Here's a great site for everyone that I love to visit. It's physcians committee for responsible medicine (pcrm).

http://www.pcrm.org/health/health-topics/

This is a guarenteed winner of a smoothie (provided you like all the ingredients). Just leave out or substitute what you don't like.

one large navel orange - peeled and quartered

one banana - peeled

one large or two small organic apple - cored and cut into eights (if not organic, peel)

a small handful of frozen cranberries

a bag of frozen berries or fruit blend

(I also added some black plums one day.)

1cup old fashioned oatmeal (or barley or quinoa)

2cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes (orother potatoes, without skins and no green spots)

1/4cup shredded carrots (can substitutemelon,bananas, apples, peaches, or pears)

1/2cup finely chopped squash (yellow orzucchini) or another green vegetable, lentils, or beans

1/2cup chopped broccoli (or cabbage, spinach,collard greens, peas, or green beans)

1cup cooked rice (brown rice or wildrice OR lentils)

2tbsp. olive oil (All oils, with the exception of flaxseed oil which can't beheated, feed tumors. Use water instead if needed. Natural applesauce or banana are great oil substitutes in manyrecipes.)

9-by-13baking dish (or whatever you want. Really, no baking is necessary. You can feedas is and reheat later if desired to simply reach room temperature.)

Cookingspray (if you need it for the baking dish)

1/8cup water (optional)

Cook whole grain rice, gluten-freeoats, barley, or quinoa for the basis of the dog's meals without salt or oil. Whileyour pasta, rice and/or oatmeal are cooking, cook the vegetables.

Boil or bake fresh produce (eggplant,celery, potatoes, zucchini, broccoli, banana) untilit can be pierced easily with a knife, but not so long that it falls apart. Itis good for a dog's teeth to chew, so serving solely soft food can cause abuildup of tartar on their teeth which can lead to gum and tooth problems.Drain and set aside to cool.

Mix the two together and season withfruit like bananas, vegetables and beans or lentils, which can be blended inorder for the dog to digest them easier, into a flavorful mush your dog willlove.

Serveyour homemade vegetarian food mixed into your dog's previous food. This willhelp the dog transition to the new diet slowly so it is easy on digestion andcan minimize the chance of diarrhea, constipation or soft stool. (Mix ratio75-25, 50-50, and 25-75 for two days each.) Feed dogs twice a day, once in themorning and once in the evening.

Whole wheat pastas and breads can beadded to their food or given as snacks. Break up 2-3 pieces of bread and add itto the mixture.

To supplement homemade dog food, take aVitamin E capsule and poke a hole in one end.Drizzle the oil on to food and serve. Chop two each (or one if under 25 pounds)500mg L-carnitine and 250mg Taurine tablets into small pieces and mix in tofood. (half for 10 pounds, quarter for 5 pounds?)

Dogs are omnivores and can survive and thrive on a well-craftedvegetarian diet. Studies show consumingvegetables at least 3 times per week can reduce the risk of cancer by 70percent. Organic food is best, but one can lower pesticideexposure by almost 80 percent by avoiding the top twelve most contaminatedfruits and vegetables (on the dirty dozen list) and eating the leastcontaminated (clean 15) instead. DOGtorJ.com has lots of information on why toavoid the top allergens (wheat, diary, soy, and corn). Eating a vegan diet can relieveallergies, eliminate diabetes, relieve joint pain and inflammation, and eveneliminate dog odor and bad breath.

these are the foods to AVOID: (can affect digestive, nervous, andurinary systems)

caffeine (chocolate, but coffee, tea, and soda)

grapes and raisins

avocados

walnuts and macadamia nuts, esp. the shells (other nuts safe, thoughpossible choking hazard)

peach and plum pits and apple, cherry and plum seeds (fruit issafe - limit amount)

onions, to include onion powder

garlic, to include garlic powder

chives

raw potatoes, their skins, and any green parts (cooked is fine)

tomatoes, esp. green parts

rhubarb

corn

mushrooms (some are poisonous to dogs and it's hard todifferentiate, so it's best to avoid all)

broccoli in large amounts

too much canned pumpkin (diarrhea - a little is good)

too much high-acid fruits (limit serving size of oranges and grapefruit)

I can't get the image to load, so you'll have to click the link to see the image. (It's about fostering a dog.)

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f65/ciane/foster.jpg