Vegetable Scrap Veggie Broth - Frugal

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How are things going here? I haven't been active posting at all for probably months upon months, but I need to start hopping on here and there. I've been spending a lot of time on Reddit with my spare time- especially in these weird little niche subreddits (really a cool place to connect with others on certain topics! I know, I'm really late to that party). I have been doing a lot of working between both jobs, some trip planning (more on that later), doing my daily vision therapy and physical therapy, trying to see a few friends and family here and there. One thing I've been working on as a personal goal is reducing food waste. I read something online on a frugal or no-waste website this vegetable scrap vegetable broth recipe. Different websites have different instructions, but basically you are using your unused vegetable scraps, freezing them, and when you accumulate a lot - boil them in a 12 or so cups of water for about an hour and create a vegetable broth. Squeeze the veggies and herbs out (using a spoon against the side of the pot) before you remove them, and then you can compost them. The flavor really does shine - but of course it needs some tweaking with salt and seasonings, I used some cumin, black pepper, smoked paprika, and some salt. This was worthwhile if you have the freezer space but also the time to spend an hour boiling it. It was nice to find a use for the veggie scraps before finally composting them. In my veggie broth I used: carrot shavings, colorful peppers, cilantro, onions, zuuchini, and celery. I see online many websites say avoid using too many onions, potatoes, broccoli, asparagus - as it can make the taste overly bitter. I think I added too many carrot shreds though - it was a very light but carroty flavored veggie broth. Eventually I'd like to get rid of plastics in my life, but as you can see with the baggies...not quite there yet. Need to figure out a better solution. I would do this again - it's frugal and promotes using food resources until you can't use 'em anymore. I would like to buy a reusable rubber freezer bag or something to use in the future, though. Have you ever done anything like this? Or any other frugal or anti-waste recipes lately?