Gay’s Homemade, Plant Based Dog Food
Currently I feed my two dogs Max and Willie V-Dog Vegan kibble topped off with my homemade food. V-Dog is a nutritionally complete vegan dog food that contains all the vitamins and minerals your dogs will need.
I researched quite a bit before deciding on what ingredients to include in their homemade food, and I encourage you to do the same. There are some foods that are not suitable for dogs (natural peanut butter, Sugar substitutes, onions, nuts – for example). I suggest having your dogs try the ingredients you want to include in small amounts individually first to see how it sits in their tummies. If you decide to feed only homemade food, you will need to supplement. There are many websites available to help you choose the exactly what supplements they need. I feed my dogs kibble, which includes all the vitamins and minerals. so I do not have to worry about supplementing.
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
- Potato masher
- Containers
Ingredients
- 6 small or 4 large sweet potatoes sliced lengthwise
- 2-3 zucchinis skins peeled skins do not soften up and do not mash well, cut in thirds
- 6 large carrots cut in half
- 2-3 fresh beets halved You can also buy the freshly cooked beets. If using fresh, do not add to the pressure cooker
- 1 cup lentils canned or cooked
- 3 Tbsps. Creamy Peanut Butter do not use natural – I use Skippy or Jif
- 1 package frozen peas cooked
- Optional Ingredients:
- Frozen spinach cooked and finely chopped
- One cup cooked rice
- 3 Tablespoons Nutritional Yeast
Instructions
- Place two inches of water in the bottom, add potatoes, zucchinis, beets, and carrots. Set to high pressure for 40 minutes. You can set to warm for up to an hour, Release steam and set aside.
- Remove ingredients from the pressure cooker. Remove the skins from the sweet potatoes and beets and add to a very large mixing bowl.
- Add the lentils. If you cooked them yourself, add about one cup. If you are adding canned, rinse them in a colander for a few minutes to ensure all salt has been washed off. If you purchased cooked beets, add them now, with the peanut butter and peas.
- Using a potato masher or large spoon, stir and mash the mixture until you see no large lumps. Store enough in the fridge for the current week and freeze a the rest in worth in individual weekly containers.
Notes
The mixture in the fridge may become watery – this is normal when using zucchini. Just stir to incorporate.
I try to keep the recipe down to about 4-6 ingredients.
My dogs love broccoli and cauliflower but it is a bit hard on their tummies, so we avoid it.
Never use any artificial flavors, salt, pepper, spices, sugars, etc. All natural is best and healthiest.
I try to keep the recipe down to about 4-6 ingredients.
My dogs love broccoli and cauliflower but it is a bit hard on their tummies, so we avoid it.
Never use any artificial flavors, salt, pepper, spices, sugars, etc. All natural is best and healthiest.