Made Out of Love: the new Honest Kitchen Doggy Cookbook

Outside of training I don't use a ton of treats at our house.  Even when training the dogs usually get a piece of kibble as their treat unless an incentive of something extra yummy is needed.

So I kind of surprised myself when I bought the new Honest Kitchen Cookbook called Made Out of Love by Lucy Postins. But it's not just a book full of treats - there are meal toppers, regular meals, tonic type recipes and then the just plain goodies. And since The Honest Kitchen uses only human grade ingredients and processing facilities, you can share the treats with your dogs, assuming you are up for "Duck Parfait" or "Sardine and Apricot Mush".

Most of the recipes use the different The Honest Kitchen dehydrated foods. I really can't say enough good things about this company or their food and supplements, but I highly recommend you check them out. If you just want to try a recipe and not necessarily buy the whole 3 pound box of dehydrated food, you can buy their trial size boxes that contain about 1 cup of the dehydrated mix and work great for these recipes.

I decided to try the "Dream Drops" recipe. This recipe uses the "Thrive" food but since we were out of the small boxes of Thrive at the store, I went with "Keen" instead and it worked out well.

Gathering the ingredients

Cookie batter

Getting ready for the oven

Dream Drops

1 cup The Honest Kitchen Thrive dehydrated dog food
1/4 cup ham, diced
3 tablespoons sharp cheddar, grated (you can use a different cheese if preferred)
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup warm water

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Hydrate the Thrive with the 1 cup of warm water
3. Thoroughly mix the remaining ingredients in to form a batter
4. Spoon the mixture in cherry sized drops on a baking sheet and slightly flatten with a spoon
5. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes
6. Serve after cooling completely. Drops may be kept in refrigerator in airtight container.

I guarantee you'll get some extra doggy kisses for baking this goodies! If you want to learn more about the cookbook you can find info on The Honest Kitchen recipe page. 

All done and ready for dog tummies!