Creamy Miso Soup from The Rawsome Vegan Cookbook
4.38 from 8 votes

Creamy Miso Soup with Baby Shiitake Mushrooms from The Rawsome Vegan Cookbook

One of the dishes I never got around to trying in my years as a raw food enthusiast was miso soup. I came across plenty of recipes, and they all looked appealing. But raw soups are delicate things: so few ingredients and so simple a preparation method (blend and serve), but if you happen to get one little bit of seasoning wrong, you may end up with a mess on your hands (case in point: a raw “cream of broccoli” soup I once made and then had the audacity to serve to my mom; it was totally overpowered with lemon and salt). I can now officially say that I have tried and loved raw miso soup, thanks to Emily Von Euw’s Creamy Miso Soup with Baby Shiitake Mushrooms and Sea Vegetables. Like all of Emily’s recipes, it is simple, intuitive, and absolutely beautiful to look at, and it’s one of my favorites from her new cookbook, the Rawsome Vegan Cookbook.

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If you’ve never checked out Emily’s blog, This Rawsome Vegan Life, I highly recommend taking a look. Emily is doing some wonderful things for uncooking. She’s a raw foods lover and culinary creative, and she shares a ton of raw recipes on her blog (especially scrumptious desserts). But she’s also very clear about the fact that she’s not strictly or purely raw, doesn’t follow a formula or percentage. And her new book combines both raw and lightly cooked meals to present a vision of raw food enthusiasm that is untainted by judgment or rules. The approach definitely speaks to me, and it reminds me a lot of where I was with raw foods before I chose to stop identifying with them formally.

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Emily has a fun, no-nonsense way of presenting her book and its mission: “This book is about finding happiness by eating plants.” She presents her recipes as part of a larger framework that includes health, the environment, and compassion (“being kind and compassionate to others makes me happy, so I eat plants”). But in the end, she’s mostly focused on offering up plant-based eating as a means of having fun and feeling good (“If you like delicious food, then you’re still gonna dig what’s in this cookbook. LET’S EAT SOME PLANTS.”). I’ve always liked Emily’s tone and approach: it’s honest, authentic, and passionate-yet-playful.

The Rawsome Vegan Cookbook features a generous roster of recipes, divided into raw and cooked sections. As always, Emily’s food is earthy, nourishing, simple, and so beautifully photographed. Most of the recipes serve 2 or 3 people, and you get the sense that you could whip them up with whatever plant ingredients you have in your fridge. Emily’s instructional style is simple and intuitive, and the book feels super user-friendly as a result. Some of my favorites among her raw offerings include the Quick Tomato Soup, Epic Portobello Yam Burgers, Spicy Noodle Bowl with Beet, Carrot, Zucchini + Sweet Tamarind Sauce, and Maki Rolls with Avocado, Carrot, Bell Pepper, and Cauliflower Rice.

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Cooked recipes I’ve bookmarked include the Tricolor Quinoa with Tahini, Steamed Beets, Carrots + Peas, Baked Potatoes with Golden Beets, Tahini Greens + White Navy Beans, Japanese Sweet Potatoes with Broccoli, Carrot-Turmeric Sauce + Pumpkin Seeds, and the “Freedom Falafel” with Lemon Pepper Spinach Salad. In truth, every single one of the recipes in this book appeals to me, which isn’t always the case with a book as generous and extensive as this one is.

Creamy Miso Soup with Baby Shiitake Mushrooms from The Rawsome Vegan Cookbook

There were so many recipes to choose from when I wrote this review, but I settled on one of Emily’s simpler creations. I think that her Creamy Miso Soup shows off her knack with a short ingredient list, her ability to make a few wholesome plant components come to life vibrantly. On a personal note, this recipe also reminded me how much I love raw soups–even if I’ve had some culinary disaster stories with them! They were one of the first raw recipes I really fell in love with, and making Emily’s Miso Soup definitely brought back a lot of happy memories of un-cookery. Beyond that, it’s delicious, and I don’t have a hard time believing Emily when she says (in her headnote) that she could barely keep herself from finishing the soup before she caught the photos of it.

4.38 from 8 votes

Creamy Miso Soup from The Rawsome Vegan Cookbook

Author - Gena Hamshaw
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Yields: 2 to 3 servings

Ingredients

Marinated Mushrooms:

  • 2 cups 118 g baby shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon gluten-free tamari
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Creamy Miso Soup:

  • 1/3 cup 31 g pine nuts
  • 2 tablespoons 20 g hulled hemp seeds
  • 2 tablespoons 20 g white sesame seeds
  • 2 tablespoons 28 g miso paste
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried dill
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon kelp granules
  • 2 cups 473 milliliters hot water

Garnish:

  • 2 sprigs fresh parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon dulse flakes
  • 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds

Instructions

  • To prepare the mushrooms: slice them thinly, then toss with the olive oil, tamari, and lemon juice. Let them sit somewhere warm for 30 minutes, so they can marinate.
  • To make the soup base: blend all the ingredients until smooth. If you want it super smooth, strain through a cheesecloth or a nut milk bag.
  • Scoop the mushrooms evenly into 2 bowls, then pour the soup over them and garnish with parsley, dulse flakes, and sesame seeds.

