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Turmeric Dog Biscuit Recipe

Turmeric Dog Treat Recipe via Lolathepitty.com

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Before we get into the health benefits of these homemade dog treats, let’s talk about how much Lola and Rio obsessed over these! I’m thrilled with the texture of these and they for sure go on my top three dog treat recipes I’ve made to date. They’re perfect for Lola because they snap easily in half and aren’t so rock hard that she just swallows them whole (yes, this is a problem around here). These treats are crisp and crunchy kind of like a graham cracker.

Okay, so turmeric. It’s kind of a buzz word for 2016 and 2017? And for good reason. Turmeric made the list in my 9 Healthy Additions to Your Dog’s Diet and I knew I had to incorporate it into a recipe!

What is turmeric? Good question, it actually comes from a root, that looks similar to ginger, imo.

Turmeric is one of the most researched plants in existence today as a powerful antioxidant. The health benefits include:

  • Anti-cancer properties
  • Protects against radiation-induced damage
  • Reduces unhealthy levels of inflammation
  • Detoxifier
  • Relieves allergies
  • Acts as a binding agent, great for treating diarrhea
  • High in fiber and rich in vitamins and minerals

Turmeric Dog Treat Recipe via Lolathepitty.com

In addition to turmeric powder, I also added peanut butter to help bind everything together, a combination of oat and rice flour, and flax seed…because why not!?

It’s official. My dogs are spoiled. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Turmeric Dog Treat Recipe via Lolathepitty.com

This recipe can be made with only dirtying ONE bowl. Mix everything together until nice and crumbling like the photo above.

Roll out and cut into shapes. Easy as that!

Turmeric Dog Treat Recipe via Lolathepitty.com

Okay, this recipe just might be one of my favorites yet.

4.3 from 15 reviews
Turmeric Dog Biscuits
 
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These turmeric dog treats are the perfect healthy treat for your pup! They are light and crispy when cooked making a snack your dog is certain to love!
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Serves: 24-30
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Oat Flour
  • 1 cup Rice Flour
  • 3 Tablespoons Turmeric (ground)
  • 1 Tablespoon Ground Flax Seed
  • ½ cup + 2 Tbsp peanut butter
  • ¼ cup water
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients
  3. Mix until crumbly
  4. Form into two large balls and roll out
  5. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters
  6. Place onto prepared baking sheet
  7. Bake for 25 minutes, turn off oven and leave in the oven for another 10-15 minutes or until crisp
  8. *Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

Have you made these treats before? Please share with us in the comments. Thanks for reading!

-Sarah, Lola, & Rio

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Fall Dog Treat Recipe Roundup

Cinnamon-Honey Dog Donuts

Fall Dog Treat Recipe Roundup - Lolathepitty.com

I’m not sure about you, but I absolutely adore fall. Pumpkin spice lattes, leaving crunching under your feet, homemade soup recipes, and of course homemade dog treat recipes. Fairly certain my stovetop and oven have received more use the past couple months than they did all summer long.

Enjoy the recipes and let me know which is your (pups) favorite!

Ginger Apple Dog Biscuits

*insert double heart-eyed emoji*

recipe

Pumpkin-Flax Dog Biscuits

Simple, healthy. Pumpkin Flax Seed Dog Biscuit Recipe - Lolathepitty.com

Cinnamon-Honey Dog Donuts.

Everything Pretty Fluffy does it not only gorgeous, but genius.

Cinnamon-Honey Dog Donuts

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Puppuccinos.

Ahh, my fave.

Pumpkin Spice Puppuccinos! Love thi easy recipe for your pooch! Via lolathepitty.com

Simple Peanut Butter Banana Dog Treats

a classic that you should have hanging on your fridge.

Lola's Homemade Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

Sweet Potato Dog Treat Biscuits

Say whaat?! These look amazing. Visit the Little Epicurean by clicking on the photo below for the recipe.

sweet potato dog biscuits

Looking for even more? Follow our Dog Treat Recipe Pinterest board or check out our full collection of dog treat recipes on this blog.  

Do you have a favorite fall-themed dog treat recipe? Tweet it to us @lolathepitty. Hope you enjoy!

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Pumpkin (Flax Seed) Dog Biscuits

Simple, healthy. Pumpkin Flax Seed Dog Biscuit Recipe - Lolathepitty.com

‘Tis the season for pumpkin-everything and we just had to jump on board, again.

I’ve been telling myself I need to get my hiney back in gear and baking for the dogs on a regular basis, but to be honest I’ve been kind of lazy/busy as all get-out.

So I decided to make a batch of pumpkin dog treats.

The best part?

Four ingredients.

Pumpkin Flax Seed Dog Biscuit Recipe - lolathepitty.com

No rolling out dough – just mixing, scooping, and baking. These treats are made for those days where you don’t feel like cooking but want to whip something special up for your pup.

