Simple Miso Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 vegetable stock cube
• 4 shiitake mushrooms
• 1 carrot, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup spinach, shredded
• 300 ml vegetable stock
• 4 tablespoons miso
• tofu, cut into cubes

Recipe

• 1 in a soup pot boil 250ml of water with 1 vegetable stock cube, once it comes to a boil turn down to simmer.
• 2 add the sliced carrots and mushrooms and simmer lightly for a few minutes.
• 3 add the spinach and continue to simmer until they're barely tender.
• 4 in a separate bowl, mix the miso paste with about 250ml of the soup stock, until it's smooth with no lumps.
• 5 add the miso mixture and the tofu cubes to the pot.
• 6 heat gently and take care not to boil -or the miso will lose some of its flavour.