Guest guest Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 I fill the crockpot with all the week's produce and fill with water. At the end of each week, I take all the carrot tops, celery tops/bottoms, cauliflower leaves and stems, broccoli stem,fennel, kale, pepper seeds and core, onion skins, roots, etc that are not crisp or desirable to eat and put into the large crock pot for to make a veggie broth. It usually needs to cook down about 14 hours. The broths have been excellent. I have used the broths as soup bases, in sauce for stir fry, gravy, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 I put on my veggie broth mixture to cook this morning myself! I keep all of my pieces in the freezer. I love that I can take the choice parts of my veggies without feeling guilty and then get something for free later to boot! Just make sure that if it is something that you wouldn't eat that it doesn't go in the pot - if it is rotten or has bad spots it isn't meant to go in your broth no matter how much you don't like to waste. ttbeachbum <ttbeachbum Fri, Dec 11, 2009 1:32 pm Veggie Broth I fill the crockpot with all the week's produce and fill with water. At the end of each week, I take all the carrot tops, celery tops/bottoms, cauliflower leaves and stems, broccoli stem,fennel, kale, pepper seeds and core, onion skins, roots, etc that are not crisp or desirable to eat and put into the large crock pot for to make a veggie broth. It usually needs to cook down about 14 hours. The broths have been excellent. I have used the broths as soup bases, in sauce for stir fry, gravy, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 I agree, make sure nothing is spoiled before using in your broth. Also, I find potato peels are not good, they can make the broth muddy looking and can be bitter. Put those in the compost. Onion peels, especially yellow ones, rock. Since making the broth is concentrating everything, be sure you wash veggies well and/or use organic if you can! , allice98 wrote: > > > I put on my veggie broth mixture to cook this morning myself! I keep all of my pieces in the freezer. I love that I can take the choice parts of my veggies without feeling guilty and then get something for free later to boot! > > Just make sure that if it is something that you wouldn't eat that it doesn't go in the pot - if it is rotten or has bad spots it isn't meant to go in your broth no matter how much you don't like to waste. > > > > > > > ttbeachbum <ttbeachbum > > Fri, Dec 11, 2009 1:32 pm > Veggie Broth > > > > > > I fill the crockpot with all the week's produce and fill with water. At the end of each week, I take all the carrot tops, celery tops/bottoms, cauliflower leaves and stems, broccoli stem,fennel, kale, pepper seeds and core, onion skins, roots, etc that are not crisp or desirable to eat and put into the large crock pot for to make a veggie broth. It usually needs to cook down about 14 hours. The broths have been excellent. > > I have used the broths as soup bases, in sauce for stir fry, gravy, etc. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 In a message dated 12/13/2009 4:49:04 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time, writes: I agree, make sure nothing is spoiled before using in your broth. Also, I find potato peels are not good, they can make the broth muddy looking and can be bitter. Put those in the compost. Onion peels, especially yellow ones, rock. Definitely the way to do it! I just make sure to toss the outer peel if it's dirty and the rest goes in my pot to make broth. YUMMY and rich broth no less! Here I'd been throwing out onion peels and those tips for probably 40 years and I learned from a group over the summer that I should be using them for making my own broth! What a waste of 40 years of peels and such! Now I'm watching at Goodwill for a steep pot I can dedicate to putting my peels in and such and for making my broth. It does stain the light colored aluminums and steel. I also toss my garlic peels in my broth making. I know they aren't much in the scheme of things but they do help. I can't wait til next spring to do some foraging. We have some wild onions that grow in a few places and I'm going to go out and cut the tops for broth. They come up just at the point my winter supply of onions is depleted and the store onions are expensive. They'll fill the time gap nicely! Potato peels are about the only thing I don't use in mine too. However, I no longer peel potatoes if I don't have too. The bulk of the vits/mins are under the peel in fruits and veggies so I just scrub them and cut out any spots I don't wnat. So I'm not throwing out much any more when it comes to potatoes! They get the compost pile. ~*~ Shar ~*~ http://viewtoponder.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 I agree nothing spoiled nor moldy should be included. To clarify what I meant about non-desirable as in wilted that I would not want in a nice crisp salad. , ColorMyPony wrote: > > > > In a message dated 12/13/2009 4:49:04 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time, > writes: > > I agree, make sure nothing is spoiled before using in your broth. Also, I > find potato peels are not good, they can make the broth muddy looking and > can be bitter. Put those in the compost. Onion peels, especially yellow > ones, rock. > > Definitely the way to do it! I just make sure to toss the outer peel if > it's dirty and the rest goes in my pot to make broth. YUMMY and rich broth no > less! > > Here I'd been throwing out onion peels and those tips for probably 40 years > and I learned from a group over the summer that I should be using them for > making my own broth! What a waste of 40 years of peels and such! Now I'm > watching at Goodwill for a steep pot I can dedicate to putting my peels in > and such and for making my broth. It does stain the light colored aluminums > and steel. > > I also toss my garlic peels in my broth making. I know they aren't much in > the scheme of things but they do help. I can't wait til next spring to do > some foraging. We have some wild onions that grow in a few places and I'm > going to go out and cut the tops for broth. They come up just at the point > my winter supply of onions is depleted and the store onions are expensive. > They'll fill the time gap nicely! > > Potato peels are about the only thing I don't use in mine too. However, I > no longer peel potatoes if I don't have too. The bulk of the vits/mins are > under the peel in fruits and veggies so I just scrub them and cut out any > spots I don't wnat. So I'm not throwing out much any more when it comes to > potatoes! They get the compost pile. > > > ~*~ Shar ~*~ > http://viewtoponder.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 Just wanted to say that I tried this yesterday and it was fabulous! I saved up veggie scraps for a week and threw them all in with water and cooked overnight. Wow. so easy and good! I'm using some in a recipe as we speak. It's funny, because I use stock a lot - I love to make soups and stews, so a couple of weeks ago I ordered a case of veggie stock from the grocery store! Now I' can to take it back! I'm very new to crockpot cooking - my grandma gave me a 60s or 70s Sunbeam crocker-cooker-fryer a couple months ago and I finally started using it about a week ago. Weirdly or not, I was slightly afraid of it. Now I've used it 3 times and I love using it! So thanks for all the great recipes! kristi On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:16 AM, ttbeachbum <ttbeachbum wrote: > > > I agree nothing spoiled nor moldy should be included. To clarify what I > meant about non-desirable as in wilted that I would not want in a nice crisp > salad. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 I am glad you like it (and it saves money too). It is very healthy too. I love the crockpot. I have a pressure cook with similar fears that sits in the basement until I get nerve to use it. , Kristi Brunk <pixiechik wrote: > > Just wanted to say that I tried this yesterday and it was fabulous! I saved > up veggie scraps for a week and threw them all in with water and cooked > overnight. Wow. so easy and good! I'm using some in a recipe as we speak. > It's funny, because I use stock a lot - I love to make soups and stews, so a > couple of weeks ago I ordered a case of veggie stock from the grocery store! > Now I' can to take it back! > > I'm very new to crockpot cooking - my grandma gave me a 60s or 70s Sunbeam > crocker-cooker-fryer a couple months ago and I finally started using it > about a week ago. Weirdly or not, I was slightly afraid of it. Now I've used > it 3 times and I love using it! > > So thanks for all the great recipes! > > kristi > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:16 AM, ttbeachbum <ttbeachbum wrote: > > > > > > > I agree nothing spoiled nor moldy should be included. To clarify what I > > meant about non-desirable as in wilted that I would not want in a nice crisp > > salad. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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