Mushroom and Squash Vegetable Soup 2023

Taking care of sinus infections requires a lot of rest, fluids, and time. However, eating vegetable soup always makes me feel better. It temporarily opens my nasal passages as I consume my soup. There are a variety of ways to make vegetable soup, but my favorite broth is a combination of spices such as curry and turmeric. In recent studies, turmeric is beneficial for your kidneys as well as the respiratory system.

Also, it can be helpful for allergies and other conditions. It is recommended to use turmeric with ginger or with cayenne pepper. However, each spice makes a delicious element to any vegetable soup. Yet, any combination of spices is beneficial for the immune system and other systems in the body. Here is a recipe for National Nutrition Month, especially during rainy days. 

Ingredients: 

One or two yellow squashes 

One or two Zucchini 

One box of whole Bella mushrooms 

Five or seven carrots 

Three or five petite potatoes

One or two yucca roots

Cabbage

Cilantro bunch 

One or two lemons

Radishes

One and a half onions (optional)

Spices: 

Chicken bouillon (optional)

Turmeric 

Ginger

Salt (optional)

Curry

Dry Rosemary leaves

Dill seeds

Water

Preparation and Cooking Time: 

Wash, peel, and slice the carrots, potatoes, and yucca root. In one pot add the sliced carrots, potatoes, and cilantro leaves. In another small pot with water add the sliced yucca root. Then, wash and chop the cabbage. Add the cabbage leaves to the big pot with the vegetables.

Wash and slice the yellow squash and the zucchini. Add the squash and the zucchini slices inside the big pot of vegetables.  After that wash and slice the mushrooms and add them to the vegetables in the big pot. Then add water and cook the vegetables until they are soft. Add the chicken bouillon, and spices, and stir the vegetables with the water.  

The chicken bouillon is optional, but you can add salt. But you can eliminate the salt in this recipe depending on your taste preference. Continue adding water to both pots. Peel and slice onions. Wash and slice radishes and lemons. After that turn off the stove and serve the vegetable soup.  

Add the yucca root to the rest of the vegetable soup bowls. Place the radishes and lemon slices on the side. Put onion slices inside the soup to give it a surprise flavor. However, the raw onion slices are optional. This vegetable soup serves two or four people.

Although this vegetable soup will not get rid of your sinus infection, it is a comforting soup to eat. This soup might take two hours to make but your family will love consuming this soup. You can add toasted bread with butter or saltine crackers if you want to eat it with this vegetable soup. Additionally, you can make half of a sandwich to serve on the side with the vegetable soup. No matter how you eat this vegetable soup, you can enjoy the flavors and the aroma of the vegetables. 

More information about the benefits of Turmeric:

Turmeric Benefits-Johns Hopkins Medicine:

Turmeric Benefits | Johns Hopkins Medicine

Turmeric-NCCIH-NIH Gov:

Turmeric | NCCIH (nih.gov)

 

 

 

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