Healthy Vegetables For Your Dog

After making the previous recipe, I had a lot of outer leaves from the Brussels sprouts. I thought about adding them to my vegetable scraps in a zip-type bag in the freezer, for future vegetable broth, but. . .When I was making the Brussels sprout salad earlier, Oliver cane to the kitchen, sat down and just stared at me, waiting for some scraps.

Every dog I've ever had has loved (dog-safe) vegetables, so keeping their diet healthy is an easy process. Today I cut the leaves very thin, added a little finely sliced raw sweet potato and simmer these in just a little chicken broth. These can be eaten raw as well, but when cooking, just cook them until the colors brighten. Check for the level of doneness you want with a fork.

With no added human food or vegetables, my Oliver, who weighs just under 35#, would get 1c of dry food in the morning and another 1c serving later in the day. 

For dinner tonight, he got the lightly cooked vegetables, cooked in broth and 1/2c of dry. Mix this together to create 'gravy.' I let this stand, off the heat, to bring the temperature down enough for him to eat it. I usually feel him only dry in the morning and then spend a little more time on his dinner, including vegetables and warm broth with the dry food.

Here he is, sitting and waiting until I say 'Okay!'

Our dogs and cats are family, they love us and we love them, so we need to pay attention to the quality of food we feed them to keep them strong and healthy for many years. . .Lin