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Homemade snacks for people and pups

Who Gives A Crap

What is better than a snack? Maybe puppies. Eh, it’s a toss up.

The problem is, most of our favourite snacks (cough cough chips) are packaged in plastic. Especially if you’re contemplating single serving packets, the environmental impact becomes particularly bleak. Still, not eating chips for an entire month (#plasticfreejuly) just isn’t an option. Luckily, you can make some seriously delicious chips at home.

Oh and we didn’t forget about the puppies. We love our dogs (sometimes we even turn into them), so we had to make some snacks sans packaging for them as well. Technically you could eat these biscuits too, but why would you? They’re not potato chips. Did we mention we love chips?

Homemade potato chips


Ingredients:

  • Potatoes (duh)

  • Oil 

  • Salt

  • Extra spices of your choice

  1. Slice your potatoes as thinly as possible – less than 1 cm in width is ideal

  2. Put the sliced potatoes in a bowl and cover them with cold water

  3. Add 3 tablespoons of salt to the bowl and let sit for 30 minutes

  4. Drain and rinse your potatoes

  5. Heat oil in a deep pot (or deep fryer) until it reaches 185 degrees Celsius (365 Fahrenheit)

  6. Fry the potatoes in small batches and let them drain on a paper towel or oven rack

  7. While they’re hot, sprinkle them with your favourite seasoning (we like celery salt and garlic powder) 

  8. Look at yourself in the mirror with awe because you just made some really freakin’ delicious chips



DIY dog treats 


Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of flour 

  • ½ teaspoon baking powder

  • 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon 

  • ½ cup of pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie filling)

  • ¼ cup of unsweetened peanut butter

  • ¼ cup of water

  1. Preheat your oven to 175 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit)

  2. In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients except for the water 

  3. Mix them together 

  4. Slowly pour in the water while stirring (if the dough is too dry, you can add more than the ¼ cup)

  5. Roll out the dough on a floured surface until it’s a little over ½ of a centimeter (or ¼ of an inch) thick

  6. Cut the dough into shapes and arrange them on a lined baking sheet

  7. Bake for 20 minutes 

  8. Let them cool and ask, “Who’s a good human??” 

  9. Realise it’s you

  10. Toss a treat to your favourite doggo