Brandon Schultz - Cooking for Two: Your Dog & You!: Delicious Recipes for You and Your Favorite Canine

Skyhorse and Skyhorse Publishing are registered trademarks of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Visit our website at www.skyhorsepublishing.com. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file. Cover design by R. Kurt Osenlund Cover photos by Brandon Schultz and iStock All recipe photos and photo on by Yvette Grant. All other dog images by iStock.

Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-1495-3 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-1496-0 Printed in China A dog desires affection more than its dinner.
Wellalmost. C HARLOTTE G RAY TABLE OF CONTENTS A NOTE ON INGREDIENTS As with any recipe, you should feel free to adapt ingredients and methods as your tastes and experience allow. Unlike most recipes, youre cooking these for your canine family, too. Many foods that are innocuous to humans can be toxic to dogs in certain quantities, and some ingredients may be fatal at any dosage. Please familiarize yourself with the list on the next page, and never add anything from the No-No list to any part of the meal that your pup will consume! Though some of these can be consumed in very small quantities, its better to be safe than sorry. With very few exceptions, the recipes in this book avoid even those ingredients that are only dangerous at high dosage, and the exceptions are clearly noted.

I strongly recommend you do not add any quantity of these ingredients on your own when making alterations to the recipes for puppy, and I urge you only to adapt recipes for humans! A well-trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it. H ELEN T HOMSON NO-NO LIST Just Dont Do It! Avocado Chocolate Cinnamon (very small doses okay) Citrus fruit or juice Coffee (including grounds) Fat (dont let puppy eat fat trimmings while preparing meals) Fish (especially raw, but avoid it entirely for safety) Fruitsee the note below Garlic (there are safe ways to incorporate garlic, but just avoid it for safetys sake) Grapes Mushrooms Nutmeg (very small doses okay) Nuts (especially macadamia) Onions Raisins Salt (in excess, so dont add it!) Sugar (in excess, so dont add it!) Tomato plant (the fruit, when red and ripe, is safe, but no part of the plant) A SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT FRUIT Most fruits (aside from grapes) are okay for dogs, but the seeds (apples, pears) and pits (apricots, cherries, pears, plums) are internally obstructive and potentially fatal, so be sure your dog only has access to the flesh of the fruits you provide! If youre unsure about a particular fruit, the ASPCA* provides an extensive, online list of plants and fruits that are potentially dangerous, so check it out before offering anything new to your pup! Dogs are as intelligent as the average two-year-old human. A Note on Bite Sizes In addition to the importance of controlling serving size for your pup, its important to keep the bite size in mind as well. Dogs range so dramatically in size that a safe swallow for one could easily be a choking hazard for another. If your buddy is a Chihuahua, chop chop chop! If you pal around with a Great Dane, on the other hand, present the food in pieces that you might serve to a toddler.

Youve probably noticed that your dog can handle larger bites, but theres no reason to take any risks with your best four-legged friend. Youre already making all the effort to prepare these delicious recipes for your doggytake the last step and chop appropriately! A Note on Portion Sizes Because these recipes are only to be used as an occasional treatand not your dogs daily dose of nutritionyou can provide your pup with a meal about the same size as his normal meal. If he typically gets 1 cup of dog food for a meal, give him about 1 cup of food from these recipes! Chase designed these recipes for a medium-sized dog, like himself, so adjust down for a smaller breed and up for a larger one without fear! SNACKS & SIDES APPLES & PEANUT BUTTER Apples are a great, healthy snack for your four-legged friend. They contain vitamins A and C along with fiber, and theyre also reported to help clean your dogs teeth and freshen his breath! Ingredients FOR BOTH 2 medium apples, your favorite variety cup peanut butter Preparation 1. Peel the apples. 2. 2.

Slice the apples and discard all seeds and hard flesh close to the core. FOR HUMANS 1. Serve 1 apples worth of slices on a plate with a side of peanut butter for dipping. FOR DOGS 1. Your dog will likely enjoy the apples without the peanut butter, but if youre looking to really treat him, smear a bit of peanut butter across the remaining apple slices. 2.

Chop into bite-size pieces and serve. Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. R OGER C ARAS Why are dogs ears so expressive? They have over a dozen muscles controlling their movements, giving them plenty of options! CHICKEN SOUP WITH CARROTS Your pup always comforts you when youre sick, so why not reward Dr. Dog with some of your chicken noodle soup? Ingredients FOR BOTH 6 cups chicken broth, made from chicken bouillon* 1 small bundle fresh parsley, tied (about ten stems) 1 pound chicken (your favorite parts), chopped 1 cup chopped carrots (about 4 medium carrots) cup heavy cream FOR HUMANS 1 cup egg noodles, cooked (optional) Salt and pepper to taste Preparation 1. Heat water and chicken bouillon* over medium-high heat until the bouillon is fully dissolved. 2.

Set aside two stems of parsley. Add the rest to the pot (still tied), along with the chopped chicken, and cook for 8 minutes. 3. Add the carrots and cook for an additional 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. 4. Remove the tied parsley from the pot and discard.