Garbage Soup

1.Ingredients

large well scrubbed potato peels, cut peels about 1/4 inch thick, large onion, chopped, carrots, scrubbed or peeled, sliced, stalk celery, sliced, garlic clove, peeled, dried parsley, salt and pepper, water

2.Directions

1. Mix all the ingredients in a large pot and simmer covered for 1 1/2 hours.
2. You may now do one of two things: A- drain off the broth and reserve for future soup-making or use as any consomme, You may freeze it as well, adjust seasoning.
3. B-Puree the veggies add back to the liquid and add any other ingredient you wish- leftover veggies, chicken, meat etc.
4. This is truly a clean-the-fridge soup.