• Basic Recipe feeds a 50 lb (22kg) dog for about one day; increase or decrease amount prepared according to your dog’s size.

• 10 ounces of cooked meat; organ meats are best for cats.
• 6 to 7 ounces of steamed grated vegetables
• 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1000 mg of bone meal (NOT the plant kind) or calcium carbonate or calcium citrate (available from drug or health food stores) **Note:  Vitamin D can be toxic to animals in high doses, so avoid calcium supplements that include vitamin D.
• Multivitamin (Standard Process Catalyn, Missing Link, Platinum Performance, etc.) using an amount appropriate for the dog’s weight (see package label); use salmon oil for cats.
• Vary the type of meat and vegetables used, to guard against food sensitivities or nutritional deficiencies arising from always using the same ingredients.
• Lightly cooked meats have a higher nutrient content.
• Try to use organ meats at least a few days a week.
• Avoid carbohydrates, unless your pet has trouble gaining weight. Carbohydrates include:
  • Wheat
  • Corn
  • Rice
  • Oats
  • Grains
  • Potatoes
• Vegetables are used to supply the right amount of carbohydrates. Any vegetable is okay: carrots, broccoli, squash, yams, parsnips, spinach, kale, parsley, garlic, lettuce, and kelp. Grate, puree and/or steam the vegetables to make them digestible.
• Pre-prepared frozen meat and vegetable diets, sold to be fed raw, can be instead lightly stir-fried and fed as a home-cooked diet. Do not cook raw food diets that contain bone fragments.
• Frozen raw beef rib bones or a raw quartered “knuckle bone” can be given daily to help maintain dental health.  Never feed cooked bones.

Modify for Cats:

• Less veggies, 5 to 10%

• Add 150 – 250 mg Taurine or organ meats, per cat, per day.

• Omega fatty acids/fish oils.