Homemade Vegetable Broth (vegan, scd, paleo)

Making your own vegetable broth is not a difficult or fancy thing at all. In fact, when you find yourself with too much produce that is near the expiration point this is a perfect idea. And since the broth can be refrigerated or frozen, you'll never have to waste any excess. Try pouring into ice cube trays and freezing for easy access to your broth by the tablespoons. Here is what I used, but the ingredients list is very flexible, depending on what you already have in your refrigerator.

4 carrots
1 entire bunch of celery
1/2 onion
2 handfuls kale
3 cloves garlic
1 bay leaf
some spices of choice (parsley, basil, oregano, etc)

Roughly chop the veggies into large pieces. Put them in a slow cooker along with your spices. Cover with water and put on low for at least 8 hours. When it is finished it should smell like a delicious soup. Take a fine mesh strainer and discard the mushy vegetables.

There's really no specific recipe that says what kinds of vegetables have to be used, so don't go out and buy special ones just for making broth unless you don't have any to begin with. Of course this broth can be used as a soup base or for marinating meats. Enjoy.