Bone Broth Hot Chocolate
I've been asked several times recently about how could you have bone broth hot chocolate and it taste good! I was like oh there are so many ways and promised I'd share a recipe, well here we are! 

Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup high-quality chicken bone broth (lighter in flavor is best)
  • 1 cup milk (ideally whole raw milk or coconut milk but any will do)
  • 1.5 tbsp natural sweetener (maple syrup, honey, or raw cane sugar)
  • 1.5 – 2 tbsp cacao powder (depending on how chocolatey you want it)
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • Pinch of cinnamon or cinnamon stick (optional)
Instructions:
  1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring bone broth to a slight boil.
  2. Add the natural sweetener of your choice, cacao powder, pure vanilla extract, and sea salt. Whisk well until combined.
  3. Add milk and cook for 2 more minutes.
  4. Pour into mugs and top with a sprinkle of cinnamon or add cinnamon stick, if desired.
  5. Serve hot and enjoy the frothy goodness!
Combining these ingredients provides an amazing blend of vitamins and minerals that our bodies thrive on:

  • Bone broth: This rich and nutritious broth can be made right at home. The longer the bones are simmered, the greater the concentration of collagen and nutrients in the broth. For this recipe, a lighter-flavored broth is best flavor-wise. We use bones from the meat we get from local farms as you know us with sourcing.
  • Plant Milk: You can honestly use whatever milk you like in here, I prefer a coconut milk or a 3 ingredient almond milk from Califia brand. There is some information out there that I haven't dove into that says raw milk (sourced well obviously) has different health benefits with vitamins and minerals.
  • Cacao powder: Unlike normal cocoa powder and most chocolate, cacao has not been chemically processed and roasted, which can destroy a large amount of the antioxidants and flavanols present.
  • Natural sweetener: Could it truly be a hot chocolate without some sweetness? My preference is local, raw honey (yet another superfood), secondarily real organic maple syrup.
  • Pure vanilla extract: Just a touch of vanilla to slightly elevate the taste. Pure vanilla extract has antioxidant properties and provides a more calming effect.
  • Sea salt: Adding a small pinch of high quality sea salt allows the body to absorb needed minerals more easily. Sea salt is high in Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium, and Sodium, which are key for muscle, brain, and heart health. It’s also so yummy in this recipe!
  • Cinnamon: Ranked by researchers as the #1 spice across the globe in terms of its antioxidant levels, cinnamon has a number of health benefits, too!
Derived from recipe by Love and Homemaking

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Meet Leah Negrin

 
I am a bold, beautiful, sometimes timid, usually happy, essential oil, nutrition junkie. Although at 39 I feel as if I've had several careers over a lifetime (or at least sometimes when I look back at my resume that is what shines through). I've been a paralegal, an office manager, an administrative assistant, worked in commercial lending and have finally landed on nutrition.

My journey to nutrition started many years ago when my sister was diagnosed with celiac disease and food had to change for the family. From there, along my own health journey I’ve helped people not only figure out what to eat but how to do it so that it can work for them sustainably. For almost seven years I’ve been counseling people on their nutrition and weight loss journeys. 

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I am knowledgeable about what purpose food serves your body and I focus on finding sustainable options when it comes to food; this also led to my love of essential oils. I had the opportunity to attend a workshop where a registered dietitian spoke about using essential oils in her practice to help her patients. I was floored. I knew that #plantsheal but I didn't realize that others in the 'conventional' medical community thought that as well!! Learning that it was possible to incorporate these magical little bottles gave me a huge sense of hope.


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As I learned more about these oils I was diagnosed with increased intestinal permeability or as many of us know it, leaky gut. Leaky gut has been around for quite awhile but many of us are just learning what this is or why this is even more common these days than ever before. Many issues can be related to leaky gut including autoimmune diseases. Receiving this diagnosis just led me down a path further to learn about nutrition and how to best serve my body and take care of myself.


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Since birthing our sweet baby boy at home earlier this year I’ve been incredibly passionate about helping other women too who are pregnant and new mothers with their nutrition. Eating healthy for your pregnant body and your postpartum self is a game changer for both mother and baby.

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