Have you ever considered saving your carrot peels/tops, onion skins, leek tops, and celery leaves? I have found that these work splendidly in making stock lately! I simply have been saving these small items in a ziploc bag in the freezer until I am ready to make a batch of stock, and then I just throw them in, along with the chicken bones, water & vinegar (or whatever method you choose). I always hated throwing out the chopped carrots, onion, and celery in making stock (as most of the time recipes simply discard these), so why not save the peelings for a wonderful nutritious stock and not be wasting anything in the process. Save yourself time and money!
Other Resources:
Tips for Making Great Stock
Homemade Stock recipe and tips - by Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home
Broth is Beautiful – health benefits & helpful info by Weston Price Foundation
I always give the tops and peelings to my chickens!!
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I’ve been composting all of those peelings. But this is a great idea!
Yep, that’s what I try to do to, although lately they’ve been going in my compost pile, which I’m trying to build up. I have a hard time parting with my organic veggies to make stock, when I’m only going to throw the veggies away in the end, you know?
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Hi. What a great website! When it comes to vegetable peelings, we really put them to use. We boil them for stock, and then we put those peelings onto the compost pile. They make a round trip from the garden to kitchen and back to the garden.
That’s a super idea! Thank you!
We french people always eat leeks tops (the green part?) it is the best part of the vegetables vitamins…When I told you how I used 1kg leeks for two suppers on your blog I realised later that you might not eat the green part!!!
We also use celery leaves in soups or to give taste to vegetables! But we do not eat oignon skins and I would not keep carrots peelings: they have earth on them!
Great tip! I will have to start saving my peelings! How long will they last before I need to use them?
If you place them in the freezer, they will last a long time.
I do the same thing with left over veggies. You know when you have a spoonful of corn or green beans left over. I have a freezer bag and just add to it. Then when I go to make stew or veggie soup I pull out my bag.
This is an excellent tip! Why haven’t I thought of it before? I already save our chicken carcasses until I have enough to make stock, so this is a great addition. Thanks!
Good idea but make sure the veggies are organic – or really well washed – they use pesticides on celery tops.
This is a great tip, I always throw that stuff away and it seems so wasteful.
Thanks for sharing.
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