Dog Food, Human Food: Hamburger Classic

We were craving for some home-made hamburgers - plump, juicy, simply delicious. The ingredients we used were all dog-safe.

All three of us, dog and 2 humies (humans) tucked in to the hamburger patties. And for us humies, we added freshly stewed tomato sauce which went really well with the hamburgers.

One trick we learnt was to shape the beef patties and then coat it with olive oil. It would slide onto the frying pan easily.

Ingredients:
200g Ground Beef
2 tsp Dried basil
2 tsp Dried Parsley
1/2 tsp Ground Black Pepper
1/5 cup Bread Crumbs
1/2 Egg (Beaten)

1. Mix everything, shape the patties and throw it into the pan! That's all. Really simple, perfect for rainy lazy days :)

Dog Cookie Recipe: Honey Minty Rings

Here's a dog cookie/treat that's minty and fresh tasting : ) While we might love to snack on chocolate mints once in awhile, our dogs can't enjoy any chocolate. It's bad for them! So these minty rings will do as substitutes, ha!
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Latte greedily gobbled up the Honey Minty Rings and we had to ration them, resisting his begging. We loved the minty aroma that filled the air while we were baking - wicked!
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Ingredients (Makes approximately 45 bite-size ring cookies)

• 1 cup wholemeal flour (we use organic)
  
• 4 tsp dried mint
• 1 tsp dried parsley
• 1/2 tsp dried basil
  
• 1 tbs olive oil
  
• 1 tbs honey
• 1/4 cup water
  

1. Pour the wholemeal flour, mint, parsley and basil into a bowl, stir to mix.

2. Add the olive oil and honey, mix again.

3. Add the water slowly and start forming the dough. (We use about 1/4 cup water, amount depends on your local humidity). We always try to achieve an easy-to-manage dough that's like putty.

4. Form little honey mint ring cookies (Our dog was eyeing our every move intensely - hilarious)

5. Bake at 180˚C for 40 mins until golden brown. I usually recommend shapes that are relatively thin and flat as it takes a much shorter time, saves energy too : )

6. As usual, let the cookies cool in oven and it'll be extra crispy and crunchy.
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Dog Cookie Recipe: Cheesy Carrot Crunch Redux

We spiced up an old recipe and it turned out better, much more fragrant than version 1. This rebux recipe includes ground dried basil and flaxseed which gives an interesting additional 'mini-crunchiness' to the already crispy cookies.
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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 2 small carrots (yields 1/2 cup after blending)
  
• 2 slices of breakfast cheese
• 1 tsp ground dried basil
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 2 tbs brown flaxseed
• 1 1/2 tbs plain flour (for easier kneading)

1. Blend the carrots (coarse) and oats (fine). Pour into a mixing bowl and add the cheese, basil, olive oil and flaxseed.
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2. Add water by the tablespoon and start kneading into dough, I use about 1/3 cup water (The amount of water to use will depend on your local humidity). Adding the plain flour helped us achieve an easy-to-manage dough that was like putty. We tried making little bones but it was so time consuming,we stuck to the flat round biscuit shapes.
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3. Bake at 180˚C for 20 mins until golden brown. I recommend shapes that are relatively thin and flat as it takes a much shorter time, saves energy too : )
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4. As usual, let the cookies cool in oven and it'll be extra crispy and crunchy.
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