Hello dear friends, I'm a little gecko. It's my habit to use simple words to introduce delicious food. Today, I would like to talk to you about how to care for our hearts through food and make our lives healthier and better.
There is a cloud in "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing": "The heart, the official of the monarch, the gods are out." "The health of the heart, as the engine of the human body, is directly related to our longevity and quality of life. Especially for middle-aged and elderly friends, they need to pay more attention to the health of the heart. Today, I would like to recommend 8 kinds of "heart vegetables" for you, which are not only delicious and delicious, but also help protect our hearts. Let's take a look at how ordinary ingredients can be transformed into mouth-watering delicacies through clever cooking.
1. Braised hairtail
Hairtail fish is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which have a good protective effect on the cardiovascular system. The braised hairtail is bright red in color, and the sauce is fragrant, which is very good for rice.
Directions:
1. Clean the hairtail, cut it into sections, and marinate it in cooking wine and ginger slices for 15 minutes.
2. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the hairtail until golden brown on both sides.
3. Leave the bottom oil in the pan, add the green onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, add the fried hairtail, pour in light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, salt and appropriate amount of water.
4. Cook over low heat for 20 minutes, finally reduce the juice on high heat and sprinkle with chopped green onions.
2. Stir-fried shiitake mushrooms with celery
Celery is rich in fiber, which lowers blood pressure, while the polysaccharides in shiitake mushrooms help boost immunity.
Directions:
1. Soak the mushrooms in water in advance and slice them; Wash the celery and cut into sections.
2. Heat the oil in a pan, add the minced garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the shiitake mushrooms and stir-fry.
3. When the shiitake mushrooms are almost cooked, add the celery segments and stir-fry over high heat.
4. Add salt and chicken essence to taste, and drizzle with sesame oil before cooking.
3. Garlic broccoli
Broccoli is rich in vitamin C and folic acid, which has a good cardiovascular protective effect.
Directions:
1. Cut the broccoli into small florets, wash and set aside.
2. Boil water in a pot, add a little salt and oil, and blanch the broccoli until it is broken.
3. Heat the oil in a pan, add the minced garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, add the broccoli and stir-fry.
4. Add salt and chicken essence to taste, stir-fry evenly and remove from the pan.
4. Steamed salmon
Salmon is a deep-sea fish rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, which has a good cardiovascular protective effect.
Directions:
1. Handle the salmon and marinate it in cooking wine, ginger slices and green onion for 15 minutes.
2. Put ginger slices on a plate, put the salmon on the plate and steam for 10 minutes.
3. Sprinkle chopped green onion and drizzle with hot oil.
5. Stewed tofu with black fungus
Black fungus is known as "black gold", which can reduce blood viscosity and prevent thrombosis.
Directions:
1. Soak the black fungus in water in advance and wash it; Cut the tofu into cubes and set aside.
2. Bring water to a boil in a pot and add the black fungus and tofu cubes.
3. Add ginger slices and green onion and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste, and sprinkle with coriander before cooking.
6. Hawthorn and red date porridge
Hawthorn and red jujube have the effect of invigorating blood and removing blood stasis, nourishing the heart and soothing the nerves, and are suitable for middle-aged and elderly people.
Directions:
1. Wash and slice the hawthorn, and remove the pits of the jujube for later use.
2. Wash the rice, add an appropriate amount of water, hawthorn and red dates to cook porridge.
3. When the porridge is thick, add rock sugar to taste.
7. Kelp pork rib soup
Kelp is rich in iodine and alginic acid, which helps lower blood pressure and blood lipids.
Directions:
1. Soak the kelp and wash it and cut it into sections; Blanch the pork ribs and set aside.
2. Add water to a boil and add the pork ribs, kelp and ginger slices.
3. Simmer over low heat for 1 hour, add salt and chicken essence to taste.
8. Mung bean and barley soup
Mung bean and barley have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving dampness and draining pus, and also have a good protective effect on the cardiovascular system.
Directions:
1. Soak the mung beans and barley in water for 2 hours in advance.
2. Bring water to a boil in a pot and add mung beans and barley.
3. After the heat boils, turn to low heat and simmer for 40 minutes, add rock sugar to taste.
Friends, good food not only satisfies our taste buds, but also nourishes our body. The above are the 8 kinds of "heart vegetables" that I recommend for you, I hope you can like it. While enjoying the food, don't forget to pay attention to your health! Let's take care of our hearts with food and enjoy a good life!
Finally, I would like to end today's sharing with an ancient poem: "If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan." "I hope we can all cherish every encounter with food and make life full of beauty and expectation. Pay attention to the little gecko, the delicious recipes can't be finished, we'll see you next time!