Basic Miso Soup

Ingredients

 * 3 teaspoons wakame seaweed or 1 teaspoon wakame seaweed flakes
 * 4 cups water
 * ½ cup onions, thinly sliced
 * ½ cup carrots, diced
 * 1½ tablespoons mugi miso (or 1½ tbsp + ½ tsp hacho, genmai or shiro miso)
 * 3 tablespoons green onions, finely sliced
 * Optional ingredients:
 * fresh or dried tofu
 * shiitake mushrooms
 * leafy greens
 * daikon
 * lotus root
 * leeks
 * round or root vegetables
 * cooked noodles or grains

Directions

 * 1) Rinse wakame; soak in cold water to cover for 5 minutes and dice, or if using flakes, add directly.
 * 2) Bring water to a boil.
 * 3) Add onions and wakame; simmer 3 minutes.
 * 4) Add the carrots and simmer 5 more minutes; reduce heat to very low.
 * 5) Add miso and simmer 2 minutes (do not boil after adding miso).
 * 6) Garnish with green onions.