Cooking for Fido

Wednesday, 19 January 2011 | by Pat's Picks

We’ve been bombarded with stories over the past decade about how processed foods are bad for us. Turns out it was just a matter of time before someone extended the argument to include pets. The New York Times reports that more owners are making their pet food from scratch. Some say the switch to homecooking was prompted because “it’s hard to justify dumping a can of mystery meat for Bo while the rest of the family is sitting down to grass-fed osso buco with a side of biodynamic polenta.” Others say they started tinkering in the kitchen as a way to cure their animals of lingering illnesses or allergies.

Here‘s a recipe, supplied by one of the women interviewed in the Times article, that suitable for both cats and dogs. Scroll down for a organic dog treat recipe: