Bone Broth Recipe for a Slow Cooker or CrockPot

• 2-3 pounds of bones (If using beef bones, you may want to roast them first for added flavor.) Use the best quality bones you can find.
• 4 quarts of cold filtered water  (I just ALMOST fill mine after adding all the bones and vegetables)
• 2 Tbsp to ½ cup of apple cider vinegar (to help get the most out of the bones so it is important not to skip!)These additions are optional, but will really improve flavor:
• 1 onion,
• a carrot or two,
• 2-3 celery stalks,
• garlic, salt and pepper if desired.

1. Add your bones, vinegar, water, any spices and all vegetables to the slow cooker or crockpot

2.  Cook on low setting for at least 12 hours and as long as 24 hours.  The longer you cook it, the more nutritious your broth becomes.

3.  Remove from heat and let cool a bit before running through a strainer to remove bits of bone, skin/meat, and vegetable particles.

4. Once cooled, it should gel a bit.  That is good because that means that it got a good amount of healing gelatin from the bones!  Do not remove that!!!  You can refrigerate for up to 7 days or freeze to use at a later date.

How to Use Bone Broth

Now that you’ve made your own healthy elixir you can drink a small cup daily for an immunity boost or to heal from leaky gut.   You can also use it as a base or soups or to enhance the flavor of your cooking. Because it is one of the easiest foods to digest, it takes little energy from the body and is incredibly nourishing to the digestive tract and helps to treat many chronic illnesses. The high gelatin content is considered one of the most healing foods for your health.

Another use of bone broth is as a blood builder. Bone marrow is where the body creates blood cells, and the process of cooking down bone marrow supplies everything you need to build those new red and white blood cells. Gelatin in particular helps to regenerate red blood cells and is often used to treat anemia. Bet you didn’t know gelatin could be so useful!

This is really only scratching the surface of the benefits of this immensely nourishing and versatile broth. Because this broth can help with common issues such as stress, immunity and fatigue, it makes a great staple to have on hand!

Easy Paleo Tip:

Sometimes we all have that night when we have no time to cook.  When that happens, we sometimes grab a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and eat it with some apples or vegetables for dinner.  (It is not the perfect healing food…but sometime good enough is good enough!!!!)  Then we throw he bones in the crockpot, vinegar, vegetables and spices and start the broth.  This not only gives us a quick and easy dinner, but also starts the base for a future meal or healing drink. 🙂

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