Beet Soup | Clean Plates

Ingredients

• 8 medium purple beets (1 lb), peeled and cut into chunks
• 4 1/2 cups kelp stock or vegetable stock
• 1 cup (3 1/2 oz) 1-inch thick sliced white part of leek or yellow onion, sliced into chunks
• 1 tablespoon olive oil or canola oil (preferably organic, non-GMO)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons medium-aged, light brown miso (Miso Master Mellow Sweet Miso is recommended)
• 1/2 teaspoon Japanese or Colman’s mustard powder
• 1 tablespoon finely julienned parsley
• Rice vinegar
• Sea salt (Maldon works well for finishing)
• Sugar (Clean Plates better-for-you recommendation: coconut palm sugar)