I'm feeling poorly, got a virus, and wonder what to eat/drink? Can't have chicken soup, so what would people recommend?
Anne
I'm feeling poorly, got a virus, and wonder what to eat/drink? Can't have chicken soup, so what would people recommend?
Anne
vegetable soup! cabbages and their ilk have been used for centuries to cure colds. oh, and plenty of water!
Miso soup is quite good and has the advantage of being available from a packet Garlic and ginger broth, if you can be bothered to make it, is thought by some people to be lethal to bugs, but can also have a rather drastic effect on the innards I find.
Hope you feel better soon, anyway.
Lentil soup
When I'm feeling poorly I like chunky veg soups. Lots of vitamins and minerals and little spice to upset my fragile constitution.
I have a vegetable broth soup; nice and salty, and I add alphabet style pasta pieces, and some tiny chunks of TVP and I let it simmer for a while until everything in the soup is tender.
It's kinda like "chicken" soup. Salty, water, simple carbs and some protein. I think it even tastes better than what I remember Campbell's chicken soup to taste.
context is everything
I had instant miso soup - I had it handy, and it was easier than making soup from scratch. Tomorrow, I think I will combine some ideas you have give me - a vegetable broth - with some pasta and TVP garlic and cabbage and a bit of chilli rather than ginger - I think spicy food is good when I need a boost.
yay. good old cabbage.
Yes, I was going to say miso as well. Like yogurt, sauerkraut, tempeh, pickled veg, etc - miso has active bacterial culture which will promote growth of good bacteria in the body, which might make you heal more easily? Plus I think it just tastes nice as an cruelty-free alternative to chicken noodle.
May just be me.....but I love mashed sweet potatoes when I am sick. That with a lot of tea.
mmmmmmm...cupcakes
I get vegan 'chicken' soup at Henry's market place. I think it's an Amy's brand soup. It's really tasty. If you can't find that, then I would go with miso.
Ah! I did this yesterday only after a friend's mom cooked up a huge-ass batch of chicken noodle soup and offered it to me (knowing I'm vegan) saying, "you can have some, it's good... i won't tell anyone... you can pick the chicken out... its good!"
Anyway, I made lentil stew that was super good:
- low salt veggie stock
- water
- can of lentils
- spinach
- tomato
- spiral ww flax noodles
- stalk of celery
It was good and just about all I could eat with this cold.
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” ~ Alcott
you can get instant 'chicken' noodles from supermarkets if you like. they're so cheap they don't usually put any chicken in them! i really like the curry flavour noodles you get from Aldi, they're in my animal free shopper guide, so it's all good
I like a cup of boullion
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