So you want to start your dog on a homemade raw diet but your biggest concern is making sure that you are balancing all of the nutrients that they need to provide them an adequate diet. Don't worry because in this video I'm going to show you how to make an easy homemade raw dog food you can also cook it recipe that is going to be 100% nutritionally balanced for your dog. Hey I'm Jessica the Friar Family Coach and in this video we're going to be making a completely balanced homemade meal for your dogs you can serve either raw or cooked and I want to give credit for this recipe to Dr. Karen Becker and Rodney Haviv. Two people who are on the forefront of changing how we see nutrition for our dogs and cats and to really really great advocates for our pets and they came up with this recipe so I wanted to pass them along to you because it really is easy something you can do at home just by going to the grocery store and picking up a few items and if any of you have been following our transition to a raw food diet for our dogs and cats one of my main concerns in making a homemade diet has always been making sure that the nutrients are balanced or the dogs and the cats are getting everything they need all the vitamins minerals nutrients that they need and of course one way to do that is by supplementing by using supplements and that's great you can do that but you can do it by using whole foods you can do it by using real food without having to use the supplements this is even better for your pets because the body actually utilizes nutrients differently than they come from real food source versus like a supplement type product so anytime we can use real foods to provide the nutrients that our pets need that's the best way we can feed them so let's get started in this really easy homemade raw food again you can also cook this if you're not quite ready to take the plunge into a raw food diet so let's get started okay we're gonna start out with 14 ounces of ground beef now we need at least 90% lean ground beef I have here 93% ground beef we need it to be at least 90% because dogs have a high amino acid requirement so the leaner the ground beef the greater the amino acids are gonna be in the meat then we're going to add two tablespoons of hemp seed oil this is gonna help balance out the fats and the ground beef then we're gonna add a half teaspoon of kelp this is going to add iodine and a half a teaspoon of ginger which is going to give our dogs the manganese they need to protect their ligaments then we are going to add one egg but make sure before you add the egg before you crack the egg that you wash the shell of the egg because we're gonna keep half of the egg shell and save it for later now if you followed my transition to raw food diet videos in the past you know that the egg is the perfect protein so we're adding lots of great protein here okay now in our food processor we are going to add half a can of sardines or about two ounces of sardines make sure when you buy the can of sardines you get them packed in water with no salt added we're going to add that half of an egg shell that we saved from where we cracked the egg the egg shell is going to provide lots of calcium it's gonna provide enough calcium to adequately supply your adult dog however it is not enough for a puppy so remember this is for an adult dog we're going to add about an ounce of beef liver this is going to provide copper zinc and iron to our dog we're going to add broccoli red bell pepper and we're gonna add spinach now all of these yummy veggies are going to be adding any oxidants vital nutrients enzymes and fiber so let's go ahead and get this blended up all right now we are going to combine all of these yummy ingredients together and there we have it our homemade dog food completely nutritionally balanced using only we can take this and we can feed it raw we can cook it either way your dogs are gonna love it and they're going to have a nutritionally balanced delicious and healthy meal so what you're gonna want to do especially if you're feeding this raw is only keep about three to four meals or about two days worth in the refrigerator at any given time the rest you can freeze your dogs are going to love this this is super easy something that you can get all the ingredients for on your own now I do want to let you know that the key to a raw diet with balance is variety so even though this is a balanced nutritionally balanced meal for your dogs what's going to be even healthier for them is mixing up all of the foods that they're getting that means the muscle meats the organ needs using different animals muscle needs so like this has beef you can use lamb, rabbit, chicken, duck all different kinds of animals are going to be that's going to be best for them nutritionally mixing up the fruits and veggies that we provide to them eggs are going to be a key component again because they are the perfect protein the shells have tons of calcium in them which are great but this is just one example of a nutritionally balanced meal that you can make at home for your dogs again this is really great to feed raw you can also cook it when you cook it all you want to do is put it on the stove top and your goal is to get the meat to 165 degrees so you don't want to overcook it the more you cook it the more nutrients you are going to lose in it so the goal is just to get it to 165 degrees that's going to be good enough to not kill any nutrients but to make sure it is cooked enough that if you're concerned in that front so this is going to be our really great meal for our dogs tonight I know they're gonna love it so let's see what they think about it all right Kimberly you know it's not your dinner time yet but let's give it a try did you like it did you like it did you like yours greasy oh oh really let's go ahead so there you have it a nutritionally balanced homemade raw food meal you make for your dogs also a cooked meal if you prefer it that way still nutritionally balanced if you like this video please give it a thumbs up also share it with your friends that they can provide delicious nutritious homemade meals for their dogs too if you have any comments please let me know questions are always welcome just leave them in the comments box below don't forget to subscribe to my channel and once you do that click the little bell next to the subscribe button that way you'll get notified every time I post a new video until next time I'll see you from my very family