Name: Homemade Vegetable Broth - Easy, Cheap & Low-Sodium!
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 14 servings
Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients: 2-3 cups saved vegetable scraps*; 1 onion, roughly chopped with skin; 2 carrots with skins, finely chopped; 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped with skin; 2 stalks celery, chopped; 1/2-1 pound tomatoes, roughly chopped; 1/2 cup greens, roughly chopped; 1/2 cup mushrooms, roughly chopped; 3 sprigs fresh thyme; 1/2 small bunch parsley, roughly chopped; 1/2 teaspoon whole peppercorns; 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (or as desired); 2 bay leaves; 8-10 cups filtered water*; Optional: 1/2 leek, roughly chopped

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Homemade Vegetable Broth - Easy, Cheap & Low-Sodium!

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 14 · 1h 10m total

Servings

Calories

1% of a 2,000 cal day

20KCAL

Protein

1g2% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat0g

Saturated0g

Unsaturated0g

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Total Carbs4g

Fiber1g

Total Sugars2g

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incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch1g

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Sodium106mg

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A simple vegetable broth made from scraps and aromatics, simmered for an hour. Low-sodium and economical for use in soups and grains.

Ingredients

14 SERVINGS

2–3 cupssaved vegetable scraps
1onion — with skin, roughly chopped
2carrots — with skins, finely chopped
3garlic — with skin, roughly chopped
2celery — chopped
½–1 lbtomatoes — roughly chopped
½ cupgreens — roughly chopped
½ cupmushrooms — roughly chopped
3fresh thyme — sprig
½ bunchsmall bunch parsley — roughly chopped
½ tspwhole peppercorns
½ tspsea salt
2bay leaves
8–10 cupsfiltered water
½leek — roughly chopped, optional

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Nutrition uses 14 ordinary servings for this batch; the source listed 3.

Method

1h 10m total

Read the method on Sweet Simple VeganJasmine @ Sweet Simple Vegan’s original page

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