Recipe
Below you'll find an overview of the steps you'll take to make the raw food, the recipes, and some tutorials!
Overview 👇🏻
STEP 1 choose weather you want to use bone in or boneless muscle meat. If you are using boneless meat you will have to use a bone substitute, either a calcium supplement or eggshell powder. Here's how you make eggshell powder: Homemade Eggshell Calcium Powder Recipe
STEP 2 weigh the bone in or boneless muscle meat and insert the weight into the recipe calculator. This calculator will tell you exactly how much of each ingredient you need.
Recipe Calculator
https://catladyfitness.com/my-diet/raw-food-recipe-calculator/
STEP 3 follow the recipe instructions below in this article
STEP 4 use the daily feeding portion calculator to estimate your cat's daily food intake.
Daily Feeding Portion Calculator
https://catladyfitness.com/my-diet/feeding-portion-calculator/
Every cat is different. Activity level, age, body condition, and metabolism all affect how much food a cat requires. If the suggested portions do not work for your cat, contact us at rawdietruh@gmail.com for assistance.
Recipe Instructions (Using Boneless Meat)
- Cut or mince your muscle meat (e.g., chicken breast).
- Place a large bowl on a food scale and weigh your meat.
- Enter the muscle meat weight into the raw food calculator.
- Weigh and measure the remaining ingredients (hearts, liver, vitamins, egg yolks, and water) according to the amounts provided by the raw food calculator.
- Place the hearts, liver, vitamins, egg yolks, and water into a medium bowl.
- Blend the mixture with an immersion blender until the ingredients are evenly distributed. OR grind the hearts and liver using a meat grinder and using a spoon mix in the rest of the ingredients until all ingredients are evenly distributed.
- Pour the hearts, liver and vitamin mixture into the large bowl containing the muscle meat.
- Mix thoroughly until all ingredients are evenly combined.
- Find out your cats daily food intake using the portion calculator.
- Over a food scale weigh and package the food in freezer bags or storage containers and store in the freezer.
Note 👇🏻
Wash eggs before separating the yolks from the whites. Only use fresh eggs, best is closest to production date. Eggs should not be more than one week old. To check if an egg is bad, place it in a glass of water. If it floats, it has gone bad.
A 5 L mixing bowl can hold a maximum of approximately 2.5 kg of meat along with the organ and supplement mixture. To prevent overflow and ensure thorough mixing, prepare the recipe in batches of no more than 2.5 kg at a time.
For more information about freezing, thawing, and serving check this article: Packaging and Serving Meals
Recipe Instructions (Using Bone-In Meat)
- Prepare the meat by removing 25% of the bones and 50% of the skin.
- Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces or grind it using a meat grinder.
- Place a large bowl on a food scale and weigh your meat with the bones and skin.
- Enter the meats weight into the raw food calculator.
- Weigh and measure the remaining ingredients according to the amounts provided by the raw food calculator.
- Place the hearts, liver, vitamins, egg yolks, and water into a medium bowl.
- Blend the mixture with an immersion blender until the ingredients are evenly distributed. OR grind the hearts and liver using a meat grinder and using a spoon mix in the rest of the ingredients until all ingredients are evenly distributed.
- Pour the hearts, liver and vitamin mixture into the large bowl containing the muscle meat.
- Mix thoroughly until all ingredients are evenly combined.
- Find out your cats daily food intake using the portion calculator.
- Over a food scale weigh and package the food in freezer bags or storage containers and store in the freezer.
Note 👇🏻
The liver should always be blended, ground, or finely chopped. This helps distribute it evenly throughout the recipe and prevents your cat from consuming too much liver in a single meal.
Wash eggs before separating the yolks from the whites. Only use fresh eggs, best is closest to production date. Eggs should not be more than one week old. To check if an egg is bad, place it in a glass of water. If it floats, it has gone bad.
A 5 L mixing bowl can hold a maximum of approximately 2.5 kg of meat along with the organ and supplement mixture. To prevent overflow and ensure thorough mixing, prepare the recipe in batches of no more than 2.5 kg at a time.
For more information about freezing, thawing, and serving check this article: Packaging and Serving Meals
If you dont want to grind the hearts
If you prefer a chunkier texture, you can leave the hearts whole or chop them into smaller pieces instead of blending them. Evenly divide the hearts amongst the number of days you know your batch will make (left picture) or add the hearts to the mixture and when packaging make sure each days worth of food has max 3 hearts (right picture). Cats can eat up to 3 hearts a day.
👆🏼Remember: the hearts are a part of the total weight, not an addition.
