Barkin’ Broccoli and Broccoli Sprouts

With holiday seasons coming around the corner, there bound to have lots of feasting and partying. Needless to say, our dogs get to join in our fun, consuming many treats and leftovers. Not all leftovers are bad for dogs, but the problem is when 95% of them are protein source and sweet stuff. Giving our dogs these leftovers can do some serious damage to their health.

Furthermore, most of us don’t keep cooked (green) vegetables overnight so naturally we kind of neglect our dogs’ vegetable intake as we are caught up with our own shopping and cooking.

Stop! There is no better time than now to give Fido more green vegetable meals. One, some dogs will not return to his normal meal after the holidays are over—thinking they are still in a la-la land. Two, holiday feastings can add more pounds to your chubby looking dog. Three, owners are too busy to help their dogs to shed those extra calories. Lastly, broccoli and broccoli sprouts are good for you and your dog.

Sprouts of all kinds are super-nutritious, but broccoli sprouts is believe to aid in the prevention of cancer as it contains 50 times more sulfuraphane than mature Broccoli.

Here’s the recipe to better health for Fido during holiday seasons.

Servings: 5

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of broccoli, diced.
• ½ cup of corn kernels.
• ½ cup of broccoli sprouts
• 1 tsp bone meal
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped.
• 1 egg, beaten.
• 1 tsp canola oil or extra virgin olive oil

Methods:

1. Add broccoli and corn kernels into a boiling water for one minute (semi cooked). Drain out the water, leaving about 5 tablespoons of water in the pot.
2. Heat oil in a large saucepan, pour egg into it and let it covers the whole pan. Do not let it sit for too long, sauté it for one minute.
3. Add it the chopped garlic, boiled broccoli and corn kernel (together with remaining water), broccoli sprouts, and bone meal. Sauté for another 3 minutes before letting it to simmer for 3 minutes.
4. Let it cool before serving.

Special note:

Avoid keeping leftovers for any green vegetables. One, they taste bad the next day even you heat them up. Two, cooked vegetables should not be re-cooked especially green vegetables—you will be eating yellowish broccoli instead of green colored broccoli. So feel free to reduce the ingredients used if you have one small dog or you could join Fido in his feasting.