Recipe 4: Chicken with mashed Vegetables

Now this recipe my dog loves ! She even eats the thing frozen. When she's full, she leaves it, but this is one of the only recipes, that she will consider finishing it up in the morning ! Once again, this recipe is basically taken from "Frisst night - gibt's nicht"by Ingeborg Pils. Yes, I may love this book considering every single recipe so far comes from it. I can only encourage everyone to buy it, as there are so many more good recipes in here !

What will you need:

• Butter or olive oil
• 2 zucchini
• 4 carrots
• 6-8 potatoes
• 500g chicken meat
• 2 apples
• 300ml water
• Optional: 4 garlic cloves
• Deep pot
• Mixer to puree everything
• Pan for frying
• Bags to store leftovers 
• Pen to label

The process:

• Cut the potatoes and zucchini into small cubes
• Peel the garlic and mince it
• Peel the carrots and also cut them into cubes

• Put potatoes, zucchinis, garlic and carrots into a big pot, add in the water
• Let it boil slightly for 20 minutes, then use the mixer to puree everything
• Cut the chicken and apples into small cubes 
• Fry the chicken and apples in a pan with a little bit of oil or butter
• Cook the chicken and apples for about 10 minutes in the pan
• Mix it all together (I just used the big pot), feed it cold or warm immediately
• Store leftovers in tupperware or bags in fridge or freezer

Serving it:

• Can be served just thawed
• Warm (if you keep it frozen, slowly thaw and possibly re-heat in microwave or on stove, or heat it up by mixing it with some boiling water)
• Serve with kibble or by itself

Again I packaged the leftovers in bags of about 125g each as she gets about a cup of (puppy) kibble with it. We have started giving her home-made food every day. She just loves it so much, after each meal she comes up, jumps on my lap and licks my hands - it feels as if she is grateful for the meal (especially as she only does this on day when she actually gets the home-made stuff). 

The entire cost of this dish was probably around $15 and yield about 30 servings. As for the time I spent to cook this up, it took me about 40-50 minutes in total. However because this is one of the bigger things I have cooked so far, the packaging and labelling took a bit longer. However it was really rewarding and I wont have to make any dog food for a while now. Once again, about labelling, it is important to write on the bag: ingredients, how to prepare it, the weight and date. You can keep it in the freezer for about 3-6 months, in the fridge no longer than a week.

Cheap, fast, healthy and your dog will love it.

P.S.: Potatoes should never be given to a dog raw ! Make sure they are properly cooked.