"The spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, is the transfer station of the body's energy transmission", after entering the early summer, the goal of daily maintenance of the body will change from "liver" to "spleen", because after the temperature rises in summer, excessive sweating may make the body's water imbalance and cause some minor problems in metabolism. If you actively take care of your spleen, it will help improve your metabolism, maintain a good appetite, ensure the absorption of nutrients, reduce negative emotions, and spend a happy summer.
In terms of diet, the spleen and stomach recognize yellow food and sweet food the most, like yellow food is generally rich in vitamin A and vitamin D, these two nutrients can play a role in strengthening the spleen and stomach, and sweet food can play a role in nourishing and harmonizing. Therefore, in this early summer season, it is recommended that everyone eat more of the five foods of "3 yellow and 2 sweet" regardless of whether they are rich or poor, and eat diligently to raise a strong body, ruddy and shiny complexion, and be healthy all summer.
3 Yellow Foods:
1. Carrots
Recommended method: [Stir-fried carrot shreds with spinach]
Ingredients: Carrots, spinach, garlic
Step 1: Peel and wash the carrots, slice them first and then shred them, cut off the roots of the spinach and wash them.
Step 2: Bring water to a boil, pour in the spinach, blanch for 15 seconds and remove.
Step 3: Squeeze out the excess water from the spinach, cut it into two to three sections, peel the garlic and chop the garlic.
Step 4: Heat oil in a wok, stir-fry minced garlic until fragrant, add shredded carrots and stir-fry for two minutes.
Step 5: Pour the spinach into the pot and stir well, add two spoons of light soy sauce, one spoonful of oyster sauce, add an appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence, stir well, turn off the heat and remove from the pot.
2. Pumpkin
Recommended method: [pumpkin white fungus soup]
Ingredients: pumpkin, white fungus, lotus seeds, wolfberry, lily
Step 1: Soak the white fungus with water, wash and tear it into small flowers, put it in a rice cooker and cook for 15 minutes.
Step 2: Peel and remove the pumpkin, wash and cut into pieces, take an appropriate amount of lily, lotus seeds, and wolfberries and soak them in water.
Step 3: After the white fungus is cooked, add some boiling water, pour in the lily and lotus seeds, and simmer for 20 minutes.
Step 4: Pour the pumpkin cubes into the pot and continue to cook for 10 minutes until the pumpkin is slightly cooked.
Step 5: After the pumpkin is stewed, add the wolfberries and an appropriate amount of rock sugar, stir and simmer for five minutes, the rock sugar melts and then serves in the soup bowl.
3. Soybeans
Recommended method: [Stir-fried soybean and shiitake mushrooms]
Ingredients: soybeans, dried shiitake mushrooms, pork belly, ginger, green onions
Step 1: After washing the soybeans, soak them in water overnight, and add water to soak the dried shiitake mushrooms two hours in advance.
Step 2: Add a spoonful of flour and a spoonful of salt to the soaked shiitake mushrooms, scrub them well, and cut the pork belly into slices for later use.
Step 3: Pour oil from the pot, add the pork belly and stir-fry the fat, add green onion and ginger, dried chili, star anise, and bay leaves and stir-fry until fragrant.
Step 4: Pour shiitake mushrooms into the pot, add 3 tablespoons of light soy sauce and 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce and stir-fry well.
Step 5: Pour the soybeans into the pan, stir-fry for one minute, pour in boiling water to cover the ingredients.
Step 6: Add a little rock sugar and an appropriate amount of salt to the pot, simmer for half an hour over medium-low heat, the soybeans are cooked through, pour in sesame oil and stir-fry well, turn off the heat and remove from the pot.
2 Sweet Foods:
1. Loofah
Recommended method: [Loofah steamed pork slices]
Ingredients: loofah, pork tendon, garlic, green onion, ginger
Step 1: Peel the loofah, wash and slice it, and soak it in lightly salted water to avoid oxidation.
Step 2: Slice the pork tendon meat, add green onion and ginger, cooking wine, add a spoonful of light soy sauce and starch.
Step 3: Add an appropriate amount of salt and a little pepper to the meat, pour in a spoonful of oil, and marinate again for 10 minutes.
Step 4: Place the loofah slices on a plate and spread the marinated meat slices in the middle.
Step 5: Chop the minced garlic and stir-fry in a pot until fragrant, add two spoons of steamed fish soy sauce, stir-fry well, turn off the heat and pour on the meat slices.
Step 6: Put the loofah slices into the steamer, steam for 15 minutes on high heat, sprinkle millet pepper and chopped green onion out of the pot, and pour hot oil on it to stimulate the fragrance.
2. Water spinach
Recommended method: [Shredded pepper milk water spinach]
Ingredients: water spinach, green and red peppers, garlic
Step 1: Wash the water spinach, cut off the bottom root, cut the remaining long section of about six centimeters, and open the stems and leaves.
Step 2: Remove the stems and seeds of the green and red peppers, wash them and cut them into shreds. Take a small bowl and pour an appropriate amount of bean curd juice, put half a piece of bean curd,
Step 3: Add half a spoon of sugar to the bean curd, crush the bean curd with a spoon, and stir well to combine.
Step 4: Remove from the pot and pour oil, add the stems of the water spinach, fry for half a minute, pour in the water spinach leaves, and fry until the water spinach is served.
Step 5: Heat the oil again, add garlic cubes and stir-fry until fragrant, pour in shredded green and red peppers, stir-fry for one minute, and pour in water spinach.
Step 6: Pour in the fermented bean curd, add a little salt and chicken essence, stir-fry well, pour a little water starch, turn on high heat to thicken the soup out of the pot.
- Lao Jing said -
In addition to paying more attention to the diet in summer, we should also remember not to overwork, control your emotions, try to keep your mood happy, usually don't be too lazy to go out for exercise because the weather gets hot, go for a walk outdoors, or do some sports similar to jogging, tai chi, badminton, etc., breathe more fresh air, and you can also massage yourself, which will be conducive to the health of the spleen and stomach. #晒晒我的今日美食#
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