Marvelous Miso Soup

This is by far the best miso soup I've ever had! Once I made this soup, I think I continued making it and eating it for breakfast for months! I always make enough for several servings. I learned this from holistic health counselor, Marian Buck-Murray. Although, it might not be her recipe to a tee. So, not only is it delicious, its really, really healthy! This soup is so good for your immune system, a great thing to incorporate into your diet when cold and flu season comes around, or for any day you want a good, quick, nutritious soup.

Ok, back to the recipe. Here are the ingredients:

Organic sweet or white miso
1 onion
1-2 cloves of garlic
Extra virgin olive oil
Kombu (seaweed)
Salt
White pepper
Filtered water

Dice the onion and mince the garlic. Heat olive oil in a pot and add onions. Cook until translucent and add the garlic, salt and pepper. Cook for about another minute. Be careful....don't let it burn. After the garlic is cooked, add water until it almost fills the pot. Add a piece of kombu.....don't be afraid. It's just dried seaweed and it is really good for you. I promise you won't even taste it. You can get this at an Asian grocer, or someplace like Whole Foods. Next, cover and let simmer. (You will have to play with the quantities a little bit here. The bigger the pot, the more of each ingredient you need.) After it has simmered for a few minutes, its ready.

To serve, put a spoonful of miso in your soup mug. (You can put more if you want. This is totally to taste.) Pour in a little bit of the soup.....just a little bit. You do this so that you can mix in the miso. Otherwise, you will have unmixed clumps of miso in your soup, and that is so not appetizing. Also, do not put boiling soup on the miso, or you will kill all the good stuff in there. Let it cool down a bit first. After that is well mixed, fill up the rest of your mug, and enjoy.

You can vary this, too. Once, I added leftover brown rice to mug, for a heartier soup. I've also made a more "oniony" soup, by using a ridiculous amount of onion. That one was good! You could add tofu and eat the kombu like they do in Japanese restaurants. Play with it! Have fun!

By the way, if you chose not to eat the kombu, and you have dogs, you can chop it up and add it to their food. It's super healthy for them, too! My dog, Elie, really likes it. Of course, I give them a little miso paste, too.