As the saying goes: "the first volt to prevent heat stroke, the middle volt to remove the root of the disease, the last volt to hide from the tiger", the middle-aged and elderly in the summer without illness, three points, up and down the stairs breathless, sweaty in the summer, the skin is sticky and weak, this time to eat acid, acid appetizer, eat well in order to have strength.
"Eat acid in summer, the disease does not stick", because the elderly in Futian have poor appetite and weakness, and "acid" can be appetizing and degreasing, helping digestion, and can also stop sweating and cooling to maintain the water in the body of the elderly and prevent heat loss. In the steaming environment of the three-volt day, the middle-aged and elderly should have a balanced nutrition and light diet, eat less fat meat is too greasy, and eat more three kinds of acids suitable for summer.
1. Fermentation acid
Most of the sour taste formed by fermentation is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, such as sauerkraut, yogurt and vinegar. The probiotics in these fermented foods can help digestion and contribute to the health of the human gut, so they are often considered healthy foods.
Recommended recipe: Golden soup sauerkraut fish
1. Under the processed blackfish fillet, cut the fish bone into sections, and the fish head is broken and put together with the fish bone; Add salt, pepper and cooking wine to the fillets and mix well, then add half an egg white and a small handful of potato starch to stir well, and finally seal with oil and let stand for 10 minutes.
2. Cut the sauerkraut into sections; Cut ginger into diamond-shaped slices; Cut the green onion into sections with a slash knife; Cut a few wild peppers into pieces and place in a bowl, then add a spoonful of yellow lantern sauce; Pat the garlic flat and chop into small pieces; Prepare a handful of white sesame seeds; Cut a handful of dried chili peppers into sections and set aside.
3. Add rapeseed oil to the pot, heat the oil and then put in the fish bones over medium heat and fry slowly, wait until the fish bones are fried until both sides are golden brown, pour boiling water along the edge of the pot and simmer on high heat, stew the fish soup until it is thick and white.
4. Boil the water in another pot, pour the sauerkraut into it and cook, remove the excess salty and sour taste, cook for about 1 minute after opening the pot, pour the sauerkraut out, rinse with water and cool control water for later.
5. Add rapeseed oil to the pot, add green onion ginger, dried chili peppers and stir-fry on low heat, pour in wild mountain peppers and yellow lantern sauce to fry out the sour and spicy taste, cook the cooking wine along the edge of the pot, then pour in the stewed fish soup, then add sauerkraut, salt, monosodium glutamate, a little sugar, pepper, white vinegar, and then simmer for two or three minutes, fish out and put it on the bottom of the plate.
6. Continue to boil the soup in the pot, then turn to low heat and add the fillets in turn, turn the medium heat to medium heat and cook for another 10 seconds before cooking, put the fillets on the plate.
7. Add rapeseed oil to the pot again, add minced garlic and stir-fry, add white sesame seeds and dried chili peppers to fry quickly, then immediately stir-fry, pour on top of the fish fillets, and sprinkle with green onions to taste delicious.
2. Tomato acid
Tomatoes contain tomatoes, which are one of the types of vitamin A. Eating by middle-aged and elderly people can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, because tomatoes are fat-soluble, so tomatoes are fried in cooking oil before eating.
Recommended recipe: Tomato cauliflower
1. Remove the hard roots of two cauliflower and cut into even small pieces; Cut five tomatoes into diced tomatoes; Cut a little green onion and set aside.
2. Boil water in the pot, pour in the cauliflower after boiling on high heat, pour in a little vegetable oil, blanch the water for 10 seconds to drain the water and set aside.
3. When the oil in the pot is 50% hot, pour in the green onion and stir-fry to smell the aroma of the onion, pour in the diced tomatoes and stir-fry for 2 minutes, wait until the red juice is fully fried, and then pour in the cauliflower that has controlled the water, add 6 grams of salt, 5 grams of pepper, 5 grams of chicken essence, 15 grams of soy sauce and turn the pot upside down to the table, and finally sprinkle the green onions deliciously.
3. Fruit acid
Fruit acid refers to the various sources of sourness obtained from fruits when cooking, of which lemon is best eaten in summer. Because of the special refreshing aroma of lemon, it is very debilitating and appetizing to eat with meat in summer.
Recommended recipe: Hand-torn lemon chicken
1. Drizzle a spoonful of vegetable oil on the chicken side legs, sprinkle with salt baked powder, mix well, and marinate for 10 minutes; Place two green onions on a plate and place the marinated chicken thighs on top.
2. Boil the water, put the chicken legs in the steamer after the atmosphere, steam on medium heat for 20 minutes, pick up the chicken legs after cooling, and then control the chicken soup at the bottom of the bowl, and then tear the chicken meat into small pieces.
3. Wash the lemon and cut into slices; Millet pepper cut into circles; A handful of garlic is pat flattened and chopped into minced garlic; Cut a little more coriander and put it together, pour the chicken soup into the chopped ingredients, add soy sauce, aged vinegar, sesame oil, chicken powder and stir well.
4. Pour the soup on top of the chicken and mix it evenly to plate, marinate for a while and then eat the taste will be better.
(First Food Editor: Cao Cao)