The Farmer’s Dog DIY: Homemade Beef Dog Food Recipe
The Farmer’s Dog DIY: Homemade Beef Dog Food Recipe
This homemade dog food recipe is as easy to make as it is nutritious. We know a lot of dogs who can’t wait to dig into a bowl of beef and veggies and we think your dog will feel the same.
Watch our step-by-step video guide to preparing, cooking, and storing this recipe for homemade dog food with ground beef and vegetables and visit https://www.thefarmersdog.com/diy for more homemade dog food recipes, and info and advice on cooking for your dog at home.
How to make homemade beef and vegetables dog food:
Ingredients
1115g (2.5lb) 90% lean ground beef
290g (2 cups) sweet potato – shredded or finely diced
290g (3 cups) carrots – shredded or cut into ¼ inch dice
175g (fresh 51/2 cups; frozen 3/4 cup) spinach – chopped
135g (3 large) eggs
14g (1 tbsp.) sunflower oil
1g (¼ tsp.) salmon oil
1 packet The Farmers Dog DIY Nutrient Mix
Ingredient note: Fresh or frozen vegetables may be used in these recipes. For best results, weigh by grams and use food safe thermometer.
Equipment: 5+ quart pot/skillet or Dutch oven, knife and cutting board or food processor (or buy pre-cut frozen), spatula, kitchen scale (optional), food thermometer (optional)
Instructions:
1) Place pot/skillet or Dutch oven over medium to medium-high heat on the stovetop. Pour in the sunflower oil and spread evenly to coat the bottom.
2) Add the ground beef. Break apart and stir until the meat is no longer pink and is broken into small pieces.
3) Add the sweet potato and carrots and cook until the sweet potatoes are soft and easily break apart or are tender when pierced with a fork.*
4) Add the spinach and cook until wilted and stir to evenly distribute throughout the mixture.
5) Add the eggs and salmon oil to the pot. Break the yolks and stir to evenly distribute. Cook until the egg is firm and no longer runny. If using a food-safe thermometer, check the temperature in several places to verify that a food-safe temperature of 165°F is reached throughout. Otherwise, ensure all meat and eggs are cooked thoroughly.**
6) Remove the pot from the heat and sprinkle the package of The Farmer’s Dog DIY Nutrient Mix evenly across the surface. Stir to evenly distribute throughout the food until you can no longer see the nutrient mix.
Notes:
*Be sure to check that the vegetables are soft and easily broken in order to avoid choking hazards. Large chunks may require additional cooking time.
**In order to maintain safe ready-to-eat meals it is important that all food reaches the USDA guidelines for safety.
How does the nutrient pack differ from a multi vitamin with pre/pro-biotics?
How can I buy the packets
I love farmers’ dog as a whole! great company, super accommodating, and above all, thank you for sharing your recipes during this very challenging economic time. thank you for loving our pets.
(right off the farmers dog website) remember they should be listed in order from most to least.. I question a few of these and web searches has contradicting answers to whether it’s safe for dogs or not.
Ingredient List
Tricalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Choline Bitartrate, Sea Salt, Taurine, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Ferrous Amino Acid Chelate, Vitamin E Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2), Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Folic Acid.
Bob loves this- thank you!
Sunflower oil is an inflammatory oil. Please don’t use it in your food.
Can I use coconut oil instead of sunflower oil?
How much do you feed per body weight?
how much of this recipe would you feed a 55-60lb dog?
Sunflower oil?? You clearly need to be educated on seed oils. Thank god I never bought this garbage
We feed our dogs a totally raw homemade recipe that varies, but is often similar. It’s easier to prepare due to not cooking the meat or eggs, and healthy. After years of this, we gave up more complicated steps and rarely ever cook the meat, but do use canned sweet potato or pumpkin that has been cooked.
Because we need to completely change things up
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This is amazing! Thank you for sharing. How many cups of food does this recipe make?
Is that good for a cup and a half for breakfast and dinner? How much meat would that be?
I want to see your CEO eat a bowl right out of the package. Since it says human grade ingredients
How much do you need to fix for a fat mini sausage dog
What are the white packets, thet you put in and how much is in there
I have a senior dog that I adopted and she can’t eat any food with chunks in it – she just swallows it whole and then throws up. So to make this, I guess I’ll need to puree the veggies?
This is healthier than my own diet lol
Wow, a pet food company offering a homemade food recipe! Thank you!
Should we drain the ground beef once browned?
What’s in that top secret packet of powder ya’ll sellin?
For this recipe, how many pounds of food does it make?
wish I could afford the nutrient packs but Im retired and don’t have a lot of spare money
This made me realize I unironically eat dog food all the time, plus or minus a couple ingredients..But since your dog can’t talk I’ll let you know for them that this recipe is absolutely delicious!😂😂
Put tylenol there, grind it to powder for easy swallowing. Keeps fever at bay for dogs. 😀
I have 3 husky tok adults and 1 puppy the puppy will eat and eat until she vomits because of being so full.
My adults know when to stop but my puppy just wants to eat and eat all the time.
Took her to the vet and she is very healthy
are we supposed to use organic ingredients?
How many times do you feed the dog?
Do NOT give your animals industrial poison hexane seed oils and remove them from your diet also. Research THE HATEFUL 8
Can you buy the nutrients mix
how can we order the mineral packets? i can’t afford the food but i could make this recipe and top it off with the mineral packet.
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DO NOT USE Sunflower Oil Seed Oils are killing our pets and humans. They are horrible for your health.
Bad, bad , bad , dogs need grains or they develop heart problems google [do dogs need grains] bible is the secret to eating right even a dog See Matt 15 : 27 [Niv] bible . Dog food is horrific, full of by products, chemicals . There was no dog food in a bag or can before the 60’s dogs ate what the people ate and they lived into their 20’s . Also, dogs do not need fruits/ veg because they produce their own vitamin C a fact .
looks so good I eat it if it was with pasta
Yeah but what’s in the nutrient pack lol . Sneaky
How much of this should I be feeding my dog? Is there some sort of chart I can refer to?
Thank you for sharing your recipe to us❤
I use farmer’s dog but want to make my own food. I can not find on the website where to buy the nutrient mix. I have two dogs now and cannot afford to feed them both this food.
Where do u find the dog nutrients
Why they use seed oils for dogs is beyond me. Humans shouldn’t even consume. Maybe they will get on board when RFK shows them the light.
You should definitely switch the sunflower oil out for avocado or olive. Sunflower is bad.
I think I have you beat. I got free week old vegetables from the store and also collected only roadkill and my dog’s coat has never been better so who knows
How do we get the nutrient packets?
What size dog is this recipe for?
Oh I’m so glad I found this!!! I’m a single mom struggling to find a decent job! Both of my dogs have allergy issues.
I won’t be able to get a subscription anytime soon, but I can do these occasionally!! I hope this helps start them in the right direction!
Thank you for sharing, honestly!
Good Lord God stop it.
Dogs shouldn’t eat spinach
Can I use slow cooker?