The best recipe for an immune-system-boosting pumpkin soup

As we settle into the autumn/winter months, it’s all about boosting our immune system. Diet is one of the most powerful ways we can support our bodies - although you don’t need us to tell you that. Even so, when we’re busy and back to work, it’s simple, warming, feel-good recipes that we’re after.

Immune-system-boosting soup ingredients (serves two):

• Two onion, finely diced
• One leek, finely diced
• One pumpkin, finely diced [seeds and skin removed]
• Four sticks of celery, finely diced
• Two clove of garlic, finely diced
• ½ Cup of thyme and rosemary
• One tbsp olive oil
• One litre vegetable stock
• Lemon juice
• Sea salt
• Black pepper

How to make this healthy soup:

• Sweat the onion, leek, pumpkin, sticks of celery and garlic together in a large saucepan for four to five minutes until soft.
• Add the herbs and the vegetable stock sufficient to cover the ingredients in the pan.
• Simmer for 20 minutes until the vegetables are soft.
• Purée until smooth, then pass through a sieve.
• Season with lemon juice, salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Serve with a swirl of live natural yogurt.