Doesn’t get much simpler than this, friends!

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Four-ingredient (five if you include the flax seed) pumpkin dog biscuits. Simple, healthy, crunchy, and a treat your dogs will love!
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Serves: 12-18
Ingredients
  • 2½ cups oat flour
  • 1 Tbsp flax seed (optional)
  • ½ cup pumpkin puree
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup almond milk (unsweetened)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Combine oat flour, flax seed, pumpkin, eggs, and almond milk in a medium-sized bowl.
  3. Mix until well combined.
  4. (Note: add a splash more of almond milk if mixture seems too dry - should be able to scoop into balls while still holding shape).
  5. Scoop into 1" balls onto prepared baking sheet.
  6. Bake at 350 F for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown on top.

*Store in an airtight container for up to one week.

Other treats you’ll love:

Ginger Apple Dog Treats

Chicken Wild Rice Dog Treats

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Raspberry Goat Milk Dog Smoothies


Raspberry Goat Milk Dog Smoothies | recipe via www.lolathepitty.com/raspberry-goat-milk-dog-smoothies/

Oh, hi!

I feel as if we’re overdue to share a new dog treat recipe with you! Things have been a little nuts as we packed up all of our stuff and moved out of Minnesota the last week in January. However, life *should* be getting back to normal now that we’re (somewhat) settled in Colorado. Meaning we’ll be able to bust out a more regular treat recipe schedule for ya…

I’m excited to share this new smoothie recipe that Lola and Rio (of course) LOVED. It also happens to be pinkish-reddish in color just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Not too long ago I found out about The Honest Kitchen’s powdered goat milk called Bloom – have you used it? I love that it comes in a powder that you just add water to (less waste for us) and the dogs go nuts for it when I pour a little over their food. (No, THK did not pay me to say any of that.) Dangit.

Anyways, moving onward – this recipe is far from complicated and uses only three ingredients, I think it was completed from start to finish in 5 minutes. And that included washing my blender.

5.0 from 1 reviews
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Raspberry Goat Milk Smoothies for your dog! A healthy, simple and fun recipe to make that your pup will love.
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 cup goat milk (I used The Honest Kitchen's Bloom powdered goat milk)
  • ½ cup frozen raspberries
  • 1 tbsp peanut butter (without added sugar or salt)
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a blender.
  2. Blend until smooth.
  3. Serve!
Notes
This equaled 4-5 servings for our dogs. Store unused smoothie in an airtight container in the fridge (up to 3 days) or freezer.

 

Enjoy pups!

Are you planning on giving your dog a special Valentine’s Day treat?

Raspberry Goat Milk Dog Smoothies | recipe via www.lolathepitty.com/raspberry-goat-milk-dog-smoothies/

Check out these other great recipes:

*Frozen Peanut Butter Banana Pupcakes

*Ginger Apple Dog Biscuits

*Puppy Power Smoothies

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Carob Pupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

You’ve requested it and it’s finally here…chocolate pupcakes. For dogs. Made with carob, of course.

And guess what? Lola and Rio loved them. I know, I know, that doesn’t say much because these two would snap up a piece of lettuce or a single grain of rice and think they really got somethin’ special. But they really, really loved these. More than lettuce. And rice.

Carob Pupcakes with a peanut butter/yogurt frosting! www.lolathepitty.com

We’re guest posting and sharing this fab recipe on Pretty Fluffy –

click here for the recipe!

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Your pups will also love these treats:

Frozen Peanut Butter Banana Pupcakes

Frozen (peanut butter banana) PupCakes! www.lolathepitty.com

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Puppy Power Smoothies

Puppy Power Smoothies - made with carrots & Parsley! www.lolathepitty.com

Lola and Rio seriously went nuts over these smoothies I  made for them. I love making treats like these for them because they are truly good for them and packed with vitamins, antioxidants, healthy fats and protein! And they love them…win. Wish I could say the same for myself.

I tried to snap a photo of them afterwards because they both had smoothie splattered all over their noses after slurping up their snack. Unfortunately both of their tongues were faster than I was.

Four simple ingredients make up these Puppy Power Smoothies:

Carrots – excellent source of vitamin A, antioxidants, fiber, vitamin K, potassium, folate, manganese, phosphorous, magnesium, vitamin E and zinc… and if that wasn’t enough, didn’t your mom always tell you to eat your carrots?

Parsley – stinky breath fixer-upper. Plus vitamin C,  B12, K and A.

Greek yogurt – excellent source of protein!

Almond Milk – protein, low cal, plus a good source of omega fatty acids.

You can also freeze these and let your dog lick the cup clean for prolonged entertainment.

Puppy Power Smoothies - made with carrots & Parsley! www.lolathepitty.com

This recipe only yields four small servings, but you could easily double it or triple it and keep a supply in the freezer.

