Being sick is unfortunately just one of those natural parts of life. Everyone gets sick. While many of us go see a doctor or take over-the-counter medication, sometimes the best remedy is just a good old fashioned home cooked meal. We absolutely do not recommend you never see your doctor or never take medication, but often times you just need a good meal to help you feel better. These recipes for the sick are meant to be eaten in your pajamas with a box of facial tissues by your side. Eating home cooked meals that are fresh will always do a body good. We hope you feel better and let Healthy Eating: 12 Recipes For The Sick cheer you up in the meantime. 

Healthy Eating: 12 Recipes For The Sick

Table of Contents

• Chicken Noodle Soup Recipes

• Minestrone Soup Recipes

• Fish Recipes

• Citrus and Ginger Recipes

Chicken Noodle Soup Recipes

Chicken noodle soup is the ultimate medicine and the best way to get over a cold. It doesn't matter what symptoms you have, a big bowl of chicken noodle soup will cure it right up. These chicken noodle soup recipes are the best recipes for the sick. 

1. Vegetable Chicken Noodle Soup
2. Chicken Pot Pie Soup
3. Better Than Mom's Chicken Noodle Soup
4. Creamy Chicken Soup for the Soul (shown above)

Minestrone Soup Recipes

Some other great flu-fighting foods are vegetables. Vegetables are loaded with nutrients to help your body get over your worst symptoms. Minestrone soup is mostly filled with vegetables which is good for your body and soul. These minestrone soup recipes are excellent recipes for the sick. 

1. The Best Minestrone Soup Recipe Ever
2. Olive Garden's Copycat Minestrone Soup

Fish Recipes

Fish is one of the healthiest things you can eat which makes a wonderful ingredient in recipes for the sick. For starters, fish is full of Vitamin D and studies have shown that Vitamin D deficiencies help increase your risk of getting sick. Fish is also low in fat and high in calcium which does a body good. 

1. Avocado Salmon Sandwich
2. Barbecue Salmon Steaks with Green Ginger Sauce (shown above) 
3. Fish en Papillote (Fish Baked in Parchment)

Citrus and Ginger Recipes

Citrus and ginger both are incredible disease fighters and these citrus and ginger recipes are excellent at helping you eat right. Plus, all these recipes taste incredible. You might not think that citrus flavors and ginger would work well together, but trust us, these recipes are proof that they do. 

1. Aussie Shrimp on the Barbie with Orange Ginger (shown above)
2. Ginger Citrus Cranberry Sauce
3. Orange Ginger Cookies