Why I Stopped Buying Stock cubes (You should too!)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYm5XR3FYhg

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TLDRThe video highlights the health concerns associated with commercial stock cubes, which often contain excessive sodium, sugar, preservatives, and artificial flavors. It demonstrates how to create homemade stock cubes using vegetable scraps, detailing a straightforward process that emphasizes flavor, health benefits, and reducing food waste. Viewers are encouraged to adopt DIY methods, including making stock powder from dehydrated vegetables or concentrated broth cubes, promoting sustainable practices in cooking.

Punti di forza

  • 🧂 Stock cubes are high in sodium and artificial ingredients.
  • 🥕 Use vegetable scraps to make flavorful homemade stock.
  • 🌱 Homemade stock is healthier and more natural.
  • 🍲 Making stock is easier and quicker than expected.
  • ❄️ Freeze stock cubes for convenient cooking later.
  • 🔄 Reduces food waste by utilizing scraps.
  • 📦 Create stock powder by dehydrating vegetables.
  • 💰 Homemade stocks are cost-effective.
  • 🍽️ Nutrients from scraps enhance the flavor.
  • 🌍 Making stock from scraps is eco-friendly.

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    The speaker discusses their guilt over using stock cubes for convenience in cooking, questioning their healthiness and how they are made. They highlight that stock cubes contain high sodium levels, artificial additives, and flavors, which can detract from the natural taste of homemade stock. The speaker advocates for making homemade broth from vegetable scraps as a healthier alternative, explaining that it's simple, cost-effective, and reduces waste. They outline a step-by-step process for utilizing vegetable scraps to create homemade stock cubes, emphasizing the health benefits and flavor control of DIY stock over commercial options.

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Video Domande e Risposte

  • Why should I stop using stock cubes?

    Stock cubes contain high levels of sodium, artificial flavors, and preservatives, which can be unhealthy.

  • How can I make my own stock cubes?

    Collect vegetable scraps, sauté them, blend with spices, and freeze into cubes.

  • What are the benefits of homemade stock?

    Homemade stock is healthier, contains no preservatives, and reduces food waste.

  • Can I make stock powder?

    Yes, by dehydrating and grinding leftover vegetables, you can create homemade stock powder.

  • What kind of scraps can I use?

    Onions, carrots, celery, garlic, and herbs are great for making stock.

