or Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet
by Frances Moore Lappe. I know that you can cook a bit of water with some slightly wilted vegetables down into a rich stock for soups, sautéing, and just generally adding to savory foods. But I never thought of using the process for dogs. I had explored the idea of making my own homemade dog food, but it seemed too difficult.Enter Dr. G. , a holistic veterinarian in San Rafael, CA. He told me how I could use veggies with some protein and water to make a "soup" that I could use to add to Buckwheat's dry food. The vegetables provide anti-oxidants and help the dog be full without adding weight. Dr. G. also told me that his dogs had slimmed down to a nice weight when he started feeding them soup.
The tricky part is avoiding the few vegetables that dogs cannot eat: garlic and particularly onions. There is supposed to be some link to anemia, especially with onions. That is problematic because almost all commercially prepared stock use onions and garlic in the base. I am still finding out about tomatoes. There does not seem to be a huge amount of hard evidence out there, so I am going very conservatively. I know Buckwheat can eat broccoli, celery, carrots, and meat sources, so I will use those. Yesterday I made a soup with lettuce, broccoli, celery, carrots, water and a can of salmon. I cook it for a while, let it cool down and then pureed it in small batches in my blender. I have frozen it and popped a soup ice cube on top of his food when he was hot and he loved it.
I cannot always make my own homemade dog food, but the soup is a great start, and Buckwheat agrees.
Woof.
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