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1 medium organic chicken thigh with skin, diced
1/2 of one medium sized organic chicken liver
2 tbsp Italian parley, chopped
2 tbsp sweet potato- baby food sweet potato ok
2 tsp gmo-free lecithin
1/4 tsp calcium lactate powder from reputable brand
1/4 tsp vitamin c powder from reputable brand
pinch or two of a dried garlic powder
4 or so tbsp of fresh home-made chicken stock
1 tsp kelp
optional: 1 tsp nutritional yeast for B vitamins although there is debate about use for cats here.
This recipe seems to make enough for one week’s worth of servings for my 10 lb cat.
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Blend all ingredients in a food processor. Thats it.
Only leave in refridgerator what you will use over a 3- day period. I have found 3 days is best for freshness with raw blended food. I freeze the rest, and thaw in the fridge 3- day portion sizes.
This takes around 5 minutes tops to make, and costs so little its really amazing. Your initial costs are in buying the supplements, but they will last a long time.
Please note: Every cat is different and will have different likes and dislikes, sensetivities etc. This is not a perscription for a healthy cat, just a recipe I’ve made that I like for my cat. She is allergic, or sensetive, to several foods and this is what seems to work for her at the moment. I alternate foods and don’t just give her one thing all the time to be sure she is getting her nutrients. I also give her dry food as a back up.
other things I’ve added to her food but that seem to make her not like the taste as much:
~ginger, seaweeds, more greens, fish oils, sardines, beets.
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Great blog; can’t wait to swipe your recipes — meantime, might as well put catfood-recipe comments here: (1) why include the skin? (2) doesn’t garlic cause anemia in cats? (3) with a similar recipe I use, just over 7 pounds of food lasts for about 2 to 2 1/2 weeks for 2 cats: one 13 pounds and one 15 pounds. I don’t have a food processor — the bite-size chunks of chicken breast are great for keeping their teeth clean. (4) I sometimes add a dash of protein powder. (5) These 2 cats have been on this raw diet for about 5 years and they are really healthy.
Comment by Miss Meow February 3, 2007 @ 8:40 am1) skin has important fats for cats if from a healthy animal and in the wild they would eat the entire animal, skin included. Thats the logic. Of course, amounts of skin are key as we are trying to ‘re-create the mouse’ in the words of Anitra Fraiser.
Comment by blossomgreen February 3, 2007 @ 7:36 pm2)Anitra Fraiser is where I got the idea to add garlic. I don’t know the answer for that one. There is so much debate about what cats can and can’t eat. For now, I’m trying it. In powdered form it is less potent, and I’m trying very small amounts. I’ll let you know.
3)Your cats are giant compared to my 10 pound girl. Plus I only have one cat. I also only like ot make small batches because I like it fresher, I need to change the recipe up a bit all the time to experiment, my cat has rejected many things in the past so I don’t like to over-do a recipe that I then have to toss, and its easy for me to make so no big deal.
I’ll keep you posted on my cats’ health.
I’m assuming the typo of ‘parley’ is parsely… thanks for the great recipe tip, I’m excited to make this for my kitties!
Comment by tony June 17, 2007 @ 8:54 pm