So I decided to try a natural diet (following the Natural Rearing book by Juliette Levy) for a while to see how things go. This afternoon I spent some time processing ingredients to make life easier (although homeschooling is going better than expected, so life isn't quite as crazy as I thought). Anyway, 3 pounds of organ meat, ground, mixed together and are freezing in ice cube trays. (half a cube will go to Echo and 1/4 each cube to the bichon girls, twice a week). 2 trays of raw, ground, frozen veggie cubes are all set and in their ziplock freezer bags.
1 tub of oatmeal and 1 box of flaked quinoa have been run through my cuisinart, to chop them into tiny pieces for fast soaking with warm water. RMBs purchased and packaged for daily servings (Beef ,chicken, turkey, pork). Sweet potatoes for alternate days when I don't want to feed grain are stacked neatly in my pantry. Yogurt in the frige, eggs hard boiled in the fridge (we humans eat them too). HOney, safflower oil, salmon oil, various dry herbs, vitamin C and E, slippery elm, prozyme are all set up and ready to go.
I feel accomplished and oh so satisified that I thought to grind the organ meat and freeze in cubes for easy serving. Heh heh. Such a clever girl am I .... Sometimes!
Just sharing.