Soups That Help Improve Your Immunity

During the fall and winter months, you may find yourself reaching for soups, stews, and 
chilis to help keep the chill at bay. These are great to help fill you up, keep off the chill, 
and help you maintain a diet routine. If that is all you are using soups for, you may be 
missing out on one of the biggest benefits they can bring; a boost your immune system. 
Here are a few of the soups that can help in that regard and how to make them.

Vietnamese Pho

You may have heard of pho soup on cooking shows or seen it on a menu at a local 
Asian restaurant. What you may not know is that this soup is not only easy to make, but 
it is also an immune boosting superfood filled soup. To make this soup you will need 
rice noodles, chicken stock, boneless chicken breasts, mint, coriander, basil, bean 
sprouts, red chilies, shallots, lime, and fish sauce. There are several variations to this, 
but those are the basics. This soup should be made and eaten to order rather than 
made ahead.

Garlic and Tomato

If you want to get the power of superfoods behind your fight to boost your immunity 
system, then there is no better option than a garlic and tomato soup. It can be made 
with very few ingredients and can also be purchased at most restaurants. Both the 
garlic and tomato are superfoods that can deliver a powerful number of vitamins and 
nutrients. They can also help boost your immune system to help fight illness. You can 
make the soup ahead and freeze it or use it as part of your meal routine for the week. 

Portobello Soup

Mushroom soups are not unheard of, but if you want to step up a typical mushroom 
soup into something that can pack in Vitamin D and help your immune system to 
kickstart, then a portobello soup is ideal. The soup is fairly easy to make. Use steamed 
portobello chunks and combine them with a heavy cream and milk. You can leave the 
soup chunky or you can puree with an immersion blender for a creamy texture. 

You can rotate these soups out and into your weekly meal plans and routines.  To make 
any of these soups a more vegetarian friendly option, either simply remove the meat or 
make the appropriate changes such as a vegetable broth instead of bone. 
