Making Veggie Broth!

Vegetable Broth is super easy to make! Who knows? Maybe after you make this recipe you won't buy Vegetable Broth at the store again...

This is an odd recipe because I can't tell you wait ingredients you should get or have to put in this recipe! 

All you need is vegetable scraps! If you cut vegetables and have peels, bottoms, tops or anything, save it for your veggie broth! If you aren't going to have a bunch of scraps in one day than just put the ones that you do have in your freezer! When you're ready to make some broth all you need to do is grab them out of the freezer. 

Once you have a good amount of scraps I would say about 2 cups should be a sufficient amount. But it all depends on how much water you put! If you put 2 cups of water in with the 2 cups of vegetable scraps then you will get 2 cups of very intense vegetable stock. I usually to 5-7 cups of water for 2 cups of vegetable scraps. 

So so far we have take 2 cups of vegetable scraps, 5-7 cups of water but now it's time to season it! I add 3 teaspoons of salt and if you have them 5 whole peppercorns but if you don't 2 teaspoons of ground black pepper will work great! If you want some spice in your life you can add some ground cayenne, paprika or chili flakes! The world is your oyster! Whatever you want your veggie broth to taste like put it in. Whole spices are best but ground work just as well. Ohhh, a couple smashed garlic cloves would be really good in a veggie broth... 

Getting back on track. I've used eggplant leftovers, carrots, onions skins, etc! Just make sure you wash them really well and then throw them in the pot (not literally!). Add your water, seasonings and turn it onto high heat until it boils. Once it's boiling turn down the heat a tiny bit so you don't have to worry about it bubbling over! You can leave it for 30 minutes to 1 hour it all depends how intense you want it. Make sure you try it while it's cooking to see how much more you want to go or if you want to add something! Tasting is key! 

And that's it!  If you have any questions whatsoever contact me at: confidentcookery@gmail.com!

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