The summer solstice is coming, no matter how busy you are, remember to eat 2 meats, 2 melons, 2 teas, avoid 2 things, and stay healthy in the summer
The summer solstice is coming, no matter how busy you are, remember to eat 2 meats, 2 melons, 2 teas, avoid 2 things, and stay healthy in the summer
The longest day of the year is the summer solstice, and the days are long until the summer solstice. The summer solstice is the starting point of midsummer, and it is not far from the hottest "dog days" of the year. Therefore, at this time, everyone should take good care of their bodies and stay healthy in the summer.
In summer, in addition to relieving the heat, it is also necessary to supplement nutrition appropriately. Xia Bu pays attention to clear tonic, and can't eat too much fat.
Health experts pointed out that to maintain health during the summer solstice, remember to "eat 2 meats and 2 melons, drink 2 teas, and avoid 2 flavors", so that you will not suffer in the bitter summer.
In life, you can eat 2 more meats, the first meat: duck meat
Duck meat is a treasure that clears heat and removes fire in summer. It is a good meat dish and has the reputation of "the first meat" in summer.
As a reminder, when you buy duck meat, you should choose fresh duck, and try not to buy frozen duck. The fresh duck meat is pink, fresh and shiny, the meat is tight and firm, the skin is clean and undamaged, and it feels elastic when pressed by hand.
Ducks are treasures all over the body, you can eat them if you want, and you can also eat the internal organs of ducks. The nationally famous Peking duck, Wuhan Zhouhei duck, Nanjing saltwater duck, sauced duck, etc. are all delicious ways to eat duck.
The best way to eat duck in summer is to stew soup. With sour radish, make an old duck sour radish soup, which is appetizing and greasy.
See below for specific practices;
Ingredients: Half duck meat, sour soup bag, 1 radish, salt
Practice: 1. Wash the duck meat, cut it into pieces, blanch it in hot water, remove the blood, pick it up and set aside.
2 Add warm water to the stew pot, put in the duck meat, put it in the soup bag bought in the supermarket, and cook it on high heat
3 Prepare the radish to wash, cut into pieces, and set aside
4 After the duck soup boils, turn to medium-low heat, add radish pieces, and simmer slowly
5 kinds of ingredients can be boiled, add a little salt and chopped green onion before serving.
Second meat: fish
Fish is rich in nutrients, delicate in texture and fresh in taste. It is a kind of meat with high protein and low fat. It is worth eating more in summer.
There are also many types of fish. In summer, the way to eat fish is to steam or make soup as much as possible, which can not only remove the heat, but also replenish moisture and nourish the body.
As the saying goes, "winter crucian carp and summer bass", so summer is a good time to eat bass. Sea bass is tender and has few fish bones, making it suitable for young and old to eat. The best way to eat is to steam it, the meat is white and delicate, tender and easy to digest. Here's how to do it:
Ingredients: 1 sea bass, onion ginger garlic, salt, steamed fish oil, very fresh, vinegar, light soy sauce
Practice: 1. Wash the sea bass, remove the scales, remove the internal organs, and then make a slit on the back along the spine to facilitate steaming
2 Marinate the sea bass, add onion and ginger to the belly, and spread a little salt evenly on the fish
3 After marinating for 10 minutes, boil water in the pot and steam over high heat for about 10 minutes.
4 After steaming, take it out, pour out the water in the plate, and take out the onion and ginger in the fish belly
5 Prepare the seasoning, chop the onion, ginger and garlic, put it in the pot and sauté until fragrant, pour it on the fish, put the steamed fish soy sauce, the taste is very fresh, a little vinegar, and some shredded onion on the fish.
During the summer solstice, everyone can eat 2 more melons, which is good for the body.
The first melon: bitter melon
Bitter melon is a vegetable that reduces fire in summer. It has the reputation of "the first melon to reduce fire" in summer. Bitter melon tastes bitter in the mouth, but it is good for the human body. "Bitter first and then sweet".
How to remove bitterness from bitter gourd? Here's a little trick for you to learn:
1 Cut the bitter gourd, scrape the flesh and velvet inside, and the bitterness can be reduced.
2 Cut bitter gourd slices, soak them in water, add a little salt to the water to reduce the bitterness.
3 When frying bitter gourd, add a little white vinegar to reduce the bitterness.
We recommend the delicious way to eat bitter gourd in summer. You can choose to eat it.
1 slices of bitter gourd dipped in osmanthus honey. Bitter gourd is peeled and thinly sliced, chilled and eaten with osmanthus honey.
2 bitter gourd fried meat. The combination of meat and vegetables is not greasy, with crispness, a feeling of satiety and comfort.
