Homemade Recipes for Cat and Cat Food

 Recipes for cat and cat food with your own hands

Ready-made cat food is easy to buy at any pet store today. They are convenient to use if the owner is at work all day and sometimes doesn't even have time to cook, and you can leave dry croquettes in the trough for the whole day without fear that the food will spoil. However, many pet owners prefer to convert their pets from industrially prepared food to a natural diet.

Sometimes the reason for this is the need to do so when finished food is not recommended for health reasons. And it is not uncommon for the owner or host to transfer their cat to a food prepared with their own hands, knowing that it is closer to the natural cat diet than canned food. Cooking is also a fascinating activity. You need to explore the needs of your cat's body and find and try interesting cat dishes to prepare.

The first thing you need to know is what foods and how much should be included in a cat menu so that it is complete and balanced with the right ingredients for your cat's body. You should also learn how to prepare pet food for your cat: what can be added raw and what must be heat treated.

Food composition for cats

A cat is a predatory mammal of the cat family. Like all predators, it mainly eats meat. Meat products should account for up to 80% of a cat's daily diet, 10% of which can be in the form of by-products. Meat can be used by anyone, only pork in limited quantities - it is heavier to digest and contains a lot of fat.

The remaining 20% of a cat's diet should consist of vegetables, cereals, potatoes, pulses, herbs and eggs (2-3 per week, no more). Cabbages (Brussels, broccoli, cauliflower), carrots, spinach, celery, pumpkin, courgettes can be given to cats from vegetables. What your cat prefers should be included in the menu. Onions and garlic shouldn't be given to cats - these products are toxic to cats. Homemade food should contain enough vitamins and minerals, so it is advisable to add vitamin and mineral jelly or cat tablets recommended by your vet.

It can be difficult for cats to immediately switch from canned food to a natural food diet, so it's a good idea to start by giving them wet tinned food, which is closer to home food in terms of appearance and taste. If you have other animals in your home (such as a dog) you'll need to prepare your cat food separately as the composition of the food is different: your cat needs much more protein. There are quite a few simple recipes for cat food and at least some of these will make your pet taste good.

Meat dishes

is the main source of proteins and fats. Chicken, turkey and beef are good for cats but pork should not be given to cats.

Raw chicken with vegetable pilaf

For pilaf you will need: 1 glass of brown rice, two large carrots, several stems of celery and a glass of green peas or green beans. Pre-mill the rice, rub the celery and carrots on a large grater. Pour 2 glasses of boiling water over the mixture of rice and vegetables and cook for 20-30 minutes. Cool ready pilaf to room temperature, add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil (preferably olive). This amount of pilaf is enough for several feedings, it can be stored in the fridge for 2-3 days. Before giving the cat the right portion, to the vegetable pilaf should be added chopped into small diced raw chicken fillets without skin.

Chicken with mashed potatoes and eggs

Boil 2 potatoes cut into pieces, cool to room temperature. Load in a blender, add 1 tsp. of butter, 100g of raw chicken meat, 1 egg. Mix the ingredients until mashed. This dish is perfect for small kittens and old cats. If you use cooked chicken meat, you can cook it for a couple of days and keep it in the fridge.

Broccoli Cabbage Mash Ingredients:

raw beef - 100 g;
broccoli cabbage or cauliflower - 50 g;
vegetable fat - 0,5 l..;
calcium gluconate - 1 tablet.

Cut the beef meat into small pieces, disassemble the cabbage into inflorescences, boil and grind in a blender, grind the calcium gluconate tablet into powder. Tinned cabbage from baby food can be used to prepare the dish. Mix everything, pour oil over it.

Meat pancakes

Small carrots, 100g of frozen chicken fillet or beef meat rubbed on a coarse grater (you can take the ready minced meat). Add a tablet of calcium gluconate, a handful of finely chopped nettles or leaf salad, ¼ glass of green peas, 1 raw egg. Forming small cakes and baking in the oven or microwave oven - lightly, only to prevent them from disintegrating. These pancakes can be stored in the freezer and warmed in the microwave as needed.

Fish dishes Fish

contains minerals, essential amino acids, rich in fat-soluble vitamins and, like meat, is a source of protein. For the preparation of cat dishes are suitable: pollock, hake, cod, mackerel, pike, salmon, halibut, trout. Non-fat fish is an excellent variant of food for overweight cats, but due to low calorie it is not recommended to give it to pregnant and lactating cats, as well as kittens.

Salmon with rice and egg

100-150 g. Separate salmon from skins and bones, cut and stir or cook in a steamer. ¼ glass of rice boiled to a state of "kashi smear", 1 egg cooked and finely cut. Mix everything, add a couple of tablespoons of vegetable fat, a few finely chopped branches of dill or parsley herbs, a tablet of vitamin and mineral complex or calcium gluconate. This dish can be cooked and stored in sudochkas or bags in the freezer.

Fish dish for gourmets

Boil sea or river fish fillets and cut them into small pieces. Boil the rice like regular porridge, rub the raw carrots on a grater. Mix all the ingredients by adding germinated wheat and olive oil. For one serving you will need a dish:
250 g of fish fillet (can be replaced with a can of canned fish in oil);
4 tbsp. of rice;
1 small carrot;
1 st.l. of germinated wheat;
1 tbsp of olive oil.

Shrimp salad

Ingredients:

0.5 glasses of small shrimp or
4-5 grand big ones;
1 medium size carrot;
0.5 cooked twisted eggs;
1 tsp. of olive oil.

Boil the shrimp for 10-15 minutes, remove the tail part cleaned of the shell, cut raw carrots with a knife and cooked twisted egg rubbed or crushed in a blender. Mix everything and add vegetable fat. Such a delicate and delicious salad with appetite eaten by even the most fastidious cats.

Cooked by-product dishes

The internal organs of animals and birds are very useful for cats. They contain proteins, fats, essential amino acids (including taurine, which is important for cats), vitamins and minerals. If your cat is reluctant to eat liver, heart or kidneys these can be included in meat or fish dishes, or they can be disguised as grains or vegetables.

Tender chicken by-products pate will be required to prepare a portion of pate:

200 g of chicken giblets (heart, liver, stomach);
1 st.l. of butter;
1 carrot;
several twigs of parsley or celery greenery.

Fry the giblets lightly in butter, boil carrots. Run everything through the meat grinder and add finely chopped herbs.

Liver with cabbage and oatmeal

The recipe is designed for 4-5 servings. The pilaf can be put into bags and frozen, then you can only take the bag out of the freezer and warm its contents.

A dish will be required

0.5 kg liver (chicken, rabbit or beef);
1 glass of oat flakes;
0.6 glasses of broccoli or green peas inflorescences; 2-3 tbsp of sunflower or olive oil.

Boil liver and cabbage and cut into small pieces, boil oat flakes. Mix everything by adding vegetable fat.

Stew a stew of by-products and vegetables.

Four or five meals to take:
0.5 kg mixture of chicken giblets;
1 small carrot; half of medium size zucchini;
1 glass of pearl, buckwheat, oatmeal or corn grits;
 2-3 tbsp. of olive oil.

From the raw by-products slate minced meat, rub vegetables on a coarse grater, boil the cereal. Mix everything, add butter. You can cook this dish and store it in a freezer, packed in bags.