Healing soups

I like to have a big pot of homemade soup around when I have a cold.  It's makes an easy lunch or dinner and often all I want to eat.  Even if I can't taste that much,  at least I'm getting lots of good veggies and I can enjoy the textures.   I had made Autumn soup lately and I really enjoy a soup with cabbage.  This is about the only way I eat cabbage.  It is great in a soup.  I used this recipe which called for Italian sausage.  In both this soup and my all time favourite "Autumn Soup".   The recipes call for a pound of meat.  I usually use about 1/3 of a pound.  You could do without the meat completely but I feel a little adds flavour and provides some protein.

http://www.everydaymaven.com/2014/italian-sausage-and-cabbage-soup/