Noodles and Broth with Fried Tempeh - Christina Cooks

Ingredients

• Soba Broth (Dashi)
• 3 cups Spring or filtered water
• Organic soy sauce
• Small piece kombu
• 2-3 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked until soft, stems removed
• Small hand Fresh ginger
• Vegetables
• 1 red onion, sliced in thin rings
• 1 carrot, thin oblong slices
• ½ small sweet potato, thin oblong slices; do not peel
• 3-4 cremini mushrooms, brushed free of dirt, halved
• 1 small stalk broccoli, small florets
• 8 ounces package soba noodles
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Balsamic vinegar
• 4 ounces, tempeh, sliced in half lengthwise, thin slices
• Fresh scallions, thinly sliced on the diagonal, for garnish