New Year's Healing Broth with Einkorn Dumplings: A gentle recipe for what we carry forward.

From the Porch Light Kitchen

The New Year often arrives carrying quiet questions. Not What should I change? — but What do I need to care for right now?

This simple broth begins with what’s already been lived through — leftover bones, scraps, and the remains of a meal once shared. Nothing wasted. Nothing rushed. Just time, warmth, and patience doing their quiet work.

New Year's Healing Broth with Einkorn Dumplings: A gentle recipe for what we carry forward is a gentle way to begin again. To celebrate new beginnings and self-care.

Now let's get started with the New Year's Healing Broth with Einkorn Dumplings

🍲 New Year’s Healing Broth

For the Broth

• Turkey bones and scraps (cooked is perfect)

• Cold water to cover

• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

• 1 onion, halved

• 1–2 carrots, roughly chopped

• 1–2 celery stalks

• 1 bay leaf

• Salt, to taste (added at the end)

Instructions

1. Place bones in a large pot and cover with cold water.

2. Add vinegar and bring to a gentle simmer.

3. Skim any foam that rises.

4. Add vegetables and bay leaf.

5. Simmer gently 4–8 hours.

6. Strain and season lightly with salt.

🥄 Einkorn Dumplings

Soft, simple, and grounding.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Einkorn all-purpose flour (you can substitute regular flour)

• ½ teaspoon salt

• ½ teaspoon baking powder

• 1 egg

• ¼–⅓ cup milk or broth

Instructions

1. Mix all ingredients gently until just combined.

2. Bring broth back to a gentle simmer.

3. Drop dumpling batter by spoonfuls into the broth.

4. Cover and cook 12–15 minutes, until light and tender.

🌿 Why this recipe matters?

This is not a recipe about improvement. It’s about repair.

The New Year doesn’t always call us to become someone new. Sometimes it invites us to soften what’s already here and let what remains nourish us again.

Healing often happens this way. Slowly. Quietly. With care.

I hope you enjoy this recipe and the quiet meaning behind it.

Sending you Porch Light Blessings on this beautiful new year.

Lori