20+ Blue Zone Soup Recipes (2024)

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What soup is eaten by the longest-living family? ›

One stand-out recipe that has been around for centuries and is said to be the secret to a long and healthy life is minestrone soup. This soup has been enjoyed for years by the Melis family who have the Guinness World Record title for the highest combined age for nine living siblings.

Consume meat no more than twice a week.

In most Blue Zones diets people ate small amounts of pork, chicken, or lamb. (Adventists, the one exception, ate no meat at all.)

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.

There is one meal you should eat often if you want to live to 100, according to the world's longest-living family who have it daily. Minestrone soup, sourdough bread and a glass of red wine for lunch is what the Melis family, whose nine siblings had a combined age of 861 years, ate every day for lunch.

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

Let's test her vichyssoise recipe to find out! Soup was one of Julia Child's favorite things to eat, and reportedly, her absolute favorite was vichyssoise.

Eggs are consumed in all five Blue Zones diets, where people eat them an average of two to four times per week. Cut down your consumption of cow's milk and dairy products such as cheese, cream, and butter. Try unsweetened soy, coconut, or almond milk as a dairy alternative.

People in Blue Zones areas eat whole foods. Whole foods are not processed in factories—they're made with ingredients that are recognizable as coming from the earth, like rice, corn, soy, fruits, and vegetables, or prepared food like tofu or manna bread.

Avoid dairy when possible. If cheese is a must, try ice-cube size portions of sheep (pecorino) or goat (feta) cheese to flavor foods. If you eat eggs, limit intake to three times a week.

What is a soup that has never stopped cooking? ›

Notable examples include beef and goat noodle soup served by Wattana Panich in Bangkok, Thailand, which has been cooking for over 49 years as of 2024, and oden broth from Otaf*cku in Asakusa, Japan, which has served the same broth daily since 1945.

What Experts Say. "The concept of eating soup to lose weight has spanned decades, but experts say an all-soup diet lacks nutrients and is not sustainable. They do agree it can be smart to eat vegetable-packed soups for some meals, though, as these are filling, nutrient-dense, and low in calories."

It is argued that the single, most complete food a human needs to survive is human breast milk. Other foods may be nutritious but inevitably lack certain vitamins, minerals, etc.

'The five pillars of every longevity diet in the world are whole grains, wheat, corn, and rice, greens, and of course garden vegetables,' Mr Buettner said. Although meat is a good source of protein, eating too much red meat can raise cholesterol raising your risk of coronary heart disease, according to the NHS.

This hearty, healthy vegetarian soup is full of nutritional goodness. A combination of beans, vegetables and optional pasta in a yummy broth that is flavorful, but not overly spicy.

They eat more fruits and vegetables and foods made from soybeans than the typical western diet. Popular foods include heart-healthy fish, bitter melons, sweet potato, tofu, garlic, brown rice, green tea and shiitake mushrooms.

The giant pot of neua tune, a beef stew popular in the Thai capital, has been simmering since owner Nattapong Kaweenuntawong was a child, more than 45 years ago. Growing up studying the exact flavor profile of the stew from his father, Kaweenuntawong now balances the flavor himself daily.

The world's oldest recipe for soup is approximately 6000 years old. It apparently calls for hippopotamus, sparrows, vegetables, lentils and spices.