Help Boost Your Immune System

Five Tasty Ideas to help boost your immune system, so you can fight off getting sick this year

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It's the time of year when everyone is coming down with something, and I want to avoid catching it at all costs.

While making sure you are getting enough sleep and moving your body regularly (whatever that means to you) is really important, so is what you put in your body!

Here are my five favorite foods & beverages to help boost your immune system:

Probiotics

I love eating/drinking my probiotics. It's easy (and tasty) to get them from yogurt, kombucha, fermented beverages and fermented veggies.

My favorite probiotic filled recipes:

Apple Cinnamon Ginger Kombucha
Cranberry Orange Kombucha
Ginger Berryade Kombucha
How to Make Kombucha
Tropical Green Smoothie
Almond Berry Overnight Oats
Yogurt and Blueberry Crepes
Pumpkin Yogurt
Kimchi

Chicken Soup

Chicken soup really is good for your soul and your body. This Chicken and Rice Soup is great to keep in the freezer in case you do come down with a case of the sniffles, but you can always grab a can of soup for the moments you just can't bear to make it to the kitchen.

Try some of these soothing soup recipe:

Chicken and Rice Soup
Chicken Broth
Vegetable Broth
Bone Broth
Lemon Chickpea and Rice Soup
Jalapeño Chicken and Potato Soup
Chicken Hash

Veggies

Despite their lack of color, white veggies are top notch immune system boosters.

Garlic, cauliflower, and mushrooms all have their benefits in fighting those nasty things in your body that lead you to getting sick

Garlic:
Slow Cooker Jalapeño Garlic Boiled Peanuts
Garlicky Caramelized Onion Pasta
Roasted Garlic Hummus
Roasted Garlic
Rosemary and Garlic Carrots
Lemon Garlic Shrimp

Cauliflower:
Roasted Garlic Cauliflower Soup (this is full of immune boosting ingredients!)
Cauliflower Tater Tots
Cauliflower Fried "Rice"
Baked Italian Cauliflower

Mushrooms:
Roasted Mushroom and Beef Soup
Mushroom Quinoa Risotto
Chicken and Mushroom Pasta
Brie and Crab Stuffed Mushrooms
Mushroom and Sausage Hash
Mushroom and Bacon Dip

Spices

Spices not only make your food taste great (without adding a lot of extra unwanted things) they are full of antioxidants. Some spices are antimicrobial (like cinnamon and turmeric)

Turmeric:
Cauliflower Mac and Cheese Bites
Cheesy Brussels Sprouts Dip
Roasted Garlic Cauliflower Soup

Cinnamon:
Cinnamon Apple Overnight Oats
Cinnamon Roll Protein Pancakes
Maple Cinnamon Zucchini Chips

Ginger:
Gingersnaps
Ginger Beef Soup
Gingerbread Coffee Concentrate

Oregano:
Pizza Casserole
Mexican Quinoa Casserole
Tacos
Chimichurri Shrimp
Lemon Chicken Pasta Casserole

Cayenne Pepper:
Avocado Chickpea Toast
Crawfish Nachos
Bacon Deviled Eggs
Avocado Deviled Eggs