Oh, this is proper nutrition. Now it is relevant not only for a modern person, but also for a cat. Of course, you can go to the store and buy all the food from meat in bags to dry food and canned stew. It is convenient but expensive. The cost of the diet of a beloved pet will result in more than one thousand rubles. Therefore, it is better, cheaper, and more convenient to cook food yourself.
For a moment: what you should not feed a cat
Pour milk into the cat and ruin the digestion. It is not recommended to give it to an adult animal. Presence in the diet of kittens is allowed up to the age of three months. Further this product needs to be excluded. But then you can give cottage cheese, kefir and natural yogurts no more than 9% fat. However, you will not be fed up with them.
Features of other products:
- A fish. It is given to the cat only after heat treatment, it is recommended to use marine species and not more than once a week. It is important to use boneless fillets, which cause microtrauma to internal organs.
- Cereals. They can not be excluded, this is an important element of the diet. It is advisable to give preference to rice, wheat, oats. Do not use millet and buckwheat in dishes.
- Vegetables. Cats are predators in nature, but they also need vegetables. It is advisable to give preference to pumpkin, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower, beets. Do not use potatoes, white cabbage in the diet.
- Salt. The cat doesn't need her.
- Fats. You can add butter and vegetable oil if the meat or offal is lean.
Approximately 60-75% of the diet should be meat products. It is advisable to heat them, this will save the cat from infection with helminths and various other diseases. Since it is expensive to feed a cat with pure meat, it is much more profitable and more convenient to cook mixed dishes.
Rice with ventricles and carrots
Chicken stomachs are a great offal for a cat. If you add it with rice, you get a very attractive dish. In addition, it can mask carrots, which not all pets love.
Ingredients
- 200 g of ventricles;
- 50-60 g of carrots;
- 0.3 tbsp. rice;
- 1 tsp butter.
Cooking method
- Wash the stomachs. If there are yellow skins on them, then peel, rinse again, cut into pieces. You can cook the whole, but it is more convenient to grind.
- Pour stomachs into a saucepan, add butter, cover and simmer for about five minutes.
- Add about a glass of hot water, it should cover the ventricles, boil for 15-20 minutes.
- Rub or cut carrots, fall asleep to the ventricles.
- Rinse the rice, take any kind, add next. Cook until soft, do not add any spices.
- Cool the finished dish. You can give the cat in this form or slightly chop with a blender, but not to the state of mashed potatoes, let small pieces remain.
Wheat cereal liver
Another budget and healthy product is the liver. You can take chicken, pork, beef liver. Here's the recipe for stew with wheat grits and pumpkin. It turns out a very satisfying, but cheap dish.
Ingredients
- 300 g of any liver;
- 100 g pumpkin;
- 0.5 carrots;
- 0.5 tbsp. wheat groats;
- 1-2 tsp vegetable oil.
Cooking method
- Cut carrots and pumpkins into cubes of any size, you can grate, add to a saucepan, add 300 ml of water, boil for a couple of minutes.
- Rinse wheat groats, add to vegetables, cook together for another ten minutes.
- There is time to prepare the liver. We rinse, cut, remove the film. Add to the pan.
- The liver is cooked very quickly, so we focus on croup. If the stew is thick, then you can add more hot water.
- Add a little oil to the dish, chopped with a blender if desired.
Vegetables with hearts
Another simple dish that is cooked with chicken hearts. But if you wish, you can take a pork or beef heart instead. Additionally, broccoli will be needed, you can replace the cauliflower.
Ingredients
- 300 g of hearts;
- 150 g broccoli;
- 2 tablespoons of rice;
- 1 carrot.
Cooking method
- Ate chicken hearts, then you need to squeeze a blood clot from each, it is inside. Next, cut, pour into a pan, fill with water and boil for about twenty minutes.
- Add washed rice and chopped carrots, cook another quarter hour.
- Next we drive broccoli inflorescences, bring to readiness. Grind at will.
Chicken with oatmeal and cottage cheese
For this dish, you can use chicken fillet or trim from the thigh, any other parts. Even a ready-made chicken with broth, which was cooked for its soup, will do. You can just put it a little in another saucepan.
Ingredients
- 200 g of chicken;
- 3 tablespoons of oatmeal;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 tbsp. l cottage cheese up to 9% fat;
Cooking method
- Cut the chicken, pour in 250 ml of water, boil until tender, add grated carrot for about five minutes.
- Add oatmeal, boil for another five minutes, turn off and leave for half an hour, let it brew.
- Add cottage cheese to a warm dish, stir.
Procurement for future use
Despite the presence of canned cat foods in stores, you should not roll up cans. Firstly, for this you need small dishes, secondly, it will take a lot of time, thirdly, there is no guarantee that the homemade stew or stew for pussy explodes in a couple of days. Yes, and it happens. The best way to prepare food for the future is freezing.
Features of freezing cat dishes:
- It is necessary to use small containers of 0.1-0.2 liters, so that after thawing the animal ate the dish in 1-2 days. Special bags for freezing foods are also suitable. Often they are equipped with a convenient ZIP fastener.
- Only fresh food needs to be frozen. If the dish is prepared yesterday or the day before yesterday, then it is not suitable for preparation.
- Before freezing cat food, you need to cook and cool to room temperature, only then lay it out, close it, send it to the freezer.
- Thaw dishes for cats in the refrigerator, convenient to get out at night. Then you can put off portions and heat in the microwave or on the stove.
You can freeze not only ready-made dishes for cats, but also semi-finished products for them. For example, when buying fresh stomachs, it is wiser to immediately wash, cut, portion them and send them to the freezer. Next time, you just need to throw it into the pan without first thawing and processing.
