Cat food cats go crazy for... and how to make it!
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- Опубліковано 9 сер 2020
- Homemade Cat Food with Chicken that turned our Finicky Felines into Ravenous Land Sharks... We still use some dry cat food, but it is the same stuff that our cats stuck their noses up at and picked at for the last couple of years. I think you'll find this homemade food is much cheaper than even basic dry kibble!
Below is an ingredient list and supply list:
(I've included Amazon affiliate links to some of them, especially the ingredients and equipment I ordered from Amazon myself! And, full disclosure, I would get a small commission if you were to purchase a product through any of the links.)
To ensure you have what you need on hand, here is the basic ingredients:
Bone-in chicken quarters (legs, thighs, etc. You need dark meat. Bone-in is less expensive and more nutritious when you cook it down. The drawback: picking the bones out of the cooled cooked chicken.) 10 pounds
White Rice - for this cat food recipe I used 2.5 cups. Some people use oatmeal, and this is optional, but my cats LOVE white rice.
Pumpkin - I used roasted pumpkin (homegrown), but canned pumpkin puree will also work. DO NOT use pumpkin pie filling - cats shouldn't eat sugar. With 14 lbs of turkey, I use about 6-8 cups. This is really good for cat digestion and urinary tracts.
Ground Flax Seed - for this cat food recipe I used 2 cups. This is for protein, fiber, and healthy fats that cats need, and it thickens the food right up - it looks a bit soupy at first. Make sure it is finely ground. Brown or golden flax seed meal will work. Whole flaxseed: amzn.to/3Sugr9t Ground flaxseed: amzn.to/48FE844
Here is a list of some of the equipment I use in this video along with links to them on Amazon:
16 qt stock pot: amzn.to/495mBlA
24 qt stock pot: amzn.to/3HOieQB
Mesh Strainer: amzn.to/3U9hlJs
Do not use salted or seasoned anything in your cat's food - too much salt really damages their kidneys, and common human seasonings like garlic and onion actually destroy their red blood cells. Yikes! It's a short ingredient list. We filmed this real time, but sped up the part where my daughter and I pull the chicken - that is by far the most labor intensive part... but don't try and skip it with boneless meat. Our feline friends need the high fat dark meat, and their bodies get additional nutrition from the other goodies that are extracted from the bones during the extended cooking process.
Let me know how it goes! Our 9 kitties give it 2 paws up with a Meow for extra points! - Навчання та стиль
I have to throw my two cents in. I just clicked on this video and then started looking through through the comments and I have to say WOW. I have seen less emotional outbursts on political and social issue videos. This is cat food. Every point some of you are going in on this woman for, she addresses and she gives you HER reasons why she makes HER cat food the way she does. If you don't like "cooked" food MOVE ON. I thank you ,How To Really Cook Lady, for this helpful informative video. I have a finicky cat and I know that in the end my making her just chicken is better thank 98% of the processed crap we get at store (human food as well!!). So, as I learn more about nutrition for both of us, we will grow healthier together!
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Thank you!!!! Your 2 cents is very welcome. I also was blown away by the passion of the viewers of my cat food video. I'm glad you found it helpful... I am in the process of uploading a video on how to roast a turkey, but in such a way that the leftovers can be used for cat food as well. Good luck with your finicky feline!
Some people just like to bla blas for attention. A good video for people who Love their pets, so people
So PEOPLE HIT THE BUTTON AND MOVE ON to the trash you like to watch.
Willa, Thank you! I hope you enjoyed this video. Cheers, Joanna
@@willajohnson8577 Right ON glad for your input also!!
I have 14 feral cats and I cook lot ! You did a great job on your video. My cats would Love to cold wash those pots ! Lol
This is really a better idea than feeding commercial cat food!! I started cooking for my overweight 12 y.o. cat when he licked all the fur off one of his legs. Found out that food allergies was a probable cause. So I quit feeding him kibble and found a recipe online. The short story is that he 1) lost weight, 2) his fur became lush and soft, 3) he quit licking his leg and that fur grew back, and 3) he started playing like a kitten again! He lived to 18+!! I miss ol' Figaro.
What was the recipe ?
Figs’ Homemade Cat Food
In a big stock pot (8 quarts or more) add in:
3 packages of chicken hearts and gizzards, picked over and rinsed
2-3 ounces of liver
2-3 pounds of ground chicken or turkey
1 beet, peeled and roughly chopped (for fiber)
Water to 1 inch of top of ingredients
Cover, bring to a boil then simmer for 1 hour with all the windows open if possible (this is very smelly stuff.). Cool to touch for a couple hours with the lid on. Grind the whole lot until smooth with a blending stick or in batches in the blender. Mix thoroughly then spoon into plastic containers and freeze. This made enough to feed Figs for about 2 - 3 weeks.@@debbiedebbie9473
thank you for your comment! My rescue girl is mowing down the fur on her belly and hind legs and I suspect it is due to the fact that she seems to prefer dry food, which might cause her allergies. I'll try cooking for her now and switch her to hypoallergenic kibble during the transition
I'm wishing you and your rescue girl long healthy lives!@@kme3894
@@kme3894kibble of any kind is a big no no. The cheapest wet food is better than the most expensive dry food
Just have to say. Love a kindred spirit who lets their cats walk on their counters.
Yes indeed! Anyone who thinks their cat doesn't climb on their counters when they're not around, don't know cats!
@@MsBeeFuerst they are not allowed in the kitchen. sorted!
