LindsSays: Homemade

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Ok so these are essentially beef flavored cookies and I am pretty sure Harrison would enjoy these just as much as the dog (for the record- he refused to try them. If you are successful in tricking a human to eat these please let me know).

Anyway I couldn't help but laugh while I was making these for two reasons:

This 3 ingredient recipe is pretty much clean. Hey if I'm gonna have a bougie diet so is my dog.
These are laughably easy to make. And cheaper than spending $15 on dog treats that picky dogs like Andi may or may not like.

So here it is, the world's easiest clean eating beef flavored cookie:

Servings: 12 medium sized biscuits (of varying sizes. Next time I'm going to try to make them the exact size to fit into the Kong. Def spent a few minutes weighing the possibility of actually baking a treat into the Kong. I mean...)

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

2.5 Cups of Steel Cut Oats
1 Egg
1/2 Cup Beef or Chicken Broth

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Mix together 2 Cups of oats and the egg. Next mix in the broth. Once it is all mixed together add another 1/2 cup of oats. Knead the dough for 2-3 minutes. Make your dough into any shapes you want on a non-stick baking sheet and heat for 25 minutes.

These treats don't have any preservatives so remember to keep them refrigerated in a bag or tupperware.

And that's it. Yep, that easy.

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Easy Homemade Dog Treats

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Right now I picture life in our tiny apartment as a House Hunters intro: "We just need more space! We've been barely getting by!" as the BF, dog and I awkwardly rub bodies in the impossibly narrow galley kitchen during coffee hour, then the camera pans to me as I stand on a chair to reach the food in the cabinets that are built for comfortable accessibility to NBA players.

I'm not one to present problems without solutions, but we're in the home-buying process so our time in this place is limited which makes me hesitant (hesitant is not the right word- refuse maybe?) to invest any money (literally any, even $5) into organizing or bettering our current abode. However, for my Type A personality, some things need to be fixed (junk drawers, tornado-ridden pantries, cluttered closet space). Enter: new series: Organizing Life in a Place You Literally Can't Even Invest $1 On.

Part I: The Kitchen Junk Drawer
Every time I opened our junk drawer I needed a paper bag on hand to breathe into as panic attacks set in. No more panic attacks (over the junk drawer at least).

Here's what I did:

Saved all things cardboard (pictured: Freezer bag box, aluminum foil box, cereal box)
Cut the bottom out of the boxes (my new box things are about 3 inches tall. this depends on how big your drawers are. You want them big enough to hold a few items but short enough to close the drawers)
Arrange them in the drawer
Put junk in them (Sidenote: if you get as excited as me try categorizing the sections! Office supplies in here, oven stuff in here, wine stuff in here)
If you have time/paint you can paint these or mod podge them and make them pretty! But really I'm not trying to do anything permanent here.

Organizing Life Without Spending Money: Part I

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

I subscribe to BarkPost which is pretty much the most useful/happiest newsletter on earth for dog owners. Today they published a list of 17 Life Hacks Every Dog Parent Should Know which includes HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN DOG SHAMPOO!!! With things from around the house!! Do you know how much money I have spent on doggie shampoo? #LifeChanging .

Lifehack #4: Make your own shampoo.

With 1 cup of dish soap, 1 cup of vinegar, and 1 quart of warm water, you can have a simple, natural shampoo for your pup! (Info source, Image source.)

My other favorite that I will be using this winter:

Lifehack #17: Protect your pup’s paws in the winter with Vaseline.

Oof. Can you imagine what it would feel like to walk around on those salty + snowy sidewalks in the winter? Protect your pup’s paws from chapping and cracking by applying a bit of Vaseline to them before you go out each time. After your walk, you can just rinse the paws in warm water to get rid of any salt or chemicals your four-legged ruv might’ve picked up. (Info from ASPCA.)

Homemade Doggie Shampoo

Friday, October 18, 2013

My dog has jaws of steel. Seriously, one time she thought the people mowing the yard were trying to break into her house and chewed the metal doorknob into a completely flat piece. Needless to say Andi can only chew the highest quality toys, as raw hides last approximately 10 minutes in her jaws (and give her horrible diahrrea- did you know you can give dogs pepto for upset tummies??). So I discovered the RUBBER KONG, one of the most durable chew toys in the industry (I always order one with my petcarerx orders because they have great deals on them- $6.99 versus $20.00 at the pet stores.

Being the diva that she is, Andi is quick to give up if she doesn't get immediate results (fetch? why would we do that? what's in it for me?). Being a relative of mine, she can't resist peanut butter. Being the genius that I am, I discovered this gem:

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour freeze time
Servings: 1 kong worth

Ingredients

1 scoop of peanut butter
1/4 cup water

Thoroughly mix the peanut butter and water until it's runny. I have found the natural peanut butter mixes much easier. Spoon the peanut butter mixture into the kong toy (there's no glamorous way to do this- I usually set the kong on a plate and spoon the peanut butter in, sometimes poke it down with my finger). Wrap the kong in a plastic bag (roommates get weird about dog toys touching their food in the freezer, plus it makes for easy clean up if the PB oozes out) and put in the freezer for an hour, or until frozen. Watch your dog entertain herself for hours. HOURS. Can you imagine having peanut butter ice cream stuck inside of something? I would be fighting for that for hours too. I mean this is too easy. Just too easy.