Easy Beef Meatloaf

If you’ve ever wished you could serve your dog a hearty, wholesome dinner straight from your own kitchen, this complete and balanced beef meatloaf recipe is the perfect place to start. Designed specifically for adult dogs and carefully balanced to FEDIAF nutritional guidelines, it combines lean beef with dog-friendly vegetables, healthy fats, and essential supplements to create a nutrient-rich meal your dog will love. Not only is it delicious and satisfying, but it also provides all the vitamins and minerals your dog needs to thrive—making home cooking both safe and enjoyable.

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Easy Beef Meatloaf

Yield: Makes 1kg of food

Author: The Canine Dietitian

Prep time: 10 MinTotal time: 10 Min

A balanced cooked recipe for adult dogs. This nutrient-rich meatloaf combines lean 10% beef mince, sardines, and organ meats for high-quality protein, with added courgette, buckwheat flour, and seeds for fibre and micronutrients. 

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Ingredients

• 605g 10% fat beef mince
• 120g tinned sardines (in water, drained)
• 115g grated courgette
• 55g beef kidney
• 55g beef liver
• 1 egg
• 50g buckwheat flour
• 12g ground hemp seeds
• 10g ground sunflower seeds
• 7g eggshell powder
• 5g ground ginger
• 3g nutritional yeast
• 2g kelp powder
• 1/2 tsp wheat germ oil
• ½ tsp coconut oil (or sunflower oil, for greasing the tin)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/ Gas Mark 4.
2. Grease and line a 1kg loaf tin with ½ tsp coconut oil.
3. In a large bowl, combine the beef mince, liver, kidney, egg, courgette, and sardines. Mix well.
4. Add the dry ingredients (buckwheat flour, ground seeds, eggshell powder, ginger, nutritional yeast, kelp) along with the wheat germ oil. Mix thoroughly until evenly combined.
5. Spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and smooth the top.
6. Bake in the oven for 45–50 minutes until firm and cooked through.
7. Allow to cool, then remove from the tin and place on a wire rack.

Notes

Storage Instructions

• Refrigerator: Store in an airtight container for 2–3 days.
• Freezer: Portion into daily servings, wrap, and freeze for up to 3 months.
• Defrosting: Thaw overnight in the fridge before serving.
• Serving tip: Always serve at room temperature or slightly warmed, never straight from the freezer or very hot.

Always wash your hands, utensils, and surfaces thoroughly after handling raw meat.

Use clean containers for storage and avoid cross-contamination with human food.

Discard any uneaten food after 20–30 minutes to prevent bacterial growth.

Nutrition Facts

Protein

18.91 g

Calories

178

Fiber

0.94 g

Fat

9.53 g

Carbs

4.14 g

Calories are per 100g on an as fed basis

Dogs that Should avoid this recipe:

Puppies – their energy and calcium requirements are different, so this adult-balanced recipe isn’t suitable.

Dogs with pancreatitis or needing very low-fat diets – even though the mince is 10% fat this is on an as fed basis not a dry matter basis.

Dogs with kidney or liver disease – due to organ meat content (liver and kidney), which increases phosphorus and purine levels.

Dogs with seafood allergies – sardines are included as an omega-3 source and for Vitamin D.

Dogs on vet-prescribed therapeutic diets – always check with your vet before switching foods.

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