15 Vegetables You Can Regrow in Your Kitchen

Green onions are one of the quickest and easiest veggies to regrow, and you may never need to buy them again. When slicing a bunch, save the last two inches of the stock, including the roots, and place them in a jar or glass with about a half-inch of water. Set in a warm, sunny spot and watch your green onions regrow in a matter of days. Replace with fresh water every few days to keep your green onions growing and growing.

Similar to green onions, you can save the root ends, place them in a glass with a couple inches of water and wait for your favourite Thai flavouring to regrow.

Alas, the orange part of the carrot is a taproot and can’t actually be regrown, but you can add the leafy top to your kitchen garden. Simply slice off the top of the carrot, about one inch thick. Place the piece, cut side down, into a bowl or jar with one inch of water. Set it in a sunny spot and water it every day. Harvest the greens for salad toppings, or sauté them with your other favourite veggies.

You only need the stalk of the mushroom for this fun kitchen garden experiment. Cover the stalk in soil, leaving only a little piece poking out of the top, and water it every couple of days. Voila! You’ll be sprouting a new crop of robust mushrooms in no time.

To grow potatoes from scraps, simply slice them into two pieces, letting them sit at room temperature overnight until they’re completely dry. If you plant them roughly one foot apart in soil you should see results within a few weeks.

Save those giant avocado pits and grow your own avocado tree! (No, we’re not kidding.) Clean off the pit, push four evenly-spaced toothpicks into it and balance the pit over a glass jar filled with water. Place in direct sunlight and change the water every two days. Within a couple weeks, the pit will split open and stems will start to take root. As a bonus, considering the price tag on avocados, you’ll be saving yourself money in the long run.

There’s more than one way to turn a clove of sprouting garlic into even more. If you love garlic sprouts, you can set the clove in an inch of water and place in a sunny window. As the sprouts grow, snip and sauté them for a fragrant side dish. You can also pop that garlic clove into a pot of soil and in a few months, it will grow into a whole head.

Make a summer’s supply of basil or cilantro from your store-bought scraps. Take one long stem and strip the leaves from the bottom, leaving some at the top. Place the stem in a glass of water and set in a sunny spot, changing the water every few days until roots start to grow. Plant them in a pot with soil, and watch as it grows into a bush of pesto-worthy basil in no time.