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Anti Inflammatory
Ginger and Turmeric
Carrot Soup
Soups are perfect. They are pure, home mayhem. It helps to relieve heartburn, gas, and
cooked bliss. On a cold winter night, soup bloating. So, let’s get into this miracle soup!
hits the soul. Even on a warm summer night,
soup still brings on a level of comfort. If you Ingredients:
add the right ingredients, soup can also help
to heal your gut and help with any digestive 1 TBS olive oul
issues. As someone who deals with digestive 1 leek, sliced and rinsed
issues on a dauly basis, I find solace in soups. 1 cup chopped fennel
Since they are already cooked, the ingredient 3 cups chopped carrots
are gentler on the digestive system. In the 1 cup chopped butternut squash
instance of this particular soup, it is pureed, 2 cloved of garlic, minced
which is even easier on the system since it is 1 TBS grated ginger
already “chewed”. salt and pepper to taste
3 cups low sodium vegetable broth
Inflammation is a problem that affects more 1 can lite coconut milk
people that we think – the side effects being
bloading, gas, upset stomach, and acid reflux. Instructions:
This can leave you feeling sick and generally
just unwell. We can fix this with a simple, tasty, 1. Heat olive oil in a dutch oven or saucepan.
inflammation healing soup! Add the fennel, leeks, carrots and squash.
Sautee for 3-5 minutes until the veggies start to
Everyone knows to reach for ginger when the soften. Then, add the garlic, ginger, turmeric,
tummy starts to turn – ginger ale is a very salt and pepper. Sautee for a few more minutes.
popular stomach clamer. Ginger is almost a 2. Add the broth and coconut milk. Bring it to
miracle working, helping digestive systems a boil, cover and simmer for twenty minutes.
run smoothly and helping with nausea and Once the soup is cooked, blend it with a
diarrhea. Turmeric is another well knows blender or immersion blender. Taste and add
fighter against inflammation and stomach seasonings if needed. Enjoy!
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