Ultimate Immune-Boosting Vegetable Soup
This powerhouse tops our list for good reason. Packed full of vitamins and minerals from delicious ingredients like turmeric, kale and bok choy in a mushroom vegetable broth, this soup contains ergothioneine, a powerful antioxidant that helps eliminate free radicals. The mushroom broth forms the backbone, requiring just over an hour of simmering to extract all those healing compounds.
Coconut oil adds two important antiviral compounds, lauric acid and caprylic acid, which together help ward off bacterial and viral infections. What makes this soup particularly brilliant is its storage potential – it will last in the freezer for up to 3 months, making it your go-to remedy whenever illness strikes.
Detox Immune-Boosting Chicken Soup
This soup is the perfect remedy for cold and flu season, filled with tons of nutrients, minerals and antioxidants that boost your immunity and keep you warm and cozy all winter long. The nutrition facts tell the whole story: 265 calories per serving with 20.4g protein, 4.1g fiber, and only 712.8mg sodium.
Ten garlic cloves might sound like overkill, but garlic is such a powerful antioxidant that strengthens immune function. Chickpeas add extra protein while kale packs in antioxidants, vitamin C and other nutrients good for your health. The beauty of this recipe lies in its simplicity – everything goes into one pot for maximum flavor fusion.
Thai Tom Kha Gai
This creamy coconut marvel deserves serious recognition in immune-boosting circles. Because of its nutritional density and unique spice combination, Tom Kha soup keeps our immune system very strong with ginger, garlic, shiitake mushrooms, and lemongrass supporting immunity.
Made with real bone broth and coconut milk, Tom Kha Gai is surprisingly nutrient-dense and filling for being such a creamy, flavorful, savory soup. Bone broths are rich in the minerals of the bones, cartilage, and marrow, with gelatin that aids digestion and acts as protein sparer. The coconut milk brings medium-chain fatty acids that actually boost your metabolism while you heal.
Red Lentil Sweet Potato Immunity Soup
This immunity-boosting soup made with red lentils, sweet potatoes, and chickpeas actually contains ingredients that can help your body fight off illness by boosting your immune system. The combination creates a perfect storm of nutrients that work together beautifully.
Ginger provides anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, while garlic offers antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal effects, with turmeric adding its famous anti-inflammatory properties. Red lentils give this dish lots of protein and fiber while creating a hearty base, with chickpeas and sweet potatoes providing slow-burning carbohydrates to keep you energized all day long.
Green Goddess Immune-Boosting Soup
Don’t let the green color fool you into thinking this tastes like lawn clippings. This Green Goddess Soup defies all expectations of what green soups typically are – it doesn’t taste like pureed grass and it’s actually delicious.
Packed with immunity-boosting vegetables, this verdant soup is just what you need to fight off winter blues. The calorie count is surprisingly reasonable too – without olive oil it works out to under 100 calories, with olive oil only 114 calories, making it perfect for those watching their waistline while boosting immunity.
Healing Turmeric Ginger Lentil Soup
This warming bowl deserves major props for its healing potential. Lots of garlic provides rich flavor and healing properties, with allicin boosted by letting minced garlic sit for 10 minutes, while turmeric and ginger have been famed for their powerful medicinal properties for centuries.
Red lentils provide body and plant protein, softening up nicely in the soup. This nutrient-rich soup packed with vitamins and antioxidants will last up to five days in the fridge and three months in the freezer. Perfect for meal prep warriors who want healing food ready at a moment’s notice.
Immune-Boosting Miso Soup
Packed with vegetables and anti-inflammatory, immune-boosting ingredients, this soup is the cure for frigid temperatures and the runny nose that comes with it. Miso paste brings serious fermented food benefits to the immune system table.
The broth is loaded with fresh ginger and garlic which give it rich taste but are also great anti-inflammatory foods that are natural cold remedies, finished with nutrient rich spinach and oyster mushrooms plus chili paste for that extra, sinus-clearing kick. This soup kicks the crap out of ordinary chicken noodle soup, and honestly, we couldn’t agree more.
Traditional Chicken Noodle Soup with Immune Boosters
Sometimes you need comfort food that actually works. This immune boosting chicken noodle soup is good for the soul, with special ingredients such as kale, turmeric, ginger and garlic that are rich in vitamins and anti-inflammatory properties.
Soup is also a great way to boost your hydration levels when you’re feeling rundown. The traditional base gets supercharged with immune-boosting additions that don’t compromise the comfort factor. Plus, there’s something deeply satisfying about slurping noodles when you’re under the weather.
Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Immune Soup
This satisfying, delicious, immune-boosting soup is so simple to make and packed with ingredients like garlic, ginger, turmeric, and mushrooms – superfoods known for their antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties, making them essential during cold and flu season.
One of the best things about this chicken and rice soup is how adaptable it is, easily adjusted based on your family’s preferences or what you have on hand, perfect for batch cooking and meal prepping. Storing 2-cup servings in the freezer is one of the favorite ways to plan for family members getting sick.
