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Recipe: Chicken Liver Biscuits

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You might not think these biscuits smell like daisies, but Truffle begs to differ!

Ingredients

2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 egg
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup water or chicken broth
170g cooked chicken liver (about 3/4 cup)

Rinse raw chicken liver in cold water. In a pot or pan, add enough water to cover livers, bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for 10-15 min. Let cool.

Preheat oven to 375F.

Combine your dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.

In a food processor, blend your cooked chicken liver with olive oil. Add this pate and your wet ingredients to the mixing bowl and bring together by hand or with a stand mixer until you have a ball of cookie dough.

Roll out your dough to about a 1/2 inch thickness, and go to town with your chosen cookie cutter.

Bake on parchment paper or on a greased cookie sheet at 375F. for 20 min. You can go up to 30 if using a large cookie cutter or if you want a harder biscuit. I personally like dog treats I can break into smaller pieces without crumbling.

After the biscuits have cooled, store in fridge for up to a week, or freeze.

DOG REVIEW: Office dog Cosmo gave these biscuits 2 paws up and a “Can I have another please?” face!

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Review: Trader Joe’s Turkey & Cranberry Dog Treats

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I was drawn in by the delightfully silly box art.

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These treats are shaped like turkey legs, and they measure about 1.5 inches on the long end. They’re very hard, not at all crumbly, which is good if you want to put a few treats in your pocket or something… But, the first time we gave Truffle a biscuit, she pushed it out of her mouth. She wasn’t sure what to do with the size (too small for gnawing on, too big to chew normally). Once I broke it in half, she ate it, and she’s been fine with them since. She doesn’t get super excited but she will GOBBLE GOBBLE them regardless.

Trader Joe’s lists the ingredients as: turkey, wheat flour, molasses, canola oil, cranberries, rosemary, thyme and soy.

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Recipe: Carroty Quenelle Cookies

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Ingredients

3 carrots, grated or chopped in a food processor
2 ripe bananas
1 egg
1/4 cup olive oil
2.5 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oats

Preheat oven to 350F.

Combine your dry ingredients, then bring together with the wet ingredients, either by hand or in a stand mixer.

Make your Quenelles by using 2 spoons (I chose small teaspoons so the cookies would fit in our medium size Kong). Scoop a ball of dough, then scrape with the second spoon to form the shape of an American football… or perhaps a rounder version of the spaceship in Flight of the Navigator??

Bake for 35 minutes. The cookies should be cooked through to the center but easy to break apart without crumbling.

Truffle loves her veggies, so I wasn’t surprised that she was into these cookies. The surprising thing was when we brought some out at her favorite dog park, and all the dogs started to flock to these treats. Some of the people said their dogs usually turned their adorable noses up at carrots, so it was nice to be able to sneak some in cookie form.