Creamy Miso Soup with Baby Shiitake Mushrooms from The Rawsome Vegan Cookbook

This is the kind of soup you can make again and again, each time marveling at a new tiny detail, like the thought to add ginger or dill. It’s so good, and it’s a perfect compliment or starter to any meal.

If you’d like to explore more of Emily’s wonderful, wholesome recipes, then here’s your chance. I’m giving away a copy of The Rawsome Vegan Cookbook to a lucky US or Canadian winner, thanks to Emily and her generous publisher Page Street. Enter below to win! The giveaway will run for two weeks.

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On that note, friends, it’s time for me to wish you all a joyous, peaceful, and happy start to a new year. Thank you so much for being here in 2015. And if you’re online tomorrow, I have a post coming up about going vegan, and when the process starts to feel intuitive–something that may be helpful to those of you who are making a transition to plant-based diet this coming year. Looking forward, and sending all readers much love.

xo

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Categories: Recipes, Soups
Method: Blender
Ingredients: Mushrooms
Dietary Preferences: Gluten Free, Soy Free, Vegan
Recipe Features: 30 Minute or Less, Quick & Easy

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    57 Comments
  1. Where do you find, or how can you make, RAW MISO? True miso is not raw. It consists of cooked beans fermented with koji.

    • Hi Lenore,

      Unfortunately I made this recipe years ago and don’t remember. I use Miso master now, but it may not be raw. Sorry not to be more helpful!

      G

  2. Those raw maki rolls sound bomb <3 great giveaway… and to the person who wants to master a collard wrap, I would also like to do that!

  3. I’ve been experimenting a bit more with raw food these days, which is weird cause its winter…..One recipe I’ve been looking foward to trying is raw sushi. But I look forward to eating this soup too 🙂

  4. I’ve never made a truly raw soup before, and I didn’t realize that something like miso soup could be made raw. This looks really easy and delicious, so hopefully this can be my foray into raw soups.

  5. I’ve been raw for 2 years now and have yet t try a raw soup! id love to share this book with my newly vegan mother<3

  6. I would love to try a raw version of most soups and even a lasagna! I am eager to try this recipe 🙂

  7. I would love to try a raw lasagna, but I would also love to create a fabulous raw kelp salad that I had at a restaurant with a raw basil alfredo sauce.

  8. I’ve never actually made a raw soup before. It sounds intriguing and I should try.

  9. I would like to try more raw soups, and definitely a raw lasagna. I’ve been seeing loads of recipes for raw lasagna but still haven’t tried it, so thanks for inspiring me to do so! And thanks also for this giveaway. Happy new year to you.

  10. Thanks for the recipe and giveaway! I’m going to try to cook more nutritious, meatless meal this year (rather than relying on bagels on cereals), so I’m hoping to try many new things this year!

  11. I’d like to try more raw soups. The only one I’ve ever made or eaten is gazpacho

  12. More savory raw foods…all of the raw food I eat tends to be on the sweeter side lol

  13. I used to focus on raw foods a lot as well, but have since opened my world back up to cooked recipes. However I do still enjoy playing around the raw recipes such as crackers and desserts.

  14. I love salads but NEVER make them, so I’d like to learn to make more tasty salads in the new year.

  15. I love her blog and can’t wait to check out her book. Thanks for the preview, Gena!

  16. I love Emily’s approach to food! Smart, simple, fun. Her blog was one of the first vegan blogs I found and followed regularly. This soup looks yummy!

  17. 5 stars
    Wow, seems like a great book to win and keep healthy!!!! Good luck to me!!! Thank you!

  18. The miso soup seems an easy beginner recipe. I’m going to try it and start off a new year right

  19. I don’t eat a ton of raw foods, so just incorporating more raw salads, even with cooked components, is a focus of mine!

  20. I could definitely stand to incorporate more raw meals into my diet — I’d start with soups like this one!

  21. Just discovered your web page. It’s a like for me. Looking forward to exploring.

  22. I used Emily’s dessert cookbook as a gift for some of the foodies in my life, and would love to get my hands on this newest entry. And as always, bonus points for Canadian content!

  23. The White Navy Beans, Japanese Sweet Potatoes with Broccoli, Carrot-Turmeric Sauce sounds great!

  24. I don’t tend to make raw dishes much, but those “epic yamburgers” pictured in your post look so good that I might have to try them 🙂

  25. Emily`s new cookbook looks absolutely beautiful! I would find it difficult to choose what to make first!

    • I too would love to make the miso soup! So simple and nourishing in these chilly winter evenings.

  26. I would LOVE to try making this raw miso soup in the new year!! Along with that amazing portobello sandwich picture – holy yum!

  27. Soups are my go to emergency meal/snack in these chilly months. Would love to try some raw versions.