Over the winter it’s best to avoid cold, raw foods and instead focus on warming foods to aide with digestion. Eating cold foods in cold seasons means your body will be working extra hard to generate warmth. Warm vegetable soups are an easy place to start. Keeping seasonal vegetables in mind, feel free to use these ingredients or whatever you have in the fridge to make this delicious vegetable soup on a cold winters day.
1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 quart water
2 Tablespoons olive oil
½ leek, white and green parts
1 tomato, diced or a small can of diced tomatoes
1 celery stalk
1 carrot
4 mushrooms
¼ head cabbage
Salt and black pepper, to taste
Splash of Chinese rice wine
1 Bring the water to boil and add the beans. Allow to simmer.
2 Prep and chop the vegetables. You can use any other vegetables in addition to or in lieu of those listed here.
3 Meanwhile, heat the wok. Add the oil, and heat well.
4 Toss in the tomatoes, stir briefly.
5 Add the rest of the vegetables, salt, mushroom powder and rice wine. Stir for another minute or so.
6 Add the vegetable mixture to the boiling water.
7 Add salt and pepper to taste.
8 Cook until the vegetables are done. Enjoy!
Recipe from tcmworld.org