Asian Vegetable Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 5 cups vegetable stock
• 1 onions, thinly sliced or 2 scallions, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon gingerroot, Minced
• 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 stalks bok choy (diagonally sliced, also shred leaves)
• 1 sweet red pepper, julienned
• 1 cup broccoli floret
• 1 carrot, shredded
• 1 cup mushroom, Sliced
• 1/2 cup peas
• 2 ounces buckwheat noodles (1/2 cup)
• 1/2 lb firm tofu, cut in 1/2-inch cubes
• 1/4 cup watercress leaf
• pea pods, blanched (optional)
• 1 slice scallion, thinly sliced
• celery leaves
• toasted sesame seeds
• lettuce or watercress leaf, finely chopped