While She Was Out Playing, I Was Inside Creating!

After we slept in, had homemade cocoa, she was out in it again!



Nearly up to her hips in some of the drifts! WOW!



I love this flop in the snow :)



While she was out in the snow, I was putting on my veggie end pieces from the freezer to make stock :)



I got the idea from a friend to save the pieces from the veggies I chop for other meals in the freezer to make stock in the future. It makes perfect sense, if you think about it, especially when you have to imagine that broth/stock companies don't likely use the very best pieces of veggies and such when making theirs. Not to mention that I paid just as much for the tips and tops of my veggies as I did for the central parts, so why not save them and use them again. Some of this is even made from $1 bags that were on quick sale at the natural grocery store because they were needing to get used.



I need to get better about making the broth/stock as soon as the bag gets full, because I have enough for 2 large stock pots FULL, so my system needs a little tweaking, but I will get there, I think. In this batch of stock, it is made from kale, cabbage, celery, onion, carrot, and fennel. Mmmm, good stuff! Just think of all the possibilities!