What our pets eat must be "healthy" like what we eat. Dog chefs are born. Here are their stories, their tips and a recipe for making homemade cookies for our four-legged friend
The chef for dogs it's the last one gourmet trend, dedicated to man's best friend, who is slowly gaining ground all over the world. This is no longer a whimsical star in Paris Hilton or found advertising of the puppy influencer: We are talking about a real professional service (even affordable) to keep the beloved four-legged in health and in shape with special attention.
After the beer for dogs, the dog street food and the Candoro or the Canettone for Christmas, just take a ride on the web to find different offers of quality pet friendly and with just a few clicks you can receive straight home in the bowl of your dog so inviting a delicacy that would want to share … and sometimes it is also possible! We took a quick tour of the world to give you three examples of how the trend is not isolated or elitist. From the United States to Belgium, to Italy, discover with us 3 protagonists Pet Chef + one recipe all-Italian for your four-legged friend.
United States – The Dog Chef
Back in 2005, Kevyn Matthews he began the profession of chef specializing in pets. Through the creation of personalized food plans, he realizes he can also take care of high quality fresh food: «If it's not good for me to eat, then it's not even for my dog, is the philosophy of The Dog Chef. Between passion and competence, he then opened his own Dog Chef Café Baltimore which counts thousands of fans between bipeds and quadrupeds. For nearly fifteen years, chef Matthews has been providing balanced and healthy meals that can be purchased online. For example, there is a monthly subscription Fresh Meal Plan $ 35 that is built on the responses of the owner of the animal based on its characteristics and habits. Not missing the Froyo, frozen yogurt in four flavors (Bacon Molasses, Peanut Butter & Banana, Mixed Berry & Ice Cream Sundae) which is a delicious reward for the dog, also a source of calcium, potassium and magnesium, in addition to probiotics that help improve the health of the immune and digestive system. The highlight is the Anxiety Squares, four brownies for $ 40 that promise to reduce anxiety or arthritis pain thanks to100% organic cannabis oil. In collaboration with veterinary professionals, chef Matthews self-proclaims the original chef dog.
Belgium – Dog Chef
Name similar to the American chef Matthews, here it is a catering service founded in Brussels by Alex Cardon and two members: Dog Chef. Having noted the growing habit of feeding more pets with home-prepared food rather than packaged, Alex & co. choose to offer a healthy alternative by cooking only high quality products, so much so that they could be eaten by humans too! They started with a limited offer of two dishes, but high standards: chicken with rice and vegetables, or beef with pasta and vegetables. "There's not much choice, but it's better than what dogs eat every day!", Cardon jokes about The Bulletin. The recipes are then changed thanks to the continuous collaboration with the University of Liège. So now we find the cod / salmon combo with quinoa, beef with lentils, chicken with rice and vegetables; all carefully described in detail. Much attention is given to the portions, which are calibrated according to age, weight and physical conformation of the dog.
Italy – Cheffa Dog
Cheffa Dog, a century Sonia Orlandi, of Rome, transforms his passion for cooking and love for animals into a real profession. Pushed by friends, she opens her blog to collect her recipes for 100% natural dogs, which she compiles following the guidelines of veterinary nutritionists. "Becoming a pet chef was not a choice made at a table, it was more a becoming, the logical consequence of what I was doing," says Sonia. «The first invitations to trade shows have begun with the request for show cooking … To show people that there is nothing complicated and reveal my tricks learned in years and years of cooking and testing has become a mission. The result is an illustrated recipe book published just over a year ago in collaboration with MondoFido: Dog recipes: Homemade cooking in bowl. From the Dog-Sushi up to Bau Pasticcini, Cheffa Dog makes it easy to make tasty and nutritionally balanced bowls for your dog. Among advice on nutrition and advice from the vet, Cheffa Dog becomes the reference point for those looking for practical and healthy solutions to pamper your four-legged friends. Here is a recipe that is easy to make.
Dog biscuits with apple and carrot of Cheffa Dog
Ingredients
200 g of wholemeal flour
100 g of 00 flour
1 small carrot
1 big apple or 2 small
2 teaspoons of honey
1 egg
a generous sprinkling of powdered cinnamon
grated lemon rind
1 tablespoon of sunflower oil
Preparation
Before starting to knead, turn the oven on at 180 ° so as to find it already at the temperature when baking.
Cut the apple into small pieces and cook in a saucepan with a cup of water until it is so soft that you can crush it well with a fork.
Add the cinnamon and mix well.
Finely grate the well washed raw carrot and set aside.
On the work surface, put the two flours together, form a fountain and carefully put all the ingredients in the center.
Start to knead starting from the center, slowly mixing everything together.
Form a soft dough like a short pastry, if too soft add another whole wheat flour, while if too hard, add a tablespoon of water.
Spread the dough half a centimeter thick and cut with a cookie cutter form.
Put the prepared biscuits in a baking sheet covered with baking paper and bake for about 15-20 minutes at 180 ° in the previously heated static oven.
When the biscuits appear browned, switch off and let them cool in the oven with the door open.
They are kept for about 15-20 days in a hermetically sealed jar.
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