Fresh Burdock Vegetable Soup

Why people make this soup

The “three highs” — high cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar — are showing up in younger people now, often from long hours, stress and a meat-heavy, vegetable-light diet full of fatty beef, fatty chicken, organ meats and shellfish. When the weekend comes, it is a good idea to put on a soup that supports the body against all that. This fresh burdock vegetable soup is generously loaded — a real “rainbow diet” of differently coloured vegetables, gourds and mushrooms, plus blood-nourishing red-skinned peanuts and red dates. It turns out fresh and tasty, is good for the complexion, and is traditionally taken to support against the three highs.