Kong Stuffers made with HEART
sandy mcpadden
Organ meat.
The thought of eating it makes me want to gag. Even after saying that, and I am pretty sure that I will get comments telling me that I should eat them. {I won't}
For the dogs (and cats!), though, these little organs can pack a punch, nutritionally. Their odor can too, when they're dehydrating.
When I am in the dehydrating mood, I pull out a few things at a time. This week I dried Beef liver, chicken gizzards and hearts, sweet potato and green beans.
Playing the stocking stuffer game is pretty simple if you're using your dehydrator.
Here what you'll need:
- Beef Liver
- Chicken Gizzards & Hearts
- Green Beens
- Sweet potatoes
- Dehydrator
- Mason Jars
- A WWII gas mask to prevent you from vomiting when you smell organs drying in your house
Rinse all of your goods before preparing. Cut the liver and sweet potatoes into 1/2 inch thick slices. This makes the final width easy enough to break in Kong stuff-able sizes. Some blank the sweet potatoes first, I do not and maybe thats why mine are really dull in appearance.
I dehydrated the meats together and the veggies together.
Miss Addie was obviously in love. As the taste tester, you get the good and the bad. She got off easy today.
These make great stocking stuffers for your dogs and cats, but they're a wonderful gesture for friends of the fury variety as well.
A cute Ball Mason Jar with a touch of raffia makes a for a healthy homemade gift with heart. Get it? A gift with HEART?