Used to throw out all my vegetable scraps until my aunt showed me her freezer bag

For years I just tossed carrot peels, onion ends, and celery tops straight in the trash. Then my aunt visited from Austin last month and saw me doing it, grabbed a ziploc from my drawer, and told me to start saving them for broth. I filled that bag in about 2 weeks and boiled it with some salt and bay leaves, got like 4 quarts of free stock. Anyone else doing this or do you have a better system for storing scraps?

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sarahpatel1mo ago

omg yesss I did the same thing for years just throwing everything out until my roommate's mom yelled at me about it lol. my broth ends up looking like muddy water too but honestly who cares when it tastes that good on noodles. I got so into it that I now have a whole system where I keep a container in the freezer specifically for onion skins and carrot tops, and then I add a handful of dried mushrooms I found at the back of my pantry because apparently they were still fine. don't judge but I totally forgot about one bag of scraps for like three months and when I finally boiled it the broth actually tasted fine just smelled a little like my fridge regret.

rosek441mo ago

Does the broth get kinda cloudy though? My first batch was so murky I thought I messed up but it still tasted fine over rice. Now I save peels in a container in the freezer and throw in a few whole peppercorns when I boil them for a little extra kick.

butler.abby1mo ago

The 4 quart mark got my attention. I used to think keeping veggie scraps was just being cheap but honestly that homemade broth tastes way better than anything from a box.