Thanks for all the suggestions! I have sweet potates comig out of my ears! But I almost hate to admit that I really enjoy developing new recipes for the dogs. The current recioe that has worked well and really, is relatively inexpensive:
In a 12 qt stock pot:
I add 10-12 sweet potaotes, chopped into larger sections (skin and all after washed)
4-5 heaping tablespoons of chopped garlic (from the $$ store)
2 whole chicken thighs
and a mess of sea salt..
Sometimes I add celery, green beans, just about anything I have available. I have even added cranberries.
After all is cooked, I take the chicken off the bones, put back in the pot and MASH all the ingredients together.
Then freeze in individual baggies (2-3 ladles for each dog) so they can have essentially have fresh broth daily. This is put over their kibbled food as well as 1 each micro-waved sweet potatoes. When I have had the FOSTER that has been truly thin, like the 8 yr old I recently adopted, I add several slices of bread daily. This helps for weight and also absorbed the broth! Let me assure you I have to be careful of the oveweightpossibilty but it certainly does wonders for their coat as well as healthy appetites! When I have had a foster going to his new home I have given the adopter several pouches of the frozen food and the recipe in the event thye want to continue with method. Many have!