Beef bone broth--newbie with questions

[oregon2010]

I am 5 weeks pregnant and waiting for a friend who owns in butcher shop in Bend, OR to bring me some good beef bones. In the meantime, I bought some really good quality beef bone broth from a local shop who sells some traditional foods.  Now I am being indecisive and can't decide what I want to do with this goodness.  Anyone have a favorite soup or recipe??

This is my 2nd pregnancy.  My daughter is 2.5 and I had a rough pregnancy the first time. I had terrible morning sickness. I thought I was healthy then but I ended up with gestational diabetes (failed by one point) and pregnancy induced hypertension at 36 weeks. My daughter was only 5 lbs 12 ounces at birth. I am learning more about traditional food and though I have a long way to go compared to you ladies, I am willing to learn! I take liquid cal/mag and liquid fish oil each day.  I have been taking Garden of Life prenatals, just to fill in gaps.

I now own a Vitamix and make green juice with kale, chard, spinach (alternating greens for the most part) a little fruit and coconut oil and chia seeds each morning.  I am eating a lot of sprouted nuts and seeds.  I am drinking a blend of loose leaf teas with peppermint, nettles, RRL, etc. I am trying to make a lot of bone broths and we just bought 31 pounds of wild salmon and half a pig that was finished on truffles and hazelnuts.  I only drank Kombucha here and there pre pregnancy so do you think it is okay to drink it now if my body is not as used to it? 

I am trying to eat Bubbies sauercraut but that is all for fermented foods.

Since I am quite the newbie, can you suggest some other things I should or should not be doing? Thanks!

[oregon2010]

 I realize that my questions may be difficult to answer when you all do so much more than me and have more knowledge.  I guess I am just looking for suggestions of things to do/and or read to learn more about eating traditional foods.  What things did you change in your diet first?  What are your daily staples/meals?  Thank you.
 

[Shamra Byrne]

A wonderful place to start is by reading Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig.  Deep Nutrition by Cate Shanahan is another book I highly recommend.  As for what to eat, find ways you can incorporate bone broth (soups, chili, cooking grains, etc.), organ meats (ground up in hamburger, sliced heart with eggs for breakfast), fermented foods, and healthy fats such as coconut oil, grass fed butter, and olive oil.  If you can do this, you will have a great start to health!

[pek64]

Does bone broth contain B-12?