Does anyone know any easy, healthy cat treat recipes? I was watching Groomer Has It the other day and they cooked dog treats out of everyday people food, I was wondering what foods are safe and beneficial to kitties... anyone?
Thanks!

Crunchies:

Crusts from wholemeal bread and Marmite.
Cut crusts into cubes.
Dissolve a little Marmite in hot water.
Soak cubes in Marmite water without making them soggy.
Lay out on a baking tray and bake in a low oven until dry.
Cool and store in an airtight container.

Thanks, oldwoman. I´ll have to try that!

I have a more involved recipe for proper cat food. It is a bit long winded and smelly being made of fish, liver and dry cat food. I can write it here, if you think you might be interested.

Sure... take half a kilo of roo meat and stir fry it in vegemite. Toss in some snipped catgrass, and serve with 1 (one) crouton for carbs.

Good luck, and BTW, don´t forget to feed it to your cat, not your husband! Bon apetite!!!

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Kitten oatmeal:

1 tablespoon of fine oats
1/2 litre milk

Mix oats into a fine paste with a little milk.
Heat the rest of milk to near boiling.
Stir in the paste.
Cook for 10 mins not allowing it to boil and keep stirring.

Oldwoman- i´d definitely be interested in the proper food recipe... it sounds interesting!

Relish:

500g liver
500g white fish
1 cup dry cat food
1/2 cup tomato juice
1 teaspoon cod liver oil

Simmer fish and liver until cooked. (Open window.)
Soak cat food in tomato juice.
Drain fish and liver saving the liquid.
Remove bones.
Mix everything in a food processor, adding the liquid to adjust consistency.

MATILDAandDOT-
Can you buy kangaroo meat in the US? I didn´t even know that cats could eat that! Nor have I ever seen it anywhere, although I probably haven´t actually looked for it either, being that I myself don´t eat much meat.

That sounds pretty cool though... I´ll definitely have to keep the husband away... he´d be dying to try kangaroo haha

CAT BISCUITS -
CHICKEN CRUNCHIES
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups rye flour
1 1/2 cups brown rice flour
1 tsp dried kelp or alfalfa
4 tsps vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups chicken or beef broth
1 lb ground (minced) chicken
1 to 2 tbsps brewers yeast

Preheat oven to 350F or 170degrees

In large bowl, combine the first 6 dry ingredients. Slowly add oil, broth & chicken & mix well.

On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to a thickness of 1/8 inch, then place it on a greases cookie sheet. Bake until golden brown.

Cool, then break into bite sized pieces. Place pieces in a bag with brewers yeast & shake to coat them. Store leftovers in airtight container in fridge.

Bellidancer138, I have no idea. I actually don´t buy it... yuck. I just made that recipe up in a bit of a hurry.

However, can you get croutons in the US? May I suggest 2 or 3 with a little dob of vegemite on them....? A bit like oldwoman´s crunchies, but without the marmite.
So delicious.... YUM!!!

Kaililah, those chicken crunchies sound really delicious! Are you sure they´re for cats???

Kitten oatmeal:

1 tablespoon of fine oats
1/2 litre milk
I´m getting a kitten soon... I though cats couldn´t have milk because of the lactose?

I don´t know. My experience is, that cats tolerate skim milk quite well, although this is contrary to usual cat expert wisdom. I think it is the cream that gives them the runs.

In response to MATILDAandDOT about lactose-
My cats are both very lactose intolerant... and so am I... so they drink my fat free Lactaid milk and tolerate that fine! Does anyone know if there´s anything wrong with giving them this? I don´t do it a lot, but when I have a glass they get all jealous and give me "the look"... haha

Yep!
my cats love them,if they had a choice they eat it 24/7,u can subsitute the chicken mince for kangaroo mince if you prefer.
Storm(may her soul rest in peace),used to wait by the oven till they were cooked and wouldnt budge till they were cooled down,and would gobble hers down and try to steal Angelius´s when he wasnt looking

Looking for a cat cake recipe? I have been online searching without results. Wonder if anyone here has every made a cake for their cat. Want to celebrate Precious´s life on the date of her death and though this was a cute idea for the cats. Maybe I am taking it a bit too far, but isn´ that as UC is all about? So if anyone knows of a cat cake recipe, please post it here
With thanks
Saucykats

I have quite a few recipes at home, but none for a cake as such. There are cookies, puddings and birthday treats. The birthday treats are very simple, made of poached salmon topped with a spoonful of plain yogurt mixed with a drop of lemon juice. Not really even close to cake, but could be made to look reasonably attractive and colourful.

I though cats couldn´t have milk because of the lactose?This is the first time I´ve heard of cats being intolerant to milk. I thought all cats love milk. I don´t drink it myself, so I don´t buy it, but when I had kittens I always gave them milk to drink. I gave milk to stray cats too, they seemed to appreciate it.

Most cats can have milk, but there are some who cannot.

Oh just like people... that explains everything, thank you

Thank oldwoman, I have seen the poached salmon recipe but I cannot stand the smell of salmon so I can´t do that. I have some recipes here for cookies so might have to do that and leave the cake for the humans. Thanks for trying to help!