Venison & Pumpkin Novel-Protein Mince

🧺 Ingredients

• 250g lean venison (haunch or shoulder), diced small
• 80g cooked pumpkin, mashed
• 1 tsp salmon oil
• 3 tbsp unsalted water or plain bone broth
• Taurine supplement as directed by your vet (if feeding for more than a few days)

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Trim every scrap of sinew and fat from the venison — it is a very lean meat and the connective tissue is tough for cats to chew.
2. Dice into 1cm cubes and simmer gently in unsalted water for 15–20 minutes until cooked right through, with no pink remaining.
3. Steam the pumpkin separately until it collapses under a fork, then mash smooth.
4. Let the venison cool, then chop or pulse briefly into small, cat-sized pieces — do not blend to a paste, as most cats prefer texture.
5. Fold the pumpkin through the meat and loosen the mixture with a few spoonfuls of the cooking liquid.
6. Stir in the salmon oil and any supplement your vet has advised, then portion into daily containers.
7. Serve at room temperature. Cold food straight from the fridge is refused far more often than it is eaten.

📝 Notes

Keeps for 4 days refrigerated, or freeze in daily portions for up to 2 months. If you are using this as an elimination diet to investigate a suspected food allergy, it must be the only thing your cat eats for 8–12 weeks — no treats, no flavoured medication, no scraps — and it should be done under veterinary supervision, with taurine and other micronutrients supplemented. As a single-protein dish this is not nutritionally complete on its own for long-term feeding.

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