Vegetable Broth From Kitchen Scraps

Here’s a great way to take your vegetable scraps and turn them into a delicious broth! I like to keep a jar of chicken or vegetable broth in the refrigerator at all times. It’s great to cook with, especially when sautéing vegetables, or making rice, or to just drink hot in a mug. I’ve been making this recipe lately and absolutely loving it! So simple to take leftover vegetable scraps from cooking, keep them in the freezer in a freezer bag and then twice a month make a big batch of broth using the scraps. Especially in the shoulder seasons when people tend to come down with colds, I love heating up some broth and just drinking it warm out of a mug to strengthen my immune system. Try this at home, its a great way to make the most out of your groceries!

Another trick if you are a meat eater and want to make chicken broth — About once a month I like to buy a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store for dinner. I save the bones from the chicken, and add them in to make a hearty chicken and vegetable broth.

Types of scraps I keep in the freezer bag: onion skins and ends, carrot peels and ends, celery, kale stems, mushroom stems, shallot peels and ends. and broccoli stems.