Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Chicken and Rice Dog Food Recipe - Homemade


Chicken and Rice Dog Food Recipe

Cooked chicken and rice dog food recipe
Dog Food Recipe SPECIAL NOTE: In an effort to simplify the dog food recipe I have incorporated the use of supplements. Without the supplements the dog food recipe would need an additional 10 to 20 ingredients. Unfortunately, our current agricultural practices yield foods with a fraction of the nutrient content of wild counterparts.

That said; this dog food recipe is deficient without the two supplements that are essential to the recipe: Dinovite supplement and Supromega  fish oil with natural vitamin E.  Feeding this recipe without the supplements will result in multiple nutritional deficiency diseases.

Purchase the  dog supplements needed for this dog food recipe.

  • Click here to view Dinovite dog supplement. Feed 1 tablespoon of Dinovite with each cup of dog food.
  • Click here to view Supromega  fish oil with natural vitamin E. This is a great source of omega 3 fatty acids.
  • It is important to add these supplements to this dog food recipe. Adding the supplements will prevent it from being nutrient deficient.
  • Click here to view Fidocal calcium supplement. Use fidocal if you don’t want to use the egg shells.

Cooked Chicken and Rice Dog Food Recipe Ingredients:

  • 10 lbs. of chicken leg and thigh quarters
  • 18 eggs including the shells (the egg shells supply digestible calcium to your dog. Yes, studies have proved that the calcium in egg shell is highly absorbable.)
  • 5 cups uncooked white rice (The rice will need to be thoroughly cooked before making this recipe. I believe the five cups will yield approximately 10-15 cups cooked rice. Use white rice not brown because it is more easily digested by your dog.)
  • 1 tube of Supromega  fish oil with natural vitamin E. (This supplies important omega 3 fatty acids , this is good! It also contains natural source vitamin E.) Click here for this supplement.
  • Dinovite dog supplement (This supplies a host of vitamins, minerals, digestive enzymes, zinc and live direct fed microbials. Dinovite also has a nutritious plant component in the “Alfalfa Nutrient Concentrate” that replicates the partially digested plant matter of herbivores.  All great stuff!) Click here for this supplement.
 Cooked Chicken and Rice Dog Food Recipe Yield: Approximately 32-35 cups of dog food.
This  dog food recipe can be halved or doubled to accommodate the size of your dog or for multi-dog households. Do not feed this dog food recipe without the Dinovite and Supromega dog supplements as it will cause this dog food recipe to be deficient.
Directions for cooked chicken and rice dog food recipe:
  1. Preheat oven to 400 F
  2.  In multiple pans or a large roaster bake 10 pounds of chicken leg and thigh quarters at 400 F for 1 hour.
  3. Allow chicken to cool.
  4. Debone the chicken. Try to save the cartilage off the bones plus all juices. (You can save the bones and make a bone stock)
  5. Pour meat, cartilage and juice in a large mixing pan.
  6. Add the cooled cooked white rice. Approximately 10 cups.
  7. Add 18 crushed hardboiled eggs with shells. If you are concerned about the size and sharpness of the egg shell then blend them in a blender or food processor.
  8. Add one tube of Supromega fish oil and 2-4 cups of Dinovite. Mix well and completely with your hands until all the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
  9. Place the finished dog food recipe in resealable storage containers and store in freezer
chicken dog food recipe ingredients

Place 10 pounds of chicken  legs and thighs in multiple pans.

Dog Food Recipe

Cover chicken and cook in preheated oven for 1 hour at 400 F.

Dog Food Recipe

Allow chicken to cool for deboning. Make sure and give it enough time so you don’t burn yourself.

Dog Food Recipe

Debone chicken. Save all meat, cartilage and juice.

mixing ingredients for chicken and rice dog food recipe

Pour chicken meat, cartilage and juices into a large pan. Add 10-15 cups cooked white rice. Crush 18 harbored eggs with shells. The shell are important to supply calcium. The hard boiled eggs can also be blended in a blender or food processor to crush the the egg shells into a finer particle. Add one tube Supromega fish oil and 1-2 cups Dinovite dog supplement. Mix well until thoroughly blended.

Storing the chicken and rice dog food recipe

Portion out the chicken and rice dog food recipe into serving sizes that make sense for your household.

chicken and rice dog food recipe in freezer

Storing your Cooked Chicken and Rice Dog Food Recipe:
Place 2-3 days worth of the dog food recipe in zip lock bags or plastic freezer containers. Store them in your freezer.
I personally prefer the freezer containers because they are easy to fill, thaw and serve. There is never any mess. I take one out and let it thaw on my counter. Feed my dogs and store the unused portion in my refrigerator. When it’s empty I wash it and it is ready for the next batch. Mix up some more of the easy cooked dog food recipe and I’m ready to go. It works well.

