After cooking our vegetables, we just tend to throw the remaining stalks and pieces away. But did you know those stalks, roots and leaves which are usually discarded and uncooked can be grown again? Some of these can simply sprout back again even if you grow them in a small home garden. Check out the vegetables you can grow again instead of throwing them away.
When consuming those salads, don’t throw the ends of the large leafy greens away, just insert the unused root in soil and place them on a window sill near sunlight and they’ll be sprouting again.
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After chopping onions, retain the bottoms and keep them drying for a few days. Then take a small pot full of soil and immerse your onion in it. The soil should cover the bulb. The onion will need to be harvested before using them for consumption.
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Among vegetables you can grow again, this is an amazing way to regrow basil. Just strip the leaves of 3/4th of the stem and place it in a glass of water. Roots will start sprouting within a few days.
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If you want to regrow celery, place the base of the remaining stalk in water for three days. When roots appear, plant it again in the same container allowing leaves to stick out like any other plant.
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Bok Choy is similar to celery and can be regrown in the same manner b submerging it up face upwards in water. Bok Choy makes a fantastic stir fry with garlic. You can also add it as part of a mixed vegetable stir fry too.
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Scallions are like any usual bulb. After using the stems, place the remaining bulbs in a glass of water. The green shoots will grow again in about 10 days. Scallions can be used in making fried rice dishes and soups.
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This isn’t meant for regrowing carrots, just the leafy greens which can be used for salads. Keep aside about two inches from the end of the vegetable and place them in a shallow plate or saucer of water. Place them on your window and within a few days you will see the leaves sprouting.
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If you have a piece of garlic that has already sprouted abit, then take some of these and place the bulbs in a glass filled with just enough water to cover the bulb. Soon new sprouts will appear.
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Lemon grass is great for Southeast Asian dishes. Just place the stalks in a glass of water. When they start sprouting roots, replant them again. Lemon grass makes awesome flavoring for tangy dishes.
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Ginger is also among vegetables you can grow again. Choose some pieces of the ginger rhizome that has buds growing on it. Plant them soil and within a few weeks you’ll see them growing again.
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