As winter stretches on it is the perfect time to work on your soup making skills. Nothing is as comforting as a warm bowl of soup during the colder days of winter. When perfecting your soup recipe the key of every good soup is a good base. Just like when you are trying to keep warm during the winter you need to make sure you layer your clothing making sure to include a good base layer, in order to stay warm and cozy.
While I am making my family dinners I try to use a lot of vegetables, focusing mostly on winter veggies which means a lot of root vegetables. Personally I adore being able to eat with the seasonality of life, and during winter it means more savory flavors. Eating with the season gives me joy, hope and wonder allowing me to fully appreciate each season and giving me something to look forward to in each season. As I am chopping up my veggies, I save the scraps in bags that I can put into the freezer.
Later when I am making a soup I take those scraps boil them into a rich, savory broth and then use that broth to make a flavorful, sumptuous soup.
That is the beauty of home cooking and being sustainable you can take scraps and create bounty in life. If you are feeling extra homesteaderish I would recommend planning and buying seeds to plant to create your own perfected veggie broth for the spring, summer and fall.
Sending you lots of love and cheer and happiness.
Happy Happy Valentine's Day!!! XOXXOXO
Recommendations of scraps to use for veggie broth
Onions
Carrots Dragon Carrot Nature and Nurture Seed
Garlic Music Aria Meadowlark Hearth Seed
Mushroom stems The Mushroom Conservatory
Herb stems Basil Driftless Seeds
Celery Stems Solidarity Celery Buffalo Seed
Celeraic ends Monarch Celeraic Meadowlark Hearth
Veggies To Avoid
Broccoli
Cabbage
Potatoes
As these veggies can make the broth taste bitter.