NOTE: Remember you are handling raw meat so use common sense when making this dog food recipe. Use the same precautions you would use when handling raw meat for your family.

Serving Size for your “Cooked Chicken and Rice Dog Food Recipe”:

*Special note: These are general guidelines, we are not trying to land a man on Mars. If your dog is losing a little weight and this is not desired, increase the amount you are feeding. If your dog is gaining weight on the serving size then cut back a little. In short, adjust the serving size depending on your dog’s age, weight and activity level.
  • 10 lb. dog – 1/2 cup cooked dog food daily + 1/2 tsp Supromega + 1/2 tbs Dinovite
  • 20 lb. dog – 1 cup cooked dog food daily + 1 tsp Supromega + 1 tbs Dinovite
  • 40 lb. dog – 2 cups cooked dog food daily + 2 tsp Supromega + 2 tbs Dinovite
  • 60 lb. dog - 3 cups cooked dog food daily + 3 tsp Supromega + 3 tbs Dinovite
  • 80 lb. dog – 3 1/2–4 cups cooked dog food daily +3 1/2 tsp Supromega + 3 1/2 tbs Dinovite
*Special Note: If you add the supplements to the whole batch when making the dog food recipe it is not necessary to add them with each serving. Use whichever method you find easier.
Introducing this new”Cooked Chicken and Rice Dog Food”:
  • Fast your dog for 24 hours before starting this diet. Water should be available to your dog during the fast. This will give time for the old dog food to pass through your dog’s digestive tract. It is important to follow this procedure to limit digestive upset. This is an important step, ignoring this step greatly increases your dog’s chance of having digestive upset.
  • Day one and two: Feed a portion 1/2 the size of a normal meal.
  • Day three and four: Feed a portion 3/4 the size of a normal meal.
  • Day five: Feed a full portion.
  • Special Note: The whole process takes 6 days when you include the 24 hour fast. This method will allow your dog’s digestive tract time to adapt to the new food.

Please follow this introductory method, your dog will be fine. Your dog will not starve or hate you. Rapid diet changes can cause vomiting and diarrhea. A horrendous mess all over your house!

***Important Note: Do not mix kibble and the “Cooked Chicken and Rice Dog Food” together! Doing so will GREATLY increase the chances of digestive upset for your dog!

Vitamins and Nutriends to Add to Homemade Dog Food


Dog Food Ingredients

Healthy dog food ingredients
I have some great news for you about the dog food ingredients. All the main ingredients for the dog food recipes are readily available at your local grocery store. Ground beef, chicken, eggs and white rice are the base ingedients. All the recipes do require the addition of dog supplements of added omega 3 fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and direct fed microbials. All the supplements  are available online.
Now I know some of you will say “you just want to sell me supplements”. My answer is; of course I do!
Almost twenty years ago I started feeding my dogs raw dog food. I quickly found out that the dogs needed supplementation to fill in the nutritional gaps in the raw diet. So I started adding a gram of this and 15 grams of that and on and on. The dogs did well. In fact they did so well I had visitors ask me what I spayed on my dogs to make them so shiny! It was funny actually. The supplements I recommend are my own and I call them “Dinovite” and “Lickochops“. These supplements will help fill in the nutritional gaps. The recipes will be deficient without adding the dog supplements.

Healthy dog food supplement. Dinovite dog supplement.

What Dog Supplements to feed?

  1. Dinovite-(Supplies vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, digestive enzymes, direct fed microbials and a whole lot more.)
  2. Lickochops-(Supplies Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids and natural source vitamin E.)
Omega 3 fatty acid supplement for dogs. Lickochops fatty acid supplement.
Feeding your dog a Biologically Appropriate Raw Food diet “B.A.R.F.” plus supplements will help him do just great! Feeding your dog this way has some added benefits like; less vet visits, reduced shedding, less odor and a overall happy dog. Take the plunge and change your dog’s food. You and your dog will be happy made the change.

Making Bone Stock for Your Dogs

How to Make Bone Stock

How to make bone stock
Bone stock is easy to make and a great way to supply calcium and minerals to your dog. I also like to make bone stock because nothing goes to waste and the end product is very nutritious. So save your chicken bones and get ready to fire up the crock-pot as I show you how to make chicken bone stock.

