Clean Out the Freezer

One of my favorite recipes to make for supper is " clean out the freezer soup". The recipe is exactly what it sounds like! All the little scraps of veggies etc that have been hanging out in the freezer get tossed into a pot and cooked into a delicious soup. 

This morning as G and I got ready for the day, it was quickly evident that our freezer was stuffed with too many things. A large portion of the annoying freezer items were gallon Ziploc bags full of veggies to make soup stock. Today was the day. Time to make veggie broth. 

This roasting pan has four gallon Ziploc bags of vegetable scraps/waste from earlier in the year - cabbage, okra, leak tops, garlic scapes, celery ends and leaves. Then I added crushed bay leaves and salt. This will cook for 3 or more hours around 200°.

The goats and chickens got the solid leftovers:

Straining in the sink just in case of splashes.

Preservation method for canning broth involves pressure canning, and that wasn't something I wanted to tackle right now, so I put four cups in the freezer and used our jar vacuum sealer to seal the rest of it in jars. I ended up with five 24oz jars of broth and one pint jar. 

We'll no doubt make soup either this week or next, so I know the broth won't go to waste!