Friday, 8 July 2011

Recipes: Party Pupsicles

I am a horrible insomniac some nights. So of course, while I'm awake, I always end up searching for the newest information relating to animals. While I was awake, I stumbled across a great and healthy summer treat on www.dogchannel.com, Party Pupsicles!

The recipe is fairly simple and it's something that even your kids can help you make.  All you need is:

1 banana
1 quart orange juice
1/2 cup plain yogurt

Simply mash the banana and add all of the ingredients into a pitcher with a spout. Then pour into an ice cube tray. Then serve one at a time once solid.

There is a video on the website which walks you through step by step on how to make these located at DogChannel.  To get to the video, click on DogChannel and it should take you there.

To eliminate concerns regarding this recipe, I will explain a few things which have been told to me previously by my vet:
1.) Orange juice is okay provided you're using natural juice and not something with added sugar. I urge you to check the ingredients on the carton to be sure of this.
2.) I have been told by my vet that yogurt is good for dogs in small amounts provided that you're using plain yogurt that has probiotics added to it as it aids in digestion.

I am looking forward to trying this out in the morning! For those of you who have dogs, let me know how your dog liked this recipe if you tried this.

Take care!

Kim