Single Serve has a chapter on pantry essentials. Keeping a stock of non-perishable ingredients minimizes shopping for the meals you want to cook, saves time and money.

If you stock the following ingredients  this soup can be put together in a few minutes for a light meal or snack whenever you want one.

I have another recipe for miso soup in Single Serve (pictured) that includes a few more ingredients and makes more of a meal.

 

• 1 tbsp. dark miso paste

• ½ tbsp. soy sauce

• 2 cups of water

• 1 tbsp. dried seaweed

• A handful of vacuum-packed Asian noodles

 

Mix the miso paste with soy sauce in a small saucepan over a low heat for about a minute.

Add the water a little at a time, stirring it into the paste to form a smooth mixture.

Rinse the noodles under hot water, squeeze them so they separate, then add them to the pot.

Add the seaweed and cook for one minute then serve.