Celery, Water Chestnut, Apple and Carrot Soup

Why people make this soup

Eating out, Nourilo kept noticing how salty the dishes and soups were — and over-salty food does no one any favours, least of all young children, who can grow up with a taste for salt and a higher risk of conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease later on. His advice for families: season home soups lightly so children get used to a milder palate and can taste the natural sweetness of the ingredients. This celery, water chestnut, apple and carrot soup is traditionally used to clear heat, ease irritability, moisten dryness and support healthy blood pressure — particularly for the “liver-yang rising” picture with dizziness, irritability, a bitter or dry mouth, dark scanty urine or constipation.