Homemade cat food
Chicken & Apple Training Nibbles
Tiny, firm chicken nibbles with a hint of apple — bite-sized and low-calorie, made for clicker training and reward-based play.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Time
- 20 min
- Makes
- About 30 tiny nibbles
🧺 Ingredients
- 150g cooked chicken breast, finely chopped or minced
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp oat flour
- 1 tbsp finely grated apple (no skin, no seeds)
👩🍳 Method
- Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F) and line a tray with parchment.
- Blend or finely mince the cooked chicken with the egg until paste-like.
- Stir in the oat flour and grated apple to form a firm dough.
- Roll out thinly and cut into very small squares, or pipe tiny dots onto the tray.
- Bake 12–15 minutes until firm and dry.
- Cool completely — they should be small and firm enough to hand-feed one at a time.
Nutrition: Lean chicken breast is an irresistible, high-value training reward that most cats will work for. Made small, these deliver motivation with very few calories, so training sessions do not lead to weight gain.
📝 Notes
Keep the nibbles tiny: training works best with many small rewards, and tiny treats keep the calories in check. Use only a trace of apple flesh — never the seeds or core, which contain compounds that are not safe. Store airtight in the fridge up to 4 days or freeze up to 2 months.
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⚕️ Before you cook for your cat
- Homemade food must be balanced. Cats need taurine, and deficiency causes heart and eye disease.
- Treat recipes are supplements to a complete diet, not a replacement for it.
- Check any new ingredient against the toxic-foods list, and ask your vet before switching diets.