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Today, however, we have been lying around nursing the colds that kept us home last night and nothing sounded better than hot, brothy soup. The following recipe for Wild Mushroom Miso is so easy, you’ll probably be able to manage pulling your-self out of bed to make it on your next sick day, or, you can whip it up any old night when your head doesn’t feel like a balloon and you’ll enjoy it even more. The most important part of the recipe is the broth created from soaking the mushrooms in water to re-hydrate them, so remember not to throw it out when you drain the mushrooms. The broth is just as flavorful and savory as the mushrooms themselves.
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Wild Mushroom Miso
¾ cup Dried Wild Mushrooms
3 cups Water
1 Vegetable Bouillon cube
1 – 1 ½ Tbsp Organic White Miso*
¼ carton Organic Firm Silken Tofu, cubed*
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Pour boiling water over dried mushrooms in a bowl, using a second bowl inside to weigh down the mushrooms and keep them submerged.
Soak mushrooms for 10 minutes, then remove them from the water.
Chop hydrated mushrooms into smaller pieces, if necessary.
Add the water used to soak the mushrooms with 2 additional cups of water and the vegetable bouillon cube to a soup pot.
Bring broth to a boil.
Add mushrooms and tofu and reduce heat to low.
Transfer one ladle of broth to a bowl and stir in miso until dissolved.
Return broth to soup pot.
Simmer for an additional 5 minutes, until tofu is heated through and soup is steaming hot.
This recipe will make enough for 4 small bowls of soup, but my husband and I just ate all of it between the two of us. We served it with hot white tea, which was a perfect pair.
*Several very toxic pesticides are used to grow conventional soybeans, so be sure to use organic tofu and miso.
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Dani
I love miso! And I bet its even better with wild mushrooms. I'll have to try this. I'm on a cleanse right now, and I'm supposed to have all the miso I want!
ReplyDeleteHey there! You asked about dealing with my cleanse and cooking with the boyfriend. Well, my boyfriend eats meat...yep, I know it's stupid. But he does. I've been trying to change him for over 5 years now, and he's just getting where he'll eat raw veggies too. So baby steps. We cook separate meals and rarely eat together...except on special vegan spaghetti nights (he actually prefers his spaghetti meatless!).
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