I've seen pork ones around, too. They're extremely tasty and a very reasonable size, and easy to slice for a day or so of sandwiches or to toss into salad. My dad's parents are older and can't eat a whole lot, and that's what they've had for most of their holiday dinners now that it's just the two of them back in WI. (They also do a bit of lamb sometimes, but I digress. Mmmm.)
Anyway: one of those, a box of five minute stuffing, some microwave steamer veggies, and you've got a good, easy, hard to mess up meal. :) Alternate suggestion: pick up a box of uncooked chicken cordon bleu from the freezer section. /Totally/ counts as cooking.
That looks like a VERY good idea. (And I did make stuffing from a box, it came out really well!)
Those uncooked chicken cordon bleu rock. I keep some in my freezer all the time! Or the other kind too, chicken... kiev? is it? Full of butter-garlic sauce. Mmmm.
I've noticed that most cats seem to go nuts for turkey. I'm not sure why, it just sort of happens.
As far as turkey goes, it's easy to get it wrong. I tend to find that if it's nicely moist, that's because it's not fully cooked. Roasting meat is actually one of the easiest ways to cook it, though - preheat oven, calculate time, add meat, wait for alarm, eat.
Over here, you can get pre-made roasting thingies, where they give you the prepared meat in a foil tray you can just sling in the oven for the time it tells you on the side of the box. We can get all sorts of things like that - not just plain breast joints, but fancy stuff too. You should be able to get something similar, or at least I hope so. Costs a little more, but saves the hassle and usually comes out beautifully. We've got a turkey crown, de-boned and pre-stuffed, in the freezer right now. (It was supposed to be for yesterday, but flu.)
I make a point of not mixing people food and animal food as much as I can-mixing them seems like asking for trouble. That being said, I think cooked turkey/chicken meat is somewhat okay, so long as the meat in question is not seasoned or anything like that.
You're lucky that Ellie has no desire for people food. I've been around too many pets who would steal food from people...
Yeah. While I didn't mind sharing my food with my previous cat, I have to admit that Ellie not begging for food every time I eat is a nice change. I don't generally offer her anything, other than a bit of cooked meat now and then (which until the turkey, she's never had interest in).
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I've seen pork ones around, too. They're extremely tasty and a very reasonable size, and easy to slice for a day or so of sandwiches or to toss into salad. My dad's parents are older and can't eat a whole lot, and that's what they've had for most of their holiday dinners now that it's just the two of them back in WI. (They also do a bit of lamb sometimes, but I digress. Mmmm.)
Anyway: one of those, a box of five minute stuffing, some microwave steamer veggies, and you've got a good, easy, hard to mess up meal. :) Alternate suggestion: pick up a box of uncooked chicken cordon bleu from the freezer section. /Totally/ counts as cooking.
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Those uncooked chicken cordon bleu rock. I keep some in my freezer all the time! Or the other kind too, chicken... kiev? is it? Full of butter-garlic sauce. Mmmm.
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As far as turkey goes, it's easy to get it wrong. I tend to find that if it's nicely moist, that's because it's not fully cooked. Roasting meat is actually one of the easiest ways to cook it, though - preheat oven, calculate time, add meat, wait for alarm, eat.
Over here, you can get pre-made roasting thingies, where they give you the prepared meat in a foil tray you can just sling in the oven for the time it tells you on the side of the box. We can get all sorts of things like that - not just plain breast joints, but fancy stuff too. You should be able to get something similar, or at least I hope so. Costs a little more, but saves the hassle and usually comes out beautifully. We've got a turkey crown, de-boned and pre-stuffed, in the freezer right now. (It was supposed to be for yesterday, but flu.)
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Hope you feel better soon!
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You're lucky that Ellie has no desire for people food. I've been around too many pets who would steal food from people...
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