Allaine Mark

Family Soup Cookbook Allaine Mark

Soup is a go-to food when temperatures plummet, and whether you're heading out or coming in from the cold, a quick bowl of your favourite concoction should work wonders warming you up. If you're feeling very chilly, opt for ingredients that help heat the body such as ginger, chilli and spices like cinnamon or cloves, and serve your soup in a mug if your hands need extra warming. If you find chewing through plates of steamed or roasted vegetables and salad a bit of a chore, or you're not overly keen on munching away on fruit, soup is a fantastic way to get your five-a-day. Two or three veggies either chopped or whizzed up in a soup provide plenty of vitamins, minerals, fibre and antioxidants, and are less of a hassle to eat that way. Drinking enough water during the winter months is rather challenging. Unless you have the heating cranked up to the max, it's unlikely you'll be sweating much, and you may not feel especially thirsty. You can help keep your hydration levels up by eating soup, which of course, has an exceptionally high water content.