How to Make Vegetable Stock From Scratch

Even though my brother had been telling me for years that I needed to start making vegetable stock from scratch, it took me until last year to do the damn thing. And let me tell you: it was so easy and rewarding that I have no idea what took me so long!

I subscribed to a CSA (community-supported agriculture) box of vegetables that I picked up every other week in Boston. The farm I subscribed to was Brookfield Farm in Amherst, MA.

Throughout the week, as I would make meals with the vegetables in the box, I would save the unused ends and pieces and store them in the refrigerator. Then, every two weeks, I would use them to make vegetable stock.

Vegetable Stock Recipe

Ingredients:

  • Any vegetables or vegetable leftovers

    • Especially ones that are wilted or that you’re not going to eat fresh

That’s it!

Instructions:

  • Throw them all into a giant pot of boiling water and let simmer for 1+ hour

  • Scoop out the vegetable pieces

  • Pour the vegetable stock into jars and let cool on the counter

  • Store in the refrigerator and use within 1-2 weeks (could maybe push it to 3 weeks

So easy, right? And it feels great to not let anything go to waste. I always had more than I could use and gave some to my neighbors, friends, and relatives.

Uses:

  • Rice stock

  • Pasta stock

  • Soup base

  • Curries and stews

  • Any savory recipe where you would normally use water

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Alison Cebulla

Alison Cebulla, MPH, is a trauma science and psychological safety educator, founder of Tend Collective, and creator of Kind Warrior. She helps people quit sugar, heal emotional eating, and build resilience. Armed with a wildly expensive Master’s in Public Health from Boston University and a UC Berkeley degree in saving the planet, she’s worked in ecological nonprofits, Fair Trade advocacy, and trauma prevention.

She’s led workshops from Paris to NYC, written for HuffPost, and once got a crowd to reveal their deepest secrets to strangers. A trail-running, meditating, food-growing nomad, she’s been bouncing around Europe and beyond since 2023.

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