Comments on: Homemade Plastic-free Vegetable Broth from The Plastic-free Chef

By: Egg Drop Soup | The Plastic-Free Chef

Egg Drop Soup | The Plastic-Free Chef — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:50:01 +0000

[...] cups broth or water (I used 4 cups of homemade vegetable broth and 4 cups of [...]

By: Ratatouille | The Plastic-Free Chef

Ratatouille | The Plastic-Free Chef — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:17:37 +0000

[...] tbsp dry white wine or homemade vegetable broth (I used Sauvignon Blanc but Pinot Grigio is good too. Unfortunately, a lot of wines have plastic [...]

By: Tourtière | The Plastic Free Chef

Tourtière | The Plastic Free Chef — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:22:27 +0000

[...] 1/2 cups liquid (You can use reserved cooking liquid from the potatoes, vegetable broth, wine, or just plain water. I used a combination of homemade vegetable broth and white [...]

By: Root Vegetable Soup | The Plastic Free Chef

Root Vegetable Soup | The Plastic Free Chef — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:37:00 +0000

[...] 8 cups vegetable broth (I make my own. Check out the recipe here.) [...]

By: Potato-Leek Soup | The Plastic Free Chef

Potato-Leek Soup | The Plastic Free Chef — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:28:27 +0000

[...] This soup is really good, especially with crusty bread. I used half and half in a glass bottle and made my own broth to avoid plastic waste. Here are the ingredients I [...]

By: Lentil Cauliflower Dal | The Plastic Free Chef

Lentil Cauliflower Dal | The Plastic Free Chef — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:19:25 +0000

[...] 2 1/2 cups water or homemade vegetable broth [...]

By: xxxicana

xxxicana — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:39:26 +0000

Good job! Also, don’t forget to recycle the veggies in the compost bin. I think of vegetable broth as 2x recycling.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:48:20 +0000

Gah…we’ve been trying to banish plastic for about the last year. So far no more milk containers, no more cans of anything, and a lot more buying and cooking of whole foods rather than processed foods. I’m down about 15 pounds from the effort and we are avoiding a ton of estrogen like compounds. NPR had a program on recently addressing BPA and what’s crazy is that consumers have jumped on the BPA wagon so much, it’s starting to disappear from any and all plastics. Unfortunately, what many fail to realize is that there are many other estrogen like compounds in plastic besides BPA.

Wal Mart and other retailers are pushing manufactures to get rid of as much plastic from their packaging as possible – both from a consumer demand perspective as well as shipping economics. This is the advent of Heinz “vegetable” made containers of ketchup and the super thin bottles of drinking water now showing up on store shelves. Not sure the science of these changes in packaging is any better from an exposure to chemicals perspective, but it is a start. We all should keep providing feedback to retailers (both verbally and based upon what we buy) to encourage packaging that is glass or not made from plastic.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:50:19 +0000

What an awesome guest post! I’m new to your blog (Plastic Free Life), but already I’m loving it. Both yours and your guest blogger’s blogs are now on my “read often” list, and I’m adding them to the blog list on my blog. I’m trying to go clean,green, and zero-waste/plastic free in Alaska, and it’s tough! I really appreciate your tips and inspiration. Keep up the great work!

Can’t wait to try this broth.

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:35:29 +0000

I have only made my own broth a couple times, but it is an excellent way to control the flavor and sodium content. I do not like things too salty, plus sodium can lead to health problems later on in life. I love controlling my ingredients when I make homemade hot sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise, and barbecue sauce.