About 15 years ago I had skunks, possums, a boatload of stray hungry cats ( as the humane society was on the other side of the lake from my house). There were groundhogs, raccoons, you name it every species of animal that dwelled in the woods surrounding my house came out every evening searching for food. What I came up with was primitive, but I managed to keep them all well fed and the satisfaction I helped them survive the cold harsh Winters. I knew nothing about nutrition, all I knew I was doing my best with what I had to work with. I'd boil the chicken till it fell of the bone. Then remove the chicken and debone it. As I was doing that I'd throw in some plain white rice to the broth. When the rice was soft, tender and plump, I'd return the deboned chicken back to the broth and rice. It those animals alive. That was my goal and I achieved it. The possum was the cutest. He'd know what time I came home from work and be waiting for me under the dumpster
Wow Nancy! How cool is that! Good job keeping those critters from starving. You covered carbohydrates, fat, and protein along with several minerals. It was definitely more than they would have had otherwise! Good for you. That possum may have paid you back by eating ticks during the summer season... apparently they are superheroes of the field and forest at controlling tick populations! You fed him when bug pickings were slim. Thanks for watching my video and sharing your story, Joanna
🔔 🎄 Dear Nancy Piccirillo: ❤️ ❤️❤️ Good work...but one other thing you could have done is to PLANT APPLE TREES that way if you move...maybe they will still have some food if zombies don't cut them down.... another lady said likewise OAT GRASS...and of course the raccoons need clean brooks or greater filtered fountains to wash their apples!!! 🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄
I tend to roughly 23 raccoons &4 possums. I actually live in the woods. I buy them inexpensive dog food because by thetime I get to them, I don't have it in me to make food anymore.😄
@@tyleetebruce126 I'm subbed to the Raccoon whisperer...he feeds huge amounts of raccoon 🦝 on his porch... they're hibernating now with the cold up by him, but if you love raccoons, check his video out on UA-cam
@@tyleetebruce126 Thank you for doing that anything is better than nothing. God bless you
I have a small rescue with 34 cats for ages 1yr to 16yrs. old. I have been trying to find an alternative to the canned food because it was getting ridiculously expensive and I knew it was junk anyway and have been looking to create my own to give them better quality and to try to lower my cost. Since I am here 24/7 and am absolutely committed to them, the time is is no big deal. I have just been having a hard time finding a recipe that I could do that didn't require alot of added stuff to buy that I couldn't get at the grocery store. Thank you so much! I actually have about 30lbs of chicken (I'll cook about 20 on 1st batch), 5lb. turkey and about 1/2lb of chicken hearts. The white rice (I only have brown) will be delivered today and everything else I have. I'm really excited to see if I'm Top Cat again at supper time...YAY!
Good luck! I hope your cats enjoy. Thanks for watching, Joanna
I hope this helped!!
Not just ridiculously over priced but alot of recalls too.!!!
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Thank you for showing us how to make cat food. The little cat food foil packets are breaking me.❤
The cat's presence says it all! God bless you for sharing your recipe and for taking care of the ferals.
It is my pleasure. I'm glad I could help. Thank you for reaching out, Joanna
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The cat wants the chicken, NOT PUMPKIN OR FLAX!
@LadyPashta Well yes. But without those additions the food would miss a lot of nutrients that cats require in their diet for health. No reason to get all shouty caps at all.
@@DangerHob No, that is untrue. Cats get all they need from meat alone, same as humans, btw. Cats eat plants to make themselves throw up. Caps is for emphasis, it's obvious I am not yelling.
I took my cats off kibble and feed them this. They love it! No more throwing up and their hair is so much softer. They have more energy too. Thank you so much!
Oh wow! That is fantastic. I'm glad they are thriving. Thanks for watching and giving us an update! Joanna
Be sure to add taurine to their diet. You can Google it. It is naturally found in organ meats.
You can say whatever you want, but your cat NEEDS certain things to be healthy and happy. Do you know what any of them are? Whether or not you're willing to learn depends on how you might feel if your cat suddenly dies. If you want to keep them with you, you have to do right by them. That involves learning and trial and error. If you are lazy, stick with the canned cat food. Don't make it up.
@@Sarmatae1 What do you mean?
@@frostflower5555 In order to feed your cats a raw diet, you have to know how a cat's body uses food, what it can and can't digest, and you have to add certain vitamins that they don't easily absorb from sources humans would. It's not as simple as going into your kitchen and whipping up something they like. Cats like almost anything. If you don't know what you're doing and aren't willing to put in the research...keep using canned food. It already contains everything they need. You can literally starve your cat to death. I've seen it. UA-cam is not the place to learn things like this. Your vet is.
This is great. In Jamaica we fed our cats on mince meats from the butcher that came from underneath the electric meat saw. It was a mixture of meats and fish and sold in bags for a few dollars for pet food. We took it home and cooked it in a big pot and sometimes added bread, cornmeal, rice or table scraps. The cats were really muscled and very strong with almost no fat on their bodies to the point where I never knew what a primordial pouch was till I came to N. America.
Thanks for posting.
That sounds like an awesomely nutritious diet for cats! Thanks for watching, Joanna
Any suggestions. I have raised cats all my life and they lived long healthy lives. They are inside cats and got all the initial shots for first visit but did not get other vaccines because they have no other contact with other cats.
I have 2 brothers from same litter who are 8 y/o and very healthy. I have a 14 year old female Siamese kitty with spinal narrowing. I have feed them all Hills Veterinarian prescription dry food all their lives. All my other cats have lived up to 22 or 23 years old on this. I also added Hills vet rx gastrointestinal dry food. I know they are messing with our food and animal foods also. I am disabled and age 60. I can't get out and my cats are so important to me. Losing 2 in 1 1/2 years is devastating. Any ideas to help my last kitty stay healthy. I spend more money on food for them because they are the only love I get. I would appreciate any information to try to protect my last kitty.🌷. Thank you so much!
Cats should not be fed corn. It's a cheap filler, but they are not meant to eat it.
I can't wait to try this
@@tammylargent8543 love it! Thanks for watching, Joanna
A couple little helpful tips that will make your project a lot easier. Use a large electric pressure cooker and run it through two Max cycles and let it depressurize naturally.
No matter how you cook it, add a half a cup of apple cider vinegar at the beginning. This not only leeches all of the calcium and Morrow from the bones, it makes the bone very soft as well, if cooked the proper amount of time.
Now all you need is a heavy duty stick blender or food processor to include the bone in the food.
This works, I know I've tried. I even dry the bone sometimes and make my own bone meal for the garden. It crumbles real easy even when it's dried.🤗🤗🤗
Nice! I didn't have a pressure cooker when I made this video, but I now use one and it definitely saves time. I use the whole bird in my turkey cat food videos here: ua-cam.com/video/g5KhhcaYyFs/v-deo.htmlsi=ETfgYzI6c9msvuDz Thanks for chiming in and watching, Joanna
Cool idea thank you❤
yessss.
ZERO WASTE !
Love it 👍🏻
I would do this from now on. Hmmm...I wonder if apple cider vinegar or any vinegar also leeches calcium from human bones? If that is true, no more vinegar for me😅.
