{"id":14454,"date":"2017-07-28T16:33:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T23:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=14454"},"modified":"2017-07-28T16:56:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T23:56:13","slug":"doggie-dental-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/doggie-dental-treats\/","title":{"rendered":"Doggie Dental Treats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 C oatmeal (pulverized)<\/li>\n<li>2 C whole wheat flour<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon of Swanson Premium Activated Charcoal<\/li>\n<li>2 ripe bananas<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 C peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>4 tablespoons vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup packed fresh mint<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup packed fresh Italian parsley<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chicken broth or water<\/li>\n<li>Swanson GreenFoods Liquid Chlorophyll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step by Step<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Line baking sheet with parchment (I used a baking mat).<\/li>\n<li>Combine charcoal with flour and set aside.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll find brown rice flour in a lot of pet treat and pet food recipes.<br \/>\nMany dogs are sensitive to wheat\/wheat gluten and brown rice flour is easier for them to digest. Activated charcoal is carbon that has been treated with oxygen and is able to absorb a wide range of impurities.\u00a0 This can be ordered in bulk on Amazon.<\/li>\n<li>Put parsley, mint, oil and 1\/4 cup of broth or water into food processor.<\/li>\n<li>Process until very chopped, like pesto, then add chlorophyll.<br \/>\nChlorophyll helps freshen breath both by eliminating odors in the mouth and by promoting a healthy digestive tract\u2014poor digestion being a primary reason for bad breath. The recipe I followed said 3-4 droppers-full, but since my bottle didn&#8217;t have a dropper, I guessed and used a generous teaspoon.<br \/>\nPulse a few times to mix.<\/li>\n<li>Add this to the flour\/charcoal and mix well.<\/li>\n<li>Beat egg lightly and mix in.<\/li>\n<li>Knead, adding remainder of water or broth until you have a very sticky (yet grainy) dough ball.<\/li>\n<li>Dust the work surface with more rice flour\u2014makes your life easier and gives the treats extra crunch.<\/li>\n<li>The recipe said to knead dough until an even green color.<\/li>\n<li>My dough was decidedly NOT green so I just kneaded until everything seemed evenly combined.<\/li>\n<li>Roll out to about 1\/4 inch thick, or whatever thickness you prefer, adding flour as needed.<\/li>\n<li>Cut out with your favorite shapes.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 45 minutes at 300\u00ba<\/li>\n<li>Flip and bake for 30 more minutes, then turn oven off.\u00a0 Leave door closed<\/li>\n<li>Let rest another hour, then remove from oven<\/li>\n<li>Cool and store in an air-tight container in the fridge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 2 C oatmeal (pulverized) 2 C whole wheat flour 1 tablespoon of Swanson Premium Activated Charcoal 2 ripe bananas 1\/3 C peanut butter 4 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 egg 1\/2 cup packed fresh mint 1\/2 cup packed fresh Italian parsley 1 cup chicken broth or water Swanson GreenFoods Liquid Chlorophyll Step by Step Line &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/doggie-dental-treats\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Doggie Dental Treats&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-cooking-reference-material"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14454"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14461,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14454\/revisions\/14461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}