Today i don't know why i just did that
today i wanted to make lenny some hamster treats
and these are actually inspired by an instagram account i follow
i'm not going to try and pronounce their instagram name because i think it's in german and i
really just don't want to like embarrass myself so just put it right here but they make a lot of
different hamster treats similar to these and i think it's a really healthy option
you'll often see like hamster treat sticks in the pet store and they're
really not the best they're usually bound together
with honey which honey is a natural ingredient but it's really high in sugar
and usually, you want to avoid feeding things that are like super high in sugars
and there's a lot of ingredients in them that like you just can't pronounce sometimes
kaytee forti diet pro health honey hamster and gerbil treat sticks
fruc-to-ligo saccharide ?
so making your own homemade treats with ingredients you
can pronounce and you know what they are
is the best option
i have these silicone molds that i picked up from Michaels
and i thought they were just the cutest things ever there is a
waffles one, a gingerbread man one and then a dog bone one
and these are perfect for making these treats you don't need these of course
you can also just make them into balls
the other things you're going to need for this treat now keep in mind you
really don't need these exact ingredients you could honestly just take
your own hamster seed mix and combined it with a healthy flour and water
and then create something similar you don't need to have the specific like seeds and herbs
soooooo
for the treat today i'm going to be using some buckwheat flour
this is one of the healthiest flours
you can use other flours like whole wheat flour or just plain flour
but those aren't the healthiest
i would recommend going with something like
chickpea flour or buckwheat flour and they can be easily found at a bulk food store
the next things i'm going to be including in the treat is just some quinoa
chia seeds
millet
flax seeds
and then this is i think this is blackberry leaves
and then rose petals
so the very first thing i'm going to go ahead and do is just turn on
the oven and preheat it to 200 degrees fahrenheit
beep beep beep
so we are going to start by just mixing all of our stuff while we wait for the oven to preheat
this recipe honestly doesn't have a whole lot of structure
if you don't want to put a certain amount of something in there you don't have to
this is just how i'm going to be making it
so i'm going to start by putting one tablespoon of each of the
seeds and then i'm gonna put one teaspoon of the herbs
oh gosh
the next thing i'm going to do is get my flour
and i'm going to put one and a half tablespoons of flour
next is the water portion and there's not exactly an
exact measurement you essentially just want it to be somewhat of a dough if it's liquidy that's
fine i'm going to start by adding one tablespoon of water and then seeing if i need to add more
oh yes we need to add more so now i'm gonna add a second tablespoon
don't spill don't spill don't spill
yessss
so this is a pretty good consistency
so the next step is to just either put these onto
a tray on in balls or if you have silicone molds then you can put them in the molds
sadie ma'am that is you are in the way you are not a hamster so don't even
you know oh yeah okay just go through every all the setup yep mhm
these aren't for you!! (said with anger)
so once we're done putting these into our molds we're gonna pop them in the oven now the way i
do it is with these molds i put it in for 20 minutes and then i pop them out of the molds
put them on a baking tray and then i put them in for another 20 minutes to just really harden you
don't want them to be soft at all you essentially just want to bake them until they are crispy
or not crispy nice and hard
I'm coming I'm coming! SHHHHHH
oh my god that's hot that's hot!
NOOOO HIS HEAD
okay real
*GASP* his arm!
NOPE
whoa
BEEEEEP
so once you are
*glares*
stop it
so once you have finished baking them and they are
tap tap tap
hard
you are going to want to let them cool down obviously and then you can store them in
an airtight container and you can feed your hamster these about once a week
they are a healthier treat because it is essentially just seeds some herbs and then flour
but obviously you're going to want to feed them in moderation
i look like a marshmallow
this smells so delicious
tada!
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