Vegetable Scrap Stock Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 cups vegetable scraps (onion peels, carrot peels, celery ends, mushroom stems, garlic cloves, parsley stems)
• 1 tbsp olive oil (optional, for roasting)
• 8 cups water
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
• 1 bay leaf