7 Ways to Use Leftover Vegetables
- Fried Rice. An all-time favorite takeout dish, fried rice is easy to whip up at home. ...
- Soup. The wonderful world of soup is deep and wide, with silky pureed bowls and chunky meat and vegetable-based options.
- Stir Fries. Another great way to use an assortment of leftover veggies and scraps is using them to make stock or broth.
- Frittata and Quiche. If you're looking to feed a breakfast or brunch crowd, a main dish frittata or quiche is the way to go.
- Roasts. Most vegetables taste delicious when roasted, and can be mixed and matched with ease. The key is to pair veggies that cook for a similar amount of time.
- Pasta and Risotto. Enhance a pasta or risotto recipe with the addition of tender vegetables. Some scrap vegetables, like carrots and mushrooms, add delicious flavor to a red sauce.
Full Answer
Can I use vegetable stock instead of beef stock?
Vegetable broth is often used instead of beef broth as it adds extra flavors and is wonderfully versatile for most meals. You can add numerous vegetables to this broth such as carrots, garlic, mushrooms, and onions. It doesn’t stop at vegetables! You can also add an array of seasonings like thyme, rosemary, bay leaves, and pepper for added tastes.
How do you make homemade vegetable stock?
Instructions
- For Instant Pot or pressure cooker: Place all ingredients in the Instant Pot or a large pressure cooker. ...
- Regular soup pot: Place all ingredients in a large soup pot. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil over medium high heat. ...
- Store the vegetable broth in covered jars in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days, or freeze for up to 4 months.
How do I choose the best substitute for vegetable stock?
Recipe 2:
- Add chopped onions, celery, carrots, and garlic into a slow cooker.Allow the vegetables to cook for a while and then add herbs, thyme, pepper, and salt to taste. ...
- Add enough water to cover the mixture and leave it to cook on low heat for some hours. ...
- Once the stock is ready, allow it to cool to room temperature. ...
When should I add vegetables to my stock?
The Ingredients
- Fresh vegetables for example: Carrots Cabbage Celery Bell Peppers Leek Onions Mushrooms Garlic Image by Author
- Some Herbs (fresh or dried) for example: Parsley Cilantro Coriander Rosemary Curcuma or Ginger
- Salt (200g per 1kg of vegetables)
- Olive Oil (approximately 2 Tbsp. per 1kg of vegetables)
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How to prepare vegetable broth and use the leftovers for tasty recipes
You should always keep some vegetables in the pantry so you can make a good broth.
Which vegetables?
Carrots, zucchini, potatoes, chard, spinach, tomato, celery and onion. You can use all of them and more. But you can also make a simpler broth with only carrots, zucchini and chard. For the kids use celery, carrot and onion, the classic marriage of vegetables and aromas.
How to make a good vegetable broth
The important thing is to get all the flavor out of the ingredients. So for a good broth you have to put the vegetables in the pot while the water is cold, to let them release all their flavor as it comes to a boil. Putting the vegetables into water that’s already boiling would be the opposite, in that they would all keep their flavor inside.
5 Recycling Recipes
Obviously, the vegetables left over from the broth will no longer be very tasty, but they can be reused to prepare other excellent dishes. Don’t throw them away, because you can do some creative recycling with them. Here are some ideas.
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