Laura's Vegetable Stock
This blog leads with a beautiful image of beets and here's why... There are two foods I loathe (three if you count cilantro). They are beets and mushrooms. But I know that both beets AND mushrooms have a lot of amazing health benefits. So I'm TRYING to overcome my distaste. One of my "I'll meet you halfway" attempts at this relationship is that I put both beets and mushrooms into my stock broth. BTW, what is the difference between stock and broth? (That's a rhetorical question; if I really wanted to know, I'd google it.) Anyway, I think I just absolutely couldn't abide the odor of red beets. I'm not even sure I hate the taste... it's the small I can't get past. But golden beets are milder so that's where I started. Yes, I can tell that my veggie stock has an earthy aroma, but I'm getting quite fond of it. Yay! Another "BTW", the measurements of the veggies below are ballparks. When I make veggie stock, I get ...