How to make vegetable stock

Save money by making your own delicious vegetable stock. It’s easy! Not only is it cheaper than store bought it tastes so much better. If you’ve ever wondered how to make vegetable stock here are my tips to making a delicious stock every time.

📝 Ingredients

• 2 tbs olive oil
• 2 onions (chopped)
• 6 celery stalks (chopped)
• 3 carrots (chopped)
• 1 zucchini (chopped)
• salt (to taste)
• 2 fat cloves garlic (crushed)
• 6 mushrooms (chopped)
• your choice of parsley stalks, thyme sprigs,leek tops, red capsicum (bell pepper), spring onions, shallots, rosemary, fennel, tomato, basil, dried mushrooms to fill the pot up to 3/4 below the rim.
• 1/4 cup French green lentils
• 1 tsp peppercorns
• 3 bay leaves

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Place a 5 litre saucepan over a low heat. Add the oil and the onions, celery, carrots, and garlic. Add the salt and sweat the vegetables until soft, stirring every now and then.
2. 2Once softened your choice of vegetables, filling the pot no more than 3/4 below the rim. Add the lentils, peppercorns and bay leaves and fill the saucepan with cold water.
3. 3Cover and bring to a simmer over a medium heat before reducing to low. Simmer for 1 hour. If you like you can add salt once the stock is simmering.
4. 4Turn the heat off and leave to cool before straining. Store in glass jars in the fridge or portion into freezer safe bags and freeze until needed.