Breakfast Vegetable-Miso Soup with Chickpeas

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Servings:
4
Yield:
Makes 4 1/2 cups

Soup for breakfast? This one is packed with nutrition for a warm, savory start to the day.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon olive oil

  • ½ yellow onion, chopped

  • 2 garlic cloves, minced

  • 2 celery stalks, diced

  • 2 carrots, peeled and diced

  • 1 cup chopped broccoli

  • 1 cup cooked chickpeas

  • 2 tablespoons white miso

  • Coarse salt

Directions

  1. Heat olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Cook onion, garlic, celery, and carrots until tender, 6 to 8 minutes.

  2. Stir in broccoli and chickpeas; cook about 2 minutes.

  3. Add 4 cups water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Dissolve miso in 2 tablespoons cool water and stir into soup. Season with salt.

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    Bryan Gardner
Originally appeared: Whole Living, January/February 2012

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