JustMe, here's a thought. Instead of making gigantic quantities for your crew and then having massive cleanup
and big freezer storage problems, just do a one-night batch based on skinned chicken breast and whatever else
you want to add just for one meal once or twice a week. I have prep time for two down to about 15 minutes from
start to finish. My longest cooking item is organic rice (cooks much faster than not organic rice); so that goes on first.
Use a George Forman grill on the meat; so that's very quick. Then pulse through food processor, add some other stuff
and water, and bingo, done.
Easier for cats than dogs; less ingredients. You also wouldn't have to worry necessarily about adding correct amounts
of taurine, calcium, potassium, vitamins at first because you are serving other things with those in them. At least it would
be some home-cooked and not such a big task if it was cook and serve and watch it disappear. Just a thought.
Big quantities could come later if you chose to. Not much to cleaning a food processor and washing up those grill
plates in the sink. (Save the juices from the fat collector in a coffee can in the fridge) And I usually throw my food on
after the cats; so it's kind of a two-fer. Feed the important critters, then you and DH.
P.S. - those juices you're saving in the coffee can are not thoroughly cooked. So you use a few tablespoons in the
rice along with water, and that way it gives a little flavor to the rice and you know there's no Salmonella or e-coli
'cause it's been boiled.
