Tastes Like Food » Dogs http://www.tasteslikefood.com Recipe and photo food blog, includes restaurant reviews, healthy recipes, vegan ingredients, food experiments. By Colorado foodies. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:28:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 What to do with extra egg yolks http://www.tasteslikefood.com/2009/02/16/what-to-do-with-extra-egg-yolks/ http://www.tasteslikefood.com/2009/02/16/what-to-do-with-extra-egg-yolks/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:37:03 +0000 Bacon Is Good http://www.tasteslikefood.com/2009/02/16/what-to-do-with-extra-egg-yolks/ Recently, I made a flourless chocolate cake that called for egg whites. I set aside the yolks in the fridge and wondered what to do with them… Ultimately, I fried them up in the skillet after cooking a few strips of bacon for breakfast and made a yolk-omelet for our dog. I didn’t give her all the yolks at once; I crumpled up about two yolks worth on top of her kibble. This is definitely not the only thing to do with left over egg yolks, but it seemed the easiest. Here are some other ideas if you’re looking for a way to not waste your egg yolks:

  • creme brulee
  • aioli
  • home made mayo
  • hollandaise
  • some cakes call for only egg yolks

Please add other suggestions if you have them!

Here’s half the egg yolk omelet fried up for the pooch:
Egg Yolks for Dog

]]> http://www.tasteslikefood.com/2009/02/16/what-to-do-with-extra-egg-yolks/feed/ 1 Lamb and rice dinner for dogs (or for people) http://www.tasteslikefood.com/2009/01/16/lamb-and-rice-dinner-for-dogs-or-for-people/ http://www.tasteslikefood.com/2009/01/16/lamb-and-rice-dinner-for-dogs-or-for-people/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:24:41 +0000 Bacon Is Good http://www.tasteslikefood.com/2009/01/16/lamb-and-rice-dinner-for-dogs-or-for-people/ I am now a proud owner of a puppy: a 10 month old Yellow Lab (yeay!). Since I care so much about food, I figure my pooch must too. We started out feeding her some regular dry kibble. Then after a little research and reading, I decided I’d start mixing in some fresh cooked food with her dry food. The doggie’s first batch of food is a mix of lamb, veggies and rice. Here’s what I did:

Lamb, carrots in the skillet cooking

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb ground lamb
  • 2 cups chopped carrots
  • 1/2 cup chopped parsley (stems included)
  • 2 cups beef broth
  • 2 cups rice (uncooked)

Directions:

  1. Cook rice per directions
  2. Brown ground lamb in a small amount of olive oil
  3. When the ground lamb is most-of-the-way through cooking, add carrots and beef stock.
  4. Cook until meat is done.
  5. Turn off heat, add parsley and cooked rice.

Lamb & Rice Dinner

It was super easy and relatively inexpensive. That night, I cut her normal dinner to about 2/3 it’s usual size and mixed in a cup of the warm Lamb & Rice Dinner — Marla (the dog) loved the new-and-improved dinner! She went back twice to her food bowl to lick the empty dish a few times more. I put some in the fridge to be added to more of her dinners, and froze about 2/3 of the rice and lamb meal. In the future, I’ll add different vegetables, and switch to brown rice for more nutrition. This is people-grade food, so I can eat it too, though it seemed a little funny… (If you do this at home, don’t use onions or garlic — they’re not good for dogs.)

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