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Fennel & Brans

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Fennel & Brans

Here is an idea for a light and tasty meal for our vegan dogs, ours loved it!

Ingredients:
• Fennel
• Brans
• Spelt milk
• Parsil

Preparation:
• Mix some brans with chopped parsil
• Chop the fennel and cook it in spelt milk.
• Let the fennel cool down and mix with brans.
• Enjoy your meal!

Tortilla Twists

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Tortilla Twists

Good morning! The whether is definitely miserable so we need to put some colour on the table to cheer it up.
Here it is a tasty recipe to make our dogs and human friends smile!
Put your apron on and let’s start cooking!

Ingredients:

    • Tortillas
    • Blacks beans
    • Courgettes
    • Carrot
    • Olive or Seeds Oil

Preparation:

• Cook and blend black beans in a blender. Alternatively you can use a tin of beans and blend them.
• Wash and cut the courgettes into small pieces and blend them too.
• Add a little bit of oil.
• Take a tortilla and spread the cream obtained by mixing beans and courgettes over it.
• Roll them up and place them on a non-stick pan. Warm them up both sides on a medium-high heat. This takes around 20 seconds.
• Repeat this process until you get the desired amount of tortillas for you and your furry and human friends.
• Cut the tortillas in slices and serve.
• Add some grated carrot as a fresh touch.

Tips: we used tortillas, but you can replace them with toasted bread. Regarding the stuff you can use the vegetables you have on the fridge instead of beans. Be creative!

Bean Risotto

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Ingredients:
• Rice
• Beans
• Zucchini
• Olive or Seeds Oil

Preparation:
• Overcook the rice and wash it well. Add it to the beans that you have pre-cooked. We use fresh beans that we leave to soak the day before and cook for about an hour.  You can use the ones in cans, ready to be used and more practical.
• Wash and cut into pieces a couple of zucchini.
• Mix all ingredients in the pan.
• Let it cool down and serve!

Forbidden and Toxic Food

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A little reminder about toxic and forbidden food as well with some healthy food for our dogs. Obviously do not take in consideration meat…unfortunately the reminder was not completely vegan 😉 We should be more precise about tomatoes: they are toxic to dogs only if they are not ripe. If they are ripe they are fine for them! Furthermore mushrooms are forbidden only if you don’t know if they are edible. The one you buy in the can or at the supermarket are fine from time to time.

Aubergine & Chickpeas rolls

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Ingredients:

  • Aubergine
  • Smashed chickpeas
  • Cucumber
  • Olive Oil

Preparation:

  • Cut the aubergine into wide thin slices and grill them on a frying pan without oil.
  • Take some canned chickpeas or previously cooked and smash them in the mixer.
  • Take the cucumber and cut it  into sticks, which will later form the heart of the treat.
  • Take a slice of grilled aubergine and spread some smashed chickpeas all over the surface. Position in the middle the stick of cucumber. Roll it up and your roll will be ready. Repeat until all the aubergine slices are over.

Tips: for ease of rolling we have removed the skin of the aubergine, but you can safely keep it. If the roll proves to be difficult to eat because it’s too long, cut it into two or three parts. It will mean that there will be more rolls for everyone, even for you humans! Slurp!

Chickpeas Flower

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Ingredients:

  • Canned chickpeas
  • Potato
  • Beans
  • Mushrooms

Preparation:

  • Cut the potato into thin slices and green beans into small pieces.
  • Put the vegetables in a pan and cover with water. Let boil with a lid to speed cooking.
  • When potatoes and green beans are ready, drain them. Serve with cooked chickpeas and some mushroom previously well washed.

 

Chamomile: natural benefits

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Chamomile in herbal medicine is considered a medicinal plant. It can be found in sachets or rather fresh in herbal medicine.

This plant has a natural soothing and anti-inflammatory function.

If our furry friends are suffering from conjunctivitis or have watery eyes, we can use chamomile at natural temperature, neither hot nor cold.

Dip a cloth of pure cotton or gauze in chamomile and pass it gently on the eyes of dog, also use a couple of drops as eye drops.

It is a natural remedy, it does not burn, it does not have harmful effects,  it is inexpensive and it is very easy to use! Administer a couple of times a day and you will see that shortly their eyes will get better and cure.

Chamomile has a magical effect on our friend’s skin as well. If they are suffering from dermatitis, or  they have the itch as our Milka, you can give them a bath with warm chamomile .

Firstly, wash your dog with a natural soap: olive oil and oats are a fantastic combination that you can find in any herbal shop, and, finally, when the dog is already clean, a bit like a conditioner, give a final rinse with warm chamomile and pat dry with a towel.

You will help the skin to heal from irritation and regenerate. Our little Milka improved quickly with this remedy: her sore skin healed, the itching has gone and the hair become more brilliant and soft!

Like all natural remedies, effects are not immediate, but they are not toxic to the body and they really help to sort out the problem.

VeganBurgers

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Ingredients:

  • Mashed Beans
  • Corn Flour
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Oats
  • Olive Oil

Preparation:

  • Mix a few tablespoons of mashed beans with corn flour and bread crumbs as required.
  • When the consistency permits, shape several small burgers and pass them on the bread crumbs.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for a few minutes, wet the baking dish with olive oil. Turn them so that you cook both sides.
  • When they are lightly browned, take them out of the oven and serve with vegetables.
  • Garnish with oats and a few drops of olive oil to raw.

Tips:
We used smashed beans but you can also use other vegetables cooked and blended. For example chickpeas or lentils.
The corn flour can be replaced with normal flour, it helps to mix and make the mixture more compact. The result is a fun and delicious meal for your furry friends…and for you, if you wish!

Olive Oil

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It’s beneficial to the hair, dermis and intestinal transit.

The extra virgin olive oil (EVO) is one of the fundamental ingredients of Mediterranean cuisine. It is recommended both for human beings and for dogs. Dog’s hair is nice if properly cleaned and brushed and some olive oil helps a lot. Just a teaspoon – but the amount depends on the size of the dog – of oil mixed with food, is the perfect treat for our friends to maintain a beautiful shiny coat.

Olive oil can be administered daily or on alternate days. Unsaturated fatty acids in olive oil are also good for the dog’s skin, but call your vet if you suspect that there is a dermatological problem. An additional benefit that pour dog can enjoy from olive oil is a help in case of constipation, but be careful because if the amount of olive oil gets too high you may run into the opposite problem, or diarrhea.

Raw Fruit Salad

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Dear friends, here it is a simple and delicious idea for a light meal or an energy snack!

Ingredients:

  • Banana
  • Apple
  • Mandarin
  • Cucumber

Preparation:

  • Cut the fruit into cubes.
  • Eliminate the apple’s seeds which contain cyanide.
  • Mix well and serve!

Suitable for a delicious and nutritious snack, this is a simple recipe, but rich in vitamins and very refreshing.

Sometimes simple things are the ones that we do not think about 🙂