Chicago Canine's Dog Recipes

Potatoes Au Canine Or Feline

• 3 cups boiled potatoes -- sliced
• 2 tablespoons vegetables -- grated
• 1/2 cup Creamed cottage cheese
• 1 tablespoon Nutritional Yeast
• 2 tablespoons Grated carrots
• 1/4 cup Whole milk
• 1/4 cup Grated cheese

Layer in a casserole dish the first 5 ingredients. Then pour the milk on top of all; sprinkle with cheese. Bake about 15 minutes at 350 until cheese melts and slightly browns. Serve cool.
Notes: As a potato substitute, you can use 3 cups of cooked oatmeal or 3 cups cooked brown rice.

Canine or Feline Birthday Cake

• 1 1/2 cups All-Purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. Baking powder
• 1/2 cup Margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup Corn oil
• 1 Jar strained beef or liver baby food (2 1/2-ounce)
• 4 Eggs
• 3 Strips dog beef jerky, crumbled (optional)
• Plain yogurt (for dogs) or cottage cheese (for dogs or cats), for icing

Sift flour and baking powder together; set aside. In large bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, cream margarine until smooth. Add corn oil, baby food and eggs; mix until smooth. At low speed, gradually beat flour mixture into beef mixture until batter is smooth. Fold in beef jerky. Pour batter into well-greased and floured 8"x5"x3" loaf pan. Bake in a preheated 325F. oven 70 minutes. Let cool on wire rack a few minutes before removing from pan to cool completely. Ice each slice with yogurt or cottage cheese for dogs, or with cottage cheese for cats. Yield: 1 (8") loaf cake.

Dog and Cat Mini Cakes

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup soybean flour
• 1 cup skim milk -- or water
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon canola oil -- or sunflower
• 1 teaspoon sea salt

Mix dry ingredients. Add liquid and honey. Mix and let the dough rest in a warm place for 15 minutes. Add oil and allow to sit another 1/2 hour. Take walnut size portions of dough and flatten into small cakes. Bake in oven at 400 for 1/2 hour. For cats, roll dough into 1/4" thickness and bake on a sheet scored into small sections 1/4" square or smaller. YIELD: 12 Servings

Wheat Free Tuna Biscuits

    * 1 cup yellow cornmeal
    * 1 cup oatmeal
    * 1/4 tsp. baking powder
    * 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
    * 1 can tuna in oil [small] -- undrained
    * 1/3 cup water

Grind oatmeal in processor til a coarse flour, put in a bowl. to processor add tuna with the oil, and water , process til pureed, add all the rest of ingredient. Pulse til mixture forms a ball, Pulse to knead for 2-3 minutes. Turn out to floured board , knead if needed to soft dough. Roll out to a 1/8"-1/4" thickness. Cut into desired shapes. Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet , at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Cool completely.

Cats enjoy these as well, but please leave out the garlic if you will be sharing with feline friends.

Pet Puffs

    * 1 pkg. Dry yeast
    * 1/4 cup Warm water(110-115F.)
    * 1 1/2 cups Whole wheat flour
    * 1 cup All-Purpose flour
    * 1 pkg. Unflavored gelatin
    * 1 cup Non-fat dry milk powder
    * 1/4 cup Corn oil
    * 1 ea. Egg
    * 6 oz Can pet food
    * 1/4 cup Water

Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water. Mix dry ingredients. Add all ingredients together. (Dough will be very stiff; it may be necessary to mix with your hands.) Drop dough by level half-teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated 300F. oven 25 minutes.

Yield: About 13 dozen treats.

Cats enjoy these as well!