My Meowmy was watching well known shopping network and she came across of the video on which they were preparing homemade treats for dogs. She realized she would love to have healthy, wholesome, tasty treats for me, her beloved kitty! I am extremely finicky sphynx and my favorite food in the whole wide World is…. tuuuuunaaaa!!!

I love treats which are made with wheat grass and tuna or cheese in them. Mom, who is obsessed with my diet, noticed that most cat treats (besides frozen dry proteins such as : poultry, meats, seafood) are packed with sugars, corn, preservatives, colors, salt, by-products or just plainly bad recipes. It is the main reasons she gives me only few types of treats. Today she decided to try to make me some goodies which would include my favorite proteins: tuna and organic, grass fed beef.

You must know she is not the greatest of cooks. Once she was preparing cake from the package for her friend and by mistake read one more zero behind the volume of water she should add. So instead 100 ml she read 1000 ml ! She placed her “diluted cake” in the oven. Two hours later she was really surprised cake was still runny. Then she looked at the box again…

This story gives you idea how clever she is in the kitchen. So if she could do treats for me, so can you for your cat.

Cranberry Infused Tuna Cat Cookies

1 can of tuna in oil,drained

2 tsp original cranberry juice

1/4 -1/3 cup of unbleached flour

1/5 – 1/3 cup chicken broth (you might use beef broth as well or just water)

2 tbsp of quality oil (EVOO or Grape Seed Oil)

1) Drain tuna and blend until smooth.

2) Place flour in bowl, add tuna and cranberry juice.

3) Mix together by spoon or (clean) hand.

4) Pour few tbsp of chicken broth until it’s easy to make shapes out of the dough (keep adding either chicken broth or flour to get desired consistency).

5) Add oil, it should make easier to roll dough and cut out shapes with cookie cutter. You might also mold little treats with hands (as Meowmy did).

6) Preheat oven to 350ºF.

7) Place shaped dough on greased baking sheets.Bake until golden brown for about 20-30 minutes (every oven is different , so the first time just test one cookie before removing them all), also bake longer if your cookies are thick.

8) Let stand on baking sheets on wire racks for 5 minutes, then remove them with a spatula to wire racks to cool completely.

Crispy Organic Lean Beef Cat Biscuits

1/2 cup of grounded organic lean beef ( or protein of your choice)

1/4 – 1/2 cup of unbleached flour

1/4 -1/2 cup of chicken broth 3 tbsp of quality oil

1) Cook beef in 1/4 cup of chicken broth until medium done.

2) After cooling blend meat, it’s juices and oil into a smooth paste.

3) In a medium bowl put flour, blended meat paste and mix all ingredients together.

4) Repeat steps from 4 to 8 from recipe above.

Some cats love catnip, you might ground some and add to your batter. Now it’s time to let your cat decide if she approves of your creation. You must remember to break treats to small size morsels before serving, because you cats can’t grind food.

You might also crumble them on the top of the wet food to make cats’ diet more exciting. If you take your kitty out a lot (on the leash, “purrse” or in a stroller) cat treats make a purrfect, healthy snack on the go.

Those recipes and ingredients are here to inspire you to become future “gourmet pastry chef for your cats”, you might change few things around, experiment as you go and add your cat’s favorite food.

Meowmy didn’t put cheese because she really believes hard cheeses are over-processed. But in case you wanted add some good quality cheese, you are welcome to. It brings a little ” funky aroma” which we cats go for. You might sprinkle treats with grated cheese, right after you took them from the oven (it will melt on the top).

Work on ingredients, experiment with different flavors, textures. You might add wet or baby food into a batter. Homemade treats will save you few dollars and they are healthy, natural option to ones bought from the store. You can store them refrigerated in tightly closed jar up to 2 weeks.

If you prepared too many, freeze some. Making treats with your cat is fun, yet creative way of spending your time together. So enjoy designing your treats and spoiling your kitty!

Meowglish Dictionary:

Meowmy- human mom of the cat

Purrse- purse or bag to carry pets in

Purrfect- perfect

Funky- stinky

Tuuuuunaaaa- tuna

Meowglish- English used by cats

Written by Coco-Mau Aqua