Do you make weekly herbal bone broth for gut health?
Our family relies on bone broth as a flavorful way to add rich flavors and important nutrients into our recipes through out the week. Herbal bone broth for gut health should become a part of your weekly meal prep for so many reasons.
What is bone broth?
Bone broth is not the stuff you see in a store in a box. It is a homemade stock made from boiling animal bones and connective tissue. We use this stock in soups, but also in all preparations – like in rice, vegetable and meat dishes.
Making bone bath is a natural way to reduce waste, as you’re able to use otherwise inedible animals bones and tissues and vegetable scraps. I love to make bone broth on the days I’m meal prepping for the next few days, and am cutting up our vegetables.
Dandelion and burdock root contain considerable amounts of inulin. What is inulin?
Inulin is a type of prebiotic soluble fiber found in plants that supports the growth and maintenance of healthy intentional flora. Aka everything we need right now to stay well. And since burdock and dandelion root works best when simmered or boiled to extract the inulin, I put it in my bone broth. Inulin have anti tumor, antimicrobial, hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic properties. They may also promote antiosteoporotic activity, which appears to improve mineral absorption and balance.
Other herbs for herbal bone broth for gut health that contain inulin you may have in your apothecary:
Cichorium intybus (chicory)
Cynara scolymus (artichoke)
Echinacea spp (echinacea)
Inula helenium (elecampane)
We always tend to focus on probiotics and fermented foods, but don’t forget these prebiotics to help the microflora heal + flourish! Adding them to your broth is a simple way to enjoy their benefits without much thought or work.
What other benefits may I get from making and drinking bone broth?
COLLAGEN
Tissues and bones also contain collagen. While cooking, collagen from these tissues turn into gelatin. Gelatin breaks down further into collagen, which is extremely important for joint and bone health.
NUTIRENTS AND ELECTROLYTES
Bone marrow found in bones that are cooked while making bone both is rich in
- iron
- vitamins A and K
- fatty acids
- selenium
- zinc
- manganese
Consuming bone broth regularly is a great way to ensure you stay well nourished.
GUT HEALTH
Amino acids naturally present in bone broth may aid digestion. Glutamine helps reduce inflammatory in the mucosal lining in the intense, improving our ability to digest food. Adding inulin rich herbs results in an ultra nourishing dandelion + burdock root herbal bone broth for gut health +reform.
HOW TO MAKE BONE BROTH
Ingredients
- 6 cups of water
- 2 onions
- 2 carrots
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 2 bay leaves
- any other vegetable scraps of choice
- 1 cup of dandelion and or burdock root
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a roasting pan with cooking spray.
Spread tomato paste onto beef bones and place in the prepared roasting pan.
Bake in a the preheated oven until bones begin to brown, about 30 minutes.
Transfer bones to a slow cooker and pour your water, herbs, salt, and vegetables.
Cook on low for at least 24 hours.
Strain broth through a fine-mesh strainer into a container and refrigerator.
Where should I find dandelion and burdock root for my broth?
There are several wonderful reputable places to buy your herbs. Visit this page for our favorite place to find herbs and more.
I add this bone broth as the stock for all of my soups! Do you make bone broth? If so, start adding your inulin rich herbs!
Nourishing dandelion + burdock root herbal bone broth
Bone broth is a nutritional addition to any meal on it's own, but we can get even more benefits just by adding in some of our dandelion root (taraxacum officinale) or burdock root (arctic lappa) Drinking bone broth may be beneficial for the joints and digestive system, among other things.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds bones, we often use beef / neck bones from the butcher
- 6 cups of water
- 2 onions
- 2 carrots
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 2 bay leaves
- any other vegetable scraps of choice
- 1 cup of dandelion and or burdock root
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
Spray a roasting pan with cooking spray or olive oil
Spread tomato paste onto beef bones and place in the prepared roasting pan.
Bake in a the preheated oven until bones begin to brown, about 30 minutes.
Transfer bones to a slow cooker and pour your water, herbs, salt, and vegetables.
Cook on low for at least 24 hours.
Strain broth through a fine-mesh strainer into a container and refrigerator or freezer.
Notes
Bone broth freezes well. We store ours in the freezer when we're not preparing to use it.
We freeze the liquid into large cubes, and store in a reusable bag or in a jar. We typically use 1-2 cubes per recipe.
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