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4 Slow Cooker Recipes You Should Try This Week To Boost Your Immune System

March 22, 2020 by D.Wolfe
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The best way to boost your immune system is to get enough sleep, exercise, and regularly washing your hands and eat a diet high in fruits and vegetables. Fortunately, there’s a myriad of ingredients that will help you strengthen your ability to fight off viruses. Here are four slow cooker recipes that can help shore up your immunity.

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Slow cooker chicken

Immune-Boosting Slow-Cooker Chicken


Nutritionist, Katherine Farrell Harris of AdvantageCare Physicians shares her favorite chicken dish that’s packed with vitamins and nutrients and easy to make. The star of this dish is chicken thighs. Poultry is high in vitamin B-6. Vitamin B-6 is vital to the formation of new and healthy red blood cells.


You’ll Need:


Chicken thighs

Chickpeas

Olive oil

Kale

Carrots

Onion

Vegetable broth

Herbs de Provence

slow cooker immune boosting soup

Ultimate Immune Boosting Soup


This soup will help kick any flu or cold to the curb. Featuring turmeric, kale and bok choy in a mushroom broth, this healthy vegetarian soup recipe is packed full of vitamins and minerals. Shiitake mushrooms are a great source of phytonutrients and Vitamin D. Studies show that Vitamin D can help reduce the likelihood of developing the flu.


You’ll Need:


Coconut oil

Onion

Garlic cloves

Celery 

Shiitake mushrooms

Sea salt

Black pepper

Turmeric

Bok choy

Kale

Ginger

bone broth soup

Beef Bone Broth


Bone broth has gained in popularity in the past few years as a simple way to boost health. Simming bones for hours on low heat extract collagen and gelatin, which helps to improve gut and joint health. It’s time-consuming to make, but with a slow cooker, you can add in the ingredients and let it work its magic. 


You’ll Need:


Mixed beef bones marrow bones

Onions

Carrots

Celery

Bay leaf

Apple cider vinegar

bowl of kitchari

Kitchari


Kitchari is a traditional cleansing food of Ayurveda, an ancient system of medicine developed in India. It features mung beans and a plethora of warming spices that will knock out any cold. 


You’ll Need:


Basmati rice

Dry green mung beans

Ginger

Desiccated coconut

Coriander

Ghee

Bay leaves

Stick cinnamon 

Cardamom pods

Cloves

Black peppercorns

Turmeric

Cumin seeds

Fennel seeds

Garlic 

Vegetable stock 

Diced seasonal vegetables

Fresh lime or lemon juice

 

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Debbie is a home and lifestyle writer. She covers a variety of topics including parenting, travel, DIY, and shopping.

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