Cooking Maven.

Okay so perhaps I'm not even close to an expert but I have been cooking a lot lately and I've actually been enjoying it. So strange. 

I had a request for more fried won tons so I started making them but then all of the sudden I had a killer craving for won ton soup. Crapola! There was no vegetable broth in sight and I don't eat meat. 
I said, "fuck it, I want won ton soup," so I started folding for both fried won tons and for the soup. I also did a quick google search for vegetable broth. Turns out it's ridiculously easy to make. 
All you have to do is throw random vegetables into a pot with water, let it boil, and then bring it back down and let it cook. So I did but then I tried it and it tasted like celery water. Oops. I took out all of the celery and added a tomato and red bell pepper. That evened out the taste and it was perfect. 
Yeah, I lost all my bobby pins so I look like Cousin It. I'm okay with that, really. 

So really vegetable broth is super simple. It turned out really well and all I put in there was:

• too much celery
  
• garlic
  
• onion
  
• parsley
  
• red bell pepper
  
• tomato
  
• salt
• carrot

Just throw in whatever vegetables you have lying around, you don't even have to peel them, just chop 'em up and throw 'em in. It may not seem that exciting to you but this is a huge feat for the girl who goes to 7-11 every day to buy taquitos for dinner. 

After the fact my friend Sam FINALLY logged on to facebook. Sam happens to be a professional chef. He says:

one part parsley, 2 parts celery, 2 parts carrot, 4 parts onion

chop all that shit up

sautee in oil til onions are clear

add water and reduce