CINNAMON GROUND BEEF DOG FOOD RECIPE

MEDIA GALLERY
ground beef dog food recipe

Treat your dog to this simple, delicious Cinnamon ground beef recipe with rice, grated carrots and finely cut collard greens. A home cooked pet meal that your dog will absolutely love.

The inspiration for this recipe came from a friend, whose dogs had lost his appetite, had stomach issues, had blood in his stool at times and was generally looking sad. The vet promptly prescribed expensive medications which was not much help. After having this recipe however the dog perked right up and was back to normal within a week.

Most dog food, even the very best cannot compare with freshly made home cooked food. Dogs suffer from diabetes, digestive issues and other ailment just like us humans. Why would we give dry pet food that can often damage their intestinal linings. We suspect pet companies are in cahoots with the drug companies to treat them when they get sick eating processed pet food.

Some people prefer to give dry pet food because their poop comes out dry and easier to clean up. That seems like a cruel way to treat your pet who gives so much.

We used used organic Ground beef with the approximate recommended ratio of protein (50%), grain (25%) and vegetables (25%). . To calculate your dogs calorie needs visit here.

Prep Time : 15 Minutes
Cook Times : 25 minutes
Yield : 4 servings (for 16 lb. dog) - (471 calories per serving)

INGREDIENTS

16 oz (1/2 Lb.) Gound Beef (1506 calories)
4 oz. Collard Greens (36 calories)
4 oz. Carrots (46 calories)
1/4 tsp. Ceylon Cinnamon powder
1/8 tsp Oregano
8 oz. cooked rice (297 calories)
1/8 tsp. Salt (dogs needs very little salt )

DIRECTIONS

Cook the rice in a separate pan. We usually add 2.5 times the water as the height of the rice in a pan, cook it for 25 minutes on medium high heat and then rinse like pasta under hot water from the tap which removes the starch and makes the rice fluffy.
Finely cut (1/12 of an inch wide x 3/12 of an inch long) the Collard green and then cut it cross wise too, to make sure it is really cut into small pieces. This is to prevent any choking hazard for the dog. The grate the carrots, again to prevent any choking.
Add the ground beef to a wide pan, add 1/4 tsp Ceylon Cinnamon powder, 1/8 tsp. Oregano, 1/8 tsp. Salt and a 1/4 cip of water and pan fry it for ten minutes, stirring frequently. Once done, remove the ground beef but leave the juices in the pan.
Add the grated carrots and finely cut Collard green, mix it up and pan fry it in the juices from the ground beef for 7 minutes, stirring frequently.
Finally add the 8oz of cooked rice and cooked ground beef, mix it up well and cook for 5 minutes.

RESOURCES

CINNAMON FOR PETS

You can give Ceylon Cinnamon for pets. While other spices like pepper, chilli powder are not suitable for pets, you can give Cinnamon for pets. It improves food palatability and warms those bones during winter, helps digestion, disinfects meat to reduce the risk of bacterial infections, promotes bone and cartilage development, stabilizes blood sugar levels and improves overall health.

Ceylon Cinnamon has ultra low Coumarin levels and will not damage your pets liver like ordinary Cassia Cinnamon. Use at a similar rate as per humans, scaled to the weight of the pet.

Adding just a dash of Ceylon Cinnamon with their meals is bound to deliver good benefits. Don't over do it. Just a few times per week, up to a maximum of five days per week. Just use the chart below to calculate how much cinnamon should be added per day.

Weight of pet	Cinnamon Powder	Cinnamon stick tea
1 -10 lbs.	1/16 teaspoon	less than 1/4 cup, 1-3 times/day
10-20 lbs.	1/16-1/8 teaspoon	1/4 cup, 1-3 times/day
20-50 lbs.	1/8 tsp ½ teaspoon	1/4-1/2 cup, 1-3 times/day
50-100 lbs.	¼ – ¾ teaspoon	1/2-1 cup, 1-3 times/day
Over 100 lbs.	¾-1 teaspoon	up to 1 cup 3 times/day

The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) recommends that dry dog food contains at least 0.3% sodium, and that dry cat food contains at least 0.2% sodium. These are minimum recommended levels for health. However it is difficult to ascertain if this percentage is based on weight or calories or something else. It would be nice if they could give a figure of grams of salt per pound of dog weight. We believe a little bit of salt is essential for dogs so ask your Veterinarian how much salt your dog can take daily.