Are you tired of being tired all the time? Ready for a change and keen to get started before summer begins in earnest?
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30 Day Bikini Body Blitz devised by HerFamily.ie fitness guru Gillian Hynes will help you achieve all of this and more. Stock up on the ingredients for this delicious broth she recommends as a lunchtime filler-upper...
Ingredients (serves 4)
- 1 tbsp clarified butter
- 1 large onion diced
- 2 garlic cloves, finely crushed
- 2 celery sticks, finely diced
- 3 large carrots, sliced about ½ cm thick
- 1 large handful fresh parsley,stems and leaves split up, finely chopped
- 1.3 litres homemade chicken bone broth (or good-quality vegetable stock)
- 2 large handfuls of shredded cooked chicken
- 4 handfuls of greens – kale (stems removed) cavolo nero, chard, cabbage – finely chopped
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- A big pinch of salt
- A big pinch of black pepper
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Extra virgin olive oil, to serve
- Parsley, to serve
- A pinch of winter herbs – sage, thyme, rosemary (optional)
To cook
- In a large pan, gently fry the onion in clarified butter until it is soft – but not brown – about eight minutes.
- Add the garlic and celery, stir and let them fry for a minute. Then add the carrots, finely chopped parsley stems, broth and herbs if using, bring to the boil then lower to a medium simmer.
- When the carrots are tender, add the shredded meat and add the greens. The kale, cabbage or cavolo nero will need a few minutes to cook; the chard just a minute.
- Turn off the heat, add the salt, pepper and lemon juice and taste for seasoning.
- Serve in bowls with parsley leaves and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
- Any extra can be refrigerated or frozen.