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Pumpkin spinach chicken loaf

Made in my kitchen

A bright orange pumpkin layer over a green spinach layer, both made with chicken. Bake in a mold and slice into bars.

My own recipe, from my video. I make this one at home. I’m still weighing each batch, so exact amounts, yield and calories are coming soon.

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A slice of pumpkin spinach chicken loaf held up to show the orange pumpkin layer over the green spinach layer
Method: ovenBake: 30 min at 180°C (350°F)

Treat only — not a complete diet. Homemade snacks do not replace a balanced commercial or veterinary diet. If your pet has a health condition, ask your vet before trying a new treat.

Ingredients

Chicken breast in a black dish, a basket of fresh spinach, and cut pumpkin in a yellow dish on a kitchen counter
  • Chicken breast
  • Pumpkin
  • Fresh spinach

Exact amounts coming soon.

Steps

  1. Scissors snipping a strip of fat from a raw chicken breast

    Trim extra fat from the chicken breast.

  2. Cut pumpkin pieces on a wooden board

    Cut the pumpkin into pieces.

  3. Trimmed spinach piled on a wooden board

    Trim the roots off the spinach.

  4. Blanched spinach being lifted from a pot of hot water

    Blanch the spinach (cut into shorter lengths first if your pot is small).

  5. Smooth chicken paste in the blender after blending

    Cut the chicken into small pieces so it blends easily, then blend into a smooth paste.

  6. One quarter of the chicken paste set aside in a black dish

    Set aside one quarter (1/4) of the chicken paste.

  7. Orange pumpkin-chicken paste in a speckled yellow dish

    Add the pumpkin to the remaining chicken paste and blend until smooth.

  8. Green spinach-chicken paste in a yellow dish after blending

    Blend the spinach with the reserved chicken.

  9. Pumpkin-chicken paste spread in the bottom of the loaf pan

    Spread the pumpkin-chicken paste on the bottom of the pan.

  10. The smoothed top of the layered loaf in the pan

    Spread the spinach-chicken paste on top and smooth it even.

  11. The loaf pan sitting on a rack inside the oven

    Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 30 minutes.

  12. Sliced bars of the baked loaf showing an orange layer over a green layer

    Let it cool, then slice.

Calories: coming soon. I haven’t weighed a finished batch yet, so there is no per-piece number here.

Once you know the calories in one piece, use the Custom option in the dog calorie calculator and keep treats near 10% of daily calories.

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