Organic Coconut Flour & Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits

I found a recipe a while back for peanut butter dog cookies, of course I modified it about twenty ways, made them four different times, and finally got the perfect dog cookie, so here they are...healthy dog cookies made with peanut butter, organic coconut flour, and flax seed!

Organic Coconut Flour & Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits

1/3 cup steel oats

1/2 cup ground flax seed

3/4 cup coconut flour

1 cup flour (whole wheat or all purpose)

1/3 cup peanut butter

11/4 cup HOT water

Stir dry ingredients together. 

Eye-ball the peanut butter measurement because it's not worth dealing with trying to get it in the measuring cup and back out again. Add hot water. 

Mix together, then roll dough out. I used more coconut flour to keep the dough from sticking to my board. Perfect moment for a doggie photo-bomb.

 

Roll the dough until it's a little thicker than a saltine cracker, and cut out the cookies. 

These cookies don't spread out, so feel free to crowd a greased cookie sheet or jelly-roll pan.

 

Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes. I keep a close eye on them to prevent the tails from burning. Check them and watch for hot spots. Ultimately, if they come out a little too brown, your dog is not going to care. Enjoy my furry friends!

Lovin' Leftovers!

I can't believe I'm writing a blog about leftovers. I used to despise leftovers. Now, a with a new job, tighter budget, and different outlook, I'm saving money, re-purposing leftovers, and loving it. My mom used to make rissoles all the time when we were kids, and now I see why.

Rissoles

I used leftover mashed potatoes, one pre-cooked hamburger patty, a tbsp of ketchup, 1/2 an onion, about a cup of breadcrumbs, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, seasoning salt, butter, and olive oil, and the leftovers were transformed.

This is a very flexible recipe, and I don't think any two rissole recipes were ever the same in our house. These turned out very crispy and delicious so here's mine, but feel free to leave ingredients out, or add any in. Note that as with any potato pancake type of recipe an egg will be necessary as the binding agent and what keeps the potatoes together. Be careful when handling and flipping the patties because they are still somewhat fragile.

Ingredients

1. Mashed Potatoes (about 3 cups)
2. Ground Beef (I used one already cooked burger patty - you can use as much as you want or have)
3. 1/2 diced white onion
4. 1 egg
5. cup of breadcrumbs (1/2 in mix & 1/2 for coating)
6. tbsp ketchup
7. dash of worchestershire sauce
8. salt, pepper, seasoning salt all to your own preferences
9. tbsp olive oil
10. tbsp butter

Mix first 8 ingredients together only using half of breadcrumbs. Once you've formed the patties, coat with remaining bread crumbs. Heat pan to medium low, add 1/2 of the oil and butter. Add two patties, cook about eight minutes per side. They should be a deep golden brown, once you flip them. Cook the other side for eight more minutes. Remove first two and keep them warm, then repeat with the remaining rissoles.

This made four large rissoles.  We served them with a little tomato basil salad, with ketchup and grainy mustard for dipping.

For a weeknight meal rissoles are super easy, tasty, and so cheap. Enjoy!