Homemade cat food
Chicken Liver Senior Soft Mash
A smooth, spoonable mash of tender chicken and a little liver, thinned with broth — easy on ageing teeth and gentle enough to tempt a senior cat off its food.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Time
- 25 min
- Makes
- 2 days
🧺 Ingredients
- 70g cooked, plain, skinless chicken breast
- 15g cooked chicken liver
- 3–4 tablespoons unsalted chicken broth or plain water
- 1 teaspoon plain cooked mashed carrot (optional)
👩🍳 Method
- Poach the chicken and liver plainly until fully cooked, then cool.
- Blend or mash the chicken and liver together, adding warm broth a little at a time until you have a soft, smooth mash.
- Fold in a little mashed carrot if you would like extra moisture and colour.
- Warm very slightly to release the aroma, which helps tempt an older cat with a reduced sense of smell.
- Offer a small portion and refrigerate the remainder for up to two days.
Nutrition: Lean chicken supplies easily digestible protein and taurine, while a small amount of liver adds iron, B vitamins and a strong aroma that appeals to less enthusiastic senior eaters.
📝 Notes
Liver is nutrient-dense but high in vitamin A, so keep it to a small share of the recipe and serve as an occasional treat rather than every day. A soft mash suits cats with dental disease or missing teeth.
⚕️ 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.