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This raw dog food recipe blends ground turkey and beef with bone meal, fresh herbs, and seasonal vegetables to create a nutritionally balanced meal you can prepare at home. It combines whole proteins with fresh produce and targeted supplements for complete canine nutrition.
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Put ground turkey and beef into a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl combine bone meal, fenugreek, rosemary, marigold petals, and parsley, and mix well. Combine with the meat mixture. Use a food processor to grate apples, squash, and carrots. Add broccoli florets and dandelion greens and mix well. Add to the meat mixture. Combine haddock, beef heart, liver, kidney, gizzards, and beef fat and mix well. Add to the meat mixture. Combine eggs, olive oil, pressed garlic, and seaweed and mix well. Add to the meat mixture and thoroughly mix all the ingredients with your hands.
Recipe can be served as is to dogs that are accustomed to a raw diet. Otherwise make patties and poach them in chicken or beef stock.
To serve either raw or poached, put a generous helping of recipe into dog bowl, add 1 cup of high quality, meat based kibble, 1 egg, 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil, and supplement with super foods: digestive enzymes, probiotics, co-enzyme q10, and wild blue green algae.
Recipe can be made ahead and stored frozen in 1 week-sized containers.
Refrigerate in sealed containers up to 3 days, or freeze in portions for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before serving.
This recipe includes protein, bone meal for calcium, and vegetables for fiber and nutrients. Consult your veterinarian before switching to raw food, especially for puppies or dogs with health conditions.
Yes—ground chicken, lamb, or fish work as alternatives. Maintain roughly similar proportions and adjust bone meal if using different protein sources.
Refrigerate in airtight containers for up to 3 days, or freeze in portions for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator before serving.
Bone meal provides calcium and phosphorus, essential minerals often lacking in raw meat-only diets. It helps balance the calcium-to-phosphorus ratio.
Yes. Rosemary and marigold offer mild health properties, but the recipe works without them if your dog refuses the mixture.
