Waste Not, Want Not: Utilizing EVERY Piece Of Beef On The Homestead
Last week I shared here my recipe for making my dog's homemade dog food and over the weekend I had to make a new batch and instead of using venison, I decided to use up some the beef short ribs we had in the deep freezer. I had made some short ribs a few months ago, and while they were very tasty, we decided to use another package to make the dog's food this time.
After I trimmed off the meatiest parts from the bones, I decided not to waste the bones and fat leftover. After a quick inspection of the pantry and refrigerator I discovered I didn't have any fresh carrots or celery on hand, but that didn't detour me on my mission to use up this short rib.
I sliced up two onions and added them to the pan with the water and short ribs and figured even without the vegetables, I could still make-do with some beef broth in the freezer. I had made about a dozen jars two months ago, but in this house, broth goes fast this time of year. Between making stews, soups and other comfort foods as the temperatures drop, I knew it wouldn't hurt to have a few more jars on hand.
I was able to get another eight 1/2 pint jars of beef broth from this leftover short rib and dog food recipe so that pleases me. I know those eight jars will be used up pretty quickly as with the holidays coming, I am constantly making homemade gravy to go with potatoes and stuffing for meals.
Did you know that if you add a small amount of vinegar (I use apple cider vinegar) to the bones, it helps the nutrients leach into the broth? The longer you can cook the bones, the more nutrition the broth has.
Good use of the bones!
I didn't know that about the vinegar!! BUT THANK YOU I will definitely do this the next time I am making some beef/bone broth. Now I want to grab a few more soup bones from the freezer to start to thaw so I can do it with vinegar! lol
And, if you're using tougher cuts of meat for a stew, a good red wine vinegar (and/or red wine) will help both to tenderise the meat and add flavour.
Top tip, thanks! I'm going to try this next time!
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I see that you use onions which makes sense for the broth, but I thought that onions (and garlic) were a no, no for dogs? Perhaps, though, that's fake news lol
Oh no the pot with the meat bone and onions are for us, not the dog. I cut off the met from the bone to do hers separately.
Oh, sorry. Perhaps I wasn't paying attention :(
Sometimes, I wish you are my neighbour... :)
I used to do this on and off with the leftover roast chickens that we would have. Perhaps with Christmas roasts fast approaching (and the general winter roasts), it would be a good idea to get back into this habit....
howdy again goldendawne! You're always doing an amazing job with everything, the plants, gardening, dog food, herbal preparations, everything! lol. so efficient, great job.