"elaich" > wrote

>I took the advice of somebody here a few weeks ago, and started saving all
> my stuff that would have gone down the disposal in the freezer. Onion tops

Glad you liked it. Apt to have been me ;-)

> and skins, celery heads and feet, that cilantro I bought to make salsa
> that
> I knew would never last until I needed cilantro again, the bones from my
> fried chicken Saturday night, the bones from the BBQ pork ribs I ate for
> lunch today, etc.

I call those sorts of bones ;'gently knarfed' or 'gently used' and we use
them in the family (but not on guests who may object).

> To start my stock, I just boiled all this. It smelled great even then.
>
> Then I strained this all out, added my whole chicken breast, and cooked
> it.
> Then, took out the breast, and cooked my veggies with all the right
> spices.
> Now, we are really smelling good.
>
> Shredded the chicken breast and added it when the veggies were done. Added
> the breast bone as well. Simmered it a bit to let everything blend.
>
> Best smelling and tasting chicken soup I have ever made.

;-)

I just made a rustic potato salad. No peeling of the potatoes but i did
peel a small diakon and pulled apart a green bell pepper plus an onion. The
pepper parts I didnt use (insides, seeds and such), onion skin, and diakon
peelings went to the soup saver storage freezer bin. Had i peeled the
potatoes, that would have gone in too.

I have enough for a serious veggie stock (you strain the stuff out after
cooking it).

Takes a bit to accumulate enough for that, but as you see, well worth it!
Besides, why throw it out if you have storage space?