Brussels Sprouts Sweet Potato Noodle Soup

This Brussels Sprouts Sweet Potato Noodle Soup is the first recipe I ever created as part of the Culinary Nutrition Expert program. Read about why I loved the Culinary Nutrition Expert program here.

In the Culinary Nutrition Expert program, we learn about the healing foods for a condition of choice. Then we learn to create a delicious recipe with those healing foods.

I choose to focus on eczema because my son had it. Learn more about my story here.

So, after learning that bone broth was a great healing food for gut health-related issues like eczema, plus the weather getting colder at that time, I wanted to create a gut-healing, tummy-warming soup.

I took inspiration from the list of eczema-healing foods and chose those that could go into a soup such as mung bean sprouts, green onions, and sweet potato. I also wanted to add turmeric for its anti-inflammatory benefits.

Health Benefits of Key Ingredients

Bone Broth

• Eczema is strongly related to gut health issues, and a good bone broth helps to heal the gut and strengthen the digestive system.¹

• Good bone broth has collagen/gelatin, glycine, keratin, and other amino acids and minerals that benefit skin, teeth, bones, joints, hair and nails.²

Brussels Sprouts

• Alkalizing and very nutritious, Brussels sprouts provide vitamin C, potassium, folate, and choline.³

• They also contain antioxidant alpha-lipoic acid that regenerates vitamin C and E and lowers blood sugar levels.⁴

Sweet Potato

• Anti-inflammatory, rich in alkalizing potassium, has antioxidant beta-carotene and histamine-lowering vitamin C.⁵

Turmeric

• It provides anti-inflammatory benefits, decreased cancer risk, and supports detoxification and helps alleviate some digestive disorders.⁶

Mung Bean Sprouts

• These sprouts are strongly alkalizing and contain magnesium, vitamin K, folate, potassium, and vitamin C and they are also salicylate-free.⁷

Green Onions

• Contain histamine-lowering, anti-inflammatory quercetin.⁸
• Has antioxidant flavonoids that become allicin when cut or crushed.⁹
• Rich source of vitamin K, important for healthy skin.¹⁰

Let's Make Some Soup

Spiralize the sweet potato into noodles. If you don't have a spiralizer, just cut it up into matchsticks.

This recipe calls for a bone or veggie broth. See my Instant Pot Bone Broth recipe.

In a large pot, set to medium heat, add the broth to heat it up.

Add the sweet potato noodles, Brussels sprouts, garlic, turmeric, and salt. Stir to mix. Bring to a boil and let simmer for about 5 minutes.

Add the mung bean sprouts and green onions, and let simmer for a couple more minutes until the noodles are fork-tender.

Serve warm and enjoy!

I probably would never have thought of mixing all these veggies in a soup had I not learned about the healing benefits each one had for eczema. It actually turned out to be a hearty and delicious soup.

I hope you like this Brussels Sprouts Sweet Potato Noodle Soup! Please leave a comment or rating below.

Try my other soup recipes too:

• Cauliflower Leek Soup {dairy-free}
• Creamy Broccoli Soup {dairy-free}
• Lentil Coconut Curry Soup
• Roasted Butternut Squash and Cauliflower Soup
• Vegan Coconut Curry Lentil Soup
• Vegetable Corn Chowder {dairy-free}

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3. Fischer, Karen. The Eczema Diet: Discover How to Stop & Prevent the Itch of Eczema through Diet & Nutrition. Toronto: Robert Rose, 2013. 68. Print.
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6. "Turmeric." The World's Healthiest Foods. Whfoods.org, n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
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