New Year 2013

So I have 3 days off...today Liv and I took Stell up to Waldo Lake road and snow shoed maybe half way to Betty Lake...tomorrow Liv has to work so I am going to bake a large batch of biscuits...my quality control group is available and anxious for a new batch...they know supplies are scarce...right now...I have had no time to bake the latest batch...it has been on ice waiting for me to roll, cut and bake....and tomorrow is the day because...Tuesday...New Year we are going snow shoeing with both Poe and Stell...and we all need sustenance....

25 December 1012

It is the big Turkey day of the year....we have some turkey, stuffing, veg...gravy...and Yorkshire pudding...but before we get that all going...Liv and I will take the dags for a walk up the 101...after the big wind storm several trees fell across the road affording us some good assurance that we won't run across any other travellers...so the pups may race around in the snow with joyous abandon...

I have the dough made for a large batch of dag biscuits...but no time to bake them this week...perhaps on the weekend...I will be able to get it done...we are getting low and Poe and Stell are missing their usual ration of biscuits...but they will have a lovely Turkey dinner tonight...that may make up for the lack...of biscuits....not only for Poe and Stell but all my canine customers at the bank...

Oakridge Ladies Trike Club outing and biscuit making....of course

This weekend I set about the dog cookie making process by first thawing another tub of the purée of veg and PB etc. This batch of treats is particularly toothsome because it contains certain squash varieties that they really like. My recipe is somewhat seasonal in that I take vegetables in season to make the purée though the basics always remain the same...and the large variety of squashes give subtlety different flavour...which makes the biscuits unique in that, I think.  I generally make them snack size though I have and will make them in a smaller "dog training treat" or "dog training cookie" size.
I will be mixing the dry ingredients in later this afternoon and then bake some this evening because Liv and I are going to suit up in our rain gear and ride out on the trikes with Poe and Stell toward Salmon Creek...should be about a 3 to 4 hour ride and be 9 or so miles by the end...Poe's feet are tough as old shoe leather but Stell is not so fortunate so Liv has boots for her if her pads start to look sore...will add some photos of our excursion later...and will be taking "dag biscuits" with us as part of a healthy snack along the way! 

this week prepared the "liquid" part of the biscuits...a puree of spinach, celery, squash, carrots, and yams...then I added some baked pumpkin....a large jar of natural crunchy peanut butter...the organic brown rice....and today after a ten mile trike ride with Poe and Stell...made up about five pounds of biscuits using the oat flour .... I've moved away from regular wheat flour to eliminate gluten...from the biscuits....I still have about 25 pounds of the liquid that I popped in the freezer and a large pan of dough ready to bake this week...if is very labour intensive ...wish I could take a day each week from my other job to make biscuits...but currently must bake at night and on weekends...