Basic Miso Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 teaspoons wakame seaweed or 1 teaspoon wakame seaweed, flakes
4 cups water
1/2 cup onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup carrot, diced
1 1/2 tablespoons mugi miso (OR 1 1/2 Tbsp plus 1/2 tsp Hacho, Genmai or Shiro Miso)
3 tablespoons green onions, finely sliced

Preparation

Rinse wakame; soak in cold water to cover for 5 minutes and dice, or if using flakes, add directly.
Bring water to a boil. Add onions and wakame; simmer 3 minutes.
Add the carrots and simmer 5 more minutes; reduce heat to very low.
Add miso and simmer 2 minutes (do not boil after adding miso). Garnish with green onions.
Optional Ingredients: fresh or dried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, leafy greens, daikon, lotus root, leeks, round or root vegetables, cooked noodles or grains.