We feed THK, my best recommendation is to pre-prep the meals. It gives the water time to get absorbed. I found that making it "at" feeding time took too long, and it was too watery... so what we do now is prep ahead... I have a tupperware dedicated just for it. I prep it at each meal time for the next, if that makes sense. So go ahead and mix his dinner portion now, and place it in the fridge. Tonight after his dinner, mix his next meal (breakfast) it works well, and you will get the stew like consistency. Plus saves time! You don't have to sit there and wait for it......... works great for us. I add a bit of warm water at meal time so its not cold

Let me know how that works for you!