Miso Stew

Ingredients

• 1 scallion
• 1 1-inch piece kombu
• ½ teaspoon dulse flakes
• 1 teaspoon tamari (wheat-free sauce from refined soy)
• 1 cup bok choy or Napa cabbage
• 3 tablespoons white miso (also called shiro miso; not sweet, preferably white rice and soy miso)
• 5 fresh shiitake mushrooms
• + 8 more ingredients
• • ½ pound firm tofu
  • 2 tablespoons arame
  • 4 ½ cups water (preferably filtered)
  • ¹/₃ cup quinoa
  • ½ medium onion
  • 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • ½ carrot

Soak arame in 1 cup filtered water in a small bowl and set aside. Wash quinoa in 3 changes of cold water in a bowl, draining quinoa in a sieve each time, then put quinoa in a 2- to 3-quart saucepan with kombu and 1 cup filtered water. Simmer, uncovered, until quinoa is just tender, about 20 minut...

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