Miso essentially is a mixture os a broth base (Dashi) and Miso Paste with various additons such as Spring Onions, Tofu or Seaweed you can also have a Miso based soup with some light noodles in it to make it a little more filling. Miso is a comforting soup but not too heavy or thick (I have a textural problem with very grainy soups) The ones we had in Korea my 5 year old loved. The reseraunt we went to had a great set up where you essentially created your own Miso Soup of choice. I wish I had had the presence of mind to take a photo. It would be fabulous to do at a dinner party or event where you wanted to give your guests choice. There were three pots of soup to choose from, one was a fish broth, one was a sea vegetable (seaweed) broth and the last was a light pale garlic broth. You chose your broth and served yourself into your soup bowl, then you added your choices of fillings. There were little dishes of different things you could add, chopped spring onions, enoki mushrooms, diced tofu, chilli flakes, a spicy soy mixture, udon noodles, or long thin rice noodles, and an array of spices and things that I was unsure of what they were. We dined tere several times and I got to try and cerate a variety of soups - it really gave me lots of ideas for healthy but delicious soups.
Whilst I have not got around to making one from fresh yet I have found an instant vegan version it is a white miso soup with tofu and spring onions. I had it for lunch today and it was surprisingly good. Not as good as the delicious homemade soups I had in Korea. Having road tested this instant one I think I'd rather not give it to my little one as it is a little too salty for her palette but once I make my own I'll endeavour to make it less salty and I'm sure she will lap it up. But give me a week or two and I'll be trying out some of the Miso ingredients I have found online and making my own, that is if the delivery man can brave the snow!
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