4. ZeroWaste: nutrient broth
When you cook after washing and peeling veggies:
You can boil those fresh and clean left over pieces to separate nutrients from them.
Let water get some colour and pour into cup through a filter.
With this broth you can easily add nutrients and taste to current dish or freeze it to add into soups later.
Use fresh and clean, or clean and freshly frozen veggie scraps for nutrient broth for cooking.
When frozen into ice cubes storing it takes less space and stays good longer.
What to do with damaged or less than ideal veggie scraps?
Less than ideal veggie scraps you can use to make great fertilizer, just mix broth into water so it won't be too strong for plants. I have tried this tip too and it works well. If veggie scraps look damaged and not fresh and nonaesthetic after washing them, those can still feed your house plants well. After boiling left over scraps you can add them to your compost or freeze to make plant fertilizer later. You don't need them lot because everytime you cook you get often bits you don't want to include in the dish. You can freeze fertilizer too.
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If storing nutrient broth and fertilizer in same freezer feels revolting, have separate container for each. Same if you want to store fresh and clean scraps for nutrient broth and less than ideal scraps for plant fertilizer, or other one to keep in a bag to avoid getting them mixed. Less than ideal just means nonaesthetic, moldy/ rotting/dirty wouldn't be best for plants either.
