A great book for making nutritionally sound food for dogs is
Better Food for Dogs: A Complete Cookbook and Nutrition Guide by David Bastin, Grant Nixon & Jennifer Ashton. It is very thorough and it lays out recipes by dog weight, as well as nutrient needs, so it's very easy to use. A while back I posted on my blog about it
here . (For the record, I don't make my dog's food anymore - not because it wasn't good, but because she ended up having severe allergies and is now on a very restricted diet, poor thing!)
Other recipes of mine:
Banana Cookies for Pups
Ingredients
2 very ripe bananas, mashed
3/4 cup water
1 egg, whisked
2 Tbs. molassas
1 tsp. vanilla
4 cups whole wheat flour
Directions
1. Mix all ingredients together. The dough will be very stiff and dry. You will probably need to use your hands.
2. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4" thick.
3. With a fork, prick the dough all over with a fork (this keeps the dough from getting too puffy).
4. Using a pizza cutter or a very sharp knife, cut the dough into 1" peices (I like diamond shapes).
5. Put close, but not touching on parchment-covered cookie sheets.
6. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, until lightly browned.
7. Remove from the oven and cool completely on cookie sheets (while you're waiting and the oven is on, bake some Pumpkin Dog Cookies or Happy Pup Muffins).
8. When the cookies are completely cool, reduce the oven to 300 and bake for another 30 minutes.
9. Remove from oven, and when cool, feed a few to the pups, then store the rest in an airtight container.
Pumpkin Dog Cookies
We use canned pumpkin in our house for the regulation of doggie bowels, and we often have open cans where we've only used a little bit. I needed something to do with the leftovers and came up with these.
Ingredients:
4 cups flour*
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 Tbsp. honey**
1 tsp vanilla (optional)
1/2 tsp. salt
Directions:
1. Blend all ingredients together. Dough should be stiff. Roll into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to overnight.
2. Divide ball in half, then return half to fridge. Roll out the other half to 1/4 inch thick, then cut out using your favorite cookie cutter. Place close together on a lightly oiled (or, better yet, parchment paper covered) cookie sheet (cookies will not rise or spread). Roll out remaining dough as above. Scraps can be re-rolled after refrigerating for 30 minutes.***
3. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container.
Notes:
*I used a combination of whole wheat and oat flours, but it can be tailored to any allergies your dog might have, or even just what you happen to have around the house.
**Or molasses
***Or, since there's no eggs, just feed it to the dogs uncooked. Or freeze it to roll out another time.
Granola Bones
A treat for extra-special, very good dogs.
2 sterilized 4-inch hollow bones or 1 8-inch bone
Filling:
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1/3 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1/2 cup cooked, mashed sweet potatoes or carrots
1.
Mix together all filling ingredients.
2.
Cover a baking sheet with foil and lightly spray with oil.
3.
Put bones, small-hole side down on the foil. Tightly pack filling into bones.
4.
Bake in 325 oven for 30-45 minutes until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean and the filling seems solid.
5.
Allow to cool completely (about 3-4 hours) before serving.
* Serve under supervision.
* Store in refrigerator or freezer.
Meaty Muffins
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 4 oz. jars of meat-based baby food
1 egg
1. Mix dry ingredients together in large bowl.
2. In a small bowl, mix baby food and egg together.
3. Add wet mixture to dry mixture and mix until just blended.
4. Spoon into 24 greased mini-muffin wells and bake for 10 minutes in a 350 oven for 10 minutes
5. Cool completely before serving.
If your pup needs an extra-special treat, top these muffins with melted white chocolate (white chocolate doesn't contain the substance in chocolate that's fatal to dogs).
Happy Pup Muffins
For very special occasions for very good dogs. Makes four large or eight regular muffins.
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup carob chips
1. Mix together flour and baking powder in a large bowl.
2. Blend egg, then add to flour mixture with remaining ingredients.
3. Bake in a 375 oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
4. Cool completely before serving.
Don't have carob chips around? Use cooked crumbled bacon instead. These freeze well. Just defrost in the fridge and serve.
Spike's Birdie Bread
My parrot Spike is a picky eater. He doesn't like new food and won't eat pellets, no matter how I try to give them to him. So this is his usual dinner.
Ingredients:
3 cups mixed chopped veggies (whichever you want, as small as is neccessary for your parrot - I food process mine very small)
2 jars organic babyfood, one with a protein, one with carrots or swet potatoes
1 egg (beat in food processor with shell)
1 cup Arrowhead Mills Multigrain pancake & waffle mix or whole wheat flour
1 cup rolled oats, uncooked
1 cup pellets (optional)
Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients together, adding additional pancake & waffle mix or whole wheat flour if needed.
2. Spread in greased 8"x8" pan and bake at 375 for 20-35 minutes (until dry all the way through - it will pull away from the edges of the pan)
3. Cut into bird-appropriate-sized peices and freeze until needed.
Note: for a special treat, mix in 1 tsp. dried red pepper flakes and/or 1 clove garlic.
Well, not necessarily the animals I love, but the creatures I call sons! 
