Homemade cat food
Kangaroo & Pumpkin Novel-Protein Mince
A gently cooked mince of lean kangaroo — a genuinely novel, ultra-lean red meat — with a little pumpkin, aimed at cats with common protein sensitivities.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Time
- 25 min
- Makes
- 4 days
🧺 Ingredients
- 150g lean kangaroo mince
- 1 tablespoon plain cooked pumpkin (not pie filling)
- A splash of unsalted water for cooking
👩🍳 Method
- Warm a non-stick pan and add the kangaroo mince with a splash of water.
- Cook gently, breaking it up as you go, for about 8 to 10 minutes until no pink remains.
- Drain off any excess liquid and let the mince cool to room temperature.
- Stir the cooked pumpkin through the cooled mince until evenly combined.
- Serve a small spoonful as a topper or treat, and refrigerate the rest for up to four days or freeze in portions.
Nutrition: Kangaroo is an exceptionally lean red meat rich in protein, iron and zinc, and as a novel protein it is far less likely to trigger an existing food allergy, while a little pumpkin adds gentle fibre to support digestion.
📝 Notes
Kangaroo is a true novel protein — a meat most cats have never eaten — which makes it useful when trialling a diet for a cat with suspected food sensitivities to poultry, fish or beef. It is also very lean. As with any new food, introduce it gradually, and run elimination-diet trials under veterinary guidance so nothing else undermines the test. This is a treat or topper, not a complete, balanced meal.
⚕️ 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.