you can puree the veggies in a blender, and grinding the bones dont exactly do the dogs any good, the grinder is only for people who refuse to believe that dogs can chew. and its not a lot of work or a lot of money, our dogs diet is a heck of a lot cheaper then kibble ever was. we dont have any equipment that we bought just for the diet, we get our bones either free from big bobs meats, or really cheap from fellingers and sons. for breakfast we just toss veggied in the blender at the same time that we prepare veggies for the guinea pigs, pulp the veggies, poor in dishes, maybe add and egg or two, toss in some hamburger, or organ meat. and sometimes yogurt. stir, hand out. dinner pull bones from fridge, eye them for size and hand out. breaky only takes 10 minuts of my time for 6 dogs, and supper only takes 5.