This Plant-Based ‘Immune Boost’ Soup Could Help Support Your Body’s Immune System
Filled with astragalus root, ginger, and other ingredients long associated with well-being, this soup may help you stay healthy
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This dish earns its title of ‘immune boost’ soup thanks to the inclusion of astragalus root, a plant long used in Mongolian traditional medicine practices, along with ginger, turmeric, and other ingredients associated with health and well-being. Obviously, even it can’t fully protect you from illness – you should absolutely follow medical advice on staying safe and not rely entirely on soup – but giving yourself a little natural boost to the immune system certainly can’t do any harm. Especially if it happens to taste good, too.
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Immune Boost Soup
Ingredients
5 cups water
1 Tbs. miso paste
1 cup shiitake mushrooms (sliced)
2 small yellow onions (minced)
1 cup celery (sliced)
1 cup carrots (sliced)
1 cup bell peppers (sliced)
1 Tbs. ginger (grated)
1 tsp. turmeric
¼ tsp. black pepper
3–4 dried slices of astragalus root
5 cloves garlic
1 Tbs. coconut oil
Preparation
- Heat water and miso paste in large pot, and allow paste to dissolve.
- Add mushrooms, onion, celery, carrots, peppers, ginger, turmeric, black pepper, and astragalus slices, and simmer 1 hour (or longer if needed).
- Add raw garlic and coconut oil for the final 10 minutes of simmering.
- Remove astragalus slices from soup before serving.
Nutrition Information
- Calories 50
- Carbohydrate Content 7 g
- Cholesterol Content 0 mg
- Fat Content 2 g
- Fiber Content 2 g
- Protein Content 1 g
- Saturated Fat Content 1.5 g
- Sodium Content 90 mg
- Sugar Content 3 g