Sleepy Vegetable Stock

Don’t feel pressured to make homemade stock, as all the recipes in this book were tested using water with great results. However, if you want to amp up flavors, using a simple vegetable stock like this one can do the trick. You can make this any time of day, but my favorite method is to load up my slow cooker just before bedtime and then wake up to the smell of homemade stock wafting through my bedroom. At the risk of causing a riot, I’d say the aroma of homemade vegetable stock beats that