I am trying to reuse what I have and to reduce any waste. I am attempting to feed my family with a lot of vegetables but it seems very wasteful with the vegetable peel, root, and ends thrown away. I want to try to reuse the scraps to make broth or composite or repurpose it. My family loves noodle soup, so I decided to make vegetable stock from scraps first. Homemade Vegetable Broth From.
What vegetable scraps good for broth
Scraps and peels should be used:
onion
garlic
shallots
carrots
bell peppers
mushroom
celery
herbs
potatoes
leeks
squash
asparagus
What vegetable scraps to avoid?
Scraps and peels to avoid:
Cabbage
Brussel sprouts
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Turnips
rutabagas
artichoke.
Note:
last time, I put kale in my broth which turns out quite bitter. You can add some like a leave or two but too much can be extremely bitter.
How to Store Vegetable Scrap
When I prepare meals, there would always be peels from the skin or roots from the vegetable. What I do is to keep a Ziploc bag on the side and to label vegetable scraps and place it in the freezer. Daily when I prepare dinner, I use a lot of vegetables like carrot or onions. Most of the time the carrot skin goes in the organic. Now, I would save it in the Ziploc bag. Lately, I have been taking the celery ends in the garden to make it grow. Let’s see how that turns out.
Vegetable Broth Recipe
Ingredients:
1 tbsp. olive oil
2 garlic(minced)
1 large onion(chopped)
2 rib of celery(chopped)
3 carrots(chopped)
500ml water
3 cups of vegetable scraps
2 bay leaves
sprigs of parsley and thyme
salt and pepper for flavor
Instructions:
- Turn on the stove, once warm add olive oil.
- Add in garlic, stir once in a while to not let it burn.
- Once the garlic is cooked. Add in onions, celery, and carrot. Cook for 5-10minutes.
- In crockpot, put in the vegetables. Add water. Then the vegetable scraps, bay leaves, parsley, and thyme.
- Let the broth cook for 2-3hours.
My goal for this year is to make more homemade vegetable broth from scraps for my children and my husband. I want to build their immunity by adding more greens to their diet. More greens equal more energy. I want to have more control over what type of vegetable and the amount I can add to the broth especially with the salt content. Too much salt affect the body absorbing calcium. Also, this affects water retentions. Do consider making homemade vegetable broth from scraps.
If you would like to read more about ways to build your immunity, you can read about vinegar topic.
Sometimes thinking more positive can also affect our immunity.
