Tuna Rice Slad
Treat your dog to this crunchy salad containing fish, rice and garden vegetables. Perfect for hot summer days!
Tuna Rice Salad Ingredients
(This recipe provides 1000 kilocalories)
1. Canned tuna in water, drained (305 grams/ 10.8 oz.)
2. Brown rice (153 grams/ 5.4 oz.)
3. Tomato- diced (49 grams/ 1.7 oz.)
4. Green beans- finely sliced (49 grams/ 1.7 oz.)
5. Carrot- grated (49 grams/ 1.7 oz.)
Recipe Note: Do not use tuna in oil. Instead select tuna in brine/ mineral water- which is lower in calories.
Method:
1. Cook rice- follow packet directions.
2. Allow rice to cool, then mix through tuna and raw salad ingredients.
3. Add 2 and 1/2 teaspoons (12.5 ml) of WAGSTA oil blend.
4. Add 2 level tablespoons of psyllium powder.
5. Add mineral and vitamin supplements:
- 1/4 teaspoon iodised salt,
- 1 x crushed 25 mg zinc tablet,
- 1500 mg calcium,
- 1 crushed multi-vitamin tablet (Centrum women)
Mix evenly though food.
6. Consider blending food- to prevent selective eating.
7. Weigh end product on digital scales and enter this weight into your home-cooked portion calculator, to correctly portion your dog’s meal.
*WAGSTA Oil Blend Recipe
This volume supplements 8 recipes and provides your dog with all the essential EPAs, DHAs , linolenic acids, linoleic acids required for optimal health.
10 ml Fish Oil*
30 ml Canola Oil
30 ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil
30 ml Sunflower Oil
Mix the 4 oils together. Add 12.5 ml (2 and 1/2 teaspoons) of oil blend to your recipe.
* Do not substitute with cod liver oil.
Batch Cooking
To prepare multiple batches of food, simply multiply the ingredient weights by the number of batches you wish to make.
Remember to add supplements in proportion to the number of batches you make.
e.g. a 6-day meal supply for a dog consuming 480 kcal per day equates to 2880 kcals (6 x 480 kcal).
To meet this calorie requirement, you will need to cook 3 batches of this 1000 kcal recipe.
Add 3 x the normal supplement dose (7 & 1/2 x teaspoons oil blend, 3 x zinc tablets, 3 x multi-vitamin tablets, 4500 mg calcium, 3/4 teaspoon of iodised salt.)
After weighing and portioning your batched meals, there will be a small surplus- in this case representing the extra 120 kcal (3000 minus 2880 kcal). Weigh the surplus and freeze for future when feeding the same recipe.