Dog days are the hottest seasons of the year, with the middle days being the most prominent, when not only the temperature is high, but also very humid, and these two extreme weather conditions add up to form a sultry "sauna day".
People in Zhongfu tend to consume a lot of energy, sweat a lot, and consume a lot of yang energy, so at this time, it is necessary to supplement more nutrition, replenish vitality, and lay a solid foundation for the body to meet the autumn and winter.
During this time, you need to pay special attention to your diet, you should eat less watermelon and ginger, because although watermelon relieves the heat, it is often cold, and eating too much is not good for the stomach.
It is recommended to avoid the mouth in the middle of the volt! Suggestion: Eat less watermelon and ginger, eat more 1 red, 2 white and 3 vegetables, refreshing and greasy!
One red
1. Tomatoes
Traditional Chinese medicine says that "red into the heart", summer is the best time to nourish the heart, eat more red food can better nourish the mind, and among the many red foods, tomatoes are quite cost-effective food in terms of nutritional price, directly eaten raw or made into a variety of delicacies.
Recommended recipe [Roasted tofu with tomatoes]
Main ingredients: tomatoes, tofu, shiitake mushrooms, fungus
1. Wash the two tomatoes and cut them with a cross knife, then pour boiling water and scald them, remove the skin, then remove the roots, and then cut them into small pieces.
2. A piece of old tofu, cut it into small pieces of uniform size, beat 2 eggs into the tofu, then stir well, pour the stirred eggs into the tofu, stir it, and make each tofu sticky egg liquid.
3. Next, we adjust the sauce, add a spoonful of salt, two spoons of light soy sauce, a spoonful of cooking wine, a spoonful of oyster sauce, an appropriate amount of sugar, and then add half a bowl of water and stir evenly for later use.
4. After the oil is hot, pour in the tofu, fry slowly over low heat, fry until golden brown on both sides, and then put it out for later use. Pour oil into the pot again, after the oil is hot, add minced green onions and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in tomatoes and fry the juice, then put in fungus and mushrooms and fry until they are broken, and finally add tofu and sauce and stir-fry evenly, cover the pot and simmer for 3 minutes after stir-frying evenly, pour in water starch after the time is up, and fry until sticky You can get out of the pot.
Two white
1. Lily
As the old saying goes, "Summer suffers, wins and tonics", lily slightly bitter into the heart meridian, with the effect of removing irritability and reassuring the gods. Eating more during this time period has many benefits for nourishing the heart and peace of mind.
Recommended Recipe: 【Stir-fried Shrimp with Lily】
Main ingredients: celery, lily, prawns
1. Clean the lily, remove the shrimp head and shrimp line from the prawns, then peel off the shrimp shells, add cooking wine and pepper and marinate for 10 minutes. Tear off the fascia after washing the celery, so that you don't stuff your teeth when you eat it. Shred the red bell pepper and set aside.
2. Pour oil into the pot, add green onion and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the shrimp and fry until it changes color and set aside.
3. Re-heat the oil, add the celery and stir-fry the raw ones, then add the lily and red pepper, stir-fry a few times, pour in the shrimp, add salt, chicken essence, and a little water starch to thicken.
2. Yam
Yam is the same source of medicine and food, has the effect of strengthening the spleen and dispelling dampness, eat more cold food in summer, you should eat more yams, which can enhance immunity and help dispel dampness.
Recommended Recipe: [Yam Purple Potato Cake]
Main ingredients: yam, purple potato, glutinous rice flour
1. Prepare 1 purple potato and 1 yam, cut them into slices and put them in a pot to steam. After steaming, take it out and mash it into a puree.
2. Add a little milk to the pounded purple sweet potato puree, then add sugar and stir evenly for later use.
3. In the mashed yam, beat 1 egg, add a small amount of glutinous rice flour in batches, and knead it into a non-sticky dough. Then roll it into long strips and divide them into small, evenly sized pieces.
