Little Green Monsters

Little Green Monsters

Ingredients:
2.5 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 egg
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3 tbsp milk
2 4-oz. jars of green bean baby food

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2.  Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. 

3.  Roll out to 1/2 inch thick on a floured surface.  Cut with bone-shaped cookie cutter and place biscuits on a foil-lined baking sheet.

4. Bake for 25 minutes.

5.  Store treats in an air-tight container in the refridgerator to prolong the life of the treats.

6.  Let your pet enjoy! They even have a green tinge, hence the little green monsters (and I'm from Boston)!

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Little Green Monsters!

Sorry for the hiatus.  I had a plethora of various treats, and I wanted Melvin to eat those before I made another batch.  I even pawned some off to my dog-owning friends!

So next Tuesday I'll be trying a recipe that I concocted.  One of Melvin's favorite vegetables is green beans, so I'm going to incorporate them into some biscuits.  I think his favorite vegetable is carrots, so I'll have to come up with a recipe with carrots in the future!

I thought you all might be interested in this: 10 plants that are poisonous to dogs.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/04/02/dogs.poisonous.plants.mnn/index.html?iref=allsearch#

Tuna Biscuits!

After the majority of the snickerpoodles were eaten, I decided my next batch of treats would be Tuna Biscuits.  Although Melvin is allergic to almost everything, he's not allergic to seafood and happens to love it! So here they are...

Ingredients:
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup oatmeal
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 small can tuna in oil--undrained
2/3 cup water
1/3 cup flour

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2.  Mix all ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl.

3.  Roll out dough on a floured surface until it is about a quarter of an inch thick.

4.  Use cookie cutters to cut out biscuits and place on a foil-lined cookie sheet.

5. Bake for 20-25 minutes.  Cool completely before sharing!

6.  Store in an airtight container and refridgerate for long-lasting treats!

Melvin lovessss these treats!  Melvin's friends, Persia and Buddy, love them too!

Snickerpoodles!

So I had to make snickerpoodles since I'm the proud owner of a poodle. :) 

Ingredients:
2.5 cups all-purpose flour
12 ounces applesauce (no sugar added)
3/4 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup cornmeal
2 tbsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Tools:
Rolling pin (preferably non-stick)
Cookie cutter (preferably a poodle!)
Large bowl
Cookie Sheet.

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. Mix all ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl.

3. Roll out dough on a floured surface until it is about 1/4 inch thick.  Use your cookie cutter to cut out shapes and place on a foiled-lined cookie sheet.

4. Bake for 30-35 minutes.  Makes about 3 dozen snickerpoodles if you have a smallish cookie cutter.  Remember to cool completely before sharing with your pup!

5. Refridgerate in an air-tight container.

If you look around the internet for snickerpoodle recipes, you'll probably notice that most have a lot more vegetable oil and no applesauce.  However, just like you can substitute apple sauce for oil in human recipes, you can for dog recipes as well!  It makes them a lot healthier and, I'd imagine, more tastey. 

If I had the means, I'd be taking these 3 dogs home. They are so adorable.

Update on the Bacon-Flavored Biscuits and Chicken Liver Jerky

Update: Melvin devoured the chicken liver jerky pieces in less than a week.  Good news: he loved the treats! Bad news: liver makes Melvin verrrrry gassy. Let's just say that he can clear a room.

I did notice that he liked the jerky a lot better than the bacon-flavored biscuits, so I'll take those off the list for the future.

Snickerpoodles are up next!  I plan to make them Tuesday and hopefully get the post up by Wednesday.