Bone Broth and Beef Stew

I just made my first beef bone broth. We got a soup bone from the farmer’s market and went home to figure this out. I braised the bone, put it in my heavy soup pot with cold water and ACV (apple cider vinegar) and started the simmering process. Mr. Stone simply cannot believe that it is supposed to simmer for at least 24 hours. The smell is stronger than we expected, but I was determined. The next afternoon I started the beef stew. We tried to clean out the fridge with some veggies from the end of the CSA season so we ended up adding parsnips and Solshine had a blast throwing in brussel sprouts right off the stock. It was pretty good, but not perfect. I’ll have to keep tweaking (and convince Mr. Stone that it is normal to simmer bone broth for days on end!)

Solshine even had time for a spontaneous art project! Good way to reuse a disposable coffee cup!