Peanut Butter Dog Treats
April 26, 2009 | Filed Under Dog Food/Treats, My Dogs | 16 Comments
Thanks to everyone who left kind and warm comments here on my blog and e-mailed me privately when I announced the news of my dog’s death. I really appreciated it.
Thanks so much to Joanne of Thistledown Arts, who surprised me with a special gift of a portrait painting of Cadeau. I love it! My whole family loves it. I have a great big smile when I look at your wonderful work, Joanne. Thank you very much.
Below is another simple dog treat, basically made from peanut putter and flour. Cadeau loved peanut butter. It was the only way I could get her to swallow her medication without spitting it out. If I put the pill in other foods, she would eat the food and spit out the pill.
Her mom, Menina, likes peanut butter, too, so I made this easy Peanut Butter Treat this weekend. The recipe says to use whole wheat flour and white flour. However, I used white flour alone because that’s all I had. Instead of the corn oil, I used olive oil because, again, that’s all I had. I got no complaints.
Paz
Peanut Butter Treats
from DogAware.com
· 2 tablespoons corn oil
· ½ cup peanut butter
· 1 cup water
· 1 cup whole wheat flour
· 2 cups white flour
Preheat oven to 350°. Combine oil, peanut butter and water. Add Flour 1 cup at a time, then knead into firm dough. Roll dough to ¼ inch thickness and cut with small bone shaped cookie cutter. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Makes 2½ dozen.
Help Donate 1,000 Cookies for Mother’s Day…
April 18, 2009 | Filed Under Announcements, Cookies, Donation, Drop in & Decorate | 9 Comments
… and have fun in the process.
Wonderful Lydia of The Perfect Pantry, founder of Drop In & Decorate® is asking for our help to participate in the latest Drop In & Decorate® holiday event.
Drop In & Decorate® is a fun event where you and your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers (everyone/anyone) get together and decorate cookies (like a cookie-decorating party) then you donate the cookies to places serving people in difficult circumstances during the holiday season — like an emergency shelter, local food pantry, senior center.
Lydia has organized a Coast-to-Coast Drop In & Decorate® Mothers Day Celebration, which will take place from May 1-10, 2009. Her goal is to donate 1,000 cookies to agencies across the country.
For example, Lydia is hosting her own decorating party and will donate the cookies to Lucy’s Hearth, SSTARbirth, and the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
She writes that "You, too, can honor moms everywhere by hosting (or helping to organize) your own cookie decorating party, with your friends, family, co-workers or faith group. We’ll write about all of the Mothers Day events (and link to your blog) on our site."
The Drop In & Decorate® organization will also give a prize to the host who donates the most cookies. The prize package includes free coupons for organic ready-to-bake cookie dough from Immaculate Baking Co.
If you’d like to participate in this Cookies-for-Donation event, contact Lydia:
Lydia AT dropinanddecorate DOT org
She’ll send you more info on how to host your own cookies-for-donation event. In the meantime, she’s passed along some responses to Frequently Asked Questions.
Thanks for your help!
Paz
Ed. Note: Fourteen different Mother’s Day events have started already. You can read about it here.
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Mothers Day Coast-to-Coast Drop In & Decorate® Cookies for Donation
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I take part in the Coast-to-Coast Drop In & Decorate® event?
It’s easy — your party can be big, or just you and your kids, or a couple of friends. Pick a date between May 1-10. Bake cookies ahead of time (or ask people to bring baked cookies). Invite a few friends over to decorate, or invite your entire neighborhood to join in. Then wrap your cookies, and deliver to a local agency or shelter.
Where do I donate the cookies?
To your local food pantry, Ronald McDonald House, senior center, homeless shelter, or domestic abuse shelter. For Mother’s Day, why not look for an agency serving women and children? If you don’t know of an agency to take your cookies, we’ll help you find a recipient.
Is there a prize for whoever donates the most cookies to their agency?
