Immunity Soup

By Gigi-licious

Food is medicine and here's a recipe for a immune building soup that is also comforting on sick days.

Ingredients

• 8 cups water
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 bulb garlic (at least 10 cloves), minced
• One 1 1⁄2 inch piece of fresh ginger root grated
• 1 1⁄2 cups lightly salted vegetable soup stock
• 2 cups fresh, sliced shiitake mushrooms
• Miso

Preparation

Step 1

Bring water to boil in large soup pot. Heat olive oil, saute garlic, onions, and ginger until soft then add these to the boiling water. Add broth and shiitake mushrooms and lower heat to simmer for two hours. Remove from heat, allow to sit for two more hours. And once it’s time to enjoy your soup add a tablespoon of miso and mix in (but don’t heat the miso on the stove top or you’ll lose some of the nutrients that is in miso).