Homemade Dog Food

Well, apologies for taking 2 years to finally start serving our dogs homemade food. Actually, they told us they were done with dry, store-bought food. Over the past couple months, they barely touch it. We have been giving them bones and meat scraps with the food. They end up eating just the meat and the birds get the dry food. I think they've been watching the cows and pigs eat better than them and went on strike. So, I did some research and discovered, it's a little more work, but a nutritious meal is pretty easy to put together. Now, I don't have time to do it daily so I used the big roaster starting with ground yak, white rice, sweet potatoes, peas and garlic and lots of water. Then after cooking for 12 hours (overnight), I take a masher and mash it all up for easier digestion. We have 2 Anatolian Shepherds that get 2 cups each twice/day. It's a lot of food, but overall cheaper than the dry food and looking forward to watching their energy perk up and coats improve. After a week, I can already see a difference. The next thing I'm going to do is get a mortar/pestle and add powdered egg shells for calcium. A roaster full will probably last 4-5 days. It's really important to read the reviews for additional information and food variety ideas. Going to change grains, meats and veggies every time.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/140286/homemade-dog-food/

Banana Cream Cheesecake

Ok, I'm in love with banana extract. I pretty much like banana anything--especially banana laffy taffy. Now I just need to learn how to make my own taffy and I'm set. I came across this recipe on Facebook and KNEW I HAD to try it. But....out of fear of eating the whole thing by myself, I decided to recruit guinea pigs. Thankfully I have many willing neighbors (and spouse). So this blog is a thank you to all the compliments on this dessert and a BIG thank you to Lindsay for posting this recipe online. There are many steps to this recipe but as long as you have a good springform pan and a Kitchenaid mixer (with whip and paddle), it's easy! [Rather than piping the whipped cream and slicing bananas, I delivered slices of cheesecake with an intact banana and put the whipped cream in jelly jars on the side.] I think next week, I'm going to try Red Velvet Truffles.....

https://www.lifeloveandsugar.com/2018/05/31/banana-cream-cheesecake/