Homemade Vegetable Stock

When cooking, we often end up with veggie scraps that aren’t suitable for certain dishes. While composting is great, turning them into homemade broth is even better. Just freeze your scraps until you’ve collected enough for a batch - it’s a simple, flavourful way to reduce waste. Good scraps include bits from garlic, onions, carrots, mushrooms, celery, leeks, green beans, tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, squash skins, corn, eggplants, potatoes, and herbs. Avoid cruciferous veg like broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and cabbage, as well as onion skins, which can turn the broth bitter. Beet scraps and red onion skins may darken the broth.