Beef and liver bits

Breakfast eyes

Fed on 5/27, Friday. Beef and liver bits went into the belly of a Pancake dog. . . .

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Breakfast liver congee, yellow dinner

Liver congee

Fed 11/29, Monday. We’re going to finish a little tubby of Mindy’s mathematician chicken livers this week. Since it’s breakfast, MP gets this portion raw and slippery with fresh yogurt and some of my congee. . . .

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Livering eggs and spatula for breakfast

spatula view

Fed on 10/18. I still had a full pound of that liver that needs to turn into something, so we’re making more liver leather today. I was initially going to pack up the rest to freeze in meal portions, but MP really needed more treats so that’s what we’re making. So, breakfast is a few pieces (110 grams) of liver and a couple castanets eggs with veggie mix in some broth. . . .

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[Weekend Movies] Blender View™ in Motion! Bonus: Sideways Ears

liver leather

Blender View™ in motion! Bear with me, because I’m barely strong enough to hold onto the blender carafe and I’m pretty bad at taking pictures even if I have both hands. . . .

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Guts and fish

fish woes

Fed on 10/15. Guts for breakfast! This one is a pretty hefty extra RAM lamb liver from Mindy. I’ve been thawing this gal for a couple days, at least. It was still frozen in the middle, and my hands were numb when I was done cutting it up. I’ll portion out one or two more meals and I’m going to send the rest to liver leather day camp starting tomorrow. . . .

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Liver breakfast, plus a story about obscenely obese oysters in Minneapolis

liver breakfast

liver breakfast Fed on 09/12. Mineral balance time! I was actually hoping to have found some decent canned oysters for her, but none of the stores had the kind that weren’t ‘roided up and ruining the earth. Chicken livers aren’t too high in copper, so that’s what we’ll do for breakfast. Served raw this morning. Speaking of ‘roided up oysters, I saw the largest oysters (as in, WTF) I’ve ever seen at this cute little (for a chain) outdoor fish joint. . . .

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Liver dinner

liver dinner

liver dinner Fed on 09/07. It’s librarian liver dinner! These are also from Awesome Mindy. The top edges are kind of dark because it sort of dried out when I didn’t keep them covered up in the fridge. I’m only mentioning this in case anyone was wondering. No? OK. I cooked up a quick, light turmeric and ginger broth to sort of counter the yangyness of the liver. Chicken livers are much lighter than, say, beef (which is super high in copper), . . .

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New veggie mix, pot abuse, lamb liver

liver and all

yep Oops. This is like in cartoons where people burn food. I don’t think I’ve ever burned food like this before; I’m not bragging—I screw up stuff all the time, but usually not by burning. This happened because I took a phone call and I really thought there was plenty of liquid in the pot. I didn’t take into consideration the super high sugar content of these songwriting sweet potatoes. they were fine Well, I just pulled off what wasn’t adhered to the bottom . . .

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Lamb liver breakfast (cooked this time) and all that is wrong with me

lamb liver cooked a little

lamb liver cooked a little Poor planning persists. I was hoping to get some fish for today but never made it to the store yesterday. I’m totally projecting my own preferences, but I generally try to find something lighter for MP’s first meal of the day. Like something other than liver. still delicious and healthy When this sort of thing happens (it is a “thing”), I do try to give her something like a little kefir for her “Good girl go potty” treat first . . .

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Kale and more liver (because I didn’t plan well)

kale and liver

kale and liver MP got liver again for dinner because I keep forgetting to thaw the big chunks of meat in the freezer. Not that liver is bad, but I think they’re kind of on the heavier side and I rarely give it 2 days in a row. Oh well. I’m sure MP doesn’t mind. The dino kale and carrot are lacto-fermented—I use the whey from over-funked out1 kefir and add a little sea weed. It’s actually super yummy and I steal it all the time. I . . .

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New veggie mix and liver

dog in a blender 3

This is the meal! This is MP’s dinner. My usual process is to make a weekly (just about) veggie batch using what looks great at the market and what has the right nutrients for the upcoming week-ish. A lot of the general nutrition stuff is in my head, but I plug in the values when I have a chance to make sure it’s nice and balanced in the end. When I think MP could use some cleansing and liver help (usually during changing of seasons), I put . . .

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