About 15 years ago we had 11 cats and were fairly poor. So, I made most
of my own cat food and they loved it. I would boil either livers,
kidneys, or hearts in water then grind it in a food processor and
thicken with a little oatmeal. they loved it. I would do this about
twice a week. They got this mixture once a day for dinner. their diet
was also supplemented with dry food.
I have no background in nutrition so don't know how balanced the diet
was but, the cats thrived. As we got richer (ha, ha) we switched to
canned food but I've always wonder if they were better off when we
weren't better off.

Yes, we make our cats' food ourselves.  They are on a homemade raw diet
and doing beautifully on it.

Mathew:  if you have a library near you 'The Natural Cat' by Anitra Frazier,
which I know has been updated for the 'modern world' *grin*, has advice, not
only for diet, but other things as well.

The breakdown for a raw-food diet is:
60% protein
20% vegetable
20% grain

This may have been changed since the printing I have in 1990.  The diet
section is quite long, so I can't really add to this :)  You have to ensure
that your cat will get all the required vitamins,minerals, amino acids,
including taurine (Very important for cats.)

I have noticed several "cooking for kitty" cookbooks in print - - - I hate
cooking for myself, let alone the felines *g*

And! ta-dah!  here are some sites that should help youout!  pet-grub is
pretty good, with a lot of recipes.  feline future gives you a good idea of
nutritional content and warns against the use of some products, such as
pork.  I think you will get some use out of all of these . . . I hope!

http://www.pet-grub.com/

http://www.ehow.com/how_12698_make-homemade-cat.html

http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/

http://users.ameritech.net/critterz/crf_recipes.htm

Mel