Yes! Besides the warm feelings that come from giving a gift of kindness, Drop In & Decorate has a special prize pack for the host whose event donates the most cookies to their designated agency: A reuseable canvas shopping bag, three large cookie cutters, and 5 coupons for free ready-to-bake organic cookie dough from Immaculate Baking Co. — enough to bake 120 cookies! Just let us know that you’re planning an event; then, send us the name of your recipient agency, the number of decorated cookies you donated, and photos to share on our site at www.dropinanddecorate.org.
How much does a party cost?
If you already have the ingredients for your favorite type of sugar cookie in your pantry, the party is absolutely free! If you’d like to purchase supplies similar to those used at the flagship event, download our "host your own cookie decorating party" brochure for supplies and sources.
Can I use your logo for my event?
Yes! Send me an email, and I’ll send you a JPG.
In Memory of Cadeau: Salmon Dog Biscuits
April 6, 2009 | Filed Under Dog Food/Treats, My Dogs | 48 Comments
Cadeau
June 24, 1995 - March 31, 2009
We named her Cadeau, which means "gift" in French. Cadeau Oferta Prenda Minha de New York. Yeah, the name is rather long but it suited her. Sometimes she was called her other names because she was curious, playful, stubborn, annoying, persistent….
Mainly, we thought of Cadeau as a gift because she was unexpected. My sister didn’t know her mother, Menina, was pregnant when she brought Menina from Africa to New York.
Menina gave birth to Cadeau in my bedroom and dragged her to me, still on the umbilical cord. Now, how could I refuse a gift like that?
She looked much different from her mom who is part Besenji and Corgi, while Cadeau was part small Border Collie and Corgi.
A friend called her Sweet Face and I’d get a kick out of that. She may have had a sweet face but she didn’t always act sweet. When she opened her mouth to bark, she had the fiercest bark in all of New York City. It was enough to send people jumping back or hurrying in the other direction on the street.
Cadeau liked food. A lot.
She liked to eat everything. Anything.
She would eat African food, Italian, Chinese. She wouldn’t dream of turning anything down.
She liked vegetables, as well.
Of course, she liked a good bone, too. With meat on it.
Some food favorites were fresh salmon with rice or corn on the cob. It was no fun to eat the corn unless it was on the cob. She also loved eating mangoes on the seed.
She knew when someone opened the refrigerator door or pulled something out of the microwave or plated food from the stove. Then she’d show up to get her portion. If you didn’t want to share, she had ways of convincing you to capitulate.
In the mornings, I’d feed Cadeau dog food, so she made sure to wake me up every morning to feed her. I never needed an alarm clock with her around. She didn’t wake me up a minute before or after it was time for me to get up and feed her. She’d wake me up right on time.
One day, she didn’t wake me up and she wouldn’t eat her dog food. It was puzzling but we weren’t too worried because she still ate the human food. Then the following week, she stopped eating the human food, which she loved the most. It was then that we knew something was terribly wrong.
Then, she stopped drinking water.
A few days after that, Cadeau died from health-related issues due to old age. She was 14 years old. It happened so fast.
I saw Cadeau take her first breath when she entered this world and I saw her take her last breath when she left it.
Rest in peace, dear Cadeau and see you at Rainbow Bridge.
I made these Salmon Dog Biscuits in memory of Cadeau. She’s never going to be able to eat them but I’m sure she would have loved them if given the opportunity. Super easy to make, with super simple ingredients of canned salmon, baking powder, flour and salt, the biscuits turned out very delicious. How did I know? I tasted them, of course. So, I suppose, humans can eat this, too. 
I gave the biscuits to Cadeau’s mom, Menina, and she gobbled them up. She really liked them. Didn’t I tell you? Like her daughter, she loves fish, too.
Paz
Ed Note: Thanks for your very kind words, everyone. It’s much appreciated.
See you at Rainbow Bridge.
Salmon Dog Biscuits
· 15oz can of Salmon or Jack Mackerel
· some flour
· 2 tsp of salt
· 1 teasp of baking powder
· Optional: add sprinkle of garlic powder if desired
Mix together fish, plus ALL liquid from can, salt & baking powder, add enough flour for texture
Spread out on cookie sheet
Score into sections (easier to break apart when done)
Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 mins. or crust is golden
Store in container in frig or freezer for longer periods of time
Cadeau at her favorite spot, by the window, two days before she died.
