Fast Easy LickiMat Recipes

Creating snacks and treats for cats and dogs with a LickiMat® can be fast and simple with just one or two ingredients. To make treats last even, longer stick pre-loaded LickiMats in the freezer.

Simple one ingredient ideas are:

• Natural yogurt.
• Peanut butter. Use a runny peanut butter brand. Or water down a thick one with hot water. It will just help to make your mat easier to wash off. You can even blend with natural yogurt.
• Banana. Squash a ripe banana on a LickiMat with a fork.
• Parmesan cheese. Get one of those shaker packs and sprinkle on over the surface. Works really well on Soother™.
• Raw egg - just crack one one. Or if you feel like cooking, scramble an egg.
• Canned fish. Smash the fish on with a fork draining the oil or spring water on too.

• Wet food/ raw food. For a snack or treat, use a smaller portion.
• Coconut oil. Just brush a teaspoon of melted oil on. 
• Baby food. Ready made baby food from the supermarket or your baby's leftover food is perfect.
• Broth (low sodium), leftover gravy, pan juices, casserole - yum!
• Hummous. Yep! One friend their dogs love it.
• Coconut milk. Try freezing on to make it last longer. It would be like coconut ice cream.
• LickiMat® Sprinkles™. If you live in the UK grab a shaker of Sprinkles wet the surface with water and sprinkle on. Made in the UK and designed as a quick and convenient way to use LickiMat.

TIP: Make up 2 or 3 LickiMats and save them in the freezer made up and ready to go. 

Wrap them in cling wrap or paper and save for later.

If you have a bit of time, here's a few simple recipe ideas that you can try. There's a mix of recipes made from a variety of meats, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables suitable for cats and dogs. These recipes are perfect for most lick mats but are more suited to LickiMat®. The reason being our surface texture is designed to be deeper than other licking mats with a wider more useable food surface area.

For all the recipes, adjust portion size to suit your pet.  

Check with a professional that your food choices are safe for your pet. 

Ensure ingredients are xylitol free.

All pre-prepared LickiMats can be frozen and served later.

Chicken and Peas

Chopped roasted chicken

Pet mince

Baby peas

Chopped parsley

Press pet mince into LickiMat surface. Scatter on top cooked chicken and baby peas. Add a bit of parsley to freshen breath and soothe the tummy. 

Raw Beef and Vegetables

2 cups ground beef

1 teaspoon hemp powder (optional)

1 heap tablespoon cooked or raw baby peas

1 cooked or raw carrot chopped

½ teaspoon fresh chopped parsley

In a bowl, mix beef with hemp powder or other optional supplement powders like turmeric. Blend well and spread on LickiMat®. Press some into the surface for extra Lickable fun at the end of the meal. Scatter the vegetables over the surface. Add a bit of parsley to freshen breath.

Canned Fish and Vegetables
1 can fish – tuna, salmon sardines
1 tablespoon grated carrot
½ teaspoon fresh chopped parsley

Drain most of the oil from canned fish, or if the fish is in spring water use all or some of it on the LickiMat®. Using a fork, crush and spread the fish over the surface.
Sprinkle on grated carrot and parsley. Optional use a tablespoon of cooked sweet potato or pumpkin chopped into small pieces. Serve immediately or wrap and freeze for later.

Very Berry Delight
Handful of fresh or frozen blueberries
2 tablesspoons natural yoghurt
1 teaspoon frozen raspberries
1 teaspoon peanut butter (xylitol-free)

Pop a fresh or frozen blueberry into all or some of the Slomo holes. On the bumpy sections spread about a tablespoon of yoghurt over each surface and sprinkle a few raspberries on top. Over the whole Slomo™, drizzle over xylitol-free peanut butter. Serve immediately or wrap and freeze for later.

Pumpkin, Chicken and Coconut Mash

½ cooked pumpkin or sweet potato
½ teaspoon desiccated coconut
½ teaspoon coconut oil
1 tablespoon chopped cooked chicken

Smash cooked pumpkin or sweet potato in a bowl. Add coconut oil and stir in well. Tip out blend onto LickiMat. Sprinkle with pieces of cooked chicken and desiccated coconut. Serve immediately or wrap and freeze for later.

Chicken and Gravy

Chopped cooked chicken

Low sodium gravy

Dill

Scatter chicken pieces over surface, drizzle with gravy and garnish with chopped fresh dill.

Coconut Chia Pudding

1 heap teaspoon chia seeds

½ cup low fat coconut milk

Chopped strawberries 

Fresh or frozen blueberries

1 teaspoon peanut butter (xylitol-free)

Soak chia seeds overnight in coconut milk. If the mixture looks too thick stir in extra coconut milk or water. Scrap into the Wobble™. Spread some over the bowl surface for more lickable fun. Add some fruit and a drizzle of peanut butter. Serve immediately or wrap and freeze for later.

Raw Food and Vegetables

½ cup pet mince

1 heap tablespoon cooked or raw baby peas

1 cooked or raw carrot chopped

½ teaspoon fresh chopped parsley

Press the raw meat lightly onto the LickiMat®. Scatter the vegetables over the surface and add a bit of parsley to freshen breath. Serve immediately or wrap and freeze for later. Adjust portion size to suit your pet. 

Fruity Cream Cheese

2 tablespoons cream cheese

½ banana sliced

1 tablespoon fresh or frozen blueberries

1 teaspoon peanut butter (xylitol-free)

With a spatula or back of a spoon, spread cream cheese over Splash™ surface. Press banana slices onto the cheese and add a few blueberries. Drizzle over the peanut butter. Remember to keep center of Splash™ clear. Serve treat by pressing Splash onto tiled floor. If using on wall as a distractor, then use with just cream cheese and peanut butter. Serve immediately or wrap and freeze for later.

Salmon Medley

Cooked Salmon

Smoked salmon

1 teaspoon cream

½ teaspoon dill

Break up cooked salmon into small chunks and place over Casper™ or Felix™. Optionally blend or chop finely to press into the surface. Lay over top pieces of smoked salmon and drizzle over a teaspoon of cream. Garnish with a little bit of chopped dill. Adjust portion size to suit your pet. 

Mixed Fish and Kibble

Fresh cooked fish e.g. salmon or a white fish

Canned fish e.g. tuna, sardines

Dry kibble

Chop up your choice of fish into small pieces and put into the pockets in the Slomo™. Add dry kibble to the bumpy section.

Beef and Vegetables

Cooked beef or wet food

Cooked carrot

Cooked peas

Fresh parsley or dill

Spread the meat over the LickiMat® and scatter the vegetables over the top. Sprinkle on chopped fresh herbs. Adjust portion size to suit your pet. 

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