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Monday, October 20, 2014

Making the Connection~Dog Food and Finding Better

Making the Connection~Dog Food and Finding Better

While reading Obligate Carnivore: Cats, Dogs, and What it Really Means to be Vegan by Jed Gillen, I learned about how most dog and cat food is ground up euthanized shelter cats and dogs. One will say "this doesn't really happen..." or "how can we allow this...". The truth is that as consumers, we don't ask questions and the corporations have a low bar set, and with an abundance of by-product we get this. We must start calling companies and asking questions. Use google as a tool and look up the ingredients as a starting point.



I already had my dogs on a vegan dog food, still buying out of convenience. After moving back to Texas and being short on funds, but not wanting to go back to buying a crap "animal based" dog food, I started cooking for my dogs. There is a reason why mother nature doesn't allow cannibalism. My dogs had never been that interested in their food, until I started cooking for them. Now they can't seem to get enough.


Starting off with grains:
Brown Rice
Quinoa
Pearl Barley
Steel Cut Oats
Oatmeal

Vegetables:
Cabbage
Spinach
Brussels Sprouts
Green Beans
Carrots
Eggplant
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Zucchini
Yellow Squash
Butternut Squash
Pumpkin
Bell Peppers
Kale
Peas
Tomatoes (NO LEAVES)
Sweet Potatoes
Red Potatoes


Fruit:
Blueberries
Peaches
Apples
Pears
Strawberries
Bananas

Added:
Coconut Yogurt
Peanut Butter
Tahini
Apple Sauce
Lentils






Raw Walnut Taco Meat

Raw Walnut Taco Meat
Raw; Gluten Free; Soy Free; Vegan

I always have to double this recipe when I make it. My mom, when she first had this thought this was seitan. A good pass! Here is the recipe without being doubled!

1 1/2 cups walnuts, soaked for 2-4 hours
2 teaspoons organic canola oil
2 teaspoons Braggs liquid amino
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
a dash of chipotle pepper powder

1. Combine all of the ingredients in a food processor and combine till crumbly and looks like ground seitan.

Use in stuffed raw peppers or to fill a kale wrap.....