Friday Fun Fact! Halloween Horse treats... Heres a few recipes we found for you to share with your favorite four-legged friend for their very own trick-or-treat! Take a small pumpkin, cut off the top, and pull out the seeds and pulp. Fill the pumpkin with a mixture of sliced carrots and apples sprinkled with a little brown sugar and a few drizzles of molasses. Your horse will root out the goodies, then probably smash the pumpkin with a hoof to get at the pumpkin flesh, which is also nutritious 1 small pumpkin 1 tablespoon cinnamon 18 oz. jar of oats 1/4 cup of molasses 1/2 cup of brown sugar Preheat your oven to 400 F. Cut pumpkin, without string, seeds or rind, into cubes. Place pumpkin into a large saucepan with enough water to cover the bottom of the pan. Put cinnamon on top. Let cook on medium heat for 45 minutes, or until mushy, stirring frequently.Let cool.In a large bowl, mix oats, brown sugar, molasses and pumpkin mix. Roll into balls and put on a greased cookie sheet. If the mixture is not thick enough, add more molasses.Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool. Treats can be frozen You may also want to cut the pumpkin in pieces to hand feed to your horse as treats as you would pieces of carrot or apple. Make sure not too feed them any moldy spots! If you make baked treats for your horses, you can substitute mashed pumpkin for apple sauce, or simply add chunks of cut-up pumpkin, but make sure the treats you bake are healthy without too much added sugar or carbohydrates. For overweight horses or those with a metabolic condition, pieces of plain baked pumpkin make a great low-calorie snack with a low glycemic index. One caution: HYPP - be aware that pumpkin has a relatively high level of potassium, and this can exacerbate the clinical signs. Have a Spooktacular weekend!
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:54:20 +0000
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