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Vegetable Stock/Bullion

Vegetable Stock/Bullion
How to make homemade stock or bullion from kitchen scraps and leftovers. A truly GREEN idea!
 
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Step 1Don't buy any special ingredients!

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In order for this to be a green recipe, you must limit yourself to using kitchen scraps.

Start collecting the odds and ends of vegetables the next time you are preparing a meal. When you make salad, pasta sauce or any dish at all keep scraps such as the stems or ends of fresh herbs, carrots, zucchini, squash, celery, mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, ANYTHING.

As you collect the veggie scraps save them in the freezer in zipped freezer bags until you have 2-4 bags totally full. Now you are ready to make the stock!

I generally don't cook meat so this is a vegetarian recipe but you could certainly include poultry, sausage, pork, beef, whatever kitchen scraps you think would make a tasty boulion. Bones from ham or roasts are commonly used to make stocks and bullion.
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9 comments
Jul 27, 2010. 12:15 AMCaptain John says:
Can the same be done with meaty substances?
Jan 16, 2011. 12:45 PMWoundedEgo says:
From the original Instructible:

"I generally don't cook meat so this is a vegetarian recipe but you could certainly include poultry, sausage, pork, beef, whatever kitchen scraps you think would make a tasty boulion. Bones from ham or roasts are commonly used to make stocks and bullion."
Nov 12, 2008. 8:19 AMjessyratfink says:
Thanks for this! I just started saving some scraps today. This is also useful for produce that's about to go bad if you don't do something with it quick! :D
Jan 16, 2011. 12:42 PMWoundedEgo says:
Good point.
May 4, 2010. 10:37 AMlaurelsteven says:
Brilliant!  I'm so happy that you shared it!
Sep 10, 2009. 4:55 AMAstralQueen says:
I love the star pattern on the colander!
Aug 21, 2009. 2:15 AMJoe Martin says:
Brill! I've been saving veggies for the last month or so, I'll be doing this very soon. Thanks! 5*
Nov 28, 2008. 5:45 AMtraynor69 says:
Great instructable! I dehydrate my veggies from my garden and puree them in a coffee grinder, and add them to my stock. Makes it even better!
Sep 26, 2008. 12:51 PMcristen says:
Wow! how informative. Great job!

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