Puppy Rice-Cooker Batch (Turkey, Rice & Vegetables)

For the Jack terrier mix · a topper, about a quarter of each meal, alongside a "complete and balanced for growth" food · 10-cup rice cooker · 5–6 days

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white or brown rice, rinsed
  • 450 g (1 lb) lean ground turkey or chicken, raw
  • 1½ cups diced carrot, green beans or plain pumpkin (not pie filling)
  • 2½ cups water (3 cups for brown rice)
  • 1 tbsp fish oil or olive oil, after cooking
  • NEVER ADD: onion, garlic, chives, grapes or raisins, chocolate, xylitol (some peanut butters), macadamia nuts, salt or seasoning, cooked bones

Method

  1. Rice and water into the cooker. Crumble the raw meat over the top and scatter the vegetables on it.
  2. Cook on the normal setting for the rice you used (white or brown).
  3. Stir well and check the meat is cooked through, with no pink left.
  4. Cool a little, then stir in the oil. Cool fully before serving.
  5. Fridge 3–4 days; freeze the rest in daily portions.
  6. Why a topper: a growing puppy needs calcium and phosphorus in balance, and meat, rice and vegetables are badly short of calcium. As the whole diet it needs a balancing supplement made for homemade puppy food (e.g. Balance IT, or one the vet recommends), dosed to this recipe.
  7. Portions depend on age and weight; ask the vet, or size the topper as about a quarter of each meal.