Homemade Veggie Stock
I started saving my veggie scraps to make my own veggie stock during the COVID lockdown, because, why not?
It was around this time that I really started thinking about my environmental impact and looking for more sustainable options. Anything that I purchased in a one-time-use container, I started to ask myself how I could make it instead. I’ve experimented with so many recipes, many of which will be showcased right here.
Homemade veggie stock—better than store-bought and so easy to make!
Soup stock was one of my first, because it’s so easy. I love fresh vegetables, so I always have veggie scraps. Yes, I said veggie scraps! It took me a week or so to get in the habit of moving all my scraps into a bag in the freezer, where we keep them until it’s time to make the stock.
By using veggie scraps, I’m reducing kitchen waste as well as not having to throw out the container the stock would have come in, had I bought it at the store (most stock/broth comes in waxy cardboard which isn’t always recyclable). Store-bought versions also often have a ton of sodium!
Anyway, to learn how to make your own soup stock, my husband and I recorded a YouTube video that will take you right through, step by step:
https://youtu.be/z9aLNOoa8wM?si=9HAVmr8mOsOQoxm9
**Side note: this channel, Board Barista, has gone through a few different versions. There are old episodes that have recipes (Recipe Roulette! Super fun and super yummy recipes!), some random slice-of-life stuff, and is now my husband’s gaming channel. He primarily covers tabletop RPGs, Star Wars Unlimited, and Warhammer, 40K.
Here are some tips I’ve learned from making veggie stock over the years:
If you have a lot of broccoli, cauliflower, or celery, don’t add all of it to your veggie stock. Broccoli and cauliflower will make it very bitter. Too much celery will make the whole broth taste like celery (ignore if you love celery I guess!)
Don’t limit this to just vegetables! I add strawberry tops, apple rinds, the middle part of the pineapple, and many other fruit scraps (I draw the line with banana peels…)
If you’re a breadmaker, let your dough rise next to the pot where you’re boiling the veggie stock
Giving credit where it’s due, I got the idea from this website:
How to Make Vegetable Broth with Kitchen Scraps - Little Broken
Like I said, making your own veggie broth is super easy and adds so much more flavor to your recipes.
Thanks for reading!
💜
Laura
