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Still stumped on what to put in that holiday basket for your cat? Here are some quick and easy fishy recipes that your cat is sure to devour!

Tuna Crackers

• 6 ounces of undrained tuna
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1 cup flour
• 1/3 cup water

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Measure all of the ingredients into a bowl and mix thoroughly with your hands.

Roll out to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into treat sized pieces.

Place on a greased cookie sheet.

Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden.

Let cool.

Give to your cat and watch them gobble it up.

Kitty Treats

• 1-1/2 cups rolled oats
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup tuna oil, chicken or beef bouillon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix all ingredients into a dough.

Dust hands with flour and form small, 1/2-inch-thick, round “biscuits”.

Set on greased cookie sheet.

Bake 30 minutes (or until biscuits are slightly browned).

Cool 30 minutes before serving.

Tuna Pops

Drain liquid from tuna packed in spring water.

Freeze liquid in small ice cube trays (cocktail ice cube trays work nicely, as well as little square pill boxes

available at most drug stores – only fill these half full).

Give no more than 2 cubes at 1 time as a treat.

Reuse your can of drained tuna by placing in it an airtight container and covering with filtered water overnight

for a second batch of tuna-pop water.

Tuna Treats

• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup nonfat, dry, powdered milk
• 1/2 can tuna, in oil
• OR 1/2 cup cooked chicken, chopped into small pieces
• 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil OR cod liver oil
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup water
• Catnip (Optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease cookie sheets with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, mash the tuna(or chicken)into smaller pieces.

Then add flour and milk. Mix well.

After all is mixed pour in water and oil. Mix well again.

Now, beat egg in a separate dish until egg gets a foamy texture. Add to mix. Mix well. The dough mix will be

sticky, so don’t worry.

Using your fingers shape dough into small bite size balls, about the size of a marble. Put balls on greased

cookie sheets. Flatten.

Bake for 10 minutes. Remove treats from oven wait five minutes and turn treats over so other side will cook.

Bake 10 more minutes or until golden brown in color.

Place treats on cookie rack to cool. Cool for 15 minutes.

Sardine Cookies

• 7 oz mashed sardines
• 1/4 cup dry non-fat milk
• 1/2 cup wheat germ

Mix ingredients.

Roll into 24 small balls.

Placed on greased cookie sheet.

Flatten with a fork.

Bake at 350 degrees until brown.

Sardine Surprise Treats

• 2 flat cans of sardines in oil (Do not drain)
• 2/3 cup cooked rice
• 1 tablespoon pureed liver
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley

Combine all ingredients and mix well.

Shape into balls of desired size or simply spoon into cat’s dish and serve.

These treats may be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days, and may also be frozen.

Precious Kitty Treats

• 1 12-oz can salmon with liquid
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup instant oatmeal, ground in a blender

Combine the salmon and egg in a blender; mix until smooth.

Add the oatmeal and blend well.

Spray cooking spray on a 9-by-13inch pan and spread the mixture in the pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Cool, then cut into bite-sized squares.

Store in the freezer.

Mackerel Cat Munchies

• 1/2 cup canned mackerel, drained
• 1 cup whole-grain bread crumbs
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon brewer’s yeast, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a medium-size bowl, mash the mackerel with a fork into tiny pieces.

Combine it with the remaining ingredients and mix well.

Drop mixture by 1/4 teaspoons full onto a greased cookie sheet.

Bake for 8 minutes.

Cool to room temperature and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.