4. Roll out the divided agent into a round cake, wrap it with purple potato puree, then press it into a round cake, press some patterns with a fork, brush the oil with the electric baking pan, and burn the cake on both sides to be golden.
Three dishes
1. Amaranth
As the old saying goes, "Amaranth eggs in June, amaranth in July are not exchanged", amaranth is also known as "longevity vegetables", and the amaranth at this time is the best season for fresh and delicious food, and it is delicious when it is simply burned.
Recommended Recipe [Amaranth Jelly]
Main ingredients: amaranth, pea flour
1. First of all, let's pick off the leaves of the amaranth, keep the amaranth stalk to fry and eat, pour 4 small bowls of water into the pot, and then boil over high heat, after the water is boiled, put in the amaranth, boil for 3-4 minutes, boil the color of the water until the redder the better, and take out the amaranth leaves after cooking.
2. Pour a small bowl of pea starch into the container, then pour in a bowl of boiled amaranth juice, stir the pea flour until there are no particles, and use other starches, such as corn starch, sweet potato starch, etc.
3. Pour the stirred batter directly into the remaining amaranth juice, turn on medium heat, and then stir continuously with a spatula to prevent the pot from sticking. As the temperature rises, the slurry will quickly thicken, stir until it bubbles, and the slurry becomes transparent and viscous, and you can turn off the heat.
4. After cooling, cut into small pieces, then let's adjust a universal sauce, add minced garlic and millet pepper to the bowl, a spoonful of white sesame seeds, a spoonful of chili noodles, and then use hot oil to stimulate the fragrance, add a spoonful of light soy sauce, a spoonful of balsamic vinegar, a small spoon of salt, a small spoon of chicken essence, a spoonful of sesame oil, and finally some coriander and green onion and stir well.
2. Winter melon
Winter melon is known as the "nutrient reservoir in summer", eating more winter melon on dog days can maintain electrolyte balance, clear away heat and relieve heat, and also have a certain fat reduction effect.
Recommended recipe [Winter melon and shrimp broth]
Main ingredients: appropriate amount of prawns, 1 small piece of winter melon, 1 piece of corn
1. Remove the head of the prawns, then remove the shells, open the back of the prawns, remove the shrimp threads, and rinse well. Then add cooking wine to remove the smell, add a spoonful of salt and marinate for 10 minutes.
2. Peel and remove the gourd, then cut into small cubes.
3. Pour a little oil into the pot, add ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, then add an appropriate amount of water, then pour in the winter melon and boil over high heat.
4. After boiling, we put in water starch, corn nuggets, an egg white, shrimp meat, and cook over low heat until the corn is cooked through.
5. After cooking, we add an appropriate amount of salt, and the pepper is ready to come out of the pan.
3. Artemisia chrysanthemum
Each 100g of chrysanthemum leaves contains up to 25mg of VC, and there are proteins, carotenes, minerals and so on. Artemisia chrysanthemum has the clear qi of Artemisia and the sweet fragrance of chrysanthemum, which can nourish the spleen and stomach, benefit the stomach and intestines, etc., so it is also known as "the emperor's dish."
Recommended recipe [Almond with chrysanthemum]
Main ingredients: chrysanthemum, garlic, almonds, wolfberry
1. After the chrysanthemum is cleaned, cut off the thicker part of the root, and then cut it into small pieces of about 5 cm.
2. Boil water in a pot, add salt and cooking oil, blanch chrysanthemum for about 30 seconds, the purpose of adding salt is to increase the bottom taste, add oil to make chrysanthemum more green. After blanching, remove and control the moisture.
3. Put minced garlic and white sesame seeds in a small bowl, then splash hot oil to stimulate the fragrance, then release light soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, salt, chicken essence, sesame oil and stir well.
4. Pour the seasoned juice into the chrysanthemum, then put the almonds and wolfberries, and stir well. (Goji berries need to be soaked in advance, almonds need to be blanched).
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