Balanced homemade dog food recipes

Each recipe below was run through our engine: every ingredient from USDA FoodData Central, the whole bowl compared with the AAFCO adult maintenance profile per 1,000 kcal, then balanced with the supplements that close the gaps. Scale any of them to your dog for free. None of them is a substitute for your vet’s advice, and none is “vet approved”.

• Chicken & rice

  Cooked

  The classic: chicken thigh, white rice, carrots, a little chicken liver and sunflower oil.

  Meat 48%, Grain 34%, Veg 13%, Liver 5%, Oil 1%

  Unbalanced: 9 short, 1 over. Balanced with 10 supplements: 0 short, 0 over.

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• Beef & sweet potato

  Cooked

  Ground beef (90% lean), baked sweet potato, green beans and beef liver.

  Meat 50%, Starch 30%, Veg 15%, Liver 5%

  Unbalanced: 6 short, 0 over. Balanced with 5 supplements: 0 short, 0 over.

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• Turkey & oats

  Cooked

  Ground turkey, oatmeal cooked in water, zucchini and chicken liver.

  Meat 50%, Grain 30%, Veg 15%, Liver 5%

  Unbalanced: 7 short, 0 over. Balanced with 6 supplements: 0 short, 0 over.

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• Cod & potato

  Cooked

  Cooked Atlantic cod, boiled potato, green peas and a hard-boiled egg.

  Meat 5%, Fish 43%, Starch 38%, Veg 14%

  Unbalanced: 11 short, 0 over. Balanced with 8 supplements: 0 short, 0 over.

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• Lamb & barley

  Cooked

  Ground lamb, pearled barley, carrots and beef liver.

  Meat 50%, Grain 30%, Veg 15%, Liver 5%

  Unbalanced: 15 short, 0 over. Balanced with 12 supplements: 0 short, 0 over.

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• Sardines & brown rice

  Cooked

  Canned sardines with their soft bones, brown rice, spinach and an egg.

  Meat 11%, Fish 34%, Grain 41%, Veg 14%

  Unbalanced: 6 short, 0 over. Balanced with 6 supplements: 0 short, 0 over.

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• Raw chicken BARF

  Raw

  BARF-style: chicken thigh, chicken liver, beef kidney and broccoli. Calcium from a powder instead of bone.

  Muscle 78%, Liver 6%, Organ 6%, Veg 11%

  Unbalanced: 8 short, 0 over. Balanced with 7 supplements: 0 short, 0 over.

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• Raw beef PMR

  Raw

  Prey-model style: ground beef (90% lean), beef liver and beef kidney. Calcium from a powder instead of bone.

  Muscle 89%, Liver 6%, Organ 6%

  Unbalanced: 9 short, 0 over. Balanced with 8 supplements: 0 short, 0 over.

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Composition by weight. Supplements are worked out per 1,000 kcal against AAFCO adult maintenance. Raw recipes get calcium from a powder instead of bone, because we have no lab data we trust for the calcium in raw bone.