Fifi's Fabulous Mexican Meals for Mutts (or purebreds)
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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8-12 burritos
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 3⁄4 lb liver, cooked and chopped or cut into strips ("or" other meat that the humans don’t like, Vegetarian pooches can substitute "meatless" meat, "or")
- 1 (8 ounce) jar mild taco sauce (take a quick taste of the stuff in the fridge- if it sends you running to your water dish, forget it)
- 2 -4 cloves garlic, minced (ah, who’s counting, anyway)
- 3 tablespoons chunky peanut butter
- 2 cups canned sweet potatoes or 2 cups chopped rutabagas, cooked and mashed
- 1 cup black beans, rinsed
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 3 -4 bouillon cubes, crushed ("or" equivalent powdered bouillon)
- 8 -12 large flour tortillas
- 6 tablespoons your human's favourite Mexican blend cheese, shredded
- 6 tablespoons your favourite vegetables, chopped (can be raw "or" cooked)
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
directions
- Fetch a large skillet and heat the oil in it over medium heat until hot.
- Add garlic; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes or until tender.
- Paw in the peanut butter, sweet potatoes or rutabaga, and beans; mash slightly (you can mash them with the tip of your nose, if it’s flat and clean).
- Add cumin, cinnamon and chili powder, beef bouillon; mix well.
- Reduce heat to low; add beef and taco sauce, cover and simmer 2 to 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally (don’t stir with your paws – they might get burned and you’d have to make an unplanned trip to the vet!) Meanwhile, heat the tortillas according to package directions.
- To serve, spoon and spread a pawful of the mixture across centre third of each tortilla with a strip or a few chunks of meat in the center.
- Top each with 1 tablespoon sour cream, 1 teaspoon cilantro, and 1 tablespoon cheese (spread to cover mixture) – I spotted a couple of overripe bananas in the humans’ fruit bowl, so I sliced them up and put them on top of the cheese – woof!
- Fold sides of each tortilla 1 inch over filling.
- Fold bottom 1/3 of tortilla over filling; roll again to enclose filling.
- Eat one to ensure that they are fit for canine consumption and place the others individually in small airtight freezer baggies – they freeze very well and will last about 3 months in the freezer – reheat the frozen ones in a 275°F to 300°F oven until they are thawed and gently heated through.
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Reviews
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As an animal nutritionist I would not recommend giving this recipe to your dogs. Salsa has a lot of onions and onions are posionous to dogs, the beans can cause issues with their bowels and cause gastric distress, not to mention the spices in chili powder and the massive amounts of salt in bouillon. Kudos for wanting to cook for your pet but please look for healthier recipes.
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Fido
Laurel, Maryland
I am a full-time stay-at-home messmaker. Although I am quite capable of making a mess of just about anything in the house, my favourite indoor activity is to tear apart the bathroom trash can and spread the contents all over the hall floor. Although I don't do this nearly as often as I did when I was a puppy, I still get a kick out of it, especially when I know that Mille® ™ is expecting guests!
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