A motel’s concoction includes some animal food (7)
I believe the answer is:
oatmeal
'food' is the definition.
(oatmeal is a kind of food)
'a motel's concoction includes some animal' is the wordplay.
'concoction' is an anagram indicator.
'includes' indicates putting letters inside.
'some' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'animal' is 'a'.
'a'+'motel'='amotel'
'amotel' anagrammed gives 'otmeal'.
'otmeal' going around 'a' is 'OATMEAL'.
(Other definitions for oatmeal that I've seen before include "Ground grain; colour" , "Greyish-fawn colour flecked with brown" , "greyish-yellow colour" , "Ground grain used to make porridge" , "The stuff porridge is made from" .)