20+ Blue Zone Soup Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What soup is eaten by the longest living people in the world? ›

But one recipe that has been around for ages is minestrone soup. This soup is thought to help you live a long and healthy life. The Melis family, who hold the Guinness World Record for the oldest combined age for nine siblings, have enjoyed this dish for years.

What is this? There are a lot of versions of Sardinian minestrone around but most start with is a soffritto (onion, celery and carrot) and then layers vegetables, beans and broth.

A bountiful dish that is eaten every day for lunch by some of the world's longest-lived families in Sardinia, Italy. It can be made with seasonal vegetables from the garden, but always includes beans and fregula, a toasted pebble-size semolina pasta that is popular in Sardina.

According to the Taste Atlas Awards, the international food database, the Filipino favorite, Sinigang, is hailed as the best soup in the world.

As the soup diet usually only lasts for 7-14 days, it's not recommended in the long term. The NHS also highlights how very low-calorie diets like this often lead to short term weight loss, but it's likely that you'll put some or all of the weight back on once you go back to eating normally.

Breakfast in the blue zones looks vastly different than the standard American breakfast of eggs and bacon. Beans are a common breakfast staple in Costa Rica, while miso soup and rice are popular in Okinawa. In Loma Linda, centenarians often eat a hearty breakfast of oatmeal or a somewhat non-traditional tofu scramble.

Ingredients- 2 Tbs olive oil; 1 onion diced (1 cup); 1 celery diced; 1 carrot, peeled & diced; 1 zucchini, chopped; 2 tsp minced garlic; 14 oz can diced tomato; 32 oz vegetable stock; 1 bay leaf; 1 1/2 Tbs Italian seasoning; 2 Tbs tomato paste; 15 oz canned small white beans, rinsed drained; 15 oz canned kidney beans ...

In 2012, when the record was awarded to them, their total age was 861 years and the oldest sibling reached age 109. The family ate minestrone soup, bread, and a glass of red wine for lunch every day. What's more, even a doctor backed the health benefits hidden in the popular soup.

Lunch is the day's main meal, lasting up to two hours! If you plan to eat lunch with locals, block out time. A typical Italian lunch consists of a primo (pasta, soup or risotto dish), a secondo (meat or fish-based dish) and a contorno (side dish).

A typical Italian diet consists of three meals in a day. The most common foods in the Italian diet include pasta, cheese, vegetables, olive oil, meats, and wine. Italians give a lot of importance to fresh ingredients. They use seasonal ingredients to prepare meals.

What is the most important meal in Italy? ›

Lunch…

As with much of Europe, this is the most important meal of the day as well as the largest and usually includes pasta. Many Italians go home to eat lunch and so there is a pausa pranzo – similar to the Spanish siesta and many shops close down 1-4pm. The first course and more substantial than antipasti.

One of the most popular soup diets, the cabbage soup diet is a 7-day eating plan that involves eating a chicken- or vegetable-broth-based soup that contains cabbage and other low carb vegetables. In addition to cabbage soup, you can also have one or two other low calorie foods, such as skim milk or leafy greens.

While drinking the soup, don't have it from the tip. Instead, keep the spoon horizontal and gently drink it from the longer side of the poon. Always use a soup spoon for the purpose, instead of a regular spoon. Also, never slurp or make noises while having soup.

While the movement may seem a bit awkward, scooping away prevents the soupy side of the spoon from dripping on the table and your clothes. This method also allows for easier scraping of the spoon's underside against the rim of the bowl before you raise it to your mouth, further reducing the risk of a mess.

Follow a mostly plant-based diet – Blue Zone centenarians follow a predominantly plant-based diet, eating 95-100% plant-based. They primarily eat a variety of in-season fresh vegetables and fruits, whole grains and beans.

The Adventist Health Study 2, which has been following 96,000 Americans since 2002, found that the people who lived the longest were not vegans or meat-eaters. They were “pesco-vegetarians,” or pescatarians, people who ate a plant-based diet including a small portion of fish, up to once daily.

Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones series, says minestrone is a 'bountiful dish that is eaten every day for lunch by some of the world's longest-lived families in Sardinia'. This Italian soup has many variations and no set recipe, but it usually contains lots of vegetables and pasta.