Recipe: Easy cold and flu soothing soup (keto, dairy-free, gluten-free)

This wasn’t the article I had planned for this week, but guess who woke up with a sore throat and fever yesterday morning? You guessed it, me!

Even mild acute illnesses hit me pretty hard thanks to my chronic illnesses. When “healthy,” I already walk a tightrope with energy, movement, and focus, so colds slam me into the ground. When I’m cooking for myself, I need food that’s quick and low effort (or “low spoons”) to prepare. But I also need food that makes me feel nourished and less sick.

(A photo of my soup. It’s probably apparent I ate it fresh out of the cooking pot. Washing a bowl was beyond my capabilities at the time.)

Here’s a guide to making my easy, homemade, soothing soup. Nothing here is written in stone, and I don’t follow a recipe myself. If you need to, grab what you have on hand and see what you can do.