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    I admit
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    it I'm guilty like many of you of
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    throwing a stock Cube into the pot and
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    walking away thinking it would flavor
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    the food quickly especially after a long
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    day at
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    work here is the thing they might save
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    time and be convenient but I started
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    questioning myself how are they made are
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    they actually healthy and why should I
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    keep buying them all right let's be
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    honest for a moment here stock cubes are
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    convenient and are definitely a great
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    invention you put one into boiling water
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    and voila you have
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    brought but have you ever read the label
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    and check the ingredients put into the
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    stock you consume good food it's all
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    about quality ingredients these cubes
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    contains a ton of sodium sugar
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    preservatives artificial flavors and
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    colors and substances like monosodium
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    glutamate don't get me wrong MSG is fine
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    in small amounts but do you really want
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    to add it to everything you eat what
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    about the sodium well you see one Cube
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    can have as much as 900 mg of sodium
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    that is almost half the amount of sodium
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    you should consume daily and that's just
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    in one Cube and if you like me and I
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    love adding flavor to your
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    meals you most likely are using more
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    than one in 2024 $7.2 Million worth of
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    this little sodium bumps were completely
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    sold out that's a lot of salty soup
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    that's salty as is not just the health
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    Factor you know after some time you may
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    find that it's all about Flavor that's
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    because these cubes contains loads of
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    artificial
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    flavoring and not the actual ingredients
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    that one can get when making homemade
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    stock basically you're stealing from
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    your food the taste that it actually
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    requires now I know what you're thinking
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    sto cubes are quick and easy and I'm
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    busy I hear you but there was something
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    that made me want to know what I was
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    eating what is it and that is why I
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    wanted to have control over the flavors
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    in my food but the main reason I learned
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    that in fact it was not as challenging
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    or as time consuming as I had initially
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    thought to prepare my own broth is that
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    it and the best part is pretty much free
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    honestly once you realize just how
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    simple it is you will never again go
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    back to prepacked
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    cubes well how do we avoid using those
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    stock cubes readily available in the
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    stores and still make a good broth the
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    answer is simple DIY stock
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    W and no I'm not talking about spending
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    hours cooking in the kitchen I'm
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    referring to making your vegetable St
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    from Scrubs with almost no work at all
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    here is what you do whenever you chop
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    veggies like onions carrots celery or
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    garlic don't toss the scrubs in the
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    trash put those leftovers into a freezer
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    bag when you accumulate enough you have
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    the best ingredients to make a flavorful
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    stock ah by the way this is not the only
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    way to use your leftovers but I shared
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    100 plus re recipes on how to cook low
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    waist natural remedies and fermentation
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    in my new book byebye book bye all right
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    let's go through it step by step step
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    one collect your
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    scrubs first tip keep a baging your
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    freezer and add scrubs s over time just
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    think about all the scrubs you get every
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    single time you cook you will fill up
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    that bag in no time step two sauté for
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    flavor once you've got about half a kilo
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    to a kilo of Scrubs sounds like a lot
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    but trust me you will get the fast chop
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    them into smaller pieces the smaller
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    they are the faster they cook by the way
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    always use the back side of your knife
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    to slide of food from your cutting board
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    next grab a pan heat two tablespoons of
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    olive oil and sa your veggies the goal
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    is to cook them down releasing all those
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    rich flavors While evaporating most of
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    the water it smells amazing I promise
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    don't be surprised if people wander in
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    the kitchen asking what's cooking step
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    three blend it all together after the
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    veggies are cooked and cooled a bit
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    throw them into a blender along with
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    four cloves of garlic a teaspoon of salt
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    and any herbs or spices you
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    like if you have nutritional yeast on
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    hand add a teaspoon of that too it adds
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    a nice savory kick wo now blend it all
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    until you get a smooth p and don't worry
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    if it looks a little funky this is your
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    super concentrated flavor bump about to
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    become stock Cube gold wo step four
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    freeze into cubes line a shallow
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    container with pman paper and pour the
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    vegetable puree in smooth it into an
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    even layer then pop it into the
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    freezer once it's frozen solid pull it
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    out of the container and cut the puree
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    into
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    cubes these are your homemade stock
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    cubes you can wrap each one in pment
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    paper if you're feeling fancy or just
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    toss them into an airtight container
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    what's the best part first of all it's
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    free you're using scraps you would have
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    otherwise discarded and while there are
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    no artificial additives no chemicals no
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    preservatives let alone sky high sodium
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    content there are just stock cubes stock
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    cubes and more stock cubes now like many
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    of you home Cooks I'm not a professional
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    chef either and I have other things to
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    do besides spending hows simmering away
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    in the kitchen you can make stock cubes
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    in bulk and store them for later now if
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    you press for time time I have a little
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    trick that will blow your mind stock
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    powder yes you can make that too using
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    leftover vegetables or even the pp from
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    your Juiced veggies plus the process is
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    super simple first gather your veggies
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    you can go with a classic mix of carrots
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    celery onions garlic leaks and your
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    favorite herbs like parsley Rosemary or
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    thyme you feeling a little adventurous
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    and want to try new flavor combinations
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    try a beat base powder or spice it up
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    with with some mild chilies the
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    possibilities are just endless no that's
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    way too far it's super straightforward
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    just pop them in a dehydrator or oven at
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    the lowest setting let them dry until
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    they're completely crisp this might take
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    a few hours but trust me it's worth it
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    once everything's dry grind it all up
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    into a fine powder and voila homemade
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    stock powder store it in a sealed jar
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    and it will last for months ready to
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    sprinkle into any dish for an instant
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    all natural flavor boost and for all my
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    no stress easy cooking enthusiasts here
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    is an extra helpful tip for you you can
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    store a concentrated broth by reducing
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    the amount of water that is boiling with
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    your stock cubes this will make the
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    broth rich and flavorful pour it into an
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    ice cube tray and freeze it whenever you
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    need a quick flavor heat just pop out a
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    cube or two and add it to your dish and
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    you have instant concentrated broth
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    without any hle making homemade stock
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    cubes is not only cost effective but
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    it's relatively healthy for the body not
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    only are you eliminating all the sodium
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    and other chemicals used in manufactured
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    stock use but you are also getting extra
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    nutrients when you make your own stock
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    you are essentially pulling nutrients
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    from your carot an onion skins and other
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    pots of veggies that are not present in
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    the process cubes and there is a bonus
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    when you use food scrubs you also
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    minimize the amount of waste produced
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    tons of good vegetables are thrown away
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    and sent to landfills yearly and I know
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    what you're thinking they will decompose
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    no they won't they technically will but
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    due to the lack of oxygen moisture and
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    conditions which don't allow the
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    composition like in compost they will
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    turn into harmful waste by making stock
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    from scraps you're tunning waste into
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    something valuable and that's a win for
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    both you and the
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    planet so guys now you know why stop
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    buying stock cubes and you should too
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    and if you want to learn more cooking
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    techniques to save both time and money
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    make sure to check this video where I
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    break down the art of food preservation
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    and extending its shelf life
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