KAFFE's Cafe: A Collection of Kaffe's Favorite Recipes

[kaffe]

Kaffe's Cream of Chicken Soup
(for the debilated or recuperating kitty)

My Kaffe loved to eat and it broke my heart when he no longer could becuase of the cancer in his tummy.  This recipe was the last I made especially for him, when he could no longer comfortably swallow anything that was not almost liquid in consistency.  This recipe is rich in calories and protein and allows for syringe feeding. 

500 grams        Chicken breast, meat only
1 Cup                Chicken broth
1/2 -2/3 Cup     KMR Kitten Milk Replacer by PetAg
7.5 oz               (or 3 2.5 oz jars) Beechnut Butternut Squash Baby food
1/2 tsp               Eggshell, finely ground to powder, or 900mg calcium citrate or   
                          carbonate (NOT optional)
500- 1000mg     Taurine  (NOT optional - you may use only 500mg if giving a multivit,
                          1000mg if not)      
8 - 10 tabs         Nu-Cat Senior  (Multi-vitamin and mineral tablets), finely
                          crushed  (optional if not feeding for more than 1-2 weeks - also, you
                          may use any appropriate kitty multi-vit-min of your choice)
 

Method:
1.  In a pot, cook the chicken breast in enough water to cover the meaty parts.  Bring to a gentle boil and simmer for 45 mins to an hour to make chicken broth and to tenderize the breast.  When done, allow to cool before removing all the skin and finely shreding the chicken breast meat in prepation for the blender.  The meat has to be finely shreded in order for the mixture to become creamy in the blender.
2.  The water in the pot is the chicken broth.  Set aside at least 1 cup to mix in the blender.
3.  In a bowl mix together the crushed multi-vitamins, eggshell powder, taurine, babyfood squash and KMR milk replacer.
4.  Pour and blend all ingedients in a blender or food processor.  To get the right creamy consistency, you will have to do this in at least 3 lots; then using a large mixing bowl, combine and mix all the lots together.

Finished product should look and smell just like cream of chicken soup for humans!

                 

[kaffe]

Kaffe's all-time favorite foodie-food-food:

Kaffe's Broiled Pork Loin

300 grams   Pork loin lean cut

75 grams   Mixed veggies (cooked Broccoli, grated raw carrot)

25 grams   Cooked chicken liver

2 tsp      Gerber’s Organic Carrots baby food

1 tsp      Gerber’s Organic Apples

3 tsp      Beech Nut  Butternut Squash

2 tsp      Beech Nut Apples and Blueberries

1 tsp      Organic Apple Cider Vinegar

½ tsp      Powdered eggshell 

1/8 tsp      Kelp powder or Dulse

1 Cup      Spring water or enough for processing.

2000mg                   Fish Oil or Salmon Oil

1500mg                   Taurine

400IU      Vit. E

1 capsule                   B-50 Vitamin B Complex



1.  Meats:  Wrap pork and liver in tinfoil and bake or broil in oven until cooked through.  Cut into small pieces.
2.  Veggies:  Steam or boil broccoli but do not over cook.  Grate the carrot but leave raw.
3.  In a bowl, mix all vitamins and supplements and egg powder together with some water.
4.  Pour EVERYTHING into a food processor and whirl.

[Bonkers]

  Yum Yum Kaffe!  These recipes look very tasty! Almost makes me want to try them for myself!!!!     Thank You!

[Perseus]

Kaffe, these are wonderful recipes so THANK YOU so much for posting them!  I'm sure they will help many kitties!

[kaffe]

Kaffe's Pork and Legumes
(the low phosphorus and high fiber in this recipe is actually good for an early CRF kitty)

300 g   Lean ground pork, cooked (you can use ground turkey, chicken or
                beef – the pork version is Kaffe’s favorite and is lower in phosphorus
                than any of the other "meats")
100 g         Red Kidney beans, cooked weight
100 g         Green peas, cooked weight
1/2 tsp     Eggshell powder (heaped) or 900mg elemental calcium
1/8 tsp     Iodized salt, dulse or kelp
1 cap         B-50 Vitamin B-Complex (or equivalent)
Vit A&D supplement (8,000-10,000IU Vit A, 200-400IU Vit D)
Vit E 100IU supplement (mixed tocopherols or d-alpha tocopherol)
1000-2000mg  Salmon Oil

Cal:Phos Ratio -  1.5 : 1

1.   Cook ground pork lightly either in pot or pan... strain out extra oil.
2.   Soak kidney beans overnight then boil them in enough water until tender.  When done, add frozen green peas to the beans and allow to cook together for another 5 mins.
3.   Blend meat and legumes together in a food processor or blender – use a little water to process well

