20

Mar

Sam’s Birthday Treats

Sam, our dog, is pretty awesome.

I know, you might have a dog or cat or mouse whom you think is the most awesome, and that’s all well and fine. I’m certainly not PETA pet owner of the year, but I love our little spotted dog. He is half playful and half snoring lap dog. Sam is a bundle of fun that loves his treats, too. OF COURSE, don’t we all love treats?

For Sam’s 5th bday this year, I thought it would be fun to make him some little natural treats. Turns out, I had all of the ingredients at home to make peanut butter banana swirl treats. Actually, the recipe is similar to a banana bread recipe that I like to make. Sorry, I digress. I found a site that had quite a few dog food recipes, and this one looked like fun. It took a little time, but it was fun to roll these little jewels for Sam. And, since our dog is small (16 pounds), I STILL have treats for him, a month later. When I rolled the swirls together, I made 4 sections and froze three of them. When he’s running low on treats, I just take out a roll, let it thaw a bit, slice it up and bake it. Really easy. I sliced these treats pretty thin, so there was actually enough dough to make about 80 treats for little Sam. WAY cheaper than treats from the store–bonus!

Pooch Peanut Butter Swirls
 

Adapted from here

Dough #1: 2 cups whole wheat flour
1/3 cup cornmeal
2/3 cup water
1/3 cup peanut butter
1 egg
Combine all #1 ingredients and mix thoroughly. Knead on a lightly floured surface. Set aside.

Dough #2:
 2 cups whole wheat flour
1/3 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup mashed banana
1 egg white
2/3 cup water
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
 1 Tbsp. honey
 1 Tbsp. cinnamon

Combine all #2 ingredients and mix thoroughly. Knead on a lightly floured surface.


Roll each dough separately to a 1/8 inch thickness, into rectangles. Place the dark dough on top, then roll up like a jelly roll. Wrap the roll in plastic and chill in the freezer for one hour. (You can make 4 smaller rolls and freeze the other three for later.) Cut the roll into 1/4 inch slices. Place them on a cookie sheet sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Yield: 56 pieces 

Happy treating!
Laurel

~Laurel~

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20

Jul

Low Fat Strawberry-Cornmuffin Bread

 Awkward title, I know. But how else to I explain that this low-fat bread is sweet like a muffin and not savory cornbread? I saw this recipe and hacked away at it. Sorry, Food Network. It was a good idea that you had, though. The one I made is a slice-able bread, uses no white sugar and has a bit more bite because of the strawberries. Also, instead of half cornmeal flour and half white flour, we have a little more fiber and nutrients by mixing it up with cornmeal, wheat flour and white flour. You know how I do.

Anyhoo, on to the food…

 Low Fat Strawberry-Cornmuffin Bread
Makes one loaf, but can easily double OR bake in muffin pans instead

INGREDIENTS
1 cup cornmeal flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup orange juice + 1 TB zest
1/2 cup lowfat buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 egg whites
1/3 cup agave syrup
1 cup chopped strawberries + 2 strawberries for topping
3 TB brown sugar + 2 teaspoons cinnamon mixed together, for topping

In a medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients. (cornmeal through baking powder on the list)

In a second bowl, whisk all wet ingredients. (orange juice through agave syrup)
Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir well. Fold in chopped strawberry.

Pour dough into a bread pan (I lined the bottom with a rectangle piece of parchment paper.). Top with sliced strawberries and brown sugar/cinnamon mixture.
Bake at 375 for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean from center of loaf. Serve warm and buttered. Yum.

~Laurel~

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