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Recipes For Homemade Pet Food
(AP) LOS ANGELES "Real Food for Cats: 50 Vet-Approved Recipes to Please the Feline Gastronome" is offering some homemade pet food recipes for the safety of you pets.

Bow-Wow Brownies:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup of whole wheat flour
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup carob chips
1/4 cup of carob powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Blend oil and honey in a bowl.
Mix in remaining ingredients.
Pour into greased 15-by-10-inch baking sheet.
Bake for 30-35 minutes.

From: "Real Food for Dogs: 50 Vet-Approved Recipes to Please the Canine Gastronome"

Theme Recipe For Cats:
Ingredients:
1 cup water
1/3 cup dry rice (brown or white)
2 teaspoons corn oil
1/2 teaspoon iodized salt
2/3 cup ground meat
1 tablespoon bonemeal
2 tablespoons cooked liver

Directions:
Bring water to a boil. Add rice, corn oil, salt and simmer for 20 minutes.
Dredge meat with the bonemeal.
Add meat and liver to the rice mixture and simmer for another 15 minutes.
Cool and serve. Leftovers should be refrigerated or frozen.

From: "Real Food for Cats: 50 Vet-Approved Recipes to Please the Feline Gastronome"

Don't Feed Fido These:
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, these foods are not safe for pets:
- Alcoholic beverages
- Chocolate (bakers, semi-sweet, milk chocolate)
- Coffee (ground, beans, chocolate-covered espresso beans)
- Moldy or spoiled foods
- Onions and onion powder
- Garlic and garlic powder
- Salt
- Yeast dough
- Macadamia nuts
- Raisins and grapes
- Avocado
- Hops (used in home brewing)
- Fatty foods
- Bones
- Milk
- Raw eggs
- Raw or undercooked meat
- Products containing the sweetener xylitol

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