WTF is in this bag?!
By Monica on September 21st, 2007
Last week Ray found my vegetable stock bag in the freezer. It’s always fun trying to explain why you are hording tomato tops, celery stumps, and wilted carrots in the freezer whilst trying not to look like a crazy pack rat. But that’s exactly what I’m doing, pack-ratting old veggies, in a gallon sized freezer bag, because I am sick of paying $1.99/qt for vegetable stock. (It should maybe be noted that I tease my brother mercilessly for hording bits of steel and wood for fabricating things, but hording half rotted vegetable bits is perfectly acceptable.)
It’s really not that fascinating, but the veggies looked so gorgeous in the pot that I figured I’d snap a shot.
To a large freezer bag, I add pepper tops, celery stumps, tomato guts, squash ‘leavings, and any other left over vegetable parts. (Except veggies from the cabbage family; compost those!) When the bag is full, I throw them in a big pot, cover with water, add a handful of peppercorns, a little salt, and a few bay leaves. Simmer for a few hours, strain, and enjoy your free vegetable stock which kicks the pants out of store bought.
Tip: clean and resuse the aseptic cartons from stock or non-dairy milk for your stock.
jd says:
Gorgeous, indeed - & what a great way to use every last bit of your veggies…
Also: I guess we did start blogging at similar times (”blogging” ha). Nice to meet you, too!
October 5th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Tofu Mom says:
LOVE the idea for veggie stock! I always forget about it, but it’s so practical and …OBVIOUS!
I use so many veggies I could have stock in no time!
October 6th, 2007 at 12:38 am
Monica says:
Tofu, I can fill up a 1 gallon freezer bag in a week and that makes 3-4 quarts of stock. It’s crazy to pay for it, and this is so much darker and richer than the store bought stuff. Give it a whirl!
October 6th, 2007 at 6:47 am