Slow Cooker Dog Food with Ground Beef, Liver & Sardines
Slow cooker dog food with ground beef, liver, sardines, and veggies is a healthy homemade dog food recipe that your pup will love (even if your nose won’t)!
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Lean ground beef
- 3 ounces Beef liver
- 3.75 ounce can Sardines in water, no salt
- 1½ cups Lentils uncooked
- 1 large Squash chopped
- 12 ounces Carrots sliced... frozen bag of carrots is fine
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 each Red and orange bell peppers ribs and seeds removed, pepper chopped
- 1 head Broccoli florets chopped
- 2 cups Fresh spinach
- 1 cup Blueberries
- 2 cups Water or low-sodium bone broth
- 2 teaspoons Ground turmeric
- 2 teaspoons Ground ginger
Instructions
- Chop all vegetables into dog-friendly sizes... mini-food processor is perfect for the job!!
- Layer ground beef, chicken liver, sardines, veggies, eggs, spices and grains into your slow cooker.
- Add enough water or broth to keep things moist not mushy .. just about 2 cups.
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours (yes, your house will smell like a fishy pet store if you remove the crockpot lid.. but worth it).
- Break up the mixture using a large spoon. Once you take off the lid, it's game on when it comes to the smell but you want to break up the meat, the liver, the sardines so that everything can mix together and cook properly.
- Cool completely, then portion into containers for refrigeration or freezing.
Notes
Tips for Success with Homemade Dog Food
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- Use gloves when handling liver.. unless you like smelling like a meat factory... or do what I do and just stab it with a knife and carefully drop it in my slow cooker.
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- Don’t skip the sardines.. they’re full of healthy fats and dogs love 'em but be sure to drain them of the water they are canned in before adding to your crockpot.
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- Let it cool fully before feeding.. hot food = unhappy pup tummy.
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- Freeze in meal-size portions for easy grab-and-go feeding.
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- Store smart: Once refrigerated, the smell is mostly gone. I keep mine in a glass bowl with three layers of plastic wrap just to make sure my fridge doesn’t smell like low tide.
- Store smart: Once refrigerated, the smell is mostly gone. I keep mine in a glass bowl with three layers of plastic wrap just to make sure my fridge doesn’t smell like low tide.