Crock pot to make bone stock

What do you need to get started making bone stock?

  • crock-pot
  • chicken bones
  • enough water to cover the chicken bones
  • 1-2 tablespoons of organic Bragg’s raw apple cider vinegar
  • 48-72 hours of patience as it cooks

Bone Stock is Easy to Make

Save all your chicken bones and turkey bones for that matter. Put them all in your crock-pot and add enough water to cover the bones. Then add a tablespoon or two of organic Bragg’s raw apple cider vinegar to the mix and set your covered crock-pot on low. Allow it to cook for 48-72 hours. Check it every day and add a little water if needed. Allow the bone stock to cool. After the bone stock is cool you will find that the bones crumble easily and are soft.
When we prepare bone stock for ourselves we strain out the bones and herbs and save the clear stock. We freeze it or refrigerate it for use later in soups and stews.
Bone stock after blending
For your dog I recommend blending it in a blender or food processor. Pulverizing the bone stock makes a highly nutritious calcium rich ingredient to use for dog food recipes. As you can see it turns into a mineral rich “bone shake”, yum!

 

Beef and Rice Dog Food Recipe Homemade & Video





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axU6JbEzQ4k&feature=youtu.be

Easy Cooked Dog Food Recipe

Dog food recipe that is designed to be simple to make and healthy for your dog.
Easy cooked dog food recipe ingredients
NOTE: In an effort to simplify the dog food recipe I have incorporated the use of supplements. Without the supplements the dog food recipe would need an additional 10 to 20 ingredients. Unfortunately, our current agricultural practices yield foods with a fraction of the nutrient content of wild counterparts.
That said; this dog food recipe is deficient without the two supplements that are essential to the recipe: Dinovite supplement and LickOchops omega fatty acid supplement. Feeding this recipe without the supplements will result in multiple nutritional deficiency diseases.

Dog supplements needed for this dog food recipe.

  • Click here to view Dinovite dog supplement. Feed 1 tablespoon of Dinovite with each cup of dog food.
  • Click here to view Lickochops omega fatty acid dog supplement.
  • It is important to add these supplements to this dog food recipe. Adding the supplements will prevent it from being nutrient deficient.

Easy Cooked Dog Food Recipe Ingredients:

  • 10 lbs. of raw ground beef
  • 18 eggs including the shells (the egg shells supply digestible calcium to your dog. Yes, studies have proved that the calcium in egg shell is highly absorbable.)
  • 5 cups uncooked white rice (The rice will need to be thoroughly cooked before making this recipe. I believe the five cups will yield approximately 15 cups cooked rice. Use white rice not brown because it is more easily digested by your dog.)
  • 1 tube of LickOchops omega fatty acid supplement (This supplies important omega 3 & 6 fatty acids in a 1 to 4 ratio, this is good! It also contains natural source vitamin E.) Click here for this supplement.
  • Dinovite dog supplement (This supplies a host of vitamins, minerals, digestive enzymes, zinc and live direct fed microbials. Dinovite also has a nutritious plant component in the “Alfalfa Nutrient Concentrate” that replicates the partially digested plant matter of herbivores.  All great stuff!) Click here for this supplement. I use 1 tablespoon of Dinovite per cup of dog food. In the video I show the Dinovite Liquid but now I use the powder because Dinovite has discontinued production of the “Dinovite liquid” in the single serve packets.

Easy Cooked Dog Food Recipe Yield:

Approximately 40 cups of dog food.
This  dog food recipe can be halved or doubled to accommodate the size of your dog or for multi-dog households. Do not feed this dog food recipe without the Dinovite and LickOchops dog supplements as it will cause this dog food recipe to be deficient.
Mixing homemade dog food ingredients for the easy cooked dog food recipe
Mix the easy cooked dog food recipe ingredients well
Cooking the easy cooked dog food recipe

Directions for easy cooked dog food recipe:

  1.  In a very large pan add the 10 pounds ground beef.
  2. Add the cooled cooked white rice.
  3. Blend 18 eggs in a blender with shells then ad to mix.
  4. Mix well and completely with your hands until all the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
  5. Make about 6 or seven meat loafs and set on pans.
  6. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  7. Cook meat loafs for about 1 hour or until done.
  8. To watch the easy cooked dog food recipe video directions click here.
Homemade dog food in freezer

Storing your Easy Cooked Dog Food:

Place 2-3 days worth of the dog food recipe in zip lock bags or plastic freezer containers. Store them in your freezer.
I personally prefer the freezer containers because they are easy to fill, thaw and serve. There is never any mess. I take one out and let it thaw on my counter. Feed my dogs and store the unused portion in my refrigerator. When it’s empty I wash it and it is ready for the next batch. Mix up some more of the easy cooked dog food recipe and I’m ready to go. It works well.
NOTE: Remember you are handling raw meat so use common sense when making this dog food recipe. Use the same precautions you would use when handling raw meat for your family.

