Vegetable Broth

Nick's sister gave me the idea and I'm so glad she did because "we don't waste in this family."  Even if they are just carrot and onion scraps, we don't waste.  So we eat so many vegetables in a week that we started to save the "scraps." Scraps are carrot peals, the butt of celery, broccoli stems, onion peals, the tops of garlic, stems of herbs... pretty much anything you have.  We now have a zip lock garbage bag in our fridge that we use for our veggie scraps, and on Sundays, we make broth!  It sure beats buying a box of broth for at least $2.99 and a load of sodium.  I don't even add salt to the broth, I just salt whatever it's going in to.  It's great to use for soups, pho, rice, beans, anything that you would use water for, it just adds flavor!  So simple, you just keep your bag of veggie scraps in the fridge, then put them in your slow cooker, fill with water and set on low for 8 hours.  Then strain into jars and keep in the fridge.  Enjoy! :)

Pile of veggie scraps

Place all the veggie scraps into a crock pot and fill with water

The veggies after 8 hours of cooking on low

Strain the broth and place in jars until use