Homemade cat food
Turkey & Cranberry Wellness Bites
Lean turkey bound with egg and a whisper of unsweetened cranberry — a soft, savoury treat many cats find hard to resist.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Time
- 25 min
- Makes
- About 24 small bites
🧺 Ingredients
- 150g lean ground turkey
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp oat flour
- 1 tsp unsweetened dried cranberry, finely chopped (optional)
- 1 tbsp plain cooked pumpkin
👩🍳 Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F) and line a tray with parchment.
- Cook the ground turkey through in a dry pan, then let it cool slightly.
- Mix turkey, egg, oat flour, pumpkin and finely chopped cranberry into a workable mixture.
- Roll into small balls and flatten into little discs on the tray.
- Bake 18–20 minutes until firm and cooked through.
- Cool fully before serving.
Nutrition: Turkey is a lean, highly digestible protein rich in the amino acid taurine. Pumpkin adds gentle fibre to support digestion, making these an easy-on-the-stomach treat.
📝 Notes
Use only plain, unsweetened dried cranberry, and only a trace — it is optional flavour, not a remedy. Never use sweetened dried cranberries or cranberry juice drinks, which contain far too much sugar. Store airtight in the fridge up to 4 days or freeze up to 2 months. Introduce any new treat gradually.
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⚕️ 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.