The stock market blows....when it crashes.
This stock doesn't.
And it is so incredibly easy to make. Here is what I did....
Put water in a pot. Add vegetable scraps. You know, ends of celery stalks, carrot shavings, the ends of onions, kale stems, what ever I was chopping and discarding for my soup. I added a bay leaf, some salt, pepper, garlic powder and I simmered the pot for a several hours. (The house smelled fantastic!) Strain. Put in containers and freeze or used as a base for soup.
I used this for a vegan kale white bean soup I made on Saturday. The rest is in the freezer in small containers ready to use for other soups.
The Tally:
Just about 0 calories
Cost - less than $0...since most of these scraps would have ended up in a compost or the trash.
And actually, now is the time to buy stock - I mean Wall Stree stock - if you have the cash. It's like a sale. And who can turn down a sale. If you don't have cash for stock, for the love of pete, don't stop contributing to your retirement account. That is all.
2 comments:
Christy, I've been making stock a lot lately too. I just keep adding all the stock-worthy veggie and meat scraps in a ziplock bag in the freezer. When the bag is full I make up a batch of stock. Seems like about every 2 weeks I have enough to make 4 qts of stock.
That is a great idea Sarah! I keep the giblets, but I hadn't thought to keep the veggie scraps. Those have been going to the compost we just started. Good call.
One thing I did learn from by bf'ing days, is if you store liquid in a quart or gallon bag in the freezer, you can store it flat and it is very easy to thaw under warm water. Maybe you already do this with your stock...
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