GUT HEALING CHICKEN AND COURGETTI NOODLE SOUP

Bone broth is an ancient remedy often used to help repair the body. The vitamins and minerals absorbed from the broken-down bones have powerful healing properties, which can help alleviate joint and gut pain, overcome food allergies and intolerances, boost your immune system, and make your skin glow and hair shine!


Turmeric also has powerful medicinal properties due to its strong anti-inflammatory mechanisms. Adding some of this colourful spice to your daily diet will dramatically increase the antioxidants in your body, which helps fight off bad toxins and diseases.

If you find concept of boiling and drinking animal bones not very appealing, try adding it to soups like I have below to create a nourishing and flavoursome dish!


Ingredients: 

1 cup of chicken broth (see below) 
2 chicken breasts 
½ tin of tomatoes 
4 spring onions 
2 carrots 
1 tbsp. turmeric 
1 tbsp. paprika 
1 tbsp. ground cumin
1 courgette – sprialised
Fresh parsley to garnish

Homemade chicken broth: 

1 chicken carcass or beef bones 
1 carrot 
1 onion – optional 
1 big handful of fresh parsley 
2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar 
2 – 3L of filtered water 

Method for Bone Broth: 

Place bones and all vegetables except for the parsley in a large stainless steel pot / slow cooker and simmer for 6 – 24hrs. 

10 minutes before serving, add in the parsley to enhance additional vitamins and minerals to the broth. 

Once cooked, remove and discard the bones by straining the stock through a fine sieve. 

The stock will keep in your fridge up to 1 week, or you can freeze it. Add into soups or heat it up and drink with meals to help repair an impaired digestive system.


Method: 

Add the chicken breasts, carrots and broth into a large pan and simmer for approx. 10 minutes. 

Throw the rest of the ingredients, apart from the courgette, into the pan and simmer for a further 10 – 15 minutes (until the vegetables are cooked / soft). 

Add the courgette noodles into the pan, 5 minutes before serving. 

Serve immediately and store any left overs in the fridge (consume within 2-3 days).