Noodles + Mash #2 (orange) – organic vegan diet

  • Lesson from Tom and Sugi: This vegan meal is a combination of either organic rice noodles or buckwheat noodles, and an organic homemade puree. This one differs from Mash#1 in the green vegetable and the proportions. Both Mashes use legumes which when added to the noodles forms a complete protein. This diet must be supplemented with good quality vitamins and omegas*.
  • Tom says, “I love broccoli!”

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Noodles + Mash #2

I feed Tom and Sugi each 3 times per day.  Both dogs are 20 pounds each*:

  • combine about 3/4 to 1 cup of cooked, drained, cold water rinsed organic rice noodles or buckwheat noodles (zaru soba)
  • about 1/4 to 1/2 cup Mash #2

*Health Tip: Add a vitamin powder to the meal (I use “Total Health” from Whole Hound). Add a digestive enzyme to each meal (I use “Digestive Support” from Whole Hound) which will aid in digesting the legumes. Add a squirt of organic flax oil for omega 3 and 6 support.

Recipe for Mash #2 (= 10 cups):

  • 2 parts squash – [small butternut squash, cooked, puréed (4 cups yield)]
  • 1 part sweet potato or yam – [cooked, puréed (2 cups yield)]
  • 1 part  steamed, puréed broccoli (2 cups yield)]
  • 1 part legume – [1 cup soaked overnight, cooked, puréed adzuki beans (2 cups yield)]

Vegan dog treats using your dehydrator

Lesson from Sugi: When Sugi was on a homemade allergy-free diet the only things he could eat were buckwheat noodles and squash purée! this was a treat that I made up that Sugi could eat. I still make them and both Tom and Sugi love them!

Sugi says, “I love these treats because they’re crunchy…!”

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Buckwheat flour treats

2 cups organic whole buckwheat flour

4- 6 cups water

Put the flour in a bowl. Add water and mix with a whisk. Keep adding enough water until this batter has the consistency of thin pancake mix. Let sit for 15-20 minutes. Heat up a cast iron frying pan using medium heat. Pour the batter into the pan until about a 6-7 inch pancake is formed. Let cook until the top of the pancake has no liquid. Flip and cook the second side for only 1-2 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool. Make sure you’re not burning them! Keep making these pancakes. The batter will make about 8-10 pancakes.

After all the pancakes are cooled off, cut them into 1/2 inch squares. Arrange on your dehydrator racks and dehydrate for 6-8 hours or until completely crispy.

These will keep for many weeks. Yum!!