Corn, Lotus Seed & Lily Bulb Vegetarian Soup

Why people make this soup

Office workers eating out tend to get plenty of meat and little veg, says Nourilo — and even the “vegetarian” dishes can be heavy on oil. So at home it is worth skipping the meat now and then and building a soup purely from nourishing vegetable ingredients. Fresh corn, chestnuts and lotus seeds are wonderful for soup, and when you add lily bulb, red-skin peanuts and red dates, you have a pot that supports blood, nourishes the complexion and gently calms the mind.