I can tell u cook by how ur kitchen is set up!
6 burners 2 ovens! Love ur kitchen
U got a chefs dream set up
Thank you. It is my favorite room in my house. Thanks for watching, Joanna
Right!!!
❤ love you for cats 😻
Ik,r??? I'm jealous of anyone who has gas! We had a gas range growing up and I learned to cook on that. When it's on it's on and when it's off it's OFF. Not so with electric. I do use an electric pressure cooker now which does make things like this easier.
@@lgzlee I do enjoy my gas range. I also now use an electric pressure cooker as well for cat food. It really speeds up some of the cooking process! Thanks for watching, Joanna
Greetings, being a disabled senior, I've struggled with taking care of my 2 moggy-mese's. I hit up all the local foodbanks for meat. I always boil the chicken 1st for about 10 minutes, then move it into another boiling pot of water. I do this because commercial chicken stinks & is disgusting. Foodbanks rarely get organ meats, but when they do, they're happy to give it to me. So that's how I supplement my cherished fur babies❤
I started to feed my 12 yo cat homemade meals 4 years ago and he is never sick his hair is so luxurious and he loves it ❤️
awww! Love it. I'm glad he is thriving.
@@JoannaTrautman HI JOANNA, a question do you ever add Taurine or other nutritional supplements, vitamins and if so, where do you get them, for the Cats?? Thanks, I appreciate your video I've been thinking about doing this for a long time. this was informative very helpful!!! 🐱🤗😍🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🙏🙏🌟
@@barbmanley3114 She said she adds the ground flax seed for nutrients and feeds them some dry food and salmon occasionally. My veterinarians gave us Urinary SO (to prevent cystitis) It is a dry food (only use high quality that vet may recommend) and that has taurine in it, I think. They also said a bit of iodized salt for health of thyroid. She uses zucchini and pumpkin for nutrients...they also like cooked peas mixed in if they're used to it. And...there are a bunch of herbs that are good for them including chickory!
what's your recipe? can you share that with us? thanks a lot in advance!
how did you change your cat’s food habits?
I moved to a county that has a MASSIVE feral/stray cat problem. I have always been a cat person...the first batch of kittens became my cats because I could not watch them eat rotten tomatoes from the compost. I must say....animals are pretty industrious.
Fast forward 3 years....I now feel responsible for this project since I made that choice with that first round. I have nevet felt such heartbreak OR joy. Life is rough for cats out here: coyotes, diseases, etc
***I am NOT looking to be criticized or judged for my ability to care for these souls....I can barely feed myself so I take it personally when I cannot feed the colony. They eat better than I do.
I started looking into ways to better feed them as I don't have the money to simply buy catfood. I needed to stretch it further....so thank you for this amazing video. I already do some of this, but my latest kick has been to incorporate the ground up chicken bones.
For those interested....I have 12 cats currently with 2 Mamas about to pop with kittens. I am stuck in the loop of needing to find a way to afford spay/neuter for them as I am really feeling the stress of this cycle of creation. *meow*
Wow!!!! Good for you for making an effort to care for other creatures. I’m glad this video helped… Thanks for watching, Joanna
Im in the same boat! I have 2 outside and 1 indoors and just rehom3d 4 kittens from her last litter and 5 before that! I beleive they are 😇 s and u know a person by how they treat animals
Same. I have a mama-cat that turned up on my carport 10 yrs ago, & 3 of her 10 yr old kittens. The old Tom I had at the time aged out & died a few years ago, but we too have a serious problem with strays & ferals.
I brought two friendlies in about a year ago & one of my OG “kittens” just refuses to accept them, so those 2 have to live apart from the other 4. I occasionally space switch, have installed a screen door between rooms to prevent the fighting but permit exposure, & occasionally just turn everybody loose to see what will happen.
I also have 4 outside, & maybe a 5th who turned up during our recent cold snap. He comes & goes, but he’s learning that the food supply here is reliable. The other 4 are a once-feral alleycat in his prime, & the completely feral young female w/ 2 kittens that he brought home last Fall. Neutering the tom did nothing to settle him down - he still enforces dominance in his territory around my house & looks after Adanedi (new mama/cat) & her kittens as he does so. I think #5 would be an established presence if not for George, but I basically try to stay out of the feline politics. I don’t permit bloodshed, but aside from that they need to be cats & I need to stay out of it.
So that’s at least 11, & if that weren’t complicated enough I’m dealing with my mother’s estate along with her house & the contents. All of that is 75 miles away, & the house is 5,600 square feet that my folks spent a lifetime packing to the gunnels. The cat situation is complicated enough, it’s 11 cats with wildly varying degrees of socialization, & 5 of them live outside. I check on them several times a day & work with Adanedi as often as possible - she’s the most feral. The kittens are _not_ feral because I spend time with them, & of course George is George. The 150 mile round trips & working on that %*#%*!!^ house are absolutely getting in the way of bringing these guys together. I really need to be looking after them all together instead of as 3 distinct groups.
… & I definitely need to address the burn-rate on their budget, so thanks. I’ll be trying this myself.
Contact your local humane society to work out something with you. They clip an ear to show which ones have been altered when they are returned to their habitat .
If in the UK cat neutering/spaying is free
If you can cook the bones down until they’re soft, you can run them through a bone grinder and make a very nice bone meal which can be added back into the food. It has calcium and the excellent nutrients that are in the bone marrow. And then you don’t waste any thing or risk having your cats choke on bones or have a perforation in the intestine.
Sabula, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! I absolutely agree, and I have adjusted my cats' food to include this, and they love it as well. I will be releasing a new cat food video in the next week or two using turkey that will reflect this! Cheers, Joanna
I also pressure cook the bones in broth or water until they can be ground up & use them for my dog food as well.
Great tip!
which a Tear or cut in the intestines can be dangerous 😢 even possibly fatal because the tear or cut can POSSIBLY LEAK, and Cause Them To Go SEPTIC, Possibly!!!! So BE EXTRA CAREFUL 🐱😉!!!!?
im sharing this because we lost one of our dear kittens, 8 mos old to a perforation , a tear in his intestines, the doctor said our baby went Septic. this was almost 5 years ago, and i still grieve about it.......
