Don't throw away the leftover vegetables; you can make your own vegetable broth powder instead. Once you experience how easy it is, you'll never buy bouillon cubes again. Take advantage of this great way to save money, reduce food waste and prepare hundreds of delicious meals.
Make your own vegetable broth powder: Simply prepare it from leftovers
Use up your leftover vegetables with this easy homemade vegetable stock recipe, which is also a great alternative to chicken stock for vegetarian recipes. Add them to sauces for rich flavor or use them as a delicious base for soups and stews.
Which vegetable scraps can you use?
You can usually use just about any wilted vegetable in the fridge.
- Pepper shot
- 1-2 cocktail tomatoes
- Broccoli stalk
- fennel
- Celery tuber
- the first layer of onions
- wilted green onions
- Spinatblätter
- Carrot peels
- Mushrooms
Also the stems of all kinds of herbscan be easily utilized.
- Parsley
- Dill
- coriander etc.
You can also use frozen vegetables if you have a few pieces left in the freezer.
If you're wondering which vegetables shouldn't be in vegetable broth, then you should simply avoid vegetables that contain too much water.
Make your own vegetable broth powder: easy to prepare
If you want to make your own vegetable stock from leftovers, cut the vegetable scraps into small pieces, put them in a large freezer bag and store them in the freezer until you have filled 2-3 bags. If you use herb stems, cut them too small and place them in a separate freezer bag. Also, dry them separately in the oven as these will cook quicker. Once you have collected enough vegetable scraps, you should dry them in the oven.
- Preheat the oven to 90°C.
- Spread the vegetable pieces on a baking tray lined with baking paper and let them dry in the oven for a few hours.
- After 1-2 hours you should turn them over.
- When all the leftovers are dry, chop the vegetable pieces and herbs into a powder using the blender or food processor.
- Add some salt to the powder as you like and place it in an airtight container for storage.
- Use 1 tablespoon of the powder for 500 ml of water if you want to prepare a clear soup and only 1 teaspoon if you want to flavor creamy soups or stews.
