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Healthy Eating Made Easy – The Best Recipes for Health-Conscious Foodies

Why is Eating Healthy & What are the Benefits Necessary of Good Nutrition?

Before you bring home any adorable pet, you should learn about their natural eating habits and nutrition requirements. Healthy eating is the elixir to your pet’s long life and overall well-being. Some of the key health benefits of good food are:

 

  • Proper growth and development of pets
  • Boosted energy levels
  • Strengthen their immune system
  • Improves your pet’s cognitive function and mental health
  • Reduces the risk of chronic diseases
  • Keeps their weight under control

 

Quite ironically, many pet parents visit the veterinarian with their ill pet buddies and realize the ‘bad’ food they have been feeding. Although convenient, processed pet food is costly and has less nutritional value. Therefore, it’s time to learn quick and easy health-related food recipes for your furry buddy.

Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Day

Let’s check out some healthy recipes for your furry buddy !

Breakfast Recipes

Lunch Recipes

Dinner Recipes

●  Pumpkin Cinnamon Waffles

●  Blueberry bacon treats

●  Peanut butter pancakes

●  Yummy rice meal

●  Salmon recipe

●  Cooked boneless chicken (without salt)

●  Chicken Stew

●  Mashed turkey

●  Meatballs using ground beef

The Easiest & Tastiest Healthy Recipes to Try Now

 Before procrastinating, let’s cook some healthy recipes:

 

  • Chicken Stew– Some pets have a great appetite for dinner time. This stew recipe will fulfill their hunger and give them energy. For this recipe, you need 1 cup brown rice, 2 cups sweet potato (cube sliced), 2 ½ cups of water, 2 large chicken breasts(make small pieces), and 2 pounds of veggies like peas, beans, and carrots. Place all ingredients in the slow cooker; the chicken should be at the bottom covered in vegetables. Slow cook for a couple of hours. Stir well and check from time to time.

 

  • Mashed Turkey– This recipe will definitely upgrade your pet’s health with fresh protein and vitamins. The ingredients for this droll-worthy recipe are 2 tsp raw turkey(diced), ½ zucchini, 2 medium carrots, 2 tsp olive oil, 1 cup broccoli(sliced), 2 pounds lean ground turkey, and 1 cup cauliflower(sliced). Add water to the carrots in a boiler and steam until the carrots are tender, then add other veggies. Separately heat the turkey in a skillet. Later on, mix the veggies with the turkey, add olive oil, and stir well.

 

  • Yummy Rice Meal– You can prepare this lunch meal with ease. The quantity varies depending on the dog size and numbers, but details are mentioned here for 5 servings. The ingredients are 6 cups of water, 1 pound of ground turkey, 1tsp dried rosemary, 2 cups brown rice, 16 ounces of broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower.

 

  • Salmon Recipe– This recipe is highly nutritious and is one of the most eco-friendly lunch recipes you will come across. The ingredients for this delicious recipe are 2 salmon portions with skin, 2 tsp of olive oil, 1 small broccoli, 3 potatoes, 2 carrots, and 1 squash. First, chop off broccoli, carrots, and squash, then mix and steam them in a rice cooker. Air fry potatoes with olive oil. Pan-fry salmon with 1 tsp olive oil.  Mix everything together and slice it into smaller pieces for the pet’s convenience.  

Which Ingredients Should You Look For To Make Your Meals Healthier?

There are vital nutritious ingredients for meals your pet should consume in a day’s diet. The top ingredients you should be checking in your pet’s meal plan are the following:

 

  • Meat– Fresh organ meat is rich in amino acids, protein, vitamins, and minerals. A complete nutritional package to boost your pet’s health and keep diseases at bay.

 

  • Calcium– This mineral is necessary for building strong bones and teeth. The common ingredients for high calcium extraction are salmon, green veggies, chicken, and eggs. Thus to young or newborn pets, the importance of calcium gets amplified.

 

  • Carbohydrates– They should be a small proportion of a pet’s diet. It also contributes to the overall health building. Carbohydrates resources introduce a healthy amount of ‘fiber’ into the diet, which helps digestion and balances good bacteria in the gut.

 

  • Healthy fats– The most popular healthy fat is Omega-3 fatty acids, which you might have heard of. Such fats help in maintaining healthy skin and fur. It also helps in fighting inflammations in the body.

 

  • Minerals and vitamins– The essential minerals and vitamins are necessary for the pet’s body to fight infections, heal wounds and regulate hormones. Vitamins A, D, E, and K vitamin B should be present in the diet for your pet.

How to Incorporate Healthy Habits Into Your Everyday Routine?

There are multiple factors to consider for including new healthy habits in your pet’s routine:

 

  • Discipline will play a major role in new habit incorporation. This suggests maintaining a practice of the new habit every day.  

 

  • Enhance your effort to keep your pet healthy by strictly feeding home-cooked nutritious meals. If your pet falls sick, the new habit-forming rhythm will break.

 

  • Do not practice incorporating multiple habits altogether into your pet’s life.

 

  • Patience is a golden key in the new habit adaption process. Do not lose faith in your pet early on and abandon a practice.

 

  • Ensure to train and practice in a suitable environment.

Woofver-and-out

After learning about many quick and healthy recipes, if you are worried about your pet getting chubby. There are superfoods for weight loss, easing your pet’s constant hunger while keeping them healthy. Such foods include kale, spinach, salmon, carrots, and cucumber. The low-calorie meals for humans wouldn’t necessarily work the same for pets.  Learn more about pet care and parenting at Petzzco, a one-stop solution for your furry pals.

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