Totally stole this idea from my mum. I always save the bones from roast chicken and boil them up, but this is a combination of different bones. Chicken of course, and also lamb from our roast lamb dinner and beef ribs from THAT short rib recipe.
My mum’s been making this Three Bone Soup With Veggies and Beans for years If you’re having a meal with meat that’s cooked on the bone (roast joints are great, but ribs, cutlets, chicken portions etc are all good too), save those bones and freeze them - then you can cook them all up together for this delicious soup. I even do this if I’ve cooked the meat in spices, I just give the bones a rinse under the tap before freezing to wash off any excess spice. Before freezing, trim off any shreds of meat and wrap them in foil. Freeze them with the bones and you can add the meat into the soup too.
I like to add lots of veggies and mixed beans to bulk it out and make it filling enough for dinner. Three Bone Soup With Veggies and Beans, is one of those meals that’s totally satisfying, but light and energising too. Exactly the kind of thing I’m enjoying now that I’m back on track with exercising and losing the Christmas weight. Four pounds down, six to go. Let’s hope I can actually maintain the weight loss this time instead of slipping back to my greedy self. I managed to keep the weight off all over summer - for a good three months. But it slowly started coming back on again during the building work (no kitchen=far too much convenience and treat food) and over Christmas. I’m watching what I eat (one treat day a week) and exercising at least three times a week now. I took the kids to my fitness class today - since it’s half term - and we finished off with a run around the lake in the blustering wind and rain. We’re all back home now and dried off. The kids are enjoying movie day for the rest of the afternoon - in their PJ’s (even though it’s only early afternoon) with a bucket of popcorn. Life’s all about balance! Hope you enjoy the soup. You can check out some of my other soup favourites here. Also, if you’re a fan of the beans and chicken combo, try my friend Bintu’s White Chicken Chili on her blog Recipes From A Pantry (the recipe includes an instant pot version too!).
The Recipe:
