Bone Broth

[ThyroidObsessed]

Anyone got any thoughts on bone broth?

Beneficial or not?

Tips?

I have just starting making batches of it and putting in jars in the fridge & freezer 😊

Thanks in advance 😌

[Regenallotment]

It’s fabulous, really helped in the early days of my SIBO symptoms and Auto Immune diet attempts. Nourishing and gentle on the tum. I am a big fan. 🌱

[J972 in reply to Regenallotment]

How do you make yours, Regen?

🙏

[Regenallotment in reply to J972]

Slow cooker chicken thighs or legs, carrot onion celery (if you can tolerate) and leave on all day/24 hours till all the collagen has come out. Also done a beef shin bone one, was awesome. When cooled it’s a thick jelly that freezes / reheats well. 🌱

[J972 in reply to Regenallotment]

Brilliant 👌

We’re having chicken tomorrow, I’m stripping that carcass and cooking it low ‘n’ slow. 🙏

[Regenallotment in reply to J972]

Perfect!! your leaky gut will thank you 🙏🙂

[Margo]

I make a bone broth too using organic chicken carcasses and various vegetables and cook for 24/36 hours in the slow cook pot. Would like to know if you throw away the veg after and keep clear broth or keep it?

[Anderdi in reply to Margo]

Margo, I make mine like you and I do throw away the vegetables afterwards…but I am not sure why. Probably because I do put the carrots and onions in with their skins on…gives the broth a lovely colour.

[Margo in reply to Anderdi]

Yes, sometimes I leave skins on too.

[Flaxjax in reply to Margo]

Hi Margo, I throw the veg away because after cooking for so long they are tasteless and yucky as all their goodness is in the liquid, just like the collagen and minerals from the chicken bones 😊

[Margo in reply to Flaxjax]

Yes I agree, I do the same. it always seems a bit wasteful. Tried to put some out for the foxes, however I didn't get any takers, so perhaps even they thought it wasn't worth having a go at ...

[Regenallotment in reply to Margo]

We eat the veg and meat bits for a meal after straining off the broth 🌱

[Margo in reply to Regenallotment]

Interesting!

[Sharoosz in reply to Margo]

We always eat the carrots but now I eat pretty much all the veg instead of putting noodles in. Sucha pity to waste good veg. I let my bones simmer for afew hours and add veg later so they aren't overcooked. Better to use organic chicken if possible. What they do to those chickens these days is awful. I also use pork and beef bones when I want to make heartier soup. (I live in Poland, possibly the soup capital of the world, lots of wonderful, healthy soups here!)

[Margo in reply to Sharoosz]

Yes only organic chicken. I buy the carcasses delivered to the door. There are many ways of preparing the chicken broth, I don't think there is a right or wrong way. It's all good stuff!

[Sharoosz in reply to Margo]

That's for sure!

[Wired123 in reply to Margo]

Which supplier do you use for these delivered carcasses - that just sounds so wrong when I type it!

[Margo in reply to Wired123]

just messaged you.

[Hawk123 in reply to Margo]

Could you also send me info on bone carcasses? Thank you

[Fruitandnutcase]

Bone broth is supposed to be very good for people with osteoporosis which is why I started to make it again although I’ve always made chicken soup when I’ve cooked a chicken. Unfortunately I’m not organised enough to make it regularly but when I make bone broth it make it the same way Margo does and I don’t keep the veg.

[Margo in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

I too have osteoporosis apparently. (I don't keep check with DEXA scans, and won't take the medication) The bone broth is very nutritious and I imagine good for a whole host of ailments including inflammation and looking after our bones. It tastes good too!

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to Margo]

Snap! I’ve got osteoporosis, I don’t take the medication and I doubt if I’ll be offered another DEXA because of that and I agree bone broth covers a lot of ailments.

[Margo in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

The way I see things, I do the best I can for myself in order to enjoy my life. So knowing if I have this that or the other, is the same, I ain’t taking the tablets, nor anything else recommended by our gracious caring government…..

[ThyroidObsessed in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Invest in a pressure cooker if u can, so much quicker! 😁

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to ThyroidObsessed]

I know, I’ve heard that and I also know modern pressure cookers are totally different to what they used to be but I think I was scarred for life (😉) by my mother using a pressure cooker in the dark ages back when I was a child - it was quite terrifying to see and hear it in action, hence the slow cooker.

[ThyroidObsessed in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Haha! 😂 I can assure you they are very safe and nothing like they used to be, it’s my favourite piece of equipment in my kitchen!

Also having a joint of beef super soft and ready to eat in an hour is incredible! 😁

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to ThyroidObsessed]

😊

[RedApple Administrator]

I might have dreamed it, but I seem to recall that the subject of bone broth came up around this time last year. I suppose it's to do with the onset of colder weather.

When I was growing up, it was common to boil up the carcass of the Christmas turkey, throw in the leftover veg and a few herbs, to make a huge pan of soup. So delicious!

But, Christmas pudding is also nutritionally very good for you, according to this article:

A healthy pud?

Although the Christmas holidays can sometimes feel a little unhealthy – with a lot of sitting around and excessive food consumption – the ingredients that makeup a Christmas pudding are actually pretty nutritious.

theconversation.com/a-brief...

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to RedApple]

So the big question becomes: Is custard or white sauce good for you as well?

