boiled water from vegetables

Butterfly_Brain

Oh yes it makes a lovely base for soup or Gravy and full of vitamins.

LeeSouthEast

Waxy_Bean wrote: »

I use veg water to make gravy.

Likewise. Bit of garlic, bit of lemon juice.. best gravy ever

clutterydrawer

Our dog loves it...she can be reluctant to drink but will take in much more if its veggie flavoured

dannie

Thanks for the replies.I used the boiled veg water yesterday for simple stock drinks and for boiling rice in.

LeeSouthEast

Boiling rice in ! There's an interesting idea... thanks for that.

billionaire

I guess the water left over from steaming veg would have even more vitamins in. I have never reused this for anything, I must start....

LeeSouthEast

It's a really tasty way of getting the nutrients out of what would otherwise be wasted.

Olliebeak

I very often do my veg in the microwave with a very tiny amount of water. If I'm making gravy with that particular meal, then it goes in there. If not then it cools down and goes in the freezer - it's usually full of flavour from the m/w. Just use it in casseroles/soups etc in the normal way.

Incidentally I never add to salt to anything when cooking (went off it when pregnant with DS1 36yrs ago - diagnosed with high BP - and started to flavour with black pepper and herbs instead) so I often find that stock cubes can be way too salty for my tastes.

newlywed

Olliebeak wrote: »

so I often find that stock cubes can be way too salty for my tastes.

I don't add salt in cooking either - Kallo do very low salt stock cubes - you might find they suit you better?

Olliebeak

newlywed wrote: »

I don't add salt in cooking either - Kallo do very low salt stock cubes - you might find they suit you better?

Hi newlywed - I got some Kallo cubes in B&M Bargains at the weekend to try out - not had chance yet but I know they should have been much more expensive - just what I love topclass item at rockbottom price :j:T:rotfl:.