First, let me bark out loud thanks for all the kind Gotcha Day greetings to my sister. You made her day very special and mom and I appreciate Blogville’s kindness. Hey, it’s Sam here. Mom promised to share her treat recipes with everyone and we can’t believe how many of you want to try them out.
The good news is they are super easy to make. A while back mom posted the “Unleash the Quiche” recipe from Rachel Ray. You can read about it here. Mom modifies the recipe since she’s a vegetarian and never has meat in the house, other than dog food. I know…we’re so deprived.
Vegetable Quiche Muffins
Whisk together 4 eggs with a splash of milk (we don’t do a lot of milk either so you can either just do a splash or 1/4 cup like Rachel’s recipe calls for. Mom then added a couple of tablespoons each of (a) chopped carrot bits (b) chopped frozen green beans and (c) cheese. Mix together and pour into greased muffin tins or paper baking cups. We made 6 muffins. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. That’s it. Didn’t I say it was easy? It took mom longer to clean up then it did to throw these guys together. And the good news is you can substitute any dog appropriate veggie for the carrots or green beans or even add some meat. {Drool}
Coconut Oil Dog Treats
These were even easier to whip up with only 3 ingredients. Take 1 cup of peanut butter (make sure it doesn’t contain Xylitol-that stuff is deadly for us fur-kids) and 1 cup of pure, unprocessed coconut oil. The recipe mom used also called for 1 tsp. of cinnamon but mom used to make dog treats for sale and some dogs aren’t all that keen on a heavy taste of cinnamon. She only added around 1/4 tsp. Melt the coconut oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until melted. Add the peanut butter and cinnamon and stir until mixture is nice and smooth. It should be somewhat thick but pourable. Pour mixture into silicone ice trays and freeze until solid. We are keeping them in an air-tight container in the freezer. If you’re stingy like my mom, just give one treat with meals. The brown part is the cinnamon which tends to settle at the bottom of the mold.
Mom snagged those adorable silicon paw print and small bone molds from Amazon but you can use plain silicon ice-cube trays as well. Aren’t they as cute as a certain poodle you know? Let us know if you make these and what you and your pup thought. They really couldn’t be easier to make and the rewards for your pups of these healthy treats / meal-toppers are what it’s all about, right? These guys earn my 4-paw seal of approval so now all that left to do is eat.🐾🐾
Live, love, bark! ❤︎
my dogs would love these
Super easy to make too! Thanks for swinging by the Ranch. We 💕 visitors.
Love this!
I have some of the silicone molds, too. They’re so cute! I might have to make some of the egg thingies in the mold with the giant (Newfie-size) paw prints! I can just see hubby’s reaction!
Those sound yummy! Callie’s first gotcha-day is coming it and I was trying to think of a way to make a dog healthy cake-type thing because I want to be super nerdy and have a pawty with friends. Do you have any recipes or thoughts?
The individual quiches were our ‘cake’ thing. There are other biscuit recipes on the Recipe tab below the header. Maybe something there might suffice if you don’t want to do eggs.
3 bum swings! 3 more!
Pawfect pup snacks.
Nose nudges,
CEO Olivia
I want those molds!!
Aren’t they adorable?
Totally. To Amazon I go.
Wowzers a couple of tasty recipes. Thanks for sharing.
Your gang will live ’em.
OMD! These treats sound like something Mom can make! Thanks so much.
😁 we live that they’re both easy to whip up. The fact they taste good is an extra bonus.
mmmmm your treats sound very tasty! We really like eggs and veggies and we like coconut oil!
hugs
Hazel & Mabel
Lucy LOVES coconut oil even more than meat, and peanut butter (we get natural with nothing in it but peanuts). So I will have to get me some of those adorable silicone trays and make her and Riley up a batch!
I have yet to find a pup that doesn’t seem to love coconut oil. Good thing it’s good for them. I’m sure both Lucy and Riley will LOVE you even more (if that’s possible) when you make ’em up.
These looks so delicious! I will definitely be making some soon, Scarlett loves peanut butter! 🙂
Sam and Elsa have gone nuts over them and rush to my side whenever I open the freezer. 😁
What a great dog mom! I think I’m grand just remembering to buy greenies on time!
We’re all great dog mommies…our dogs let us know that! 😇
your Mama went all out! She rocks!!!!!!!!
DakotasDen
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We know some very lucky poodles 😉
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I’m always looking for more recipes, these look delicious!
Delish but more important, very easy to make. 🙂
I absolutely LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE those silicone molds!!!! I’m telling my humom to order them right now!!!
They are totally adorable. They made me squeal with delight when I saw them and wished the poodles liked ice cubs. Sam always looks at ice cubes like “well, what am I to do with that hard water thingy?” BOL Luckily now I can make coconut peanut butter treats in them.
Yeah I’ve never like chewing on ice cubes either. If it’s not food don’t give me to me! Frozen treats I will glad eat, frozen or not! My humom just placed an order for those molds! BOL!
Outstanding. Can’t wait to see what adorably tasty creations she makes for you!
I’ll make sure she makes a post about it! That is…if I don’t get to them first 😉
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Ducky LOVES ice cubes, at least until she has crunched them into little pieces all over the living room carpet. Luckily water doesn’t stain! 🤣
😇 Always a rush when you step on a wet spot in the middle of the night in your socks.
Shiver me timbers! Today being Talk Like a Pirate Day I just have to say those are arrrrguably the tastiest looking treats I’ve seen in years, matey dog. Definitely better than arrrrrtichokes. And no arrrrrtifical ingredients. Arrrrrtisinal cookies, ahoy.
OK I’ll stop now.
Ahoy matey, your comments are always good for a couple of arrrghs to go along with the clever smiles. I’m always for ‘heave ho-ing’ the arrrtichokes anyway.
I always love your treats! And so do my dogs. I have never tried coconut oil on them – this will be interesting. Maybe I will skip the cinnamon to start with.
That was my initial reaction (besides the peanut butter provides all the flavor dogs want anyway), but ended up adding a little which made them look pretty for uprights. The coconut oil helps with any dry skin, too. Good luck. No doubt Portia and Ottie love the gourmet treats their mama makes them.
Those look like very delish treats!!
Yo-ho-ho! Yer Pirate Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
Happy belated gotcha day!
Thanks! We plan to celebrate for days. 😇
We love delicious but we love easy best.
Mom is all about easy when it comes to baking treats. Me, I’ll eat just about anything she makes. 😇
Your fur-iend,
Sam🐾
Sunflower seeds come with their own molds so I don’t have to use Amazon.
Yum! Gotta tell M! M!!! Me too. BTW, I would offer to help with the cleaning part, I’m good at licking, Benji.
You’ll be glad she makes ’em for you even if you don’t get to
lickclean up. 😉Haha, it may be a little while, she is on a trip without us.
Hope she returns soon and make up for her absence with some fresh treats. 🙂
I am counting on it. BTW I am in a plush wotel myself with pool. Benji.
Oh man…you sure know how to live the good ‘dog’s life.’ Good for you!
These sound SO yummy! Aargh. I’m afraid if Mom make the little quiches, she’ll eat them all herself! Paws crossed that I get lucky.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
I say she should share with you Cupcake. Then you’ll both be happy.
I would like to taste those Coconut Oil (Dog) Treats.
Kosmo´s mom.
The peanut butter makes them quite tasty!
oh that sounds tasty… the mama said we will make the coconutoil cookies… she is a fan of this stuff and she said it has magic powers ;O)
They are very easy to whip up and hit the spot on the pup-o-meter tasty scale.