Veggie Pho (Vietnamese Noodle Soup)

Ingredients

• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 anise star
• 1 yellow onion large, peeled and chopped
• 2 green onions chopped
• 2 large garlic cloves minced
• 2 inches fresh ginger piece of, peeled and roughly chopped
• 4 carrots peeled and roughly chopped
• 4 cups vegetable stock
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce or gluten-free tamari
• 1/2 pound rice noodles dried, flat
• 1 1/2 cups broccoli chopped
• 1 head baby bok choy chopped
• 1/4 cup snow peas
• chicken optional
• tofu optional
• pepper flakes sprinkle of red chile, to garnish, optional