Soup Recipes With Anti-Bruising Ingredients
Are you looking for enticing soup recipes that are good for people who suffer from excessive bruising? Here's our pick of the best! The soup recipes below combine anti-bruising ingredients such as broccoli, barley, watercress and beans. But before you get started on any of these recipes, it may be a good idea to take a look at the page providing more general diet tips for people who bruise easily and the overview of the best foods for reducing bruising.
Broccoli and Barley Soup
6 servings
This anti-bruising soup draws largely on the benefits of broccoli: broccoli packs vitamin C and vitamin K, a key nutrient combo for controlling bruising.
Ingredients1/4 cup yellow onion, chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and diced
1 rib organic celery, finely chopped
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
4 cups small, organic broccoli florets
1/2 cup pearled barley, cooked
5 cups vegetable broth
1 can (14 1/2 oz) stewed tomatoes
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp dried marjoram
1 tsp thyme
Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
In a stock pot, cook onion in olive oil over medium heat for 4-5 minutes until soft. Add vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and add celery and carrots along with broccoli florets. Cover and let simmer until carrots and broccoli florets are tender. Add cooked barley, canned tomatoes, garlic, marjoram, and thyme. Let simmer another minute or two. Season with salt and pepper. Serve warm.
Wholesome Winter Pea and Watercress Soup
6 servings
Watercress, a key ingredient in this light, pleasantly peppery soup, is a true superhero food which has been used to treat and prevent a vast range of ailments. Hippocrates, who called watercress the 'cure of cures', supposedly located his first hospital close to a stream where he could grow watercress to help treat his patients. Today we know that watercress is loaded with vitamin K and vitamin C, two key anti-bruising nutrients.
Ingredients1 large onion, chopped
1 garlic clove
6 cups vegetable or chicken stock
1 large potato
30 oz frozen peas
3 oz watercress
Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
Peel and crush garlic and set aside. Leaving crushed or minced garlic for at least 5-10 minutes after crushing helps maximize its health-protective effects. While health-promoting compounds are forming in crushed garlic, peel and dice potato and chop onion. Sweat onion and garlic in 2-3 tablespoons of chicken or vegetable stock. Add potato chunks and pour in rest of stock. Bring to boil and simmer for 15 minutes or until potato is just cooked. Add frozen peas and simmer for 3 minutes. Add watercress and simmer for another minute. Remove from heat and let cool for a few minutes. Process with a hand held blender until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
Barley Soup with Beans and Basil
6 servings
Basil is chock-full of vitamin K, with a mere teaspoon of dried basil containing a whopping 30% of the daily value. Vitamin K is required for normal blood clotting, and a deficiency of vitamin K has been linked to increased bruising.
Ingredients1/4 cup yellow onion, chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and diced
1 rib celery, finely chopped
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
5 cups vegetable broth
1/2 cup pearled barley, cooked
1/2 cup white beans, cooked
1/4 cup canned tomatoes
4 cloves garlic, minced
3 tbsp fresh basil, chopped
1/2 tsp dried rosemary
Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
In a soup pot, cook onion in olive oil over medium heat for 4-5 minutes until soft. Add celery and carrots. Simmer for about 3 minutes. Add vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Allow soup to simmer until carrots and celery are tender. Add cooked barley, canned tomatoes, cooked beans, garlic, basil, and rosemary. Let simmer another minute or two. Season with salt and pepper. Serve warm.
For more recipes that can help you prevent excessive bruising, visit the main recipe directory of the Guide to Preventing UTIs.
For more general information on bruising and nutrition, check out the page Natural Food Remedies to Prevent Excessive Bruising (the home page of this Guide) as well as the section Diet Tips for People Who Bruise Easily. Be also sure to check out the list of Healing Foods That Reduce Bruising.