[RedApple Administrator in reply to helvella]

Defintely not! Too much additional sugar and carbs, given how much is already in the pudding 😉

Unless you're dairy intolerant, double cream (full fat) is a far better choice! 😋

[Regenallotment in reply to helvella]

Definitely custard made with coconut milk 😋😋😋😋😋

[RedApple Administrator in reply to Regenallotment]

Noooo!, Cococnut milk custard might be very nice, but absolutely not with Christmas pudding! 🤣

[tattybogle in reply to RedApple]

but you can't fit enough brandy in cream.. you must have sauce to fit the brandy in :

3oz butter,

4 tbsp flour,

1 and 1/2 pints milk

3 tbsp sugar.

6-7 tbsp brandy (or rum).

nutmeg.

job done .

[RedApple Administrator in reply to tattybogle]

Just make sure you've added plenty of brandy/rum to the pudding mix, and pour some more over the pudding when serving! No need for all that extra flour and sugar

[HowNowWhatNow in reply to RedApple]

Exactly

Ding dong merrily, high on brandy butter

[Stills in reply to helvella]

White sauce or single cream for me

[HowNowWhatNow in reply to helvella]

Surely brandy butter is the healthy option

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to HowNowWhatNow]

Too sugary for my taste. With some recipes using far more sugar than butter.

[HowNowWhatNow in reply to helvella]

Christmas does come but once a year and when it comes it brings .. cholesterol, high blood sugar, less physical exercise and the rest.

And some in my family use more brandy than butter / sugar. I once caught my brother feeding neat BB to my 1 year old son .. he slept well that day.

[Ebx_design]

I've been through big stints of making bone broth (beef bones from a local butcher). But I started to lay off it a bit when I read that it has high levels of flouride (weird, but yeah, it comes up time and time again if you Google it). But, I drink tea so I need to cut my levels one way or another I guess. 😑

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Ebx_design]

Just trying to grasp the fluoride issue, I found the link below.

Which suggests that a lot depends on what you put in! I know our water is low in fluoride (none added). And the beef bones available are top quality. But that might not be available to everyone.

For example, if fluoride-free water is used for making oatmeal or broth, both would have low levels of fluoride. In fact, the bone broth I make at home from filtered water and grass-fed bones regularly contains 0.0 ppm of fluoride.

However, in most cases people use tap water for cooking and the high levels of fluoride found within tap water gets absorbed into their food.

truthaboutfluoride.com/food...

[Stills in reply to helvella]

So bottled or filtered is best then?

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Stills]

I think you have to look at the water analysis - whether tap, bottled, or whatever filter system you use.

Have to say, I avoid bottled water due to the considerable amount of plastic some contain. As well as the cost!

And I'm sceptical about many filter systems. As well as the cost! Whether for new filters or energy.

If I had to use anything other than tap water, I'd reconsider bothering at all.

[Sluggishandtired]

Your pot of broth looks good - if you want to share your recipe that would be great. Supposed to be amazing for you, but I made some once that was disgusting and I never made it again but I'm sure that it was just my recipe. 👍☺️

[ThyroidObsessed in reply to Sluggishandtired]

For anyone that asked this is the link to the bone broth I make, minus the chicken feet!

I make it in a pressure cooker as saves so much time and is ready within 3 hours!

theforkedspoon.com/instant-...

[ThyroidObsessed]

I bought a pressure cooker to make bone broth it’s the best thing I have ever purchased! as cooks in 3 hours rather than 24 hours! Highly recommended for busy people!

I read to drink a cup a day for benefits…

Has anyone noticed a difference to their health after having it regular??

[Lanfairpwllgwyn]

Absolutely full of nutrients, minerals etc really good for toddlers too.

[Stills]

Being veggie I make veg stock with peelings and ends, discard them and add fresh to the stock to complete. I’m osteoporotic too from high dose steroids when young and no preventative measures.

[Forestgarden]

I agree, bone broth is amazing stuff. Has done wonders for my ibs. I also make chicken stock with a couple of carcasses and veggies. I tend to buy my beef bone broth though (laziness!). I've found a couple (powdered) on Amazon I like... organic, no added salt. It gets added to everything!

Just to add, thyroid issues go hand in hand with gut issues. Poor absorption in the gut directly affects T4 conversion, so anything to improve gut health is vital

[FancyPants54]

Just learn to make a really good stock from the bones of everything you eat and then learn how to make really good soups with it. Homemade soup is food of the gods. I could live on it. My husband is an excellent soup-as-a-meal maker. Cream of chicken, chicken and vegetable, duck and Chinese veg, vegetable soup. Every bone that comes through are kitchen is made into stock for soups and sauces. Delicious.

[ThyroidObsessed in reply to FancyPants54]

Please could you send me some of your soup recipes if you get time! 😁

[FancyPants54 in reply to ThyroidObsessed]

We don't use recipes I'm afraid. My husband has been honing his soup making skills for years and just makes them up as he goes. The secret to a good soup is an excellent stock and then taste, taste, taste as you go. Deciding at the time whether to thicken with some potato, or to add cream, more seasoning or to blend all or part of it. The house smells delicious when a soup is being created.

Start small. Find a medium complex (ie not a stock cube) soup recipe on BBC Good Food and start making it. Adjust to suit as you get more familiar and then perhaps look for a soup based cook book for ideas and take it from there.

[ThyroidObsessed in reply to FancyPants54]

Thank you 🙏

[Sluggishandtired]

Thank you so much for the Recipe Link!