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Its late spring, and my chickens are all laying, and the zucchini plants are powering along.
I was making a zucchini slice for the two-legged lunch boxes, and thought I would try one for the 4 legged too. If we are all eating it, the dogs can too!
Making these healthy dog treats helped to use up some surplus produce.
I have used turmeric in this recipe, to allow for some additional phytonutrients with anti-inflammatory properties. Let food be thy medicine and all that.
The amount of Turmeric in these is not a therapeutic dose. Because Turmeric is quite a strong flavour, increasing this amount may make these a little more unpalatable. You can play with the turmeric amounts for your dog to see if they are tolerant of the higher amounts. I have added some black pepper for absorption of turmeric's active therapeutic constituent curcuminoids. The egg yolk, and oil used for greasing the tin will add in the oils to help with this absorption as well.
I have used some gluten free flour to bind them. You could make these without the flour, or you can add in some other binding agent like some almond flour, depending on your dogs nutritional needs.
My eggs are medium sized free range eggs. If you have very large, or very small eggs, adjust accordingly. Keep the egg shell for eggshell powder as a nice homemade calcium supplement.
Versatility of this healthy dog treat recipe
What I really love about this recipe is how easy it is to modify based on what you have growing in the garden, or what your dog likes to eat.
Adding some fresh chopped herbs like parsley can increase the phytonutrients.
Adding bacon, cooked chicken or cooked mince can increase the palatability.
Swap the Zucchini out for some grated pumpkin
Hiding supplements or medications
I have used these to disguise a supplement before! I slip the tablet inside and no-one was the wiser.
It is important that you watch your dogs carefully to ensure they actually did swallow the tablet. Sometimes they might need a second go to get it down, or a little physical encouragement to swallow it.
For very small dogs, you may need to cut these up into smaller pieces to be able to hide medication in these.
Ingredients
makes 24 small egg muffins
8 medium free range eggs
300g grated Zucchini
2Tbsp milk or milk replacement (I used coconut milk)
1/2 cup gluten free flour
1 Tbsp turmeric powder
1/2tsp salt
1/2tsp garlic powder
1/4tsp freshly ground black pepper
Step 1: Let’s Get Started
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Grease a 24 small muffin tin. I use coconut oil or olive oil for this.
Grate the zucchini
Step 2: Prepare the mixture
Add all dry ingredients to a large bowl and combine.
Whisk eggs and milk together in a separate bowl.
Add zucchini, eggs and milk to the dry ingredients and combine well.
Step 3: Time to Cook!
Spoon into muffin tin, allowing for a small amount of headspace for expansion during cooking.
Cook for 10-15 minutes and remove from oven when cooked through.
Step 4: Finishing off.
Allow to cool, They will contract away from the edge of the pan as they cool to make for easy removal.
Remove from the Muffin tray and allow to cool.
Feed as a treat through the day.
These tasty treats can be used as snacks through the day. These are so good, I eat one whenever I give my dogs one!
Tell me in the comments below how you found the recipe, and if your dog enjoyed them!
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