Immune Booster Soup
This soup includes the whole array of immune booster vegetables: leafy greens or cruciferous (broccoli, parsley), mushrooms, veggies from the allium family (garlic, scallions), root veggies (carrot, ginger), sea veggies (kombu) and healthy fats (sesame seeds). The soup can also be supplemented with legumes (or whole grains if tolerated).
Ingredients
- 2 TBSP chopped ginger
- 2 TBSP chopped garlic
- 2 TBSP scallions green onions
- 2 TBSP parsley
- 5 shiitake mushrooms
- 1 large carrot
- 1 cup broccoli
- 4 cups vegetable stock
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- Pinch ground black pepper
- 1 TBSP sesame seeds
- 1 inch of Kombu seaweed
- 1 cup OPTIONAL: Include legumes, whole grains or/and sweet vegetable
Instructions
- Bring all ingredients but the broccoli and parsley to a boil and simmer, ideally for 90 min. Add the broccoli and simmer another 10 min. Serve sprinkled with parsley. You can eat or remove the kombu seaweed. It will deliver iodine and a lot of minerals to your soup.