Ready to serve cooked dog food

Serving Size  ”Easy  Cooked Dog Food Recipe”:

*Special note: These are general guidelines, we are not trying to land a man on Mars. If your dog is losing a little weight and this is not desired, increase the amount you are feeding. If your dog is gaining weight on the serving size then cut back a little. In short, adjust the serving size depending on your dog’s age, weight and activity level.
  • 10 lb. dog1/2 cup cooked dog food daily + 1/2 tsp Lickochops + 1/2 tbs Dinovite
  • 20 lb. dog 1 cup cooked dog food daily + 1 tsp Lickochops + 1 tbs Dinovite
  • 40 lb. dog 2 cups cooked dog food daily + 2 tsp Lickochops + 2 tbs Dinovite
  • 60 lb. dog - 3 cups cooked dog food daily + 3 tsp Lickochops + 3 tbs Dinovite
  • 80 lb. dog 3 1/2–4 cups cooked dog food daily +3 1/2 tsp Lickochops + 3 1/2 tbs Dinovite
*Special Note: If you add the supplements to the whole batch when making the dog food recipe it is not necessary to add them with each serving. Use whichever method you find easier.

Watch the video version of this Dog Food Recipe

Click here to watch the video.

Introducing this new”Easy Cooked Dog Food”:

  • Fast your dog for 24 hours before starting this diet. Water should be available to your dog during the fast. This will give time for the old dog food to pass through your dog’s digestive tract. It is important to follow this procedure to limit digestive upset. This is an important step, ignoring this step greatly increases your dog’s chance of having digestive upset.
  • Day one and two: Feed a portion 1/2 the size of a normal meal.
  • Day three and four: Feed a portion 3/4 the size of a normal meal.
  • Day five: Feed a full portion.
  • Special Note: The whole process takes 6 days when you include the 24 hour fast. This method will allow your dog’s digestive tract time to adapt to the new food.

Please follow this introductory method, your dog will be fine. Your dog will not starve or hate you. Rapid diet changes can cause vomiting and diarrhea. A horrendous mess all over your house!
***Important Note: Do not mix kibble and the “Easy Cooked Dog Food” together! Doing so will GREATLY increase the chances of digestive upset for your dog!

Monday, June 24, 2013

Christmas Tree Tag From Punch



Joy Fold Card



Joy Fold Card
by Beate Johns














Create this unique opening card with two pieces of cardstock.
Supplies

* One 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" piece of cardstock

* One 3" x 8" piece of cardstock

* Two 2 3/4" x 4" pieces of cardstock or designer paper (optional)

* One 4" x 5 1/4" piece of of cardstock or designer paper (optional)

* One 2 3/4" x 4" piece of cardstock or designer paper (optional)

* Additional cardstock

* Scoring tool

* Adhesive

* Stamps

* Ink

Step-by-Step


Step 1

Score your 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" piece of cardstock at 5 1/2".









Step 2

Score your 3" x 8" piece of cardstock at 4".

Step 3

Adhere your 4" x 5 1/4" piece of designer paper on the inside of the card.

Step 4

Adhere your 2 3/4" x 4" piece of designer paper to the card front.

Step 5

Stamp your 2 3/4" x 4" pieces of designer paper if needed and adhere them to the inside and outside of your smaller folded cardstock piece.

Step 6

Add adhesive to the back of your smaller flap and tape it to the inside of the card. Make sure the fold of the smaller flap is pointing to the right.

Step 7 (Optional)

If you want to secure the flap from opening, stamp a complimentary image and adhere it with dimensionals to slightly over the edge of the smaller flap to keep it closed.



Step 8

Finish your card.



Variations

1. Try a flap on top instead.
Make the card base a 5 1/2" x 7 1/4" piece of cardstock scored at 4 1/4".

Create a flap from a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of cardstock scored at 2 3/4".

2. Make it a square
Create a square card base by scoring a 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" piece of cardstock at 4 1/4".
Score a 3" x 6" piece of cardstock at 3" to create your insert.