warm bone broth blended with fresh turmeric, ginger, lemon, and coconut oil into a frothy latte

There is a specific stretch of the afternoon, usually around 3 o'clock, when you used to walk down the street for a latte, and the oat-milk vanilla one on the menu now has 2 ingredients you are avoiding before you even get to the foam. This is what goes there instead.

Warm bone broth, fresh turmeric, fresh ginger, a little lemon, and coconut oil go into the blender and come out frothy and gold in under 10 minutes, the broth doing most of the real work. Collagen and glycine are both in real supply here, two compounds researchers connect to gut lining repair, the tissue-level work this whole approach keeps returning to. Turmeric is where curcumin comes from, one of the more thoroughly studied plant compounds for easing inflammation, and ginger's gingerols work alongside it.

Choose bones from a cow or chicken raised with real care, when that is something you can find, and let a beat of quiet thanks travel with it as you drink. Take the mug somewhere quiet. It deserves the 5 minutes.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups bone broth (homemade or clean-label)
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 1 inch fresh ginger nub, peeled
• 1 fresh turmeric nub (about 1 inch), peeled
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Juice of half a lemon

Use good bone broth here. The drink is simple enough that the quality of the broth carries through directly. If you cannot source fresh turmeric, a pinch of dried turmeric powder (about 1/4 to 1/2 tsp) is a workable substitute, though the flavor is somewhat less bright.

Method

1. Pour the bone broth into a small saucepan and warm over medium heat until hot but not boiling, about 3 to 4 minutes.
2. Transfer the hot broth to a blender. Add the coconut oil, ginger nub, turmeric nub, salt, and lemon juice.
3. Blend on high for 30 to 45 seconds until the mixture is smooth, frothy, and the ginger and turmeric are fully incorporated. The coconut oil will emulsify into the broth and create a creamy texture.
4. Pour through a fine-mesh strainer into your mug to catch any fibrous bits from the ginger and turmeric.
5. Drink immediately while hot.

Use a blender with a vented lid or hold a folded towel over the top - hot liquids expand when blended.

*Adapted from Lichen Paleo, Loving AIP*