In preparation for a soup I'm making for dinner tonight, I made veggie stock last night!!! It might seem pretty uninteresting, but I'm really excited about it. I've never made stock before. I usually throw a few veggie bullion cubes in some water when a recipe calls for broth or stock. I don't know why I hadn't made stock sooner!
Now, I'm not saying I will never use my trusty bullion cubes again. The over 2 quarts of water I started with cooked down to only one quart of stock. In a lot of cases thats just not enough stock for soups I make. But other than it cooking down so much, I'm really pleased with my stock! It was really easy to make and tastes great! I got ideas of how to make it from several cookbooks, but I ended up following the recipe from Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero. I didn't use leeks like the recipe calls for because they tend to be pretty pricey (at least in Texas). Instead, I used celery. Not because the two veggies are anything alike, but because I had celery in my fridge and most other recipes called for it.
Another reason to make stock, if I haven't convinced you yet, is it makes your house smell really yummy!
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