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And now something different for this weekend's meme!
Synopsis:
The marriage of two of the world’s favorite topics―dogs and desserts―Doggy Desserts offers dog owners over 125 recipes to spoil (and nourish) their pampered pooches. This beautifully photographed and designed book presents easy-to-do, fun recipes divided into six categories: cookies, bars, drop cookies, cakes, muffins, and frozen treats. For dog owners who are concerned about controlling what’s in their dogs’ food or who are looking to find low-cal, low-fat options for their slightly plump pups, Doggy Desserts provides many tasty options. From carob peanut butter crunch balls, sweet potato biscuits and liver oatmeal bones to granola bars, apple sauce spice cake, and watermelon dog sherbet, owners will be tempted to try each of these delectable delights before serving to their dogs. The author, Cheryl Gianfrancesco is an avid cook and dog lover, and cooking for her dogs is her favorite passion!
Dog owners looking to feed their dogs healthy homemade treats will find:
- How to make your own tasty, wholesome doggie snacks and desserts
- More than 125 easy-to-do recipes
- Goodies your dogs will not only enjoy but are also good for them
- Healthy, tasty, and easy to make with ingredients commonly found around the house
- Strategies to avoid preservatives and ingredients that can irritate sensitive canine tummies and cause allergies and other health problems
- Low-cal, low-fat options for overweight dogs
- Sections on cookies, bars, drop cookies, cakes, muffins, and frozen treats
Dog owners looking to feed their dogs healthy homemade treats will find:
- How to make your own tasty, wholesome doggie snacks and desserts
- More than 125 easy-to-do recipes
- Goodies your dogs will not only enjoy but are also good for them
- Healthy, tasty, and easy to make with ingredients commonly found around the house
- Strategies to avoid preservatives and ingredients that can irritate sensitive canine tummies and cause allergies and other health problems
- Low-cal, low-fat options for overweight dogs
- Sections on cookies, bars, drop cookies, cakes, muffins, and frozen treats
Review:
WOW, who knew there was so much you could make FOR your favorite canine? Miss Grace went through the book with me and kept saying "mom, that looks REALLY good!", course when she read some of the ingredients, she was like 'nevermind' (wheat germ anyone? LOL ), but you get the idea. Laid out like a traditional cookbook, with recipes sorted by the type of dog treat, prefaced by a forward section about diet and cooking with better ingredients for dogs. the best part is most of the ingredients are right in your pantry (yes, the aforementioned wheat germ might not be, but it's easy to get at the store). Because the recipes are on the blander side, as many have NO sugar, they are great for dogs. Course you COULD tweak some of the batter and make a sample for the owner too, LOL. This is a fun book and kids especially will have fun making their favorite companion treats and birthday cakes!
This is the second, updated edition of the book, in case you were thinking you had seen it before. It would be a fun gift for the dog lover this Christmas season!
Recipe:
Here's one of our favorite one's from the book- I'd have shown you what they looked like when they were cooked, but between the kid and the dog, they disappeared before I could get a shot in! Apparently, it's a recipe dogs, and kids, adore! LOL
And with only 211 calories and 7 grams of sugar, they're a healthy treat for both!
Peanut Butter Muffins
45 minutes, plus cooling time. Makes 12 muffins
Ingredients:
1/2 cup all-natural peanut butter, no salt or sugar added
1/4 cup honey
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup skim milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease muffin tin.
2. In
a large bowl, beat together the peanut butter, honey, eggs, vanilla, oil, milk,
baking powder, baking soda and wheat flour until fully combined to form a
smooth batter.
3. Spoon the batter into your prepared muffin tin, filling each cup 3/4 full.
4. Bake muffins for about 18-20 min, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffins comes out
clean.
5. Cool muffins, then remove from the pan. ENJOY
About the Author:
Cheryl Gianfrancesco is an avid cook. She is also the owner of LMG1, formerly Kooper's Products, an Internet business supplying recipes and health information for dogs. She currently lives in New York.
About Fox Chapel Publishing
Fox Chapel Publishing inspires and informs readers who enjoy a wide variety of hobbies, crafts, and lifestyle interests. The company specializes in illustrated non-fiction with a focus on artisan and high-quality craft books. Fox Chapel publishes more than 1,500 book titles and three quarterly magazines, including DO Magazine, the #1 coloring magazine in its class. The publisher's imprints include CompanionHouse Books, Design Originals, IMM Lifestyle Books, and Creative Homeowner. For more information, please visit www.foxchapelpublishing.com
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