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Dog food iskind of a big thing in my family. With two Olde Boston Bulldogs that are, um – energeticto say the least – our little Oliver and Lulu need all the nutrition they canget. Seriously. It’s like having two toddlers running around. So, when I sawthat Purina Beneful Originals was reformulated I was all in!
I’m going toadmit something – for many, many years, I wasn’t a dog person. I was totally acat person. From our first cat (a tabby named Albert that we got when I was7-years-old), I’ve always been all about felines. That was until I met mynow-husband. He’d always had dogs and when we moved in together, that alsomeant moving in with Duke (his Shepard mix).
Fast forward17 years, and we’ve had four dogs (including our current two) and one human(that would be our almost 15-year-old son, who by the way, is very much a dogperson).
This brings me back to the nutrition thing. That’s why we feed ourdogs Purina Beneful Originals. And, I’m glad we do! Why? Because now PurinaBeneful Originals and IncrediBites has a new reformulation – with meat as the#1 ingredient and NO sugar added! It was actually created with dog owners inmind, using real feedback and relying on two years of research.
Obviously the dogsaren’t the only ones in the house who needa healthy diet. My son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last spring. Now thatthe dog’s main dish is sugar-free, it matches pretty perfectly to my son’s newmeal plan. Not that we ate a high-sugar diet (type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder,and NOT a disease that is a result of lifestyle choices), but there’s alwaysroom for improvement. Healthy eating isn’t an option for us, it’s a must-do.
Okay, Ollieand Lu (our little nicknames for the dogs) get the good stuff with the NEWBeneful Formula! Dry Dog Food Reformulation – and they are incredibly happyabout it (or at least they seem so, as they can’t exactly tell me). I love theidea that the new formula has meat as a main ingredient, and wanted to recreatea similar ‘meal’ idea for our family. With that in mind, I got a few steaks andan awesome array of fresh veggies. The result? A rainbow vegetable and meat recipethat’s a total parallel to the new Purina Beneful Originals. I can also takecare of getting both meals (the Purina for our dogs and the ingredients for myfamily) at one place! The reformulated Purina Beneful Originals is available atmost grocery stores and retailers such as Target and Walmart (and who doesn’tlike getting everything in one easy shopping trip?).
Before I getinto the recipe specifics, I need to make an important point – this is not adog food recipe. The new Purina Beneful Originals takes care of that. I treatmy dogs to a tasty meal with it, so there really isn’t much else they need. Onething they certainly don’t need is ‘people food’. Are our dogs part of thefamily? Yes, of course they are. Do they sit at the table and eat with us? No,they don’t. People food isn’t made for dogs. That’s why our Ollie and Lu gettheir Purina Beneful Originals, and not the meal from our plates.
Also, dogs oftenhave sensitive stomachs. Our little Lulu certainly does. Even though we’ve beenfeeding them Purina brand food for what seems like forever, we didn’t want tojust dive right in with the new Purina Beneful Originals. We started slowlyadding it to their existing diet. This let them get used to the new formula,without giving them any tummy issues. Eventually we phased out the old food,and were able to completely feed them the new one.
Okay, okay,and onto the recipe. And, by the way – it’s totally simple. I’m not exactlyready to audition for Top Chef. So, this is easy enough for even the novice totry. But, it’s still super-healthy, completely colorful and tasty.
Here’s WhatYou’ll Need:
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Steak-- look for a thick cut or if you want to go the easy, non-slicing route, getcubed steak from your butcher’s section.
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Rainbowveggies – pick whatever’s in season (I used yellow, green and red peppers,zucchini, beets and radishes).
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Freshmint
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Oliveoil
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Skewers(the shish-kabob kind)
Here’s Whatto Do:
1. If thesteak isn’t cubed already, cut it into cubes.
2. Put thesteak into a mixing bowl, and drizzle the olive oil on top.
3. Finelychop the mint. Add it to the mixing bowl.
4. Cut thelemon in half. Squeeze the juice into the mixing bowl.
5. Mixeverything in the bowl. Cover with foil, and refrigerate for one hour (if itends up being longer, that’s okay too).
6. While thesteak is marinating, chop the veggies. If you’re using beets, slice themlengthwise.
7. Add themeat and veggies (except for the beets) to the skewers. Alternate the meat withthe vegetables.
8. Grill theskewers (if you’re cooking beets, grill them separately) until the meat iscompletely cooked. Never eat raw or undercooked meat (you can pull off onecooled piece of meat from a skewer and cut it in half to make sure that it’scompletely cooked).
Serve thesteak and rainbow vegetables on the skewers or take everything off before youadd it to the plate. That’s it! It’s so very simple. Maybe it’s not as easy asopening up a bag of Purina Beneful Originals. But, like the Purina Beneful Originals reformulation,it spotlights meat in a refreshingly healthy way.
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