7 Delicious Recipes To Help Support Your Immune System
Stand up to cold season like a boss with these restorative and nutritious meals packed with immune-supporting vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. A lot of these foods are common flavor boosters like garlic, ginger, and mushrooms (along with a few wild cards like kimchee and miso), making eating your way to good health this winter easy, affordable, and tasty.
Lentil Dahl
Anti-inflammatory turmeric and ginger add both flavor and immunity action to this cozy lentil stew. The curcumin in turmeric may help fight certain viruses, and gingerol in ginger is a potent anti-inflammatory.
Miso Mushroom Ramen
This delicious miso mushroom ramen is the perfect meal when you're not feeling 100%. Mushrooms contain beta-glucan, which can lower your inflammatory response and kick your immune system into high gear. Miso is rich in probiotics, which contain friendly bacteria that can have a powerful impact on your immunity.
Braised Coconut Spinach + Chickpeas With Lemon
This coconut spinach and chickpeas dish offers a big hit of vitamin C from the dark leafy greens and lemon, plus tons of vitamin A from the sweet potato, along with garlic, ginger, and ghee, which may reduce inflammation due to its butyric acid content.
Grounding Winter Salad
Leafy greens like kale and in-season root vegetables pack fiber, vitamins, and minerals into this grounding winter salad. Plus, this salad comes with a meditation to keep you calm and grounded—and banishing stress is a key component of staying your healthiest.
Chicken Soup
Your grandma's advice about chicken soup is actually true. Gut-healing bone broth, garlic, and veggies make this soup a soothing meal for when you're feeling depleted. Research found that particular anti-inflammatory properties and amino acids in chicken soup can help reduce symptoms of respiratory infections.
Ginger Peanut Stew
Ginger and turmeric strike again with their anti-inflammatory and cold-preventing powers in this rich ginger peanut stew, while cilantro (or coriander) can help remove heavy metals from the body.
Kimchee Fried Rice
Fermented kimchee adds big flavor and a hearty dose of probiotics to this fried rice, which will send your gut (and by extension, your immune system) some serious love.