Hello family, Xiao Xu is here again! Today I would like to recommend to you a vegetable that you must not miss in May, and that is cheap and nutritious zucchini!
It is simply the "green gold" on our table, not only delicious but also quite nutritious. Next, I will give you a good science popularization of the delicious food in this May, and then serve three awesome dietary remedies!
Nutritional value of zucchini
This guy is rich in vitamin C, vitamin E, and β-carotene, all powerful antioxidants that help our bodies defend against free radicals and maintain youthful vitality. Moreover, it is also rich in dietary fiber, which helps promote intestinal peristalsis, prevent constipation, and keep our digestive system healthy.
According to the records of traditional Chinese medicine classics, zucchini also has the effects of clearing heat and diuresis, removing annoyance and quenching thirst, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, reducing swelling and dissipating knots. In this hot summer, eating some zucchini can not only supplement nutrition, but also help our body detoxify and relieve fever, which is simply killing two birds with one stone!
Well, let's recommend three delicious and healthy zucchini diet remedies, which will definitely make you feast on your appetite and maintain your health at the same time!
1. Zucchini soup
Ingredients: 500g zucchini, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, green onion, wheat flour, sesame oil.
Method: First, wash and slice the zucchini, wash and chop the green onion. Then pour oil into a pot and heat it, add chopped green onions and stir-fry until fragrant, then add zucchini slices and stir-fry. At this time, sprinkle an appropriate amount of flour on top of the zucchini, stir-fry evenly, and add an appropriate amount of water and salt to the pan and stir-fry together. When it is almost stir-fried, add a certain amount of boiling water, bring to a boil and serve.
Nutritional value: Zucchini soup is rich in a variety of vitamins, which help clear away heat and detoxify, enhance liver and kidney function, and the addition of flour can also provide enough carbohydrates to meet the body's energy needs.
2. Stir-fried zucchini with tomatoes
Ingredients: zucchini, tomato, egg, black fungus, etc.
Method: Wash and slice the zucchini, wash and peel the tomatoes, and tear the black fungus into small florets after soaking. Crack the eggs into a bowl and stir and set aside. Heat oil in a pan and scramble eggs until solidified. Then add an appropriate amount of oil, stir-fry chives, ginger and garlic, add zucchini slices, tomato pieces and black fungus and stir-fry until cooked, and finally add scrambled eggs and appropriate seasonings and stir-fry evenly.
Nutritional value: This dish combines the heat-clearing and detoxifying properties of zucchini with the antioxidant effects of tomatoes, while black fungus is rich in iron, which helps to nourish blood and beauty.
3. Zucchini mung bean soup
Ingredients: 200 grams of zucchini, 50 grams of mung beans, 30 grams of barley, 20 grams of lotus seeds, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Method: Wash the zucchini and cut it into small pieces for later use. Soak barley and lotus seeds in advance and set aside. Add enough water to the pot, put the zucchini, barley, lotus seeds and rock sugar together in the pot and bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and cook for 30-40 minutes before serving.
Nutritional value: This medicinal diet combines the heat-clearing and detoxifying effect of zucchini and the thirst-quenching effect of mung bean, which is suitable for summer consumption, which can help the body detoxify and nourish the skin, prevent heat stroke, etc.
If you want to make these delicious dishes, the choice of ingredients is the key! Remember to pick fresh zucchini so that the nutritional value is higher. In addition, during the cooking process, try to stir-fry or simmer for a short time on high heat to retain the nutrients of zucchini to the greatest extent.
Zucchini in May is a treasure, don't miss it! Try these remedies to make your table more colorful! Okay, I'll share it with you today, and we'll see you next time!