Vegetable Broth

This should have been common sense but I didn't ever do it until I read about someone else doing it on a blog. I am always buying store bought vegetable broth for soups and never making my own. I came across a blog post about saving all of your veggie peels, tops, ends, you name it. It really made a lot of sense because I always feel guilty about throwing away all of that stuff. It took me about two weeks to get three zipper bags full of carrot peels, onions skins, brussell sprout ends, broccoli stalks, garlic skins and ends, pepper cores, potatoes skins, and all kinds of other stuff I usually just throw away. Every time I had something to save I would add it to a zip lock bag in the freezer. Once I had three sandwich bags full, I added them to a big pot of water and boiled it for about an hour.  (I don't know the actual time but it was at least an hour.)Then I drained out all of the liquid. I added just a bit of salt (you don't need too much) and it was done. Done and delicious.

My favorite thing about this was that I could literally taste all of the different vegetables that were a part of making the stock. I tasted the brussell sprouts, carrots, onions, and peppers. It was so good and didn't cost a dime. This is really a win win because you don't have to waste anything in the kitchen, you don't have to spend money on store bought broth, and you get a way better flavor!

So start stocking your vegetable leftovers people!!!