PMAG 15 Compassion Parvati Magazine - February 2015: Compassion | Page 18

NUTRITION BRING ON THE BROTH I n relation to the concepts of sustainability, green earth, preserving our resources and caring about our earth, here is ONE simple thing you can do that will cut your food budget as well as limit your level of food waste. Make your own broth! Just think about it, when you buy broth, you are buying something pre-packaged that has been sitting in a box for an unknown length of time, with ingredients that you may not know of and can’t verify. It also generates waste. Making your own broth is an easy, costeffective, timeless thing that you can do to help reduce your carbon footprint, and make your life more enjoyable. Understanding what your food is and how to use all of its parts is another way to tie you to the earth and increase your level of compassion for the earth, and for yourself. And it always tastes exponentially better, when you make it at home! There are lots of different ways to make broths. If you eat meat and love to make soups, stews and curries, bone broths are a great way to start the dish. This is simply done by