Vegan Vegetable Stock Recipe

Go au naturel and use up all of your leftover vegetables by whipping up a delicious and easy homemade vegan vegetable stock. Hugely versatile! This is a handy ingredient to always have on hand, especially in the colder winter months where the only thing you're craving is a steaming hot bowl of broth, soup, or stew.

Introduction

Vegetable stock is a staple ingredient for all vegan cooks as it forms the flavor base for most soups and stews - a must-have to have on hand throughout the colder winter months!

Making homemade vegetable stock is a great way to take your vegan cooking to the next level and is an amazing way to get rid of all things artificial from your plant-based diet.

That’s not all! Ever feel bad because you don’t have a garden or a compost bin and feel like you're wasting those precious extra bits of carrot and leek? Never fear! Embarking on the journey of making your very own vegetable stock is a guaranteed way to limit your waste and use the entirety of those beautiful vegetables sitting at the back of your fridge (skin and all!)

This easy vegetable stock recipe will provide you with a basic framework and guide so that you can start making your very own homemade vegetable stock! Those powdery cubes will soon be a thing of the past.

Key Information

• Prep time: 15 minutes
• Cook time: 2 hours
• Total time: 2 hours 15 minutes
• Serves: 4

Variations

The Basic Ingredients Needed for Every Vegetable Stock

Homemade vegetable stock really is one of those things that can be adjusted according to your personal tastes and preference - and we would even encourage you to switch up the ingredients in your homemade vegetable stock recipe depending on the produce that is in season.

That said, there’s one basic rule of thumb that you should follow if you want your vegetable stock to be as good as possible. Here it is, you want to have a pretty much even ration of these three types of vegetable - Alliums: Fiber: Root. But what exactly is the difference between allium, fiber and root vegetables? Here's a quick guide.

Alliums: White onion, red onion, spring onion, leeks, garlic and/ or shallots

Fiber: Celery, celeriac and/or fennel 

Root: Carrots, swede and/or parsnips

For a more comprehensive guide, see this link which clearly breaks down the different categories of vegetables out there.