Beef And Broccoli Adult Dog Food Recipe
NOTE: This food is for adult dogs only.
Ingredients
Makes 12.4 pounds of raw food. This is roughly a 10-12 day supply for a 50 pound dog. You may need to adjust the daily amount based on your dog’s breed and activity level.
- 8 lbs ground beef (no more than 15% fat)
- 2 lbs beef heart
- 0.75 lbs beef liver
- 2 stalks organic kale
- 1 stalk chopped broccoli
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 1/2 cup Better Bones
- 1/4 cup chopped maitake mushrooms (can be lightly cooked)
- 3 Tbsp ground raw sunflower seeds
- 2 Tbsp kelp
- 1 Tbsp spirulina
- 2 tsp Himalayan pink salt
Directions
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. If feeding raw, place in the fridge for no more than 3 days.
If cooking, move to a casserole pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 300 F for 45 – 60 minutes. The food should be warm and slightly pink in the middle.
Serve it warm and place the remaining food in the fridge.
Important
If you use beef that isn’t raised on pasture, this recipe will have an omega-6/omega-3 ratio of 8:1. This is quite rich in Linoleic Acid, a fatty acid that can cause chronic inflammation if not properly balanced with anti-inflammatory fatty acids including GLA and EPA.
We recommend feeding Safe-Sea daily to help balance your dog’s fatty acids. This will bring the omega-6/omega-3 ratio down from 10.56:1 to 2.57:1.
It’s important that you don’t add any fish or marine oil to the recipe directly. To reduce oxidation, marine oils should not be cooked or sitting. If adding marine oil or Safe-Sea, add it to the food right before serving.
IMPORTANT
The ingredients in this recipe have been carefully chosen to meet AAFCO minimum nutrition requirements for adult dogs. Don’t replace ingredients or vary the amounts too much … this may unbalance the food. You can add a small amount of fresh vegetables or berries with every serving.
How Much To Feed
In general, dogs should eat about 2-3% of their body weight daily in raw food. Here’s a rough guide for this recipe:
- 10 lb dog: Recipe will make a 60 day supply
- 25 lb dog: Recipe will make an 24 day supply
- 50 lb dog: Recipe will make a 12 day supply
- 75 lb dog: Recipe will make a 8 day supply
- 100 lb dog: Recipe will make a 6 day supply
Nutritional Information
Typical analysis on a caloric basis:
- Calories per pound: 721
Analysis
- Protein: 17.15%
- Fat: 11.15%
- Ash: 2.21%
- Moisture: 67.85%
- Fiber: 0.41%
- Carbohydrate: 1.24%
Fats
- Total fat: 69.45 g/1,000 kcal
- Saturated fat: 25.96 g/1,000 kcal
- Monounsaturated fat: 28.29 g/1,000 kcal
- Polyunsaturated fat: 3.78 g/1,000 kcal
- Linoleic Acid: 3.09 g/1,000 kcal
- A-Linolenic Acid: 0.32 g/1,000 kcal
- Arachidonic Acid: 0.33 g/1,000 kcal
- Omega-6/omega-3: 10.56:1
- Omega-6/omega-3 with Safe-Sea: 2.57:1
Minerals
- Calcium: 2.12 g/kg
- Phosphorus: 2.06 g/kg
- Ca:P Ratio: 1.03:1 /kg
- Potassium: 1.87 g/kg
- Sodium: 0.98 g/kg
- Magnesium: 0.17 g/kg
- Iron: 18.7 mg/kg
- Copper: 4.66 mg/kg
- Manganese: 4.57 mg/kg
- Zinc: 22.90 mg/kg
- Selenium: 0.10 mg/kg
Vitamins
- Vitamin A: 44,332.20 IU/kg
- Vitamin C: 215.36 mg/kg
- Vitamin D: 619.44 IU/kg
- Vitamin E: 24.85 IU/kg
- Thiamine (B1): 3.21 mg/kg
- Riboflavin (B2): 13.38 mg/kg
- Niacin (B3): 161.60 mg/kg
- Pantothenic Acid (B5): 35.58 mg/kg
- Pyridoxine (B6): 10.96 mg/kg
- Vitamin (B12): 0.20 mg/kg
- Folic Acid: 0.94 mg/kg
- Choline: 2878.93 mg/kg
- Vitamin (K1): 694.47 mg/kg
- Biotin: 2.08 mg/kg
This recipe is for adult dogs only. Recipe is based on typical nutrient values, which may vary from item to item. Analysis and nutrient amounts are approximate.