4.7 from 3 reviews
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Puppy power smoothies filled with tons of vitamins, antioxidants and protein. Plus, parsley will help with any bad breath your dog may have!
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • ⅔ C almond milk (unsweetened!)
  • 1 cup chopped carrots
  • ½ C greek yogurt (plain)
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a blender.
  2. Blend until smooth.
Notes
Serve on top of food, in a bowl, or frozen!
Makes approximately 4 small servings.

 

Puppy Power Smoothies
Yum, mom!

You will begin to notice a trend with all of the dog recipes I make on this blog. I will never use vegetable or canola oil in my recipes, if I use flour it will be either whole wheat or a gluten free flour (such as rice, corn, or coconut), I will never add any unnecessary sugar and they will all offer nutritional benefits for your pup.

You could say I’m a teensy bit picky about what our dogs eat.

Puppy Power Smoothies - made with carrots & Parsley! www.lolathepitty.com

I’ll be honest, our dogs eat much cleaner than I do. As I’m sure many of us can relate to.

I hope your pups enjoy these as much as Lola and Rio!

Related:

Homemade DogNog (egg nog for your pup, good any time of year)!

Small Batch Peanut Butter Banana + Flax Seed Dog Biscuits

Peanut butter Banana + Flax seed dog biscuits

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Doggy Egg Nog Recipe

I might know a spoiled dog or two… But hey, don’t leave your dog out while sipping on a cup of egg nog! Lola went crazy over this recipe! Okay, she goes crazy over a lot – but she seriously couldn’t stand watching me take the photos. It was as if she KNEW I was making something for her. Silly pup. I hope your pups enjoy this recipe!

Homemade Dog Egg Nog Recipe - www.lolathepitty.com It couldn’t be any more simple to throw together.

You can leave out the raw egg if you’re not into that…otherwise here is the recipe!

Homemade Dog Egg Nog recipe - www.lolathepitty.com

(recipe adapted from Tripawds Nutrition)

5.0 from 1 reviews
Doggy Egg Nog Recipe
 
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Homemade DogNog - doggy egg nog! Your pups will devour this recipe!
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Serves: 3
Ingredients
  • 1 (7 oz.) container plain greek yogurt (I used Fage 2%)
  • ½ of a (4 oz.) jar baby food (I used organic sweet potato & chicken)
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 egg (free range if possible)
  • Gingerbread Buddy Biscuits (topping)
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until frothy.
  2. Top with a small dog treat such as the tiny Buddy Biscuits.
  3. Enjoy!
Notes
*Recipe can easily be doubled and kept in the fridge for a couple days or frozen!
*You can leave the raw egg out if desired.

Homemade Dog Egg Nog recipe - www.lolathepitty.com If your dogs are like mine – you won’t be able to get this ready fast enough 😉 Homemade Dog Egg Nog recipe - www.lolathepitty.com

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Homemade Pumpkin Biscuits

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Lola’s Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

Lola's Homemade Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

I love these treats! They are simple and super cute.

Lola's Homemade Pumpkin Dog Biscuits - @lolathepitty

*I used rice flour and masa (corn flour), which can be found in the Asian & Hispanic aisles of most grocery stores. You can also use whole wheat flour.

Lola's Homemade Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

*If desired, once treats are completely cooled, you can melt some Vanilla Candiquik Coating and dip or drizzle the dog biscuits! Just use portion control if you choose to do this. I dipped about 1/3 of the treats, to give as gifts and a very special treat to Lola, but then left most of them plain.

Other fun dog treat recipes: Homemade Peanut Butter Banana Dog Treats

Have fun with these! Drizzle, pipe your pup’s name on them, add little designs, etc.

Lola's Homemade Pumpkin Dog Biscuits - @lolathepitty www.lolathepitty.com

Easy as that!

4.0 from 1 reviews
Lola's Pumpkin Dog Biscuits
 
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Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup pumpkin puree
  • 2 tablespoons dry milk
  • ⅛ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon dried parsley
  • 2½ cups rice flour, corn flour, or whole wheat flour
  • •Optional: 1 package Vanilla CandiQuik Coating
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Whisk together eggs and pumpkin in a medium bowl. Stir in dry milk, sea salt, and parsley.
  3. Gradually add flour (corn or rice) to pumpkin mixture and stir until a stiff, dry mixture is formed.
  4. Roll out dough onto a smooth surface, ¼ – ½” thick. Cut into shapes with cookie cutter.
  5. Bake for 40 minutes, turning biscuits over halfway through. Let cool.
  6. Optional: once completely cooled, melt Vanilla CandiQuik in tray, according to package directions. Dip dog biscuits in coating and place on wax or parchment paper to dry.
Notes
*If biscuits are sticky and hard to roll, add 1-3 tablespoons of rice or corn flour. *Please note: this is not professional advice, these biscuits are intended as a dog treat. If you have any concerns, you should always consult with a licensed veterinary professional.