I would definitely try this! Currently spending $100 a month in between dry and canned food to feed 3 stray cats. Thank you for the great video!😸
You are very welcome. Those cats are so fortunate to have you caring for them! Thanks for watching, Joanna
Your kitchen looks like a industrial kitchen. You've given me motivation because even without adding taurine, fish oil, barley and grass supplements, etc. this is still far better than the top of the line highly expensive cat food! And I applaud you and your helper! ❤❤
...and the main ingredient is LOVE - so happy to see what you are doing for your cats!
Awww! Thanks for watching, Joanna
Could you please add a written recipe at the bottom. I am a little confused about the ratios in this recipe. Thank you.
❤i love the ginger cat head bobbing around your pot
Ha! Vicky is THAT cat. Gets into everything, but is so lovable! Thanks for watching! Joanna
Hi Joanna, I've made this 5 or 6 times for my cat's and doing it again right now. I always go back to this video to make sure I have everything right. Thank you so much for this recipe, they love it. And I'm saving so much money.
Wow! I love that this is working. Thank you for watching and letting me know how it is going! All the best, Joanna
Never occurred to me to do this...came across this video by accident. I'm going to try this!! I have 3 cats and I'm sure they'd like it...
You definitely need an instant pot! 90 mins and the chicken is mush..including the bones which are actually beneficial if well boiled! You can tell by bending a bone, it will not snap and will be rubbery. I pulverize all (meat, skin, bone, guts, etc) in a food processor on pulse 5-6 times and call it good.
Insta Pots are great! I think I mentioned how much faster the bone broth can be in a pressure cooker. I personally don't have one, simply because I use pressure canners for large batch food preservation, and I don't mind conventionally cooking things like this. I chose to pull out the bones, even after they reach the softened point for fear of choking hazards, and then use a stick blender on everything else, meat, organs (when I have them), skin, etc.
I’ve also been using my instapot with a whole chicken and beef livers for 97 minutes. Then I run it all through my nutribullet. I include the broth which basically gels everything to make it a pate’, which my cats prefer. I wondered what more I should add. My kitties are 16 years old and can’t eat dry food anymore. Pumpkin and ground flaxseed! Rice! I’ll try this next time! Thank you!
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There isn’t a big enough instant pot made for the quantity she’s using
Most ppl don't have 10 or more cats, so the insta pot is golden for the rest of us @@just-becool8822
You can tell your daughter loves the family kitties. She is very deligent about looking for the bones. ❤
She absolutely does! Thanks for the note. - Joanna
I made this for my cat who had all his teeth extracted. He loves it and his fur is looking amazing! It was a big job making it at the time, but it lasts for about a month and is also a huge saving on wet food.
Awww! Bless his heart! I’m glad I could help! All the best to you and your cat. Thanks for watching, Joanna
I have a quick question… I cooked the chicken in the oven and am finishing it with your recipe (with pumpkin and rice), BUT… was going to use the Instant Pot to finish, but didn’t know if I should remove all the grease that cooked out of the baking chicken. It seems like a LOT of grease, even though I tried to remove excess fat before baking. Thanks for your video and I hope you can answer my dilemma. I have only made bone broth with baked or roasted chicken before and only seeing your recipe this morning, I guess I THOUGHT I had that part down pat! Oops! I did not come back and look to see that you did not do that step until I was ready to continue. Thank you for your recipe and input. Next time, I’ll start right. It’ll save an unnecessary step anyway.
@@freewaybaby I add everything to the cat food. I skip the roasting for the cats because that is a flavor enhancing step for humans that they simply don’t care about. 😁 thanks for watching, Joanna
@@JoannaTrautman thank you so much. I did go ahead and add it to the instant pot. I figured if you said to take it out that I could scoop it off the top of the bone broth before incorporating it into the food. I’m glad to know that’s another step I won’t have to take. LOL It’s always amazing to me how much fat there is and when I had a little dog, I left too much of the grease from the turkey that I made bone broth from and it made her very ill; the vet told me it caused pancreatitis, so I have tried to be careful since then with the level of fat. Anyway, I hear you and I’m glad that (from now on), I can eliminate that step of roasting, because as I said in my original question, it will certainly be quicker. Again, I thank you so much for your response and for your video instruction. I am praying my two (old) ferals like this food because they need it to live at this point. My inside cats are so picky that I know they’re not gonna touch it. They won’t even touch pieces of the roasted chicken I throw down to them when I’m cooking.… spoiled children,that they are.💕
@@freewaybaby awww! Yes, cats, especially outdoor cats, have a higher fat and protein requirement than dogs. I hope they enjoy your cooking!
I have been making our cat food for several years - I use an instant pot and I do it for about 4-6 hours until the bones crush easily between my fingers - I then use our blender to puree it all and then add my cooked rice afterwards - ours come out like the Pâté that I used to buy in the store - I do add chicken livers and hearts if I can get some. But good work on the video and the info!!
Awesome! I now use an electric pressure cooker as well, and will probably do a video on that soon. You may like my turkey cat food videos - they may have more info tidbits that you can incorporate with your recipe that’s working for you! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment! Best of success, Joanna
@@JoannaTrautman I will have to view it... I do add carrots, some celery, little seasoning and some chicken paws (feet)
As a mom to MANY cats (currently 13, but at one time 22 - and these are not farm cats) I can relate to not only the cost of canned food but the sheer effort of getting it all into the house! I've recently become more concerned about just what goes into that stuff, too. That's for the info!
I have heard that so much of it is bad and often contains more carbohydrates than mest. Cats shouldn't really get carbohydrates (or very little) as they don't digest it that well and definitely not sugar So I would really look into the food, how much meat (majority should be mest) it has and carbohydraytes and sugar.
So don't buy anything that says flavour of mest or contains mest as that food will only have couple% meat, if even that.
Wowsers... or should I say me-wowsers! It is certainly an eye-opening experience to look into what goes into pet products. Good luck with your team!
Beyond that, neither of my cats will go anywhere near canned cat food of any kind. and that's why I'm here!
THANK goodness I am not the only one with at least 12 indoor cats! 10 rescued from outside and there may be a number 13! LOL! You are so right about the cost of canned food! I am going to try this!!
Great advise, I've been cooking whole chicken with added chicken livers and hearts for years and years, been breeding Bengals and Siamese since the late 70's.
Wow! Thanks for watching and chiming in, Joanna
My cats love liver of any kind. We get bison from the Amish for our freezer, and our dogs and cats both love the liver. I add bacon grease and an egg sometimes to all of their food.
