Peanut Butter Dog Treats
April 26, 2009 | Filed Under Dog Food/Treats, My Dogs | 18 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.
In Memory of Cadeau: Salmon Dog Biscuits
April 6, 2009 | Filed Under Dog Food/Treats, My Dogs | 50 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.
Jessica Gorman’s Olive Oil and Bacon Truffles
April 25, 2007 | Filed Under Dog Food/Treats | 2 Comments
Olive Oil and Bacon Truffles about to go into the oven
My dogs eat both human and pet food. Luckily, their pet food brand is not on the recall list, but one never knows whether or not it will appear on the list in the near future.
Once in a while, I make treats for the dogs (look here and here), but it seems that I may have to start cooking for them permanently, since I don’t want to feed them poisonous food….
Here’s a dog treat recipe I found in Rachael Ray Magazine. My dogs loved it and it was easy to make. Next time, I’ll make the treats a little smaller in size. I think the ones below were too big (although my dogs didn’t mind). 
Paz
Out of the oven and completely cooled
rachaelraymag.com
Makes about 2 1/2 pounds
1/2 pound bacon
3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup beef broth
3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO)
1. Preheat the oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with foil.
2. In a large skillet, cook the bacon over medium heat until crisp, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to paper towels to drain, reserving the grease. Let the bacon cool slightly, then crumble.
3. In a large bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal and crumbled bacon. In a large measuring cup, stir together 1 1/3 cups warm water and the broth and pour into the dry ingredients. Add the EVOO and stir together to form a loose dough. Knead on a work surface until smooth.
4. Divide the dough into balls of the appropriate size for your dog (about 1 inch for large dogs and 1/2 inch for small dogs) and set on the prepared baking sheet. Drizzle with the reserved bacon grease. Bake until firm to the touch, 35 to 45 minutes. Let cool completely.
Bacon Bites – Dog Biscuits
June 25, 2006 | Filed Under Dog Food/Treats | Leave a Comment
We celebrated the birthday of one of my dogs, yesterday, Saturday. I made dog biscuits called Bacon bites for her and her mom. They gobbled them right up!
The recipe is taken From the Dog’s Mouth.
Paz
Bacon Bites
3 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 cup bacon grease or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon garlic powder
4 slices bacon – crumbled
1/2 cup cold water
Mix ingredients together thoroughly.
Roll out on a floured surface to 1/2 – 1/4″ thickness.
Cut little bone shapes out of it and bake for 35-40 minutes in a 325° oven.
Weekend Dog Blogging #10 – Garlic and Cheddar Dog Biscuits
November 20, 2005 | Filed Under Dog Food/Treats, Food Blogging Events, My Dogs, Weekend Dog Blogging | 2 Comments
Here are mother and daughter, Menina and Cadeau, two African dogs in New York City always looking for adventure.
Hobbies: Eating, sleeping, barking. Not necessarily in that order.
Cadeau wants me to thank all of her friends – Gino & Angelica, Max & Tattum, Oceane & Cindy, and Vlad & Marilyn – everyone who sent their well wishes when she had her surgery.
“That’s why I feel much better,” she says.
In celebration of her recovery, here some Garlic and Cheddar Dog Biscuits to share with everyone who participates in WDB. The recipe is from Joe of Culinary in the Desert. Thanks Joe! These are doggy delicious!
Paz
Ed. note: By the way, these biscuits are human edible. They’re quite healthy, as they have no sugar included. You can go ahead and take a bite. Visit Sweetnicks to see the roundup of WDB #10 posts.
Garlic and Cheddar Dog Biscuits
Garlic and Cheddar Dog Biscuits
3 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, or whatever you have on hand
1 large egg, beaten
1 cup skim milk
Preheat oven to 400ºF
Combine flour and garlic powder in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the center and add remaining ingredients gradually, stirring until well blended.
Knead dough on a floured surface 3-4 minutes.
Roll dough to 1/4 inch thick and cut into your favorite shapes. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake 15-18 minutes until golden brown.
Cool on wire rack and let the doggies enjoy!
Enjoying the Garlic and Cheddar Dog Biscuits
