10 Immunity Boosting Recipes for Keeping the Family Healthy

Lately my family has been having a bit of a time with their health. Actually, it’s more like a heck of a time. One that has lasted for more than a month and has only this week left us.

I won’t get too much into the gory details. Suffice to say that it was a stomach bug/flu that hit everyone, except for me, for over a week at a time (some of us multiple times). It. Was. Awful.

And it was somewhere around the moments I was alternating between rubbing the back of my 21-month-old while he slept on the bathroom floor and trying to comfort him as he woke and scream-cried while throwing up into the sink (all while my 5-year-old was left to fend for herself with a bucket on the couch downstairs) that I realized there must be a better way.

Clearly, my complacency that had developed from having sickness-prone kids for my first 5 years of mothering was not serving me well now.

We went through a similar episode last April where all three kids got terrible infections, the baby and the 4-year-old ending up with pneumonia, follow a few weeks later buy a stomach virus that lasted for 12 days (per kid!).

Something needed to be done to help build up our family’s immune systems. So I researched. Both on the web and by reaching out to friends. Today I’m sharing what I’ve found with you in hopes it will be helpful.

First, on the advice of a trusted friend we’ve started:

Kids’ Immune-Boosting Daily Regiment

1. This Elderberry syrup
2. These Gummy Probiotics
3. These Vitamin D Gummies (my kids love Franklin the turtle)

I haven’t decided yet if we’ll keep up the probiotics all the time or just do a two week course when needed. Also, I am not a medical expert, so please consult your pediatrician before starting a similar regiment for yourself or your kids.

Second, I’ve got some new recipes up my sleeve to help us combat sickness all-together and to quickly show it the door when it does show up.

Here are 10 of my new favorites…

Master Immunity Booster Smoothie via The Awesome Green (top left)

The pure beauty of this smoothie will have you jumping to blend one up at the first sign of a sniffle.

Ultimate Cold Killer Shots via Fermented Food Lab (top right)

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