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Goal
Prepare a homemade pet meal or treat largely using leftovers or common household ingredients.
Chefs for Pets Kindred Kitchen (by ROLDA)
Join our Compassionate Cooking Challenge to reduce food waste
Welcome to the Chefs for Pets Kindred Kitchen Challenge!
This initiative celebrates creativity, compassion, and sustainability by inviting you to create homemade meals or treats for your pets made mostly or entirely from leftovers in your fridge or pantry basics. Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure your recipe is safe, accessible, and eligible for consideration.
Selected recipes will be featured in ROLDA’s online cookbook, to be distributed globally.
Top entries may receive ROLDA merchandise, pet gift baskets, or be highlighted in ROLDA’s holiday campaigns.
Some of the Food Toxic or Harmful to Dogs:
- Chocolate (all forms, including cocoa powder, baking chocolate, white, dark, and milk chocolate).
- Xylitol (found in sugar-free gum, candy, baked goods, many peanut butters, mints, and diabetic products).
- Grapes, Raisins, Currants. Onions, Garlic, Chives, Leeks, Shallots (raw, cooked, powdered; includes foods with onion/garlic powder).
- Avocado (flesh, skin, pit). Macadamia Nuts. Alcohol (including beer, wine, liquor, foods with alcohol).
- Coffee, Tea, Caffeine (grounds, beans, energy drinks, sodas).
- Cooked Bones (especially chicken, beef, pork – splinter and may cause injury or blockages).
- Corn on the Cob. Raw Dough/Bread Dough (yeast can expand in stomach and produce alcohol). Citrus Fruits (large amounts; includes peels, seeds, stems).
- Wild Berries (some are toxic; best avoided).
- Rhubarb (leaves and stalks contain oxalates – can cause kidney failure).
- Apricot/Apple/Cherry Pits, Seeds, Stems (contain cyanide).
- Star Fruit (contains oxalate, toxic in large amounts).
- Salt (large amounts or salty snacks; can lead to poisoning).
- Milk (can cause digestive upset – most adult dogs are lactose intolerant, though not strictly toxic).
- Raw/Undercooked Meat, Eggs, Fish (risk of bacteria, parasites, and salmonella).
- Tobacco (not a food, but highly toxic if ingested).
- Candy (especially chocolate or xylitol-containing, hard candy, etc.).
- Fatty table scraps, greasy foods (can cause pancreatitis).
- Human medications, supplements, vitamins (may contain toxic ingredients). Food with artificial sweeteners (xylitol, mainly).
- Spoiled/Moldy foods, compost.
- Certain nuts (especially macadamia, but others can be risky due to fat/salts).
- Large quantities of dairy, ice cream, cheese (may upset digestion).
- Always Double-Check: Some safe foods for humans can be dangerous for dogs, especially if heavily seasoned, sweetened, or prepared with unsafe ingredients.
