Balanced, Tasty Homemade Cat Food Recipe

By Dr. Andrew Jones February 2, 2022 23 Comments

Today, I’ll be showing you how to keep your cat healthy with a balanced, tasty cat food recipe. 

A few things to note:

  1. Your cat is an obligate carnivore – this means they need animal protein to survive. We’ll be focusing on proteins with balanced amino acid profiles best suited for cats: chicken, turkey duck etc. 
  2. No carbohydrates. They are not necessary and in fact are harming our cats. 
  3. No need for veggies – cats would never eat veggies in the wild. 
  4. Calcium! Because we are not feeding bones, we will be grinding up egg shells. 
  5. A key amino acid all cats need is Taurine. 
  6. We’ll be adding sunflower oil for their fats – sunflower oil is a balanced Omega 3 & 6 profile.
  7. Additional Omega Fatty Acid in the form of Krill Oil 
  8. Ground flax is an addition to help add roughage to their diet to help with bowel movements.

And on to the recipe: 

  • 1 Lbs. Ground Turkey
  • 1 Tbsp Sunflower Oil 
  • 1 Egg (keep the shell!)
  • 1000mg Taurine
  • 1000mg Omega 3 Krill Oil (mine is linked below)
  • 1 tsp Ground Flax Seed
  • 2 Scoops Dr. Jones’ Ultimate Feline Health Formula 

Here’s how to make it (see below on making large batches and freezing it):

To a pan, add your sunflower oil and ground turkey and cook until not pink. 

Crack your egg into the pan and stir until mixed and the egg is fully cooked. 

Let your egg/turkey mixture cool. 

Rinse your egg shell, and roast in the oven for about 15 mins. Add your cooked/dried egg shell to a coffee grinder and whizz until a fine powder. This includes 1000mg of calcium and is equal to about 1 tsp – add to your turkey mixture. 

Taurine needs to be in every homemade cat food. Add 2 500mg capsules to your mixture (you can open these up and sprinkle it in). 

Omega Fatty Acid in the form of Krill Oil, it’s beneficial for a variety of issues common in cats. Add 2 500mg capsules to mixture. 

And finally, stir in your Flax Seed. 

To finish, I recommend adding my Dr. Jones’ Ultimate Feline Health Formula – it not only helps the meal taste better, but has so many benefits including joint support, immune support, and gut health! 

How much do you feed? The average 10lbs cat would eat 130 grams a day of animal protein. But a good trick is to use an old clean can of cat food and add the mixture to measure, well packed. 

This meal will give you about 2-3 meals! We hope your cats love this recipe. 🙂 

https://www.thecatsupplement.com/

And the link for my Omega 3 Krill Oil

For the questions below about making larger batches and freezing the mixture: yes, you can make large batches and freeze it, but it’s best to add the supplements (taurine, Omega 3 and Ultimate Feline) after you’ve thawed and reheated the mixture, as heating can destroy vitamins and Omega 3. If you add the supplements in at meal time, just add 1 scoop of Ultimate Feline, 1 Omega 3 capsule (500mg), and 250 – 500mg of extra taurine (adding extra taurine is fine as excess taurine isn’t stored, but excreted). 

Dr. Jones

23 thoughts on “Balanced, Tasty Homemade Cat Food Recipe”

  2. What are you’re views on raw diets vs cooked? My kitty Callie suffers from uti and has been to her vet over the course of 2 years about 6 times. The vet has prescribed her Science Diet uti formula but she will not eat it. If fact she’d rather starve. I use to feed her the Wellness brand little bits packaged food but the vet told me that cats are coming back with UTIs from eating that food. Right now the only thing I can get are they really eat it’s a Purina Pro Plan Chicken/Beef uti canned. I’ve also been giving her chicken bone broth over it to add more moisture. Any suggestions on which way to move forward with the “food” confusion would be so helpful. She also has FHV in her nose so I’ve been giving her L lysing supplement, It’s kind a hard to add it to her food she doesn’t really like to eat her food anymore. Thanks in advance

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  3. Dr Jones,
    I would like to make a larger batch. Can I freeze this?
    Also can I make it with beef or chicken for a verity for my kitty?
    Thanks, I have learn a lot from you.

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    1. No cat is going to accept a change of diet the first day. Mix half and half at first, introduce progressively. Eventually, the cat’s tongue will be able to recognize the taste of real food vs junk food.

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  6. You used ground turkey for the recipe. If I use chicken thighs or breast, are the ingredient amounts still the same? One pound of protein, no matter what kind?

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    1. Hi Heidi, yes, chicken will be fine in the diet as well (and chicken thighs are lower in phosphorus).

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  8. As with everything from Dr. Jones, I appreciate having a recipe and the supplements. I always have to transition my cats to new food by mixing the new with canned food they like and slowly increasing the homemade until they’re completely on it. My cats prefer this with a crockpot cooked whole shredded chicken (plus the bone broth). I’ll be testing pork for one cat that has a chicken sensitivity and hyperesthesia syndrome. I hope there will be a non-chicken Ultimate Feline supplement one day!

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    1. Thank you for your valuable comments and support. We would greatly appreciate it if we could feature your comment as a testimonial on our website.

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  9. I did exactly same recipe chicken also turkey but my 2 years old cat sniffed and walked away.He refuse to eat. any tips?

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  10. Dr Jones,

    Cat with moderate pancreatitis .. caught it early. I am going to use this recipe. Considering low fat is essential for cats with pancreatitis, should I just stick with egg whites? Can’t wait to read your E-book.

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