Vegetable Scraps Leftovers

Vegetable scraps

heatherbudapest 16 years ago

As I'm cooking over the course of a week, I accumulate a lot of vegetable scraps. Granted, I can't use all of them, but I throw many of them into a pot with water, herbs, and other seasonings to make simple vegetable stocks. This recipe, Vegetable Stock, is a good blueprint for how to make stock. http://www.grouprecipes.com/14794/vegetable-stock.html

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julesong 16 years ago said:

A good idea! :)

Often when I have leftover veggies from dinner, I end up putting them into the next night's dinner somehow.

Last night I made Smoky Baked Beans (http://www.grouprecipes.com/22767/julies-smoky-baked-beans.html) and ended up stirring my collard greens into the beans as I ate them. So when putting away the leftovers, I went ahead and put the collard greens in with the beans and when we have them later no one will be any the wiser. ;)

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pointsevenout 16 years ago said:

The vegetable and fruit peels and cores and seeds and other parts you wouldn't use, can go into a compost heap that will enrich your soil for new crops.
There are things that won't go into the compost, like meat trimmings and bones. I'm not UP on all the little nuances of keeping a good compost heap but have read over the subject a couple of times and almost taken the plunge.
To my suprise, a well kept (turned) compost heap does not smell.
For those of you who do keep an outdoor herb or vegetable garden or have the space for them, a compost heap should be your cup of tea. Plenty of info out there in the net for building your own heap.

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