Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Most of North America is buried in winter
weather. In fact, it was below freezing in
all 50 states, including Hawaii, and that's
pretty rare. And in places like Buffalo,
people are literally snowed in -- trapped
in their houses by six feet of snow.
It's been cold here in Louisville, and we
had an inch or two of snow. That's not
much by Buffalo standards, but it's very
unusual for us this early in the season.
The good news is -- cold weather is the
perfect time for one of the real super
foods.
No, it's not some funky new grain from
far away -- or an exotic fruit or berry --
or a little known root or tuber from South
America.
It's much more basic, and much more
simple than that.
And unlike the exotic stuff, it really is a
super food.
It's homemade soup!
Trudi has been stocking up (no pun intended)
on soup bones and soup stock from the
Farmers' Market. She has beef bones,
pork bones, soup stock and duck stock.
So we have homemade soup every day now,
and sometimes twice a day.
And by homemade, I mean made from
scratch, starting with your own homemade
bone broth. Canned soup or soup stock
doesn't do the trick -- and neither do
bouillon cubes.
But don't worry -- it's not hard to make
your own delicious soup.
In fact, soup is one of the simplest things
in the world to make.
Start with your soup bones. If the bones
have any meat on them, sear them first
in a frying pan to lock in the flavor. Then
let them simmer in the stock pot or crock
pot for 3 or 4 hours.
With beef bones, Trudi adds a spoonful of
apple cider vinegar to help draw out the
minerals and other nutrients. A little red
wine will do the same.
Trudi adds lots of herbs to make the broth
extra delicious and extra nutritious. She
likes plenty of chopped onion, chopped
or crushed garlic, and chopped tumeric
root. She adds chopped ginger root to
her chicken and duck broth. These provide
powerful anti-inflammatory compounds --
and they taste great.
When the soup is close to done, Trudi adds
fresh greens and chopped veggies. And
sometimes she roasts the veggies before
adding them to the soup -- which makes
it about as good as soup can be.
The result is homemade bone broth with
added herbs and greens for extra nutrition
and a truly delicious taste.
Bone broth is one of the best foods you can
eat. The mineral content is unsurpassed --
meaning that bone broth helps build strong
bones. And it's very easy to digest and
assimilate the minerals in bone broth.
Trudi made meatball soup last night. It's easy
to do. She just heated 5 or 6 cups of bone
broth, added some chopped veggies, made
some meatballs (just meat, nothing else), and
threw them in. They cooked in the broth,
and in less than 15 minutes we had a soup
that was so thick you could eat it with a fork.
Good stuff -- especially because I had just
finished a hard workout in the garage -- and
even wearing double sweats, it was COLD!
Trudi is making duck broth today. I'm looking
forward to it!
As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a good
one -- and stay warm!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. Yes, I cover bone broth and homemade
soup in Knife, Fork, Muscle -- and tons of
other great ideas about how to build strength
and health with simple, delicious, real food:
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html
P.S. 2. Go here to grab your copy of the
new quarterly Dinosaur Files:
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P.S. 3. My other books and courses -- and Dinosaur
Training DVD's -- are available right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "People need to learn
how to train, and they need to learn how to cook
and how to eat for strength and health. Luckily,
it's not complicated." - Brooks Kubik
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