Vegetable Stock - Chef's Mandala

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion (yellow)
• 3 garlic (cloves)
• 2 lb carrot
• 2 celery
• 4 oz mushroom (champignon) or the equivalent in mushroom stems
• 1 peppers (bell) stemmed, seeded and cut large
• 1 cup broccoli or 1 cup broccoli stems
• 1 cup cauliflower or 1 cup cauliflower stems and leaves
• 8 cups water
• 1 tsp black pepper (coarse)
• 2 tsp stems thyme (fresh)
• 5 cups stems parsley (fresh) or 10 stems only
• 1 bay leaves (dried)