Homemade cat food
Rabbit & Blueberry Novel-Protein Mince
A gently cooked mince of lean rabbit with a scatter of mashed blueberries — a novel single-protein topper for cats that react to chicken or fish, pairing an unusual, easily-digested meat with a few antioxidant-rich berries.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Time
- 25 min
- Makes
- 4–5 small portions
🧺 Ingredients
- 150 g lean rabbit meat, boneless and finely minced or chopped
- 3–4 blueberries, mashed (fresh or thawed from frozen)
- A splash of plain water to keep it moist
- Nothing else — no salt, oil, onion or garlic
👩🍳 Method
- Gently cook the minced rabbit in a dry non-stick pan over low heat, breaking it up, until no pink remains and any juices run clear.
- Add a splash of water if it starts to catch, keeping the mince soft rather than browned.
- Mash the blueberries to a pulp so there are no whole berries to roll away or choke on.
- Let the rabbit cool, then stir the mashed berry through it so it is lightly flecked, not swamped.
- Serve a couple of tablespoons as a topper, and refrigerate the rest for up to two days or freeze in portions.
Nutrition: Lean rabbit is a highly-digestible novel protein many sensitive cats tolerate when common meats trigger a reaction, and a whisper of mashed blueberry adds antioxidants — a limited-ingredient topper for the fussy or the itchy.
📝 Notes
Rabbit is a genuine novel protein, useful when trialling a limited-ingredient diet — but a trial only works if it is the ONLY new protein, so keep everything else unchanged and check with your vet first if you are investigating a food allergy. Blueberries are a treat-sized extra, just a few mashed, never a handful, as fruit is not a cat food and too much sugar upsets the gut. This topper is not complete nutrition on its own. Serve at room temperature and discard leftovers promptly.
⚕️ Before you cook for your cat
- Homemade food must be balanced. Cats need taurine, and deficiency causes heart and eye disease.
- Treat recipes are supplements to a complete diet, not a replacement for it.
- Check any new ingredient against the toxic-foods list, and ask your vet before switching diets.