3 lemons mixed with bitter gourd. There is a slight bitterness in the hot and sour, and the chew is crisp and watery, especially strong
4 scrambled eggs with bitter gourd. The fragrance of bitter gourd makes the eggs taste not fishy at all, and the color matching is also good-looking.
5 bitter gourd stuffed minced meat. The taste of bitter gourd blended with pork juice after steaming soft.
6 Stir-fried bitter gourd. The taste is not amazing, the taste is ordinary, and it is more suitable for the stomach.
7 bitter gourd stewed pork ribs soup. Oily fragrance is smooth and delicious.
8 bitter gourd tea. Bitter gourd slices are sun-dried, soaked in water to drink, and have good health value.
Second melon: winter melon
Winter melon is a seasonal vegetable in summer, and it is a good baby for summer heatstroke prevention and hydration. It is often eaten in summer, and it is very good for the care of the body.
When you eat wax gourd, don’t throw away the skin of the wax gourd, you can wash it, boil it and drink it, eat it in summer, it can reduce swelling and eliminate polydipsia.
Share a recipe for shrimp and winter melon kelp soup suitable for summer solstice. It is nutritious and low in calories.
Ingredients: Appropriate amount of fresh shrimp, 1 small piece of winter melon, appropriate amount of kelp, salt, pepper
Practice: 1. Clean the fresh prawns, pick out the shrimp lines, cut off the shrimp heads, wash, marinate, cooking wine, salt
2 Boil dried kelp, wash, then slice and set aside.
3 peeled and sliced winter melon, chopped green onion and ginger
4 Put oil in a pot, sauté onion and ginger, put in warm water, pour in kelp, wax gourd slices, boil over high heat
5 Add the shrimp, simmer over low heat, add salt and pepper before serving.
The summer solstice is approaching and the weather is hot, so everyone should drink more water, especially some healthy tea. 2 kinds of tea can drink more;
The first one: green tea
Summer is the best time to drink green tea, take a sip and bring a cool feeling to the body. Green tea is unfermented tea. It is cold in nature and in the hot summer season. Drinking more can clear away heat and dispel fire, produce body fluid and quench thirst.
When you are making green tea, you should pay attention to some problems, and you should also know;
1 When brewing green tea, the temperature should not be too high to prevent the nutrients in the green tea from being scalded.
2 Do not drink green tea overnight.
3 When brewing green tea, do not be too strong, as excessive consumption of strong tea will damage the spleen and stomach.
- Green tea should be drunk in moderation every day, not as much as possible.
The second: ginger tea
Therefore, the saying goes: "The rice is not fragrant, eat ginger", summer is a good time to eat ginger, "Eat ginger in summer, do not need a doctor to prescribe."
We use ginger soaked in water to drink, not only to remove the pungency of ginger, but also to strengthen the body and eliminate the cold in the body. It is a healthy tea drink in summer.
Ginger tea should be drunk hot, not cold.
Ginger tea can be matched with different ingredients, and its health value is more prominent:
1 Pair with brown sugar. Brown sugar ginger water, remove dampness and cold, help the body to perspire. Love the stomach, improve the body's immunity, prevent sore throat.
2 with orange peel. Tangerine peel ginger tea, soothes the liver and relieves depression
3 with green tea. Ginger tea, sweating to relieve the table, warming the lungs and relieving cough, has miraculous effects on influenza, typhoid, cough, etc.
4 Serve with eggs. Ginger water washes eggs, warms the stomach, and cures diarrhea.
5 with Coke. Cola Ginger Soup can prevent cold and resolve phlegm, clear heat and warm the stomach, prevent and treat colds.
6 with honey. Honey ginger tea, dispels cold and warms the palace, loses weight.
During the summer solstice, everyone should taboo 2 things to spend the summer healthily.
The first: dietary taboos to eat spicy food, cold food
In hot weather, the body is hot, and the food is cold, everyone eats more, less or no "cold" food such as cold drinks and ice, so as not to increase the burden on the body, affect digestion, and avoid discomfort caused by cold in the stomach.
Spicy food can't be eaten either, which will aggravate the body's dryness and cause health problems.
Do not keep blowing the air conditioner fan, and avoid taking a shower with cold water to prevent dampness from entering the body
The second item: exercise properly and feel comfortable
When the weather is hot, you can exercise in the morning and evening to strengthen your physique and stay away from diseases.
In hot weather, the human body will feel dry, so learn to relax your mind, maintain peace and tranquility, and avoid negative emotions such as anxiety and tension. Calm down and solve problems.
After the summer solstice, it is about to enter the dog days. I hope everyone develops good eating and living habits, and spends this summer and the dog days healthily.