Few know the beneficial effects of bone broth, including myself, until recently. But since I learned about its beneficial effects, I prepare it weekly.
What are these effects: Bone broth contains collagen. Which heals the gut, skin, makes hair and nails grow faster and healthier, heals joints, reduces inflammation in the body, including inflammation in the gut. It also contains minerals such as magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, selenium and potassium. Contains all the essential amino acids in a condensed formula. Amino acids are the basic “bricks” of all organs and participate in all processes in the body. In the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) it is indispensable. Well, if it’s that good then let’s do it too, right?
How do I make bone broth?
I take a kg of bones of any kind, chicken, pork or beef, with all the cartilage, with the mention that the pork or beef ones must be broken. Wash them well. I put them in 5 liters of water, along with a tablespoon of vinegar, which helps extract the minerals from the bones, and boil them. I take the foam, put the fire on low, put the lid on it and let it boil for 6 hours. After 6 hours we have 3 liters of bone broth, after removing the bones.
It can also be done in the pressure cooker, in a much shorter time, about 2 hours, it depends on the bones. Leave the pork or beef bones to boil longer and chicken bones, less.
We can use the bone broth immediately, or let it cool, strain it, put it in plastic bottles and freeze it. When we need it, we defrost a bottle or several, and use it. If we want to defat the bone broth, we leave it in the pantry or another cool place until the next day. The fat will collect on top in a brittle layer. We can remove this layer of fat and we will be left with a clear, tasty and fat-free soup.
What can we do with bone broth?
We can drink it warm, like a tea. It is an excellent remedy for a cold, on a cold day, or for an inflamed bowel. Add salt, pepper and turmeric to taste.
We can make tasty soups. Creamy vegetable soups, like this one with beetroot and broccoli, or this faux tripe soup with pleurotus mushrooms.
We can add it to stews, home-made ”mici”, mashed cauliflower and almost all dishes that require water. We can replace this water with bone broth.
Put your imagination to the test and I’m sure you can use the miraculous bone broth in many ways as possible. So that you can eat it as often as possible without getting bored.
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As I said in the introduction to the blog, I want to give you healthy, gluten and dairy-free, but also cheap, food ideas. Unfortunately, gluten-free processed foods, in addition to being very hard to find, are also very expensive. And also contain many unhealthy additives. Better buy an avocado for 3-4 lei, a bag of carob for 4 lei, some fruits and nuts, a kg of rice flour for 11 lei. With that you can prepare a healthy dessert at home.
The same with meat. We are used to making soup from lean meat, which is expensive, when a kg of bones is a few lei and with them we can do wonders for our health.
