This simple vegetable broth will add flavor and richness to a wide variety of dishes! It can be used anywhere you would use store-bought vegetable or chicken stock. You won’t believe how EASY it is to make your own custom-made broth at home!
Today, I’m showing you one of the most essential ingredients in my kitchen. I realize that’s a pretty bold statement, but I’m sure many of you realize how important a good broth or stock really is.
Broths and stocks can be used as soup bases, flavorings for sauces, used to flavor meat or fish without adding a ton of calories, and the list goes on.
Many of you know that I have been working to sort out some digestive troubles in the past few months. Because of this I have been following a low FODMAP approach to eating. I realize the low FODMAP diet is not a “forever” way to eat, but I’m still on the journey to figure out what is going on inside my tummy.
Two of the BIGGEST things I miss while eating a low FODMAP diet are…garlic and onions. HA! I bet you’re thinking “garlic and onions?” “I could totally do without garlic and onions!” OK…now go look in your pantry at any pasta sauce, salad dressing, pesto, thai curry paste, spice combination, or chicken or vegetable stock and tell me that you wouldn’t miss garlic and onions too?
Prior to having these stomach issues, I had no problem purchasing low sodium organic pre-made stock/broth…but now that I’m avoiding garlic and onions I needed another option to add some flavor to my dishes!
Luckily, in January Brian and I took a cooking class at Sur La Table (so fun!)
Our instructor was full of knowledge and little tips, and one of the tips she mentioned was for making homemade vegetable broth. Our instructor told us all we had to do was save our veggie scraps from the week, boil them in water with a little seasoning and viola! We would have our own homemade broth!
Well, friends, I took the idea and ran with it and now this low FODMAP vegetable broth is something I make on a bi-weekly basis 🙂
I have recently joined the Recipe ReDux, which is a recipe challenge group of bloggers founded by registered dietitians that provide great tasting and healthful recipes based on whole foods and sound nutrition principals. Each month, members receive a theme and post a recipe according to the theme.
This month’s theme? DIY Kitchen Essentials
Remember how I said that this low FODMAP chicken stock was one of the MOST essential ingredients in my kitchen!? It fits the theme perfectly!
OK, now on to the recipe. It’s so easy, you’ll wonder why you ever purchased the stuff from the store 🙂
Yields: 4 cups (this is the amount that comes in one box of store-bought stock)
Ingredients:
Directions:
My favorite way to store my homemade vegetable broth is to freeze it! This allows the broth to last longer and it allows me to use a little bit at a time.
This is how I freeze my vegetable broth:
1. Fill an ice cube tray with 2 Tbsp of broth in each compartment. I like to place 2 Tbsp of broth in each part of the ice cube tray because that makes it SUPER easy to measure later on.
2 Tbsp=half of a 1/4 cup, so 2 ice cubes=1/4 cup, and 8 ice cubes=1 full cup.
2. Place in the freezer and allow to freeze for 24 hours. (It may take less time to freeze-through, but this ensures that it is completely frozen!)
3. Remove the ice cube trays from the freezer, empty and store the frozen vegetable broth in a large container or freezer bag.
Now your stock will last you a long time AND it’s pre-measured 🙂
This recipe has not been tested for FODMAP content, but ingredients are used in amounts compliant with the Monash University App and guidelines. Please eat the foods that make you feel your best!
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Made this stock and loved it very much! Thanks so much, it really changed my cooking game!
I’m so glad to hare that! It’s such a simple way to upcycle those leftover veggie parts 🙂
Hi, I was wondering if this broth and other FODMAP broths can be canned in a pressure canner
Hi Jan, I am not sure because I have not tried that myself. I’m not experience with a pressure canner, but would love to know how it turns out if you give it a try. 🙂
Delicious! But, cooking this down for 2.5 hours yielded maybe 2 cups of broth. It’s so concentrated that when I go to use it I think I’ll add water to each serving, maybe 1/2 c prepared broth and 1/2 c water for 1 c of final product. Thanks for sharing this!
Great idea! I am so glad you like it! 🙂 It really adds so much flavor 🙂
Lots of recipies on this site are not low fodmap. For example honey, almonds, humans, and blackberries. These recipies are only partially low fodmap. For the most recent research on the low fodmap groups check out the Macintosh university low fodmap diet ap. There are four groups that make up the low fodmap diet. Some people are sensitive to all of them, like me. Your veg broth recipie recipe was great.
Humans… pecans? And did you mean the Monash app?
Hi Rebecca! I am aware that many of the recipes here are not low FODMAP. I didn’t begin following a low FODMAP learning diet until 3 years after writing this blog!! That being said, I have a low FODMAP category where I have separated out recipes that are low FODMAP or lower in FODMAP (things I tolerate). I have preface that by noting that my information is based on the Monash University guidelines, which are constantly changing. I attempt to stay as up to date as possible, but because I am human some things do slip through. Thanks for the feedback and for reading!
that ice cube tray idea is genius! I never have the patience to make my own broth, but when you can save extras..it makes sense!
xoxo Sarah Grace, Fresh Fit N Healthy.
Thanks, Sarah! It’s so handy to have on hand 🙂
Ah! This came at the perfect time! I have some veggie scraps I’ve been wanting to use to make a vegetable broth but I wasn’t sure what herbs and spices to add as well as how long to simmer the broth. Thank you!
Welcome to the Recipe Redux! Thanks for sharing this awesome vegetable broth recipe, looks great!
Thanks, Sonali!! 🙂
what a great way to use up veggie scraps. I will have to try this!
Yes! It’s so great to be able to repurpose a few things 🙂
Yay – welcome to the Recipe Redux!!! This looks like a perfect option for low FODMAP – and I love saving my veggie scraps for higher purposes.
Thanks, Marisa!! 🙂 It’s great to be able to make my own broth and control the ingredients I put in AND it’s great to repurpose my scraps!! Win Win!
Perfect timing! I’m preparing to do a Low FODMAP elimination diet to search for the culprits that are causing my abdominal issues and making vegetable stock was top of my list. I wouldn’t have thought to put zucchini or other veggie scraps in it though. Thanks.
Good luck, Glenda!!! I hope it works for you 🙂
First off, welcome aboard! I use Trader Joe’s low sodium veggie broth all the time so it’s about time I start making my own – thanks for this recipe 🙂
Thank you, Deanna!! So happy to be part of the group!! You can totally make your own broth…so simple!! (and tasty!)