LOW WASTE STOCK ALTERNATIVES
If you’ve also been soup-ing up a storm during these colder months there’s a good chance you’ve got more than one packaged box of stock sitting in your pantry. It’s easy enough to keep on hand and makes for a quick addition when you’re making stews, curries, risottos, or anything that needs a liquid flavor infusion. Stock is a hot commodity in this house so instead of buying the impossible to recycle, bound for the bin, tetra packed boxes of broth I’ve figure out a few low waste alternatives to lessen our soup-related packaging waste. This is a vital PSA y’all. We’ve still got a few weeks of cold left and soup is on the menu.
How to avoid excess stock packaging:
- As always, homemade scrap stock is our preferred option. You can collect scraps in the freezer, until you’re ready to simmer up your own broth! It’s soup-er simple and extends the life of your produce. Save up those carrot tops and ends, onion and garlic skins, squash peels, pepper parts, celery hearts, and more! Try our CLC approved scrap stock recipe here: https://closedloopcooking.com/vegetable-stock-from-scratch/
- Try a base like Better Than Bouillon (not sponsored just a big fan.) This mix is a condensed version of your favorite flavors and keeps well for months at a time. No plastic packaging and you can even reuse the glass jar when you’re finished.
- A box of regular bouillon will always come in handy when you don’t have the other two on hand. More packaging than the Better Than Bouillon but minimal compared to a full tetra-pak container. Usually easier to find in conventional grocery stores. Working on a DIY bouillon cube for a future CLC recipe post, so we may make it #packagefree after all!
There are great alternatives to the mess of traditionally packaged stocks and guaranteed they taste infinitely better!
Have you made your own stock yet?? #closedloopcooking
