for Ingrid King

Basic Cat Food Recipe COOKED
16 oz of meat – can be ground or pieces – choose between turkey (ground dark or white), chicken (ground or boneless, skinless thighs or breasts), beef, buffalo, salmon, etc. For more exotic choices, venison and rabbit are great (can buy ground frozen by Bravo Raw Pet Foods – .
8 oz water
1 egg (cook it before adding to recipe – scrambled is fine) OR4 oz of organ meat (liver or heart). If you don’t want to add organ meat, then I suggest giving raw or roasted liver treats. But if you will cook organ meat, then every third batch of food will be perfectly fine.
1 to 2 oz green veggie (broccoli, kale, zucchini all work well - fresh or frozen)
2 oz pumpkin or sweet potato
1000 mg Taurine
1.5 Tbsp VitaMineral Mix (I find that this brand is most palatable for cats, but there are other excellent vitamin/mineral mixes on the market - Animal Essentials (use a multi along with their seaweed calcium) and Flying Bassett are among the best, in my opinion).
2 Tsp Omega 3 Pet by Nordic Naturuals
Instructions

  • Warm pan over medium heat
  • Add 2 tsp coconut oil (olive is okay, but coconut is better)
  • Pour in 2 oz water
  • Add meat (if using organ meat, add it, too)
  • If using fresh veggies, cut into small pieces and add now
  • As the meat cooks, continue adding water, usually 8 oz is enough. You are sort of making a broth.
  • If you are using frozen veggies, add now
  • When meat is done cooking, transfer it, the water and veggies to a blender.
  • In a separate bowl, combine VitaMineral mix and taurine. Then add mixture to the blender
  • Blend into a pate consistency
  • If you are going to keep this batch of food in the fridge, add the oil now. If you are freezing for future use, wait until it is thawed to add the oil

Basic Cat Food Recipe RAW

1 lb meat (ground works best - chicken, turkey, buffalo, beef, rabbit, etc.)

4 oz of organ meat (liver, heart, etc.) or an egg (whites need to be cooked, yolk can be raw or cooked)

- it is a good idea to alternate between the two; if using organ meat, cut into bite-size chunks. For kittens, seniors and cats with dental problem, make the chunks smaller.
1- 2 oz pureed or small chunks of orange or yellow veggie (sweet potato, pumpkin, squash)

1- 2 oz. pureed or small chunks of green veggie (zucchini, broccoli, kale)

- veggies must be cooked - steaming is great

1 - 2 Tsp Essential Fatty Acid oil (Nordic Naturals Omega 3 Pet is recommended)

4 - 5Tsp VitaMineral Plus - (or your favorite food-based vitamin/mineral blend)

500 - 1,000 mg Taurine

1/8 - 1/4 tsp of probiotic at serving time. Digestive enzyme, if desired

Serving size is approximately 2 oz., two x per day. Store in glass container. Will stay fresh in fridge for 4 days.

Whole raw chicken necks (for dessert). After treating (directions in procedures below), remove fat from the necks and cut bone into thumb size pieces. This will clean the teeth and provide extra calcium and other minerals.

PROCEDURE

Treat meat with 8 oz. purified water combined with 4 drops of Grapefruit Seed Extract. Pour solution over and blend into meat - do not drain off. Use only enough solution to obtain consistency of rich chili. Mix all other ingredients into the meat.

Bones can be marinated in the solution in the refrigerator, separately.