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Good afternoon everyone! Today, Bauer and I have had fun baking for all our bunny fans. Our treat of the week is a banana- mint and graham cracker paste. The idea came to me while I was thinking of something tasty for him to try, as well as using the ingredients I already had in my kitchen. Since I had a lot of bananas, I figured why not make something banana-! Also, I had mint, one of Bauers favorite herbs, as well as some graham crackers (which he also loves, in moderation). I used the graham cracker in order to make the treat extra sweet, while also helping to hold the ingredients all together. To start off making this treat I first mushed the banana up. I did not add any water to the banana this time, as the banana seemed runny as is, and I did not want to dilute the flavor. Next in my treat creation, I crushed the graham crackers almost to a dust, and chopped the mint into thin slices. I then combined the mint and banana, and then added the graham cracker. I also added a little bit of hay pieces, to give it some texture. It formed a banana paste that smelled sweet and savory! I decided to put it on a bed of lettuce and added a couple of extra slices of banana for him to snack on. Below are the pictures of my treat trial! I was thinking that I could also stick the extra paste in the freezer (similar to the previous treat) and see how he liked it that way! This treat is great because, you can put this healthy paste on any bunny friendly food of your choice and make it a special treat- just spread a little on and watch them lick it right off! I know Bauer will like this paste on a cracker :)
Ways I think this treat could have gone better: Bauer likes banana, but does not LOVE banana. I think maybe next time if I used a carrot base instead he would like it better. Also, I could have used more graham cracker in order to make it a little thicker. Overall, I think Bauer prefers a crunchy treat to a paste- but he did try the paste and seem to enjoy it (just not nearly as much as the parsley tid-bits we made originally.)
Ways I think this treat could have gone better: Bauer likes banana, but does not LOVE banana. I think maybe next time if I used a carrot base instead he would like it better. Also, I could have used more graham cracker in order to make it a little thicker. Overall, I think Bauer prefers a crunchy treat to a paste- but he did try the paste and seem to enjoy it (just not nearly as much as the parsley tid-bits we made originally.)