This is Part 2 of Homemade Turkey Cat Food. If you haven’t seen Part 1, in full, please do so before watching so you’ll understand about the ingredients, though you’ll get a refresher here.

Joanna breaks down and shows each step of the cooking process in realtime so you can actually see it happen while you’re learning. The focus on the delivery of information is key, rather than just following a turkey cat food recipe where you’re told what to do here, you’ll learn how to do it on your own so you can make informed decisions about what’s best for your cat and why. Below are just a few of the topics you’ll learn about while cooking alongside Joanna.

How long does slow cooking a turkey take? If you’re following a turkey roasting recipe, you may be misinformed. How do we grind up turkey bones? Do we just tear up the turkey meat or do we blend it up and why? Is white meat or dark meat better for the cats? What does cat digestion have to do with what homemade cat food? Turns out, a lot. Should we wash our rice before cooking it with the turkey? What happens if we don’t wash our rice first? What’s the purpose of pumpkin in our cat food? What benefit do cats get from nutritional yeast flakes? Is there taurine in eggs? Do we need to add taurine into our turkey cat food with this recipe?

There are many other questions related to making turkey cat food that are covered here so please pay attention. As part of her How to Really Cook series, Joanna breaks down all the steps you need for success and talks you through what your options are, why she does what she does, and what to avoid. Her bitesized chunks of information makes digestion easy while your mind stays active throughout the entire cooking lesson.

Just like in Part 1, you’ll get further information on all the additional foods that are good for cats. The items you’re working with in this recipe include a whole turkey, white rice, pumpkin, ground flax seed, nutritional yeast, green beans, eggs, and wheat germ. Below is how much she used of each ingredient for this cat food recipe.

Below is an ingredient list and supply list: (I've included Amazon affiliate links to some of them, especially the ingredients and equipment I ordered from Amazon myself!)

I get a commission every time you purchase a product through my affiliate link below.

To ensure you have what you need on hand, here is the basic ingredients:
One whole Turkey (I used a 14lb turkey for this cat food recipe)
White Rice for this cat food recipe I used 4 cups. Some people use oatmeal, and this is optional, but my cats LOVE white rice.
Pumpkin I used roasted pumpkin (homegrown), but canned pumpkin puree will also work. DO NOT use pumpkin pie filling cats shouldn't eat sugar. With 14 lbs of turkey, I use about 68 cups. This is really good for cat digestion and urinary tracts.
Ground Flax Seed for this cat food recipe I used 2 cups. This is for protein, fiber, and healthy fats that cats need, and it thickens the food right up it looks a bit soupy at first. Make sure it is finely ground. Brown or golden flax seed meal will work. Whole flaxseed: https://amzn.to/3Sugr9t Ground flaxseed: https://amzn.to/48FE844
Nutritional Yeast Flakes for this cat food recipe I used 1 cup https://amzn.to/3OaeQ5W
Green Beans for this cat food recipe I used one 2lb bag (frozen)
Eggs for this cat food recipe I used 8 large eggs (whole)
Toasted Wheat Germ for this cat food recipe I used 1/2 cup. https://amzn.to/3u26feQ

Again, do NOT use salted or seasoned anything in your cat's food too much salt really damages their kidneys, and common human seasonings like garlic and onion actually destroy cat's red blood cells. Yikes! It's a short ingredient list, relative to commercial cat food.

Here is a list of some of the equipment I use in this video along with links to them on Amazon:

High Power Blender: Here is the one I use: https://amzn.to/47KGNrW
Refurbished Blender (this is what I ordered 8 years ago and still going strong): https://amzn.to/4binrO2
Vitamix Dry Grains Container: https://amzn.to/3Od7eja
Food Processor: https://amzn.to/3S5scBL (this wasn't nearly as effective as the blender)
16 qt stock pot: https://amzn.to/495mBlA
24 qt stock pot: https://amzn.to/3HOieQB
Mesh Strainer: https://amzn.to/3U9hlJs

Please like, comment & share so Joanna will know how what she’s doing is helping you. Also, by engaging with this cat food video (really, all of them) the likelihood of others then seeing the videos goes up which will help other “cat people” worldwide learn how to make their own healthy cat food (either with turkey, chicken or any other meat substitute).

And yes, our 8 cats give it 2 paws up with a loud MeWOW for extra credit on the Turkey!