@@loripiontek nice! Interestingly, outside of the organ meat, bison tests fairly low for taurine, so if you are using it or pork as the primary protein for your cats you will need to supplement the taurine. Thanks for watching, Joanna
Siamese are so beautiful ❤️
Do you add taurine?
I really appreciate this video. Your cats are blessed! And your daughter is so lovely and considerate, continuing to search for those bones in the cooked chicken. I'll be giving this a try for my kitties!
Thanks so much, Skye! Very kind of you. Let me know how you do once you give it a shot. Hope your kitties love it! Joanna
May I share a tip I learned? When pouring from one container to another, like when you're pouring the liquid from the bowl back into the pot, if you tilt both containers as you're pouring--tilt not just the bowl you're pouring from but also tilt the pot towards the bowl, you will spill very little liquid, if any.
Excellent, thanks Alma! I will absolutely give that a whirl. Makes sense. Joanna
Dear Alma: Nice tip! Thanks! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yeah, that would have been better. Some cooks clean up when they’re done, some clean as they go. I’m a clean as I go cook so it made me really uncomfortable that the huge splash of broth was just left there on the counter the whole time. I would prefer to avoid the splash in the first place so I’ll remember your tilt advice.
@@RubyRubyheartIt's a small thing. Bigger problems were going on.. very big pots, Mom wasn't into burning her daughter or stressing on camera, etc.
I have 6 adult cats and feed canned food twice a day and then have dry food out for grazing. I absolutely love this video and I will definitely be making this for my cats. Thanks for the great information.
The whole point to this diet is to avoid dry food entirely, in this case to avoid urinary blockage( she says rhis in the vid) If you do some furthe r research on other natural vet channels like Marty Goldtein, Dr. Beck, Dr. Jones, and Dr. Richter, whose supplement has given me wonderful results,you ll understand why.
I give a little wet food & mostly dry food because wet food causes tartar & you would need to have the cat's teeth cleaned by the vet regularly. Canned cat food causes tartar buildup on the teeth, so I give both wet & dry.
I used to have the same regimen for my cats until one of them got diabetes and then had to get rid of dry food altogether. Needless to say they are hungry all the time.
@@bethwasserman2882 I'm glad you have found something that works!
@@kittybeck151 It's an interesting balance isn't it? The optimal is them pulling apart little birds and mice for clean teeth, but that's not the best option in our house!
I just made this recipe today and my pickiest cat gobbled it up all on its own, without the dry food! Thanks very much for sharing!
That’s fantastic!!! I’m excited for your success. Thanks for watching and letting me know how it went, Joanna
Joanna, you are my super hero today! I have three adult cats and between the cost and the selection of canned foods, I was going nuts on commercial canned foods. They won't eat a lot of the canned foods so I started researching homemade cat food and your video came up on my feed. I love the cooking demo as it helps a lot. I just placed an order for the ingredients except the rice and will do a batch of chicken and a batch of turkey in my Instapot over the weekend. I'm so relieved, this will save me money and my cats will be eating much healthier food! Thank you so much!
Awww! Thanks. I hope you have success with your cat food cooking ventures. You may need to transition them to this by mixing it with their regular food. Thanks for watching, Joanna
what about taurine supplement?
Just made this recipe for the first time and OMG my cats DEVOURED it! And here I was worried I would have to mix their food slowly 😂
Searching for a homemade recipe for my cat and I got lucky finding your video. I will definitely try this one for my kitty boy. Thanks for sharing!
Love how nurturing as well as nutritional your video is! Thank-you for sharing! After watching this I grabbed a pumpkin from my porch as it was one out for Halloween and peeled and cooked it in my instapot. Going to make the rest tomorrow. Hope my cats love this as much as yours but I'm certain they will!
If you make another video of this type, I would LOVE to see a short video of your cats enjoying the fruits of your labor. Subscribed!
Hi Linda, thanks for subscribing! I will be releasing another few cat food related videos soon, and will definitely include some “B Roll” of them scarfing it down. Thanks for watching my video, Joanna
We have a rescue of ferral cats, who have become pets over the years. Now we are down to 14 or so (lol always count on a visitor for meals). The cost is so expensive, and I know the food is not as good at this! We do buy the best food at the store
but I know this food will be so much better. I WILL be making it this WEEK! Thank you so much! Sandie
Wow! Good for you! Glad this could help. Thanks for watching, Joanna
On my second batch of your cat food. My cat loves it so much and this is such a wonderful recipe. THANK YOU!!!!!!
Thank you for taking the time and sharing the step by step of this with us.
Thank you very much! Your video was very informative regarding cat diet. And you made your steps easy to follow. I appreciate you taking your time to show us this great recipe. May you continue to grow and reach more cat mothers out there.
You are so very welcome. I wish you every success with your cats! Thanks for watching, Joanna
I just wanted to say THANK YOU for posting these awesome cat food recipes! It is a labor of love but totally worth it!!! 6 cats approved (well 12 if you count the strays we feed too) ❤❤❤
Wow. Thank you! And of course those cats count! You may be the best humans that ever happened to them. Thanks for watching, Joanna
You are so generous, kind, and helpful!
I have been wanting some good homemade food for my cats...thank you so much. I saved this to my saved videos.
Thank you for these multi cat home made food videos- the gift that keeps on giving! I share my place with 7 senior feline family members and I am leaning more towards wet food- 2 get urinary issues. So appreciate the knowledge you shared! Storage i fo is fantastic as well! Peace, good health to you , your family and your 4- legged family!
Awww! The same to you and yours. Thanks for watching, Joanna
Ever since I got Pandora we’ve been mixing boiled chicken which I shred in the food chopper with pumpkin or squash purée. I sometimes mix carrots and brócoli and whenever I have quinoa left over I throw it in there too. She seems to love everything. I do buy cat kibble Bcus she loves it and the 20 lb bag lasts me Months!! And I honestly love and feel proud to make food for my kitty because we want her to be healthy 💕
Thank you so much for the recipe. I have so much respect for your efforts for preparing your cats' food. I can't wait to try this for my cat.
Thank you so much for the recipe. My cats are loving it!
You are absolutely welcome. Thanks for letting me know! Joanna
Thank you for this presentation and for making it seem doable!
