One of the healthy things you can do for you and your family is to make meat stock! This can be done with chicken or beef bones (Pasture raised, grass fed). I always make meat stock after roasting or grilling a whole chicken.
Meat stock, a measured cup before meals can help you to make stomach acid for better digestion, this also helps to repair a permeable gut lining once that happens.
I aim for about 2 pounds of organic, grass fed/pasture raised bones per gallon of water. You can make any amount, just multiply the recipe up or down to fit your needs.
You will need some organic onion, carrots and celery for added flavor and nutrients. I like to add fresh organic parsley and fresh organic garlic to my broth as well.
If you are using raw bones (vs say a chicken carcass that was cooked and meat removed); Roast the bones on a roasting pan for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F.
Place the bones in a large stock pot, pour filtered water (if you have well water, that has been tested, you can use that) over the bones and add a few Tablespoons to a ¼ cup of non-pasteurized Apple Cider Vinegar with the mother over them (Bragg’s brand). Let sit for 20-30 minutes in cool water to help make the nutrients in the bone more available. ACV also acts as a preservative and kills bacteria.
Add in:
1 onion
2 large carrots (I wash but do not peel)
2 celery stalks
Rough chop the above vegetables and add them to the pot with the bones add salt and pepper if you like (I usually taste it at the end to correct seasonings).
Bring the broth to a vigorous boil, then reduce heat to simmer for 4 hours. Keep checking to remove any frothy impurities from the broth. About every 20 minutes for the first 2 hours.
A half hour before the broth is done, add fresh chopped garlic and parsley, correct seasoning (Salt and pepper, or any other herbs you may have added)
After 3-4 hours of simmering, strain the vegetables bones etc. from the broth and put into glass storage containers. Place in refrigerator overnight. The next day remove the hard layer of fat (this can be used for cooking purposes if you like, just put it into another glass container in the refrigerator).
I throw this on right after dinner, popping in to remove the frothy impurities for the first 2 hours, my husband goes to bed later than me, and he takes it off and pours it into the jars and refrigerates. The next day I remove the fat and freeze some of the jars. This can easily be done while doing other things in your own household.
Information on stocks for gut healing, hold off on bone broths and stick to bone stocks until some healing has begun. Meat stocks are only cooked for 4 hours vs bone broths that cook 24 hours and tend to be high in histamines, an issue with an unhealthy gut.
https://www.biodynamicwellness.com/stock-vs-broth-confused/
http://www.gapsinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Stock-vs.-Broth.pdf
https://www.nourishingplot.com/2015/01/05/the-most-common-meat-sock-bone-broth-questions/
https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/stock-vs-broth-are-you-confused/
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