So I have decided to start homecooking and it's kinda fun (I obviously don't cook very much lol). I got my recipe off the Balanceit website. I used a mixture of Japanese sweet potato, white potato, peas, and carrots with eggs and a small amount of sardines and made enough for Toki to eat for a week. I'm not sure that it's that much more cost effective than buying canned food but it's nice to have more control over the quality and being able to limit the ingredients. We have the supplement coming in the mail and I'm going to discuss this with my vet at Toki's next check-up. I think homecooking for her is something I'd like to do a majority of the time in the future but we'll see how things work out once I get back into the full swing of things when the semester starts next week.
Toki sure enjoyed her meal though (Teddy did too...he got a little scoop on his dinner kibbles)
The feeding amount recommended seemed kind of high to me...I measured it out according to the recipe and it was nearly 1 1/2 cups of food a day! I know it's not as dense as kibble or some canned foods but it still seems like a large volume for such a small dog and I know that I don't feed Toki that many calories to maintain her weight. I guess I'll start out with ~1/2 cup per meal 2x a day and see if I need to adjust it. Anyways, just thought I'd share since I know a lot of folks here are interested in starting to homecook...it really wasn't so hard