4.   Add all supplements and mix well.


Calories: 1027
Protein:  86.9g
Fat:  57.7g
Carb:  36.7g
Fiber:  5.5g
Ash: 5.5g
Total:  192.3 x 1000 = 192,300mg
Phosphorus:  704mg  / 192,300  x 100%  = 0.36609%
Protein:  86.9  /  192.3  x 100%  = 45.1898%

[kaffe]

Kaffe's Twice Weekly Liver Fix

200grams           Chicken Liver, cooked (organic if at all possible)
100 grams           Brown rice, boiled, cooked weight*
50 grams             Boiled yam, cooked weight
50 grams            Grated raw carrot
5 lrg                Cooked Egg whites
½ teaspoon heaped      Eggshell powder or 900mg elemental calcium
1000-1500mg          Taurine
20 drops      Milkthisle and Dandelion (Animal Apawthecary)
1-2 tabs                   B-50 Complex
2000mg                Salmon Oil
200IU                  Vit E (natural vitamin E - d-alpha)
                           Water for processing

*if you'd rather have a grainless recipe, substitute this ingredient with boiled yam or boiled potato

Method:

1.  Cook liver in 1 cup or so water, allow to simmer gently for 15mins.  Save the broth and use some of it when processing everything in the blender - adds more flavor to the mix.
2.  Separate egg whites from egg yolk and cook the eggwhites in 1/2 cup water, low heat, stirring constantly until the mix is all white.
3.  Over-cook the brown rice by boiling in enough water (you''ll need to replenish a few times) for about an hour. 
4.  Boil and mash the yam; grate the carrot and leave that raw
5.  Combine all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth.


Calories: 588
Protein: 70.19g
Fat: 12.05g
Carb: 45.32g
Fiber: 5.25g
Ash:  4.3g
Total:  137.11g  x 1000  =  137110mg
Phosphorus:  775.21mg  /  137110mg  x 100%  = 0.565%
Protein:  70.19  /  137.11  x 100 = 51.19%
Fat:  12.05 / 137.11  x 100 = 8.7%
Carb:  45.32  / 137.11  x 100 =  33.05%

NOTE:  Do not feed this recipe more than twice a week.

[GreyGhost]

Thanks so much for posting your recipes. You are great help.

[kaffe]

I'll never forget that day in Novemebr last year when Kaffe screamed at me to have a helping of this "people food."  He ran to the kitchen when I took the trout out of the oven, screamed his distinctive tenor "ngeoww!" at me and then ran to the dining room table where he actually sat on one of the chairs fully expecting to be served there with the rest of the family. 

"People-Food" Baked Trout

1 kilo    Trout fillets (you can use salmon or any filleted fish, really)

1 Tbsp   Lemon juice

1 Tbsp     Olive Oil

1 tsp     Aji-Mirin Sweet-cooking Rice Seasoning (Kikkoman)

1 Tbsp   Soy Sauce (Kikkoman)

1 tsp     Rosemary herbs

Method:

1.  Seasoning mixture:  Combine lemon juice, olive oil, Aji-Mirin, soy sauce and rosemary herbs in a small bowl.

2.  Trout:  Brush or baste the trout with the seasoning mixture.  Cover all surfaces with this "sauce."

3.  Oven:  Wrap each trout fillet in tin foil, place on a flat oven pan and bake in 350 deg F oven until done (between 30 - 40 mins).

4.  Serve hot.

[Perseus]

He ran to the kitchen when I took the trout out of the oven, screamed his distinctive tenor "ngeoww!" at me and then ran to the dining room table where he actually sat on one of the chairs fully expecting to be served there with the rest of the family. 

And I bet you ended up feeding him right right there at the dining room table!

My cats are always jumping up on the table when we eat.  When we have guests over and they jump on the dining room table, I grab them and politely say, "Gee, they've never done that before..."

[kaffe]

This is Kaffe' basic raw food recipe, which he ate daily until for some reason, he could no longer keep raw food down and prefered the cooked version.  He used to like eating this when formed into little "meatballs" and sprinkled with bonito flakes.  My grandsons used to refer to this dish as "Kaffe's Burghers."  I alwasy referred to it as

Kaffe's "Franken Prey Recipe 1."  



1 Kilo      Chicken thigh with the bones

200 g      Chicken hearts

100 g      Chicken liver

2       Raw egg yolk only

150 g      Mixed veggies (cooked broccoli, cooked squash, raw grated carrot)   

2000mg   Taurine

2000mg   Fish Oil

400IU      Vit. E

100mg      Vit B-Complex (B-50 x 2 tabs)

2 caps      Multi-glandular (Multiplex glandulars)

1/8 tsp      Kelp
1/8 tsp      Dulse

*** when NOT grinding the bones, add 1.5 teaspoons eggshell powder

Phos: 2306 x 1.2 = 2767
Cal:    135
additional calcium supp:  2767 – 135 = 2632 /1800 = 1.46 or 1.5 teaspoons eggshell powder

1 tsp eggshell = 1800mg elemental calcium carbonate

1-2 tsp      Psyllium husk when constipation occurs or for hairball season

Kaffe's Beaverton vet adopted this recipe (cooked version) for his own cats - he has 9 of them and thought the transition to home-made food cut the petfood expenses to nealry half.  I said, " 'told ya!"

