Homemade Tuna Cat Treats: Easy & High Protein!

Try this yummy recipe for Homemade Tuna Cat Treats and see if it doesn’t send your kitty into a purr-fest. Our furry feline friends deserve a delicious healthy homemade treat too. Made from kitchen ingredients that you probably already have on hand you can feel pretty good about passing out these treats.

These treats have protein from tuna, healthy fat from olive oil and omega 3’s from ground flax seed. If placed in a jar and tied up with a pretty ribbon these treats make a great gift for fellow cat lovers. (You could also make our DIY Treats Jar to add these into.)

Homemade Tuna Cat Treats Ingredients:

• 6 ounce can of tuna in oil
• 2 tsp. Parsley diced, fresh or dried
• ½ cup whole wheat flour
• ½ cup powdered milk
• 1 tbsp. frozen carrots or peas mashed (or baby food)
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup ground flax seed
• 1 Tbsp. Olive oil
• 3 Tbsp. Water

Tuna Treats Instructions:

1. Combine flour, powdered milk and ground flax seed. In a separate bowl combine tuna, olive oil, carrots or peas, parsley, water and egg.
2. Make a well in the center of your flour mixture and pour wet ingredients into middle. Combine very well with a wooden spoon, or better yet-use your hands.
3. Shape dough into small balls- between the size of a blueberry and a grape. Place them on a foil lined cookie sheet. Press down lightly with your thumb. Bake in an oven preheated to 350° for 10 minutes, turn treats over and cook an additional 5 minutes.
4. Store treats in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Homemade Tuna Cat Treats

Try this yummy recipe for Homemade Tuna Cat Treats and see if it doesn't send your kitty into a purr-fest. Our furry feline friends deserve a delicious healthy homemade treat too. Made from kitchen ingredients that you probably already have on hand you can feel pretty good about passing out these treats.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Course Cat Treats

Cuisine Cat Treat Recipes

Ingredients

  

• 6 ounce can of tuna in oil
• 2 tsp. Parsley diced fresh or dried
• ½ cup whole wheat flour
• ½ cup powdered milk
• 1 tbsp. frozen carrots or peas mashed or baby food
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup ground flax seed
• 1 Tbsp. Olive oil
• 3 Tbsp. Water

Instructions

 

• Combine flour, powdered milk and ground flax seed. In a separate bowl combine tuna, olive oil, carrots or peas, parsley, water and egg.
• Make a well in the center of your flour mixture and pour wet ingredients into middle. Combine very well with a wooden spoon, or better yet-use your hands.
• Shape dough into small balls- between the size of a blueberry and a grape. Place them on a foil lined cookie sheet. Press down lightly with your thumb. Bake in an oven preheated to 350° for 10 minutes, turn treats over and cook an additional 5 minutes.
• Store treats in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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We hope your cat enjoys these DIY Cat Treats, too!

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