Taste recipes: Ultimate immune-boosting meals for winter season

We may be experiencing a milder winter than usual but germs are still running rampant. Here are some foods which will help boost your immunity.

Looking to boost immunity during the winter season? Want to avoid the colds and flu doing the rounds?

Taste.com.au has rounded up all its easiest, most delicious nourishing recipes to get the whole family eating immune-boosting foods, essential vitamins and the antioxidants your body needs.

These dishes and more will help keep your loved ones healthy through the current flu season.

Flu-fighter chicken and turmeric soup

Beat the winter sniffles with this hearty chicken soup packed with garlic, chilli, turmeric and sweet potato noodles.

Easy superfood lasagne

Packed with kale, spinach and mushrooms, and made with a ricotta white sauce, this healthier meat-free lasagne is still as comforting and hearty as the traditional version.

Go meat-free with this lasagne.

Slow-cooker bone broth

If you find the idea of leaving bone broth cooking on the stove overnight daunting, try this easy slow cooker recipe instead.

Healthy zucchini superfood slice

This healthy version of the family-favourite zucchini slice is loaded with quinoa, zucchini and kale, and makes a perfect vegetarian dinner or lunch box filler.

Try this zucchini superfood slice.

Healthy slow cooker Tuscan bread soup

Also known as Ribollita, this famous Tuscan bread soup makes for a healthy vegetarian dinner. Our version is made in the slow cooker so it’s super easy.

Healthy skin-boosting porridge

This breakfast is loaded with nutrients essential for healthy skin, such as berries and oranges that are rich in vitamin C.

This porridge is rich with flavour.

Hearty beef casserole

Beef-up your weeknight menu with this hearty casserole. Perfect for cold winter nights.

Golden turmeric chai latte

Serve this delicious turmeric chai latte with coconut sugar or honey.

Try this chai latte with turmeric.

Super C smoothie

Energise and revitalise with this vitamin-enriched smoothie.

One-pan fish with beans and tomatoes

Use up your pantry basics with this quick and easy, one-pan fish recipe.

Fish is a good source of protein and vitamins.

Healthy banana and zucchini bread

Not your everyday banana bread, this healthy loaf is loaded with oats, nuts and fibre-boosting zucchini.

Superfood tray roast

Good for the soul, good for the body – this roasted vegetable and salmon meal strikes a balance between winter warmer and satisfying superfood for no-fuss weeknights.

Cypriot grain salad

With so many textures and flavours, this vibrant Cypriot salad is packed full of ancient grains, nuts, seeds and dried fruits, all finished off with a zingy caper lemon dressing.

Slow-cooked turmeric chicken

Packed full of antioxidants and loads of flavour, this slow-cooked chicken and eggplant curry is a must for your next family meal.

Veg-packed butter chicken

Get dinner on the table quicker with this recipe which uses pre-made curry sauce.

This butter chicken is packed with veggies.

Antioxidant-boosting smoothie

Kick-start your day with this cool berry smoothie, ready in just five minutes!

Healthy potato-crusted zucchini and ricotta quiche

A potato hash brown base makes a great low-fat alternative to pastry in this healthy vegetarian quiche.

Best-ever slow cooker vegetable soup

The best thing about making soup in a slow cooker is that you can quickly throw everything together in the morning and come home to a warm, cooked dinner. This hearty veg soup also contains barley which is a rich source of fibre and vitamins.

Seeded blueberry & banana muffins

These healthy blueberry and banana muffins are perfect for school and work lunch boxes.

One-pan green fix rice with chicken

With spinach, peas, asparagus and mint, this one-pan chicken and rice dish has 3 serves of vegies.

For more recipe ideas, go to taste.com.au or check out the Taste Test Kitchen now.

Originally published as Taste recipes: Ultimate immune-boosting meals for winter season