You are very welcome, Patricia, and thank you for taking the time to watch it. I wouldn't necessarily call it super easy, as it does involve some work, but it is definitely doable. Thanks again, Joanna
OMG! Thank you so much! I cant wait to try this recipe! I don't have all the great equipment you have and I only have 4 cats currently (down from 40 poor little strays that I took care of all their life including vet visits and neutering) but I'm gonna try. I have to figure out a way to cut down the recipe to size. Im a senior now so have tried not to adopt any more kitties. I dont want to leave them behind homeless when I go to live upstairs. Thank you for all your tips and advice while you are preparing food! Loved that part of your video! Keep up your good work!
Awwww! Thank you. You can certainly 1/4 the recipe without too much hassle. Bless you for caring for your pets! Thanks for watching, Joanna
I commented after a few people here, but don't think I individually thanked you. And I wanted to.
I just got done making this for my cats, and while it's too hot to give for their dinner; I'm very much looking forward to them trying it for the first time. It Took a long while to do. But we're down to 11 right now, with a number having medical issues. 1 of which is trying to discover her for allergy. This is all of 3 ingredients and I have hopes it will help.
Thank you SO much for taking the time to research and then share with all of us! And for taking in your 9 fur babies.
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Thank you. Such devotion. You're a good cat mom.
OMG I can’t wait to try this. I have 1 indoor kitty and 2 outdoor semi-feral kitties I feed. I can understand the expense. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! ❤️😻❤
Best of success to you, and thanks for watching! Joanna
I guess I’m not the only one who cooks for her animals! They love it and now I’ve got the time to cook for them! I learned from my mother and I’m passing the buck!! Thanks for sharing!! 🫶🏻😻🫶🏻
Thanks for the note, Debbie! I'm glad you're out there with me. Thanks for watching! Joanna
The best video of natural cat food I have seen so far! Definitely I will try it
Loved every minute of the video so homey and has a lot of good info ❤
Well, thank you so much! Thank you also for watching, Joana
Thank you so much for this! I feed a out 20-23 cats most days. 3 of which are mine. I will most definitely be adding this recipe to the mix. 🙏
You are most welcome! Thanks for watching, and all the best with your feline crew! Joanna
making this for kittens. my senior cat died recently and I wish I had fed her real food instead of canned garbage. this is the BEST video I've found on homemade cat food becuase I'm also not keen on feeding raw food to them. I have 3 hungry kittens now and will definitely be making this recipe for them
Thanks for watching and reaching out, Joanna
Really love your recipe. Simple but wholesome!
Been wanting to start cooking my cats' food and this video popped-up - you make it seem super easy and I know will be better/higher quality food AND more affordable... Thanks from me and my fur babies! 🐈🐈⬛
It's nice to meet you, friend. I've been wanting to learn how to make food for Neffy for quite some time. In our area, canned food is getting scarce to buy! This looks so much healthier for him! Thank you so much for taking the time to teach all of us. You are a great teacher. I wish you continued success and happiness always!
Wow! Thank you! I can say my crew loves this stuff (along with the turkey recipe). I hope my research and videos help! Thanks for watching, and the best to you as well, Joanna
You want to make sure the pot of food cools down within 4 hours. Your refrigerator may not be able to do that and putting a large pot of hot food in the fridge will increase the temperature of the fridge. I'd suggest transferring the food to smaller containers or putting a large bag of frozen water in the pot to help it cool more quickly.
Maika, absolutely! When I don't immediately pressure can process the food for long-term storage, there is a significant cooling process. There are several ways to either freeze, refrigerate, or otherwise store the cat food.
thank you!
FYI once the food is cooked and comes to a boil/and you keep the lid on/don't open it, then wait until the next morning or when its completely cooled, it should not matter about putting it in the fridge; I do this w/bone broth as I don't have room in my fridge and once its cooled down, I put it into containers/freeze etc. and never had a problem...just a tip for those who don't have room in their fridge
feeling so warm seeing ppl treat cats like their own kids❤
Thanks for this video! I am the personal chef to two sweet kitties, and they gave it 8 paws up. I poured it into large baking pans and froze it, scoring it before it was completely frozen so I could break it into serving size pieces to make meal time quick and easy. I warm it up a bit and mix it with some kitten kibble (they are both less than a year old). One of my kitties was having litter issues, but he has not had it since he started eating this. Plus, it smells wonderful!
Fantastic! Thanks for watching and letting us know how it went, Joanna
Thank you for this video! I've been making my own cat food for a about a month now. This gives me some new ideas to try! We have four cats and all are getting up in the years, from 12 to 15, so I am doing the most I can to make sure they are happy and healthy. Thanks again for taking the time to do this!
Awww! Good for you! If you have time, check out my Turkey cat food video - it may give you some more ideas. I certainly go deeper with those 2 videos (it has 2 parts) as to why I use some ingredients and leave out others. It may help you as you get creative for your kitties. Thanks for watching and reaching out, Joanna
@@JoannaTrautman thank you! I will check it out.
I love this video info. I have 10 feral outside cats....some are spay/neutered. We love them and provide heat pads in boxes for them in the southern winter here(Atlanta). Wow! I just now started seeing your ‘immersion blender moment’. I am glad to know of all these options for our kitties. Ahna
Glad I could help! Best of success with your feline friends. Thanks for watching, Joanna
Bless you for taking such good care of the kitties! ❤🐱🐈🐈⬛
Awe, thank you! Much appreciated! Joanna
I have 12 cats and that recipe is perfect to use in conjunction with their dry food. Thank You.
That's exactly how I use it, and am currently feeding 14 cats, 7 indoor and 7 outdoor.
This would be a great use for some of our roosters since we always seem to have too many. Thank you SO much! And I bet my barn cats will be thanking you as well when I make some this weekend 😊 God bless from Texas 🙏🏻❤
That’s fantastic! Thanks for watching, Joanna
Yes, I am sure those Roos would agree to having a special purpose!👍
I know this video is three years old but I just had to say this is wonderful!! I started fixing my dogs food this past year I have two English bulldogs and my poor doggies were having terrible skin issues and the boy was miserable including ear infection etc and I suspect yeast problems so I started making their food and they are totally changed for the better no skin issues and their coats are so shiny and soft no open sores from having raw skin and omg they’ve perked up and absolutely love meal time❤ I don’t have any cats but if I did I’d cook their food too!! Thank you for showing people how to make it. I use the same for their food except I’ll add in broccoli and sweet potato also and lentils
Yes, lots of health scares with pets, esp'y over the past few years, it seems. Not just because of food. Almost lost one dog from flea liquid, used every year, but that year many dogs had very bad reactions. I don't buy treats not made in USA (I ignore 'packaged' in USA). Nice to see a simple healthy solution, and I was thinking this recipe would be great for my dogs too!
