Week 45

Make some homemade bone broth and healing soup.

I hope you resisted all of those sweets last week and continue to resist them through the holidays.  Germs are still everywhere though and it is always good to be prepared with God's medicine in advance of getting sick. 

I have documented in detail how to make homemade bone broths, and given you the recipe for healing soup.  At the first sign of illness (typically a sore throat in my family), serve up some healing soup.  You can make broth and freeze it (I like to always have a few containers in my freezer all winter long).  You can even prepare some healing soup in advance and freeze it, but wait to add the fresh herbs until you have reheated it and are ready to serve the soup.  To preserve the healing powers of the fresh herbs, you want to add them after you have removed the soup from the burner.

Why is this soup so beneficial?  It contains many healing nutrients.  The homemade bone broth (if made from animals bones or carcass from free-range animals raised in a natural environment and fed a natural diet) is rich in minerals that have been leeched from the bones and are easily absorbed by our bodies.  It also contains gelatin which aids digestion along with many other amazing properties which you can read more about through the Weston Price Foundation.  The fresh garlic and onion cooked in the soup possess excellent anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal properties.  Load up on the garlic, mincing even more into individual bowls when fighting a bad cold.  The addition of fresh herbs is a way of using God's healing medicines, containing many healing properties (learn to use fresh herbs).

There is no substitute for making your own homemade bone broths (other than perhaps convincing a friend to make them for you!).  You cannot buy good quality broth in a can or carton.  If you have never made bone broth - take time this week to learn.  If you already know how to make broth, start planning to make a batch every week or two, it is a great addition for winter soups and stews, and if a regular part of your diet, can help you stay healthy this winter. 

Remember that the quality of the chicken or beef bones that you use is essential and get the best quality that you can.  We have many sources here in the DFW area - look at the end of the quality post for resources to find these sources.  If you consider the savings in doctor bills and for medications, it is worth the extra money you use up front to buy good quality foods.  If you use your food  as your medicine, foods that God has given to us, you will not only avoid side-effects of man-made medicines but build up your immunity in the process. 

"Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit."    3John 1:2