Sunday, October 3, 2010

Cheap Hypoallergenic Dog Treats

If you follow my blog you may remember me whining about vet bills. Turns out all that scratching was due to food allergies. We're still deciding which foods. I've found one culprit but there appears to be another. In the mean time we are carrying on with our limited diet. "Hypoallergenic" dog treats can be quite pricy. Often they'll use meats like duck or salmon or sometimes they'll use things as simple as sweet potatoes and you find yourself paying twice as much for treats. My dog is very food oriented so I like to have a variety of treats around. Here's a super easy recipe. Even if your dog doesn't have food allergies you can appreciate the simplicity and the healthy ingredients.

1 cup of peanut butter mixed with half cup of milk
1 cup of mashed potato flakes (read ingredients, skip the packs with additional ingredients like garlic, etc) - add to mix above

Keep adding potato flakes until you get a dough that's fairly easy to work with. Then you can do whatever you want. Roll them and cut them into shapes, drop them onto the pan like drop cookies. I roll into little balls and flatten between my hands. Bake at 375 degrees until done. This is 16 minutes for flattened cookies about the size of a quarter. Longer for drop cookies. These store for a few weeks. I keep some in the refrigerator and put the rest into the freezer until I need them, just to be sure.