Grassfed/Grass Finished Beef Bone Broth - Instant Pot
Beef Broth
- 2 3T soup bone packages (about 3 lbs)
- 3 large carrots – roughly chopped
- 4 stalks celery – roughly chopped
- 1 onion – roughly chopped
- 10 cups of water
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
Directions:
- Pre-heat oven to 375.
- Cut up your veggies into large chunks.
- Put soup bones and veggies on a cookie sheet and mix with 1 tablespoon of canola oil.
- Roast in the oven for 45 minutes.
- I don’t use any salt and pepper at this point as I want to be able to season my broth as I’m making other dishes with this delish liquid.
- Put your roasted bones and veggies into the Instant Pot.
- Pour in 10 cups of water and 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar.
- Seal the lid and set it for 120 minutes on high manual.
- Use slow release.
- Discard bones and vegetables and store your broth in the fridge.
- The next day, your broth will have a thin layer of fat. Don't forget to mix it before using it to redistribute the healthy fat layer.
- The broth will last up to a week in the fridge or you can freeze it as well. I’m a big fan of using ice cube trays to freeze my broth in.
- You can use the broth in sauces, soups, drink it..
- Just two ice cubes of beef broth will bring a huge flavor to any of your dishes.
Grassfed Bone Broth Broccoli Soup & Sprouted Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Delicious, healthy dinner that will please your whole family. January has been all about cooking healthy meals, but not sacrificing the taste. Grassfed bone broth brings wonderful richness to this dish to warm you up on a cold day. Soup and grilled cheese sandwich is a staple dinner at our ranch, especially after a chilly day full of chores.
Ingredients
- 1 head of broccoli cut up into bite size pieces
- 1/2 sweet onion - chopped
- 2 medium carrots - chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic - minced
- 2 tablespoons of grassfed butter
- 2 tablespoons of corn starch
- 32 oz 3T grassfed bone broth - https://3tranch.com/homemade-beef-broth/
- 1 cup grassfed milk and 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar
- salt and pepper to taste
- secret ingredient - 1 teaspoon of nutmeg
Directions
- Saute onion, carrots, broccoli and garlic in butter.
- Sprinkle corn starch over the vegetables and let it cook for a couple of minutes, constantly stirring.
- Slowly pour in the bone broth and milk while stirring.
- Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Take out 2 cups of cooked vegetables from the soup. Use immersion blender to pure the soup, put in your cooked vegetables. This will give the soup really nice texture, yet still have some whole veggies in it. Stir in Cheddar cheese.
I typically serve grilled cheese sandwiches with this soup. Recently, we have switched to sprouted bread to go with our January healthy meals. Sprouted grain bread is made from whole grains that have begun to sprout, or germinate.However, what you might think of as a grain is really a seed. With proper moisture and warmth, whole grain seeds begin to sprout into a plant.The sprouting process offers several nutrition benefits, compared to breads made from unsprouted grains or grain flours.In fact, sprouting changes the nutritional profile of the grains, making their nutrients more readily available and possibly easier to digest.
Our cows enjoy fodder sprouts every morning and the humans are enjoying sprouted bread! You can purchase sprouted bread at your local grocery store, in the freezer section.
What You Can Find at Home Soup
That is what my mom always called this hearty soup. It has so many variations and it never disappoints. Basically, you search through your fridge or pantry to see what you have on hand. It is raining, the baby is sleeping and I have zero desire to hit the store! The Cowboss and Top Ranch Hand are also going to have the Wolfpack football practice tonight in the rain. So, I figured, I better make them a good warm meal that can fight off any cold! Important note: Feel free to substitute for the veggies you don't have from my list. Really, any veggies that you like will do.
Ingredients:
- 1 onion chopped
- 4 stalks of celery chopped
- 4 big carrots chopped
- 1/2 cauliflower small florets
- 1 corn or 1/2 bag of frozen corn
- 4 medium size potatoes cubed
- 1 3T Ranch ham hog
- parsley
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- pepper to taste
- 4 cups of vegetable or chicken stock
- 1 cup of water
- 1/4 cup of milk
- 2 tablespoons of flour
- 1-2 teaspoons of nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons of canola oil and 1 tablespoon of butter to sauté the veggies
Directions:
Sauté onion, celery, carrots, cauliflower until translucent. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg to the veggies. (I usually add just one teaspoon of nutmeg and taste it again before the soup is done, if it needs the additional teaspoon. The nutmeg will bring out the flavor). Add the flour and constantly stir for about a minute until the veggies are all coated. Now it is the time to add the milk. Stir as you are pouring the milk in. The liquid will thicken. Pour in the stock and water, stir to make sure you don't have any lumps. Include potatoes and cauliflower into the liquid. Time for the star of the show the ham hog. It will add so much flavor and some meat will also fall off into the soup. You can peel of the meat from the bone when the soup is done. Cook on low to medium heat for about 45 minutes. Check for seasoning. Depending on the type of your stock, you may need to add more salt. This would be a good time to add the additional teaspoon of nutmeg, if needed. Garnish with parsley. Dobrou chut!
Wonton Shrimp Soup
It is chilly outside and hot steamy soup sounded like a great idea. We are big fans of Costco and their recently added organic products. During our last snack time outing to Costco, we have discovered frozen organic wontons. Not only, are they a delicious snack on its own, but including a few of them into this tasty soup sounded too good not to try it. Here is the recipe:
- 15 wontons
- 20 shrimp
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 2 carrots (chopped)
- 4 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1/2 Napa cabbage (chopped)
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 pkg Yakisoba noodles (any Chinese noodles will do) Costco sells ready to serve Yakisoba noodles
- 1 bunch cilantro (chopped)
- 8 cups water
- 1 chicken bullion cube
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Pepper, salt to taste
Saute onion, carrots, Napa cabbage and garlic in canola and sesame oil until translucent. Add crumbled bullion cube and water, cook for about 10 minutes to develop flavors. During this time, pan fry your wontons (per pkg instructions). I find the wontons to hold up better in the soup, if they are pan fried first and then included in the soup. Pan fry your shrimp in butter or oil (your choice). Time to assemble the soup. Put wontons and chopped cilantro into the soup to heat through for about 2 minutes. Pour soup into bowls, shrimp goes right on top along with extra garnish of cilantro. "Dobrou chut!"