Lemon Rice Soup for Immune Support

If your gut isn’t feeling the best after the holidays, you can restore it in as little as three days. Focusing on whole foods and soups will improve your gut microbiome and strengthen your immune system. Since 70% of your immune system is in your gut, your defense starts with what you eat. 

One of the best foods to add more alongside vegetables and proteins is bone broth. Bone broth provides glutamine and glycine as well as glucosamine and chondroitin which play vital roles in gut immune homeostasis, the intestinal immune response, and digestion. The amino acids in bone broth heal intestinal permeability which heal your gut lining and support the immune system's natural functions in fighting infections.

You can incorporate more bone broth from my go to Kettle & Fire by using it in the base of soups like lemon rice. Kettle & Fire is made by slow simmering 100% grass fed knuckle, patella, and foot marrow bones for over 12 hours to produce a nourishing broth. You can use the code MYHEALTHFORWARD for 20% off Kettle & Fire bone broth. 

Lemon Rice Soup Recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 yellow onion 
• 3 celery stalks
• 2 cartons of Kettle & Fire Chicken Bone Broth 
• 1/2 cup of jasmine rice 
• 1 cup of water
• 1/2 cup of lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
• parsley to garnish (optional)
• parmesan cheese to garnish (optional)

Directions:

1. Chop celery and onions.
2. Turn a soup pot (stainless steel or ceramic) on medium heat. 
3. Add the vegetables to a soup pan with extra virgin olive oil. 
4. Stir the vegetables until golden, taking 6-10 minutes. 
5. When golden, add in two cartons of bone broth and one cup of water.
6. Once the broth is simmering, add in half a cup of washed rice. 
7. Separate the yolks of two eggs and add to a mixing bowl with half a cup of lemon juice. Whisk together the egg yolks and lemon juice. 
8. Cook the rice for 15 minutes while the soup pan is covered.
9. Slowly pour the yolk/lemon mix into the soup.
10. Take the soup off the heat and let it sit covered for 10 minutes.
11. Add parsley and parmesan cheese to garnish!