Bone Broth Is More Than Just Tasty

Ever wondered why chicken soup seems to make you better when you're sick? It's because chicken contains a natural amino acid called cysteine, which can thin the mucus in your lungs and make it less sticky so you can expel it more easily. Processed, canned soups will not work as well as the homemade version made from slow-cooked bone broth. 

Making your own bone broth is extremely cost effective, as you can make use of left over carcass bones that would otherwise be thrown away. And while the thought of making your own broth may seem intimidating at first, it's actually quite easy. Bone broth provides you with a variety of important nutrients—such as calcium, magnesium, chondroitin, glucosamine, and arginine.

I make bone broth every couple of weeks and freeze it to have on hand for making all of my soups.  I even use it to make my sauteed veggies and casseroles too.  Today I ran to kroger and picked up my organic free range chicken and decided I needed to let you all in on this secret:) (It's not really a secret, but maybe you all thought it was more difficult that it really is ;)  Anyhow, here's my method and my advice above on why and how to make good bone broth!

Ingredients:

• 1 whole free range organic chicken
• 6 stalks of celery
• 1 onion
• 3 tbsp of garlic powder
• 3 tbsp of onion powder
• 3 tsp of salt
• 3 tsp of pepper
• 3 tsp of dried sage

Method:

1. Remove the skin from the chicken.
2. Cut the chicken into atleast 3 parts. ( I start by cutting it straight down the breast bone)
3. Divide the chicken into 3 pots or one big pot if you have one.
4. Put 2 stalks of celery, a quarter or more of the onion, 1 tbsp. of onion and garlic powder, and 1 tsp of salt, pepper and dried sage to each pot.
5. Boil for a couple of hours.
6. Once the broth cools down, debone the chicken and freeze it in seperate bags than the broth. (discard the bones)
7. Pour your broth is big freezer storage bags and freeze.
8. Use at your convience in soups, sauteeing, casseroles, etc.

It's just that easy! I hope you all make tons of bone broth and use it weekly to improve your overall health! It's a miracle food, not just a super food!! Merry Christmas all!