 when we found her and she has been with us 3 years. Last up is Jack, our “rescued” orange Tabby. He wandered into our yard as a tiny kitten on a Sunday afternoon. Zena tried to eat him but we saved him from certain death! He was so small, skinny and flea-ridden. We took him in, washed him up and the rest is history! Thanks for the give away! Always enjoy your posts!
This is exactly what I need. My 13-year-old Shiba daughter, Mckenzie just developed a limp; better known as hip dysplasia. My research shows hip dysplasia is found only in American dogs. It began to surface between 1930-1950. It was during this time, commercial dog food became available. I have been trying different foods since the limp began approximately 2 months ago. This book will really help me create a palatable recipe she will like. Thanks so much for offering the book as a freebie!
Hi Kim,
This is a great post and contest, thank you so much for giving us a heads up about it! My wife has been feeding our diabetic dog her own version of a homemade dog food recipe for many years now and I do believe it’s one of the most important things keeping him alive and healthy while living with diabetes. Recipe is available here http://myuntangledlife.com/homemade-dog-food-for-diabetic-dogs if any of your readers would like to add another good one to their recipe box!
Tail wags to you and your pack!
Jake (and Ruby)
Would love this book! We have 7 fur babies that have found us & I would love to give them healthier food choices 🙂 Love your blog & the pictures of your house. I always show your pics to my husband & ask if we could do that to our house ~ thanks for sharing 🙂
I live with a border collie who is a love bug. I also live with two sheep and a load of chickens- I doubt that there are recipes for them too though!
I have been wanting to make my own dog food forever and never was able to find recipies. I’m so excited about this!!! I make dog treats and food is the next step.
Thank you so much for inviting me to join this giveaway via etsy!
Our dog Jack is 1/2 Jack Russell Terrier and 1/2 Border Collie. He reminds me a lot of Casey in your pictures…because he’s inherited the JR curiosity…I love the way Casey is seen peeking around corners to see what you’re doing…Jack is the same way :–)
I have 11 cats! I started out with 4 of my own, then my brother moved in with me with his 3 cats and then a stray had her 4 kittens in my yard. I just could not turn them away, so I took in the strays too. I have all but 1 spayed and neutered. The last one is too hard to catch even in the house. My oldest, Buffy, died last year. She was a rescue from the place that I used to work. It is quite a chore to keep up with them! Some eat pate food and some only eat shredded. They all eat the dry food. The cookbook would be a very big help. I am on disability and money only stretches so far. I do make sure that they have their food and litter. I don’t know what I would do without them.
We have a rescued pit/sharpei mix – age unknown – other than old! He can hardly hear, has one eye and had a hard life….but he is an awesome friend to have around! We have a giant Ridgeback that is my heart and whom I love to spend my free time with….he is my constant companion…..I think my husband may be jealous 🙂
We also have one foster most months of the year that rotate in and out on their way to their forever homes!
I don’t think there is much my rescued yellow lab won’t eat. But I do think he should have some variety in his life, so I try to mix it up for him. I would love to try some of these recipes, and I will start with the one here. Perhaps he’ll get lucky and I’ll win the book.
I have been gathering recipes for Maggie and am getting ready to start making her treats and possibly her food. Schnauzers have definite tummy and allergy/skin issues and we have been buying the Blue Diamond Buffalo brand and she has been doing really well on it, but I think I’d be more comfortable knowing what EXACTLY is in her food and especially in her treats….would love to have this book. Maybe Mike and I could adapt some of the recipes for our consumption as well…LOL
We have 2 mature dogs – Miller is a Weimaraner I rescued 6.5 years ago at the age of 8, which makes him 14-years-old now! Lobo is our 12-year-old all white Husky that my husband rescued at the age of 2-years. They are our babies – we don’t have children yet. We love them and love to pamper them. I would love to have recipes to make some food and treats for them – I hate to just buy bagged dry food and not always know what’s in all of it Thanks for the giveaway!
This book looks fantastic. I have a little fur baby. 8 mo. old Chloe. She is a Shih Tzu and a very picker eater. I have tried so many dog foods and she won’t eat much of anything. I would love to have this book so I can make food that she likes and is also healthy. Thanks Kim for having this contest. I hope I win. BTW I love your home and blog.
We’ve got 2 cats and a mini Aussie shepherd, all are rescue animals. They eat moist pet food but they sure do love people food a lot more! This would be a really helpful cookbook since they’d be getting the best of both worlds. I like that the recipes are suitable for both dogs and cats since that would mean not having to prepare two different kinds of foods. Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
I would live to win the cookbook and I plan to make this recipe for my dog. She small so I will probably only make 1/2 the recipe. I know tht she will love it as she always comes when she smells an apple being cut and she loves eggs and salmon. Thanks for sharing the recipe and we hope we are the lucky dog.
Dash, our 8 yr old mutt brightens each day for me. Our daily walks are a highlight for both of us. Would love to try some of these recipes for him and win the cookbook. Thanks for the opportunity!
We have a 13 year old shepherd/collie named Mack, who will be celebrating his 14th birthday in 5 days, a 12 year old domestic cat named Diamond and an almost 4 year old shepherd/miniature schnauzer named Lilly. My 14 year old daughter and I bake them treats every couple of weeks and we even bake enough for a few friends! We’re getting ready to bake a birthday cake for Mack in a few days 🙂
Ruby, my diabetic 13-year-old blue heeler loves the homemade “Ruby Stewbie” I make for him. I’d love to try a new dog food recipe. And, I’m pretty sure Ruby would like that, too. Thank you for sharing the recipe above, and good luck to everyone who enters the giveaway. Ruby does have his paws crossed for us to be the lucky winners, though!
We were without a dog for nearly two years, thinking that no other dog could replace our beautiful and loving golden retriever, Sampson. Sure, it was great not scooping up handfuls of dog hair with a couple of passes on the stair steps, but there is so much 1s taken from your life when you no longer care for am animal in your home. Just before this Christmas, we brought home Diesel,: a beautiful , apricot labradoodle who has somehow filled the “paws” of his predecessor with unconditional love and happiness. This cookbook for dogs reminds me of a batch of cut-out Christmas cookies I baked for Diesel a few days after his arrival. My husband admonished me for making cookies for the puppy but none for him. After all that work, the cookies didn’t agree with him as he was still on a puppy diet of no wheat products. The neighborhood dogs, on the other hand, had beribboned bags of bone-shaped cheese cookies. Now that Diesel cam eat just about anything…he and the the neighbor dogs would probably love you forever with a new cookbook for Mom. But I’d have to make cookies for my husband first.
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Thank you so much for the chance to win. I have a nine year old Chihuahua named Obi Wan who is an incredibly picky eater. He loves most “people food” but will only eat one type of dog food that is loaded with artificial colors and doesn’t seem nutritionally sound. I also have a three year-old German Shepherd mix who has allergies which cause her discomfort from dry skin and excess shedding. I would love to try my hand at making her a food she loves that is less expensive than the pricey vet recommended variety. I discovered your page from your Goodreads giveaway. I look forward to reading more of your posts!
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