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Bone Broth

4/21/2016

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Bone Broth

Nourishing Broth

After spending three days at the Nutritional Therapy Association’s 2015 Conference and listening to fifteen awe-inspiring speakers I came away with a few favorites.

The speaker who really related to, on a level I love, was Kaayla Daniel, PhD, CCN. Kaayla gave a lecture on the benefits of bone broth along other wonderful health information.

Since I create lots of different soups in the kitchen, I was immediately hooked. After she spoke I bought her book, Nourishing Broth, and have been regularly making bone broth since.
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Nourishing Broth

Benefits of Bone Broth

Enjoying broth consistently has amazing benefits in relation to:
  • Digestion
  • Strengthening connective tissue
  • Collagen  
  • Gelatin
  • Cartilage
  • Minerals
  • Healing and rejuvenation
  • Arthritis
  • Psoriasis
  • Mental Health
  • Infectious Disease
  • Wound Healing
  • Anti-Aging
  • Sport and fitness

In My Kitchen

Currently in my kitchen meat bones aren’t thrown away until they’ve simmered slowly for a couple days. My goal is to create a gelatinous thick broth when it cools, somehow this happens only half the time. Practice makes perfect, right? 

If I’m lucky when the broth cools it will be thick like thin gelatin. Bone broths differed wildly in terms of visible gelatin content, general flavor and color.  Some broths were a milky white, others a coffee brown, and others a golden yellow. I’ve read you can use your bones for a second round of broth making and I’ve done it too!

How I Make Bone Broth

Immerse bones in water with a  ¼ cup organic raw apple cider and good quality sea salt for two days, give or take a few hours. 

Left over chicken or turkey bones and any bigger bones work.

If you throw in the feet, marrow or knuckles you get more gelatin in the broth!

There are so many bone broth recipes available and I have a rather simple one I used to get started:
  • A stainless steel stockpot or slow cooker – lid with a good seal
  • Any of the following - pastured chicken bones, grass fed knuckle, marrow or any left over beef bones available to you.   
  • A good ¼ cup organic raw apple cider vinegar
  • Two teaspoons or so good quality sea salt
  • Any spices or herbs you prefer
  • As much filtered water you need to fill your pot
  • Simmer on low for about two days, then process into quart or larger mason or glass jars to cool, the refrigerate. The fat will rise and create a perfect plug to remove before reheating to avoid unwanted calories.
I’ve read you can use your bones for a second round of broth making and I’ve done it too!

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Spinach Salad

4/5/2016

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Spinach Salad

Spinach Salad with Walnuts & Artichokes

By Diane Sanfilippo – Practical Paleo 

  • 4 cups of baby spinach
  • ½ cup raw beets, sliced into matchstick-sized pieces
  • ½ of an orange, segmented
  • ½ cup artichoke hearts
  • 16 walnuts halves
Place the baby spinach on a large salad plate. Top with the spinach and the beets, orange segments, artichoke hearts, and walnut halves.

Top this with grilled chicken or steak for a complete meal.

Dress with balsamic vinaigrette:

  • 1/3-cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon gluten free Dijon mustard
  • ½ teaspoon anchovy paste
  • Sea salt and fresh black pepper to taste
  • 2/3-cup extra-virgin olive oil
Mixing Bowl
In a small mixing bowl, whisk the balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard, anchovy paste, sea salt and pepper together. Slowly drizzle in the extra-virgin olive oil, and continue whisking until well combined.
 
Store extra dressing in a glass bottle in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

Facts

Spinach is rich in iron.
Iron plays a central role in the function of red blood cells which help in transporting oxygen around the body, in energy production and DNA synthesis. Spinach is also an excellent source of vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C and folic acid as well as being a good source of manganese, magnesium, iron and vitamin B2. Vitamin K is important for maintaining bone health and it is difficult to find vegetables richer in vitamin K than spinach. Others include kale, broccoli and green cabbage.

A 100g serving provides:
 23 calories  /  3g protein  /  0g fat  /  4g carbohydrates  /  2g fibre
Spinach

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