Bone Broth

Good Afternoon! I hope this finds you well and that you are having a lovely week so far.

I have to tell you I have jumped on the ‘how great is bone broth’ band wagon and I am excited to share my recipes with you…..my family are loving me for it (I am sure their insides are loving me also!!!)

I heard how great it is a while back from Alexx Stuart and saw Jo from Quirky Cooking sending people to Alexx’s page often to learn more about it. So I made some Beef broth which was enjoyed by my family a lot. A while later I was told by my Miss 9′s health specialist how wonderful bone broth is and how she/we should be having it daily so I came home to make some Chicken broth…which was LOVED!  I have been making it on a weekly basis since then…and always have a stock pile in my freezer! Perfect for a those days when I don’t feel like cooking!
I have heard mixed reports of how long you should cook it for….I have tried it for 48hours down to 4 hours….the difference is the longer I cook it for the more ‘jelly’ it gets. The two most important aspects from all I have researched is ensuring you get good quality chemical free organic bones and don’t miss the cooking in the oven step!

The health benefits for having bone broth on a regular basis is wonderful and if the link from Alexx above has not convinced you, check out this next link all about Gut Health from Naughty Naturopath Mum!

Here are my recipes….enjoy!

Beef Bone Broth (slow cooker version)

1kg beef bones

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

2 carrots

4 celery stalks

1 brown onion

small bunch of rosemary

small bunch of flat leaf parsley

2 bay leaves

good pinch sea salt

water

Place beef bones in a large baking tray and cook in the oven on 220c for 1 hour.
Add the bones to your slow cooker with the apple cider vinegar, carrots, celery stalks, brown onion, rosemary, flat leaf parsley, bay leaves and the himalayan salt. Cover with water and put on low for 48 hours.

Remove bones, vegetables and herbs and discard. Strain the liquid well and you are left with gorgeous and nutritious beef bone broth. Once this cooled it went like Jelly.

Dinner….Chicken broth with fresh home-grown kale and curly carrot!

Chicken Bone Broth (stove top)

2kg chicken wings

4 carrots

4 celery stalks

2 brown onions

3 kale leaves

medium bunch thyme

medium bunch rosemary

2 bay leaves

2 tblspns apple cider vinegar

good pinch sea salt

6 litres water

Place chicken bones in a large baking tray and cook in the oven on 200c for 1 hour.
Add the bones to a large saucepan with the rest of the ingredients (make sure that everything is covered with the water).

Place the lid on the saucepan and cook over a medium – low heat for 4 hours.

Remove bones, vegetables and herbs and discard. Strain the liquid well and you are left with gorgeous and nutritious chicken bone broth. Once this cooled only the top layer went like jelly.

Chicken cooked and ready to go….

….all in the pot ready to cover with water….

I can almost smell this….YUM!!!!!!!!

I have been serving the broth for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner….really any meal! As is (just the broth) or for something more filling I throw in some raw salad or vegetable ingredients or leftover cooked brown rice. You can really use it anyway you like, depending in your taste buds….the main thing is….have it often….your body will thank you for it!

Have a wonderful rest of the week….talk again soon!

Take Care of You,

Collette x

 

Bone Broth