{"id":151611,"date":"2016-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracious-khorana.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/localmex12016x109x1expecting-eats-spicy-soba-miso-soup-htmlx1\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T11:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T11:29:45","slug":"expecting-eats-spicy-soba-miso-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/2016\/09\/expecting-eats-spicy-soba-miso-soup.html","title":{"rendered":"expecting eats | spicy soba + miso soup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is the last of my Expecting Eats series written while I was expecting as we had the baby! But considering the postpartum nutritional needs of recovering & breastfeeding women, this is still on my menu (and has been for years). At the beginning of my pregnancy, I developed a recurring craving for this soba miso soup with plenty of spicy kick, shiitakes, and seasonal greens. My roots may be Southern American, but my pantry has a strong Japanese influence: kombu for dashi sits next to my sorghum and sticky rice keeps company with the grits.<\/p>\n

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For this quick, simple\u00a0soup I keep it vegetarian and make my base broth with kombu, ginger, and garlic, and then I whisk in virtually my entire pantry: miso, mirin, sake, shoyu, sesame oil, ponzu, and chili paste along with the veggies, a bit of silky tofu if I\u2019m in the mood, and lastly, a soft-boiled local egg, & a big swirl of soba noodles<\/a>. I top it with a sprinkling of homemade togarashi powder (otherwise known as shichimi, it\u2019s a spicy blend of sancho pepper, orange peel, sesame seed, nori, chili, and ginger) or just sesame seeds, chili flakes, & a bit of crumbled nori if I\u2019m out of the former.<\/p>\n

Finally, I slurp it (one must slurp noodles) down with a glass of milk to balance the spice (fact: the casein in milk binds to capsaicin oil and washes it down\u2026hence milks \u201ccooling effect\u201d when eating spicy foods<\/a>). As it turns out, that craving was an intuitively balanced meal both on the palette and nutritionally. Milk brought much needed vitamin D and calcium to the table while the buckwheat noodles brought protein & iron along with a slew of essential minerals. Not to mention the benefits of the probiotics in the miso and the obvious good of dark, leafy greens. It was a win all around. I wish I could say the same of some of my other pregnancy cravings\u2026<\/p>\n

Life with the baby is a blur.\u00a0There\u2019s so much to do, and I can no longer tell what I have to do from what I want to do. I, for better or worse, don\u2019t have much of a say in the matter. For now, I\u2019ll enjoy the stolen\u00a0quiet of making soup, and continue in my efforts to reimagine my former life on this side of parenthood. Baby steps for both her\u00a0& me.<\/p>\n

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