[Perseus]

Kaffe's Beaverton vet adopted this recipe (cooked version) for his own cats - he has 9 of them and thought the transition to home-made food cut the petfood expenses to nealry half.  I said, " 'told ya!"

He-he-he, it's amazing how much more WE know about feeding our furkids than the vets do!

[kaffe]

Kaffe's Beaverton vet adopted this recipe (cooked version) for his own cats - he has 9 of them and thought the transition to home-made food cut the petfood expenses to nealry half.  I said, " 'told ya!"

He-he-he, it's amazing how much more WE know about feeding our furkids than the vets do!

Perseus:  It's amazing how much some pet parents know more than the vets do, period!   

[kaffe]

I first made a raw version of this recipe for Kaffe and Cato in the summer of 2007.  Both kitties loved it, especially when served in their outdoor kennel before the heat of the day broke in.  I remember marveling at how much energy this food used to give both cats later on in the afternoons! 

Beta-Carotene and Glucose Delight


500 grams    Chicken Thigh with the bone
½ Jar (35 grams)   Gerber’s Organic Carrot
½ Jar (35 grams)   Gerber’s Organic Apple
1                        Egg yolk
2 Tsp                  Mashed squash or pumpkin
1/2 Tsp                Finely chopped parsley or fresh catnip
Spring water   Just enough to bring the food mixture to a desired consistency
50 mg B-Complex     
1/8 Tsp Dulse        (optional)
500 mg      Taurine (if cooking or freezing)


If feeding raw:
1.  Remove skin from thighs
2.  Dip whole skinless thigh pieces in pot of boiling water for 20-25 seconds no more.  Place thigh pieces on flat plate, cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate to cool.
3.  De-bone chicken thighs. Cut up chicken meat in 1” cubes.  Smash chicken bones with meat cleaver or something similar for easier grinding.
4.  Grind chicken bones first.  Check consistency, making sure there are no large pieces of bone.  If in doubt, put through the grinder a second time.
5.  Grind raw chicken meat. 
6.  Cover mixture and set aside in the refrigerator
7.  In small bowl, mix together Vit. B, squash or pumpkin, Gerber’s Organic Carrot, Gerber’s Organic Apple, egg yolk, parsley or catnip, dulse and taurine
8.  Remove meat and bone mixture from the fridge and pour the vitamin and Gerber mix into it.  Mix all well, adding spring water to bring the mix into a desired consistency. 
9.  Portion into individual daily servings and freeze what will not be used immediately.  I use ziploc bags.

If feeding cooked:
1.  Remove skin from thighs.
2.  De-bone thighs.
-  if using bones for calcium, smash them up and run them through the grinder.  Check consistency and make sure there are no large peices.  If in doubt, run the mix through he grinder again (you made have to add a few meat peices to get everything through).  Set bone-marrow mix aside and refrigerate.
-  lightly FRY or ROAST thigh meat (but do not boil or cook in water becuase you will lose much taurine)
3.  In small bowl, mix together Vit. B, squash or pumpkin, egg yolk, taurine, Gerber’s Organic Carrot and Gerber’s Organic Apple
4. You can mix all the ingredients together, adding water for consistency or you can run the whole mix through a blender or food processor for finer consistency.

If  NOT using bones for calcium,  add  950 mg Calcium supplement

Nutritional Data:

98. 55    grams animal protein
-  Taurine in meat only:  845 mg (plus or minus 185)
-  Arginine:  5930 mg
0.8   grams plant protein

10652.5 IU     Vit A
- 515 mcg      Retinol activity
- 2337.5 mcg  Alpha carotene
- 5023.6 mcg  Beta carotene
- 117     mcg   Lutein 

30.6 mg                  Vit. C
25 IU (from egg yolk) Vit. D
10 mcg                    Vit K

7481 mg        Sucrose
1785 mg                Glucose   
4504.5 mg   Fructose

Phosphorus:   840 mg
Calcium:  50 + 950 mg = 1000mg
Ratio:  1.2 cal : 1 phos

[Perseus]

Yum Yum, Kaffe, keep 'em coming!

By the way, do you have any good home baked recipes for humans??  Especially around the holidays, I may even bake something!

[kaffe]

Yum Yum, Kaffe, keep 'em coming!

By the way, do you have any good home baked recipes for humans??  Especially around the holidays, I may even bake something!

   I'll get my notebook out... I haven't baked anything for a couple of months now, Perseus!  5Catmom has a nice recipe for pumpkin cake I think I might try this Thanksgiving... looks pretty simple and will be a welcome change from good 'ol pumpkin pie.