24 Hour Chicken Bone Broth

A note from Maria

Why drink bone broth? My grandmother and great grandmother used to make bone broths as part of their standard cooking routines – Sunday lunch was never served without a plate of clear, rich and deliciously warming chicken broth and there was always homemade broth and stock going into whatever they cooked. When I was a child and before I started seriously looking at my own health, I used to think my grandmother and her sisters would cook with far too much fat and bone and “gross” stuff. If I looked in the wrong stockpot and found the leftover bones, liver and chicken necks from the broth, I would want to run for the closest window for fresh air. Now, I think back on those days where we would gather around the table for a plate of warming, nourishing broth or soup and it brings me close to tears; because my grandmother knew instinctively what was good for her and her family. These days, I feed my own family with bone broth and whole foods, which we partly grow in our own garden, and it gives me a deep feeling of peace and connection when my son slurps his broth with big exclamations of “Mmmh”. Back to the old ways of real food, I say.