Turmeric Soup – Anti-Inflammatory

Turmeric soup is one anti-inflammatory soup that’s so easy to make. All you need is water and turmeric spice. But you can add so much more (see below)! And it’ll be comforting for fall and holidays.

Add rice for texture substance that adds nutrients and is hearty filling.

Brown rice and wild grain rice are whole foods great on an anti-inflammatory diet because they’re less processed.

The rice bran and germ are kept intact where additional B-vitamins are.

You can add your protein choice, and include 15-beans for one potent protein bowl. You can also make a Magic Bullet dip with the beans.

In the bean mix, some are actually legumes and not beans.

Just remember, all beans are legumes, but not all legumes are beans.

Remember those school grammar lessons?

How fun to practice on peas (that are legumes) with fruits in pods (or seeds). 🫛 And lentils and peanuts are also legumes (not beans!).

Lentils are easy to point to by their half shapes.

And not to get too technical, but a chick pea is a bean: a chic garbanzo bean.

But you already knew that!

And all these are in your 15-bean (or 16-bean) packages. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a 33-bean one as there are hundred of beans in the world and some even say like 40 thousand that’s surprising to hear!

The list is long, and from that lens short on a 15-bean bag.

If you read the label, actually you’ll notice there are more than 15 named, but actual only 3 lines long: northern, pinto, large lima, yelloweye, garbanzo, baby lima, green split pea, kidney, cranberry, small white, pink, small red, yellow split pea, lentil, navy, black, and white kidney. They sound like organs or colors on a college jacket.

Did you find the ones that are non-beans?

And since we’ve gotten technical, there are more than 15 listed (there are 17 if you’re counting). This has to do with variety. But from school-me class 😊, we just learned that some legumes are not beans, so maybe it should be called 17 legumes soup? 💭  …Not as catchy though.

And would make a great school project. And if you want to give a school grader a project, have them separate the types.

Either way, it’s a great lesson in food variety and would make for nice art work in a bowl. 🥣

One that I do is turn it into a turmeric bean soup.

To make this:

Soak the beans in room temperature water in a bowl covered overnight so they expand and soften.

Then cook the 15-beans on medium heat until soft. This usually takes over an hour. If you want to lean into the smoky tastes, you can let the water run out on the beans. Then add back before it blackens.

You’ll get a nice smoky aroma and taste that makes it very warming and inviting. This is a great fall soup. The colors look like leaves turning and it’s comforting.

Then turn your soup into an easy Magic Bullet dip.