Mine have never eaten dog food. They have eaten real food since they were weaned. I cook brown rice, 1 cup, lentils and split peas 1/2 cup each, all together till crisp tender then put in colander and pour cold water all over to cool and stop the cooking process. I use to fry 3 pounds of ground beef (before I switched them to a vegetarian diet) drain & add to the rice mixture in a very large pot or bowl, I buy 4 large heads of broccoli with short stems, 1 bag of baby carrots, 6 apples cored but leave skin on, and about 6 large cloves of garlic. Put them in the food processor and coarse grind and add to the rest. Mix really well and put in quart zip-loc freezer bags and freeze. You can add a quarter of a boiled egg to this for breakfast, or even cottage cheese or yogurt. For snacks they love string cheese, peanut butter balls that I make up and freeze, and Gerber fruit snacks. |