THANK YOU! I'm going to try this because I don't like feeding them Friskie's wet food. Costs a FORTUNE & I would prefer that I knew exactly what I was feeding them. BTW just wondering if you use the pellets for litter - THAT shaker set-up is saving me a TON of $
You are very welcome. Glad I could help. This is definitely far more economical than canned wet food! I use pine pellets for my indoor cats. It’s working, far less dusty and more effective on odor than the other litters we’ve used. Thank you for watching, Joanna
One of the very BEST videos I've ever seen. thank so much ❤🎉
Why thank you for watching! You are very welcome, Joanna
Your assistant is awesome ! Thank you, I will definitely try making this cat food.
Ha! Fantastic, Cate! I'll tell her you said that. And, best of luck with it. Let me know how it all works out for you and your kitty (kitties). Thanks! Joanna
Awsum! Love that this is natural home cooking at it's best. Definitely following up on your recipe for our cats.
Thank you Lovely🙂
I have been waiting for this!
Happy to help. Thanks for watching, Joanna
You are amazing..!! Loved your tutorial, so much so that I’m cooking your recipe as I speak.
Thank you for going to so much detail. I learnt a great deal and can’t wait to see how my
rag dolls enjoy this recipe. 😻
This is awesome I do boil alot of chicken for my brother's feral cats and this recipe is simply wonderful thank you thank you again.
Thank you for sharing I will be making this for my fur babies! 😊
You’re welcome 😊
Just started researching how to make homemade cat food for my seven cats. This looks really easy and I am tired of the high price of cat food these days. And most of the stores in my area only carry one brand of wet food. I'm starting out with just a small batch for today to see if they like it. They aren't finicky so they will probably love it. Glad I found you. Clicking subscribe as I sign off.
I hope your attempt went well! Thank you for watching and subscribing. Cheers, Joanna
Thank you so much for this amazing video. Looking forward to more content 😊
So kind and helpful. Thank you for doing this!😀
Yay! Thank you Maria! It's nice to get a comment that means something and isn't just harping on something I did or didn't do. Made me smile. Thanks for watching! Joanna
@@JoannaTrautmanYou're so welcome. I just wish I had the energy you did. Not only do you research all this info but you cook all of it too! I'm seriously in awe. We have 3 cats and feed various strays. The inflation during the pandemic and after has caused all this to become very expensive. It's crazy. Maybe this is what we needed to be doing all along? People with cats, rescue orgs and kind people who feed strays are spending so much on the food. You have found the answer we all need.👍🏽👍🏽
Purfect timing! I have been wanting to get my kitties off of corporate food. They’re killing us and our pets! Thank you sooooo much for sharing!!!!
LeAnn, thank you! Your comment was like a breath of fresh air today as I've been responding to all sorts of questions that have flat worn me out. :)) Really, thank you. If you check out my other videos you'll see I'm all about taking 'humans' off of corporate food as well. Lots of cooking from scratch and using home-grown (when available) vegetables. Hope to see more of your comments in the future. Joanna
@@JoannaTrautman you’re more than welcome! I just subscribed so I’ll be tuning in and checking your past videos! You relax now!
I've tried home growing everything from tomatoes to pumpkins to green beans and melons. All the deer, raccoons, groundhogs, and birds get it all.😄 Oh well. I figure we took over their land. I can share.
Thanks for posting! I want to feed my cats better. My younger cat goes absolutely crazy every time I have chicken. I don’t want to give him my chicken though, because of seasonings and salt content, it might make him sick.
So I want to make him his own special chicken dish, so he doesn’t feel left out.
And my older cat is 18, he deserves good food.
I watched this and immediately made some for my 15 cats and my older cars wasn’t sure about it but my younger kittens loved it,they had really bad runny stool before but now its a normal poop! Yeahhhhh,also my 4 dogs loved it! Thank you so much for sharing
I just found this, and so happy to try this out on my fur babies. Thank you !!!! 😻👍❤️
Best videon on homemade cat food; this is the recipe I follow and it saved my 12 year old cat who decided she didn't want to eat anything anymore regardless of brand of food, kind of food, etc.
Awwwwww... I'm so glad this helped! All the best to you and your kitty. Thanks for watching, Joanna
How old is your cat
Thank You for this video… I must try to do it. We only have three cats but there’s three more outside that I feed and I can’t afford to buy food. I can hardly afford to live, but if it came down to the caps eating or me eating it would be the cats.❤❤❤❤
Well, you are certainly welcome. I hope my video helps a bit. Thank you for watching, Joanna
Oh.. bless you… so kind
What’s your recommendation on storing it and how long can it be any in the fridge?
I have a video on freezing it, but I personally pressure can mine (I only recommend this method if you are comfortable with pressure canning low-acid foods). The chicken or turkey will be safe in the fridge for 4-5 days. Thanks for watching, Joanna
You are an amazing woman, you love your cats. This is hard work, a labour of love. I hope they say thank you mom a lot…..
Awww! Well, they certainly yell when it is close to chow time (in our house in the morning), and they hunt for every morsel of food every day, so I’ll take that as a win. Thank you, Joanna
Rice tends to have microplastics and arsnic so Rinsing untill the water runs clear is a good idea
Yes indeed. I added this step in my turkey cat food videos. Thanks for watching, Joanna
@@JoannaTrautman excellent! I'm definitely gonna try this for my kittos
@@cinderellie9583 love it! Best of success! Joanna
Thank you for making this.
You are most welcome.
Feline care and love to the next level! My cat devoured everything I put in front of him, now doesn't want to eat and just lie down curled up last 2 days. I was worried and started checking UA-cam and saw this video. I fed him mostly dry food and some canned food. thanks for the video, I'll keep an eye on him and take him to the vet if he doesn't improve. This is good information and a lot of work, I know processed food is mostly garbage and it spoils them a little too. Thanks for the video!
