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It's official! Malý and Hezký have been off canned/commercial food since Tuesday. Both are now eating home-made cooked. Malý is eating it a bit better than Hezký is right now. But even he got to the point over the last weekend where he wouldn't eat the bit of canned food I'd put in with the with the home-made. So I took the leap a bit sooner than I'd planned on. So far, so good!
My first try at making bone broth was a success! It gelled nicely. I ran it thru the blender, just because, and froze it in 1oz sticks. I add a thawed stick to each saucer at meal-time.
I ground up the dehydrated chicken and turkey from HT to sprinkle on top of their food and they liked that so much that Malý and I made our own. I dehydrated shredded meat and dried in it in the oven, then I grind it up. "Sprinkles" to put on top of their food - each time! or I get really dirty looks.
I packaged things separately - mostly in 3oz, that way, I can make different combos as we go along - so they don't get bored and so I can see which combinations they like best. Right now, we have Chicken breast and thigh and turkey drumstick meat. I made the chicken in different consistencies: cubed [for Maly], shredded [for Hezký] and alot of puree to mix in with the other 2. The cubes and shred are actually mixed together. The eat the kind they like and then trade saucers. LOL
It took me a long time! Cooking took all day- you can only fit so much into the oven at once! I used my blender to I had to cube all of the meat first - that took most of another day. Once it's cubed, I stick it in the blender and that part works great. Malý was my constant supervisor once processing the cooked meat started. She did ALOT of taste-testing.
I got a great deal on a 17# turkey that'll be cooked before we go to bed tonite. Then Monday, Malý and I will start up our production line again. [I add taurine, squid oil and benefiber to the Alnutrin.]
We need to make alot more sprinkles this time!
I figure we made about a month's worth of food for just over $60 - including the meat and the Alnutrin. That's a 50% savings!
and - since I don't work, I've got all the time in the world. [Tho I did just order a food processor - hopefully this next batch will be easier/faster!]
I poached some chicken wings earlier tonight and set them on a plate to cool before sticking them in the fridge. Malý swiped one without me knowing and had it 3/4 gone when I turned around 2 minutes later. The girl's an eating machine.
Thank you all for your help and input!
I'm so happy to have them off canned food!
edit: My deer-hunting friend is going to save me bones from the next deer so we'll have venison broth to try!
My first try at making bone broth was a success! It gelled nicely. I ran it thru the blender, just because, and froze it in 1oz sticks. I add a thawed stick to each saucer at meal-time.
I ground up the dehydrated chicken and turkey from HT to sprinkle on top of their food and they liked that so much that Malý and I made our own. I dehydrated shredded meat and dried in it in the oven, then I grind it up. "Sprinkles" to put on top of their food - each time! or I get really dirty looks.
I packaged things separately - mostly in 3oz, that way, I can make different combos as we go along - so they don't get bored and so I can see which combinations they like best. Right now, we have Chicken breast and thigh and turkey drumstick meat. I made the chicken in different consistencies: cubed [for Maly], shredded [for Hezký] and alot of puree to mix in with the other 2. The cubes and shred are actually mixed together. The eat the kind they like and then trade saucers. LOL
It took me a long time! Cooking took all day- you can only fit so much into the oven at once! I used my blender to I had to cube all of the meat first - that took most of another day. Once it's cubed, I stick it in the blender and that part works great. Malý was my constant supervisor once processing the cooked meat started. She did ALOT of taste-testing.
I got a great deal on a 17# turkey that'll be cooked before we go to bed tonite. Then Monday, Malý and I will start up our production line again. [I add taurine, squid oil and benefiber to the Alnutrin.]
We need to make alot more sprinkles this time!
I figure we made about a month's worth of food for just over $60 - including the meat and the Alnutrin. That's a 50% savings!
and - since I don't work, I've got all the time in the world. [Tho I did just order a food processor - hopefully this next batch will be easier/faster!]
I poached some chicken wings earlier tonight and set them on a plate to cool before sticking them in the fridge. Malý swiped one without me knowing and had it 3/4 gone when I turned around 2 minutes later. The girl's an eating machine.
Thank you all for your help and input!
edit: My deer-hunting friend is going to save me bones from the next deer so we'll have venison broth to try!
