Bone Broth

Ingredients:

• 3-4 pounds of beef marrow bones and knuckle bones - organic if possible (you can also use leftover chicken bones or turkey bones from a whole bird.  Other useful additions are collagen-rich oxtail, and chicken feet are one of the richest sources of beneficial collagen, but hard to find)
• 1/2 c of organic apple cider vinegar (the vinegar helps extract minerals from the bones)
• 4 to 5 quarts of water
• 4 stalks of celery – rough chop
• 4 carrots – do not have to peel – rough chop
• 3 onions  – do not have to peel – rough chop
• Parsley
• Garlic
• Sea Salt to taste (at the end)
• Whole black peppercorns

Instructions:

• Add all the bones to a large stock pot
• Add water and vinegar to pot till bones are completely submerged.  Let sit for 1 hour to allow vinegar to start working on the bones.
• Add in carrot, onion and celery to pot.
• Bring pot to a boil and then turn down to a simmer.
• Once you are at a simmer you will want to skim any scum off the top of the pot (scum does not always form).
• You will want the mixture to simmer for at least 24 hours (long simmer time is essential for a good bone broth!), adding water as needed to cover the bones.
• During the last 30 minutes to an hour add in the parsley, garlic, handful of salt and whole black peppercorns.
• Once the broth is finished, let it cool then drain it, making sure that any vegetables or bone have been removed.
• Add sea salt to taste and drink both as is, or store in fridge for a week or in a freezer up to 6 months.

Enjoy the healing benefits of nutrient-dense bone broth!  Use your bone broth as a base for any soups or recipes that call for stock or broth.  Or just sip on it out of a mug!

• Vitally important variety of minerals in an easily absorbed form (Most people have mineral imbalances and deficiencies due to today’s processed food supply and degraded soils, so bone broth can help dramatically in this department)
• Collagen and other anti-aging, joint-healing nutrients, including glucosamine and chondroitin (yes, actually a MORE powerful source of glucosamine and chondroitin than most supplements)

Bone broth is also known to help HEAL your gut lining.  You probably have heard that excessive gluten intake can cause damage to the gut lining, and not just in people that are Celiac.  So if you want to heal years of gluten-damaged gut lining, bone broth will be your healing friend.

The science hasn’t caught up on this one yet, but many health experts believe bone broth can be helpful for some autoimmune problems.  Here’s why… You may know that many autoimmune problems start with problems in the gut, and Leaky Gut is one of the common causes of an autoimmune attack in the body due to foreign substances leaking out of the gut and into the blood stream.

Since bone broth has gut healing properties due to the natural collagen content and other nutrients, bone broth is known to “seal and heal” the gut lining, which over time, can possibly reduce or heal certain autoimmune problems.

Bone broth is also generally great for your immune system.