If you wish to make bone broth/stock later, you can keep the bones by storing them in the freezer and cook the ingredients for longer to extract more nutrients from the bones. Refer to our Bone Broth Recipe to make this but remember not to introduce bone broth until you are on Full GAPS Diet or simply continue with the nutritious meat and gelatin stocks.
For Best Storage
Storing your stock properly will be key! In the fridge it lasts up to 7 days so it is best to purchase freezer safe storage containers to keep you stock on hand. I recommend purchasing a dozen or more Wide Mouthed Freezer Safe Mason Jars. These will allow you to have stock on hand within minutes because the wide opening allows the stock to slide straight out after running the bottom of the jar under hot tap water for a few minutes to loosen it up. This can be added directly to the cook pot for use. If you freeze in other glass jars, the stock will not slide out and you will have to wait for it to defrost. Other glass jars are not freezer safe and you can easily destroy an entire batch with glass cracking in the freezer or from the change in temperature when running them under hot water to loosen them. These jars are supplied at our Online GAPS Shop
Butcher supplies for meat stock
The ratio of ingredients is individual and dependant on the size of the batch you wish to make but keep in mind that some stock should be reserved for drinking and some for making your batch for soup. The remainder of your ingredients will depend on what type of meat stock you are making. Here is a list of bone selections you can ask for at your organic butcher shop.
Beef, Lamb, Pork or Game Selections
- Large tubular marrow bones
- Gelatinous meats
- Meaty rib bones
- Osso Buco cuts
- Knuckle bones
- Shanks
- Neck bones
- Tail bones
- Trotters
- Joints
- Ears
Poultry Selections
- Whole chicken & extra chicken frames
- Feet from one chicken
- Gizards & giblets
- Spatchcock
- Pheasants
- Pigeon
- Goose
- Duck
Fish Selections
- Fish frames with heads (no fish meat)
- Skins
- Fins
Hints & Facts:
- Add 1/4 a cup of apple cider vinegar to help draw out minerals from the bones and into the stock such as calcium potassium and magnesium. Some people may not be ready to add this during intro.
- Choose fatty fish like mackerel or salmon. But make sure they are not farmed or preserved in any way.
- Gelatine as the substance extracted by boiling bones, hoofs, trotters and soft animal tissues from gelatinous meats.
- The celery sticks should be avoided for patients in the introductions diet stages. These can be added later on full gaps for added stock flavour. They can be freshly cut as shown in the instructions or sauteed in a pan with onion and garlic prior to adding to the pot for added flavour.
Contrary to popular belief meat, fish and organ meats like liver and kidney have the highest contents of vitamins, amino acids nourishing fats, many minerals and other nutrients which we need in order to be adequately nourished.
Charting the highest source of essential nutrients

Clinical Notes:
Low fibre is the aim initially (especially for people who have profuse watery diarhoea), however if you are more prone to constipation, you can add onion, celery and cabbage to the stock for more flavour.