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You get the idea – kitchen scraps.
You see, every month, this little bag gets full to bursting, which is when I grab it from the freezer and dump it into a stockpot with some cold water, salt and herbs. About an hour later, I have the most delicious, homemade golden stock or bone broth.
Only without all of the chopping or making a special trip to pick up ingredients.
My humble bag of kitchen scraps has kept me in healthy, homemade broth for ages.
I don’t remember when I started this habit. Still, it’s become such a part of my cooking routine if I grab an onion from the pantry or the celery from the crisper drawer, I automatically pull this bag out of the freezer too.
How to Start Your Own Ugly Broth Bag
You’ll need two one-gallon zip-top plastic freezer storage bags. You want to double bag this thing for a good reason.
When I first started this funky little habit, I trusted that my zip-top plastic bag would be airtight. After making myself a large iced tea filled with onion-scented ice cubes, I found out that this was not so.
Since then, I store my ugly broth bag within its own bag and always double-check the seals before tossing the whole thing back into the freezer.
I also keep an open jar full of coffee grounds in my freezer to absorb funky orders. I change the grounds once a month. I know baking soda does the same thing, but you have to go to the store and buy baking soda. Whereas I drink coffee every single day, so I have an endless supply of free odor-absorbing grounds.
For my fellow coffee-lovers, here are 28 other ways to put those spent beans to good use, other than just pitching them. Oh, and I also took a good look at why you shouldn’t be dumping coffee grounds into your garden or compost.
You can also give one of those fancy silicone bags a try. It’s easy to clean and will stand up to years of use.
Start Adding Scraps
A pile of vegetable scraps on a cutting board.
Why should this go into the compost bin when it will make perfectly wonderful broth?
Once you’ve got your bag set up, it’s as simple as pulling it out of the freezer whenever you’re chopping veggies. This is often easier said than done. Out of sight, out of mind, right?
Try putting post-it notes on your refrigerator crisper drawer or in your onion bin, reminding you to grab your bag from the freezer. You can ditch the notes once it becomes a habit.
Keep your bag handy whenever you’re chopping up veggies, and save the bits you aren’t using for cooking. Most of the scrappy parts taste just as good as the part of the veggie you’re actually using.
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