There is nothing better than a big bowl of hot soup on a cold day. Soups are full of nutrition which will help boost your immune system over the winter months. Hot soup in a flask for school lunches for the kids or yourself is a great way to protect the family from all those colds and flu bugs by boosting your immunity with nutritional support.
The base for most soups is onions and garlic. Not only do they add beautiful flavours to your soup but these two remarkable related plants have the ability to kill bacteria, fungi and viruses.
Garlic contains a compound called allin which when you crush or chew changes to allicin. . Allicin is the strong sulphur smell and taste that you experience when eating garlic and the main active ingredient that has medicinal benefits and can help you fight the common cold or flu.
Onions contain high levels of polyphenols which have numerous health benefits, but in relations to boosting your immunity they provide prebiotic to feed and increase the good bacteria in your gut. Gut bacteria helps with digestion and absorptions of the nutrients in your food which ultimately supports your immunity.
Check out these websites for some soup meal inspirations
http://wellnourished.com.au/category/healthy-soup-recipes/
Favourites - Immune Boosting Broth
http://chelseawinter.co.nz/category/recipes/soup-recipes
Favourites - Thai Pumpkin Soup or Mean Green Vegetable Soup
https://shop.countdown.co.nz/shop/RecipeCategory/38?name=soups
Favourites - Carrot Soup with Feta & Quinoa or Chickpea & Lentil Soup
Adding thick crusty sourdough bread as a side, to dip into your delicious soup will help satisfy your hunger. Sourdough bread begins with a starter containing natural yeasts. The yeast creates the enzymes needed to predigest the grains in the bread which can help prevent that bloated feeling you may get after eating other breads. The longer soaking and rising times helps break down the proteins (gluten) and makes it easier to digest.
Topping the bread with hummus, pestos or olive oil and crushed garlic will give you an extra tasty nutritional hit of garlic with your soup or, as a snack on its own.
Enjoy!
The base for most soups is onions and garlic. Not only do they add beautiful flavours to your soup but these two remarkable related plants have the ability to kill bacteria, fungi and viruses.
Garlic contains a compound called allin which when you crush or chew changes to allicin. . Allicin is the strong sulphur smell and taste that you experience when eating garlic and the main active ingredient that has medicinal benefits and can help you fight the common cold or flu.
Onions contain high levels of polyphenols which have numerous health benefits, but in relations to boosting your immunity they provide prebiotic to feed and increase the good bacteria in your gut. Gut bacteria helps with digestion and absorptions of the nutrients in your food which ultimately supports your immunity.
Check out these websites for some soup meal inspirations
http://wellnourished.com.au/category/healthy-soup-recipes/
Favourites - Immune Boosting Broth
http://chelseawinter.co.nz/category/recipes/soup-recipes
Favourites - Thai Pumpkin Soup or Mean Green Vegetable Soup
https://shop.countdown.co.nz/shop/RecipeCategory/38?name=soups
Favourites - Carrot Soup with Feta & Quinoa or Chickpea & Lentil Soup
Adding thick crusty sourdough bread as a side, to dip into your delicious soup will help satisfy your hunger. Sourdough bread begins with a starter containing natural yeasts. The yeast creates the enzymes needed to predigest the grains in the bread which can help prevent that bloated feeling you may get after eating other breads. The longer soaking and rising times helps break down the proteins (gluten) and makes it easier to digest.
Topping the bread with hummus, pestos or olive oil and crushed garlic will give you an extra tasty nutritional hit of garlic with your soup or, as a snack on its own.
Enjoy!
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