Thank you so much for this recipe. I happened to have all ingredients at home (about 1/3 of your portion) for my 7 cats. It is currently cooling down so I can't wait to see how they like it. 😻😹🙏 Your cats are just adorable. I need to get my cats back to training again to be more organized like yours because they have been able to manipulate me into serving them with their specific wishes LOL
Thanks for this! I also have four cats and i also cook them their own food. They're 3 years old and never been sick
That's fantastic! Here's to healthy pets! Thanks for watching, Joanna
I know you mentioned that you will be doing a canning version of this cat food, if i understood you. I made this cat food for my kitten/cat and she loves it. The canning version will work better for me. Great job with this video and looking forward to your future video's. Watching the turkey one later today.😻
I will look at a video of the canning portion of this process, but if you are familiar with pressure canning and have the equipment, I follow the guidelines for a meat stew for processing times. Thank you for watching, Joanna
@@JoannaTrautman A update: I made this for my kitten/cat and she loved it and my vet approved of the recipe. I did add a little coconut oil to mine and also chicken liver. I used a whole chicken and I ran it through my meat grinder twice to grind it all up even the bones, for added nutrients.
Thank you so much, I'll try it, i have 5 cats ... both my hubby and myself have them ... cats are so adorable and I'm already saving on their cat little by getting the wood Pellets so much money saved , love to save on food too, thank you ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much for sharing your chicken recipe. I am excited about cooking for my kitty with your recipe! Thx
Farzin, you are most welcome, and thank you for watching! Let me know how it goes. I will be releasing a video in the next week that uses turkey, and the whole bird (including carcass and organ meats). Thanks again, Joanna
I used to foster kittens. I had 13 of my own rescues.(all spayed and neutered) I've made homemade cat food. Something I would do in the future if or when cat food becomes expensive. Chicken, or other fowl types of protein, has the nutrition specifically important to cats. Just like this lady here describes in cooking the meat, bones, and skin.
I throw (even done this with turkey with bones, and other parts we don't like. I put them in a big pot, cover with water and boil it until the bones begin to turn a chalky white-ish color. That's an indication that the bone marrow has leached out. I do this the same way I make homemade broth to use when flu season rolls around every fall. Feeling crapy, a bowl of this chicken broth, I like to put diced carrots(not too much, it'll sweeten the broth), and diced potatoes or just angel hair pasta. The broth I freeze to make soup for ourselves when sick. After the bones turn chalky white, I turn off the burner, let it cool down, then I strain out all the bones) I like to cool it down over night so I can skim off the chicken fat before I divide it into freezer containers. (OR if you're really ambitious, process in sealed jar rings in a pressure canner, meat and broth together for soups, or other recipes). I freeze them because of health limitations.
I feed my cats a good healthy dry food, its more costly, but they don't have so much vomiting as the cheap stuff does to them. So I budget their food needs into my grocery budget. It does require me to give up certain products, but at least my cats are healthy. And then feed them a canned wet food as a treat. But this stuff is good for them if they're feeling a little peckish. One cat has kidney failure, and when toxins build up in her system she gets very 'erpy'. I will feed her some of this homemade chicken stuff for her until her body recovers. Its just the nature of the beast called chronic kidney disease. (She and I were diagnosed with ckd in the same week, only mine is a rare disorder).
When I cut up a whole chicken for us to eat, we don't eat certain parts, like the two back sections and of course the carcass, and even the bones from our plates. I just take these pieces and put them in a freezer bag and freeze until I have a several pieces, then make my broth. I do this boiling bones with beef/oxtail, pork, and other poultry. And don't forget to decarmelize the pot or pan your meat has baked in.
Just try it, when you're sick, get yourself some broth out of the freezer or open a jar, add herbs and spices as you like. Cook the potatoes, carrots and noodles in the broth and eat. You'll be amazed how you will feel after.
Same thing for the cats. I also feed my cats sprouted oats for grass to eat. Its not like grass outside grass. This is like salad for cats. I keep a rectangular planter with dirt, and plant the oats. Just sprinkle on top of soil, water the pot very well, keep it moist until the seeds sprout. Nice sun location will sprout the oats in three days, but they can take a week to sprout. Just water it about once a week or is the soil gets too dry. Set it on the floor out of the way so your cats can get to it any time they want. But it has to be oat grass.
Wow! Cheri, thank you for sharing your knowledge! Whew! I'm still absorbing. Good stuff. I love the way you approach feeding your cats - there are multiple variables impacting it, both external, like availability and price, convenience, and time, and internal, like your kitty's dietary needs. Flexibility creates adaptability, where everyone wins. This video is one way to feed our cats - I'm actually in the process of producing a video similar to your description using turkey. Yes, bone broth has been part of holistic health for millennia. Regarding the cat grass, I'm sure your crew just loves it! Oats are a type of grass, but not what most people have for their lawns! Thanks for watching my video and chiming in, Joanna
🙆 🎄 Dear Cheri: Where on earth (pray tell!!!) do you get "oat grass"???? 😮 ❤️
@@karenoogjenbiserni1201 cat grass is often oats, which are a grass. I was confused by this until I attempted oats out in my garden this past spring. It requires more water than other grains, but it is a beautiful, lush grass that is edible to cats. My oat grass was outside, while my cats are inside, but I may plant them a patch. 😁. I found my oat seed at the feed store, but I’d never seen a feed store prior to moving to a rural community, so I’d look online. Thanks again, Joanna
Now that there is no cat food in the stores, I came here. That looks like something really good to feed my cats and probably a lot healthier. I am going to try and cut this down some due to only 2 cats; one who eats once a day and one who likes to nibble all day.
Thank you for taking the time to do this video
...that's exactly why i'm here. There is no wet cat food in the stores and the ones that are left are outrageously expensive, 2.8 oz cans of Fancy Feast for $.66/ea. I'm feeding 4 strays. I just noticed that Walmart has the 10lb. leg quarters bag for $4.48, so i'll try it. I will continue to supplement with dry cat food for grazing (38lb. bags of Kit and Kaboodle for $18 at Sam's, basically $.48/lb.)
Lovely lady with perfect recipe for cats. Thanks for sharing
Well thank you! I don't know about perfect, but my cats really enjoy it! Thanks for watching, Joanna
Hi can someone tell me how long we can store it in the freezer?