Blog DIY Raw Meal for Dogs: Easy Turkey Bowl
For those who like to fully take the reins on their journey to Truly Raw, we’ve partnered with a certified canine nutritionist to create our DIY Raw Recipes series. These meals incorporate our DIY Parts products and other raw ingredients and are step-by-step recipes that you can follow to ensure you’re feeding your pet a complete and well-balanced raw meal.
This is a turkey recipe for pet parents who would like to feed an easy, semi-DIY meal. This recipe calls for either the Carnos Turkey Variety Blend or Turkey Truly Raw Base as the foundation of the meal. This recipe is balanced to NRC nutritional guidelines for Adult Dogs only by our in-house certified canine nutritionist. The recipe is balanced as is and ingredient changes or substitutions can affect the balance of the recipe.
Batch Recipe Ingredients
- Carnos Turkey Variety Blend or Carnos Turkey Truly Raw Base – 10lbs
- Carnos Whole Sardines – 10 large or 20 small
- Flax Seeds, ground – 30g
- NOW Full Spectrum Mineral Capsules – 10 pills
- NOW Kelp powder – 2 scoops
- NOW Vitamin E dry capsules – 4 pills
- NOW Nutritional Yeast (optional) – 2.5 tsp
Recipe total yield = approx 180 ounces = approx 11 pounds
Recipe calories per ounce = 39 kcal/ounce
Recipe macronutrients = 15% protein, 8.9% fat
Required Prep Supplies
- Food-safe meal containers
- Adequate freezer space
- Cutting board
- Kitchen knife
- Kitchen food scale
- Spice grinder
How to calculate appropriate feeding amounts for your pet.
Divide your dog’s daily calorie intake by 39.8 to find the total ounces to feed per day.
*Every dog and their metabolism is an individual. Feeding amounts should be adjusted as needed. If a dog is too thin and health issues have been ruled out, increase daily food. If a dog is too heavy and health conditions have been ruled out, decrease food within reason.
Meal Prep Instructions
- You can either portion out the Carnos meal base of your choice (Variety Blend or Truly Raw Base) at meal time each day and add the additional whole foods and supplements before serving, or bulk prep all meals at once, portion into containers, and freeze.
- Grind seeds for optimal digestion in a spice grinder. Place in a bowl and add the powder supplements (open any capsules). Mix seed powder and supplements thoroughly. Place in airtight container and store frozen or add to bulk meal prep. Distribute evenly over the 10 pounds of base meals.
Meal Prep Pro Tip: Divide the full batch weight by 10 to find the amount per 1lb of Carnos Base Meal (Variety Blend or Truly Raw Base).
Nutritionist Tip: Salmon can be substituted for sardines if needed since both fish provide essential EPA, DHA, and Vitamin D.