The summer solstice is here, no matter how busy you are, remember to eat 2 meats, eat 2 melons, drink 2 teas, avoid 2 things, and live a healthy summer
The summer solstice is here, no matter how busy you are, remember to eat 2 meats, eat 2 melons, drink 2 teas, avoid 2 things, and live a healthy summer
The longest day of the year has arrived, which is the summer solstice, and the days grow longer until the summer solstice. The summer solstice is the starting point of midsummer, and it is not far away from the hottest "dog days" of the year. Therefore, at this time, everyone should take good care of their bodies and live a healthy summer.
In summer, in addition to relieving the heat, you should also supplement your nutrition properly. As the saying goes, "Tonic in summer, tonic in winter, tonic in winter". Xiabu pays attention to cleansing and tonic, and can't eat greasy fish and meat.
Health preservation experts pointed out that for health preservation 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, everyone can eat 2 more meats, the first meat: duck
Duck meat is a treasure for clearing away heat and fire in summer. It is a good meat dish and has the reputation of "the first meat" in summer.
A reminder, everyone should choose fresh duck when buying duck meat, 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.
The whole body of the duck is full of treasures, you can eat it if you want, and you can also eat the duck internal organs. The nationally famous Beijing Roast Duck, Wuhan Zhouhei Duck, Nanjing Salted Water Duck, and Salted Duck in Sauce are all delicious ways to eat duck.
The best way to eat duck in summer is stewing soup, which can not only nourish nutrition, but also remove moisture, cool off heat, and clear away heat. With sour radish, make an old duck sour radish soup, appetizing and greasy.
Let's look at the specific approach;
Ingredients: half a duck, sour soup bag, 1 radish, salt
Method: 1 Wash the duck meat, cut into pieces, blanch in hot water for a while, remove the blood foam, pick it up, and set aside.
2 Add warm water to the stew pot, put the duck meat, put the soup bag bought in the supermarket, and cook on high heat
3 Prepare the radish, wash, cut into pieces, and set aside
4 After the duck soup boils, turn to medium-low heat, add radish cubes, and simmer
Just boil the 5 kinds of ingredients until they are rotten. Before serving, add a little salt and chopped green onion.
Second Meat: Fish
Fish meat is rich in nutrition, 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, try to eat fish by steaming or making soup, which can not only relieve dryness and heat, but also replenish water and nourish the body.
As the saying goes, "winter crucian carp and summer perch", so summer is a good time to eat perch. Sea bass is tender and has few bones, so it is suitable for all ages. The best way to eat it 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 and garlic, salt, steamed fish oil, very fresh, vinegar, soy sauce
Method: 1. Clean the sea bass, remove the scales and viscera, and then cut a hole on the back along the spine for easy steaming
2 Marinate the sea bass, add green onion and ginger to the stomach, and spread a little salt evenly on the fish
3 After marinating for 10 minutes, boil water in the pot and steam on 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 belly of the fish
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 put some shredded green onion on the fish.
During the summer solstice, you can eat 2 more melons, which is good for your health.
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 gourd tastes bitter in the mouth, but it is good for the human body. "Bitter first, then sweet."
How to remove the bitterness of bitter gourd? A little trick for you, everyone can learn:
1 Cut the bitter gourd, scrape the flesh and velvet inside, and the bitterness can be alleviated.
2 Chopped bitter gourd slices, soaked in water, adding a little salt to the water can reduce the bitterness.
3 When frying bitter gourd, add a little white vinegar to reduce the bitterness.
The delicious way to eat bitter gourd in summer is recommended. You can choose to eat it.
1 Bitter melon thin slice dipped in osmanthus honey. Bitter gourd is peeled and thinly sliced, chilled, dipped in sweet-scented osmanthus honey and eaten, the taste is cool, slightly bitter, sweet aftertaste, accompanied by the aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus.
2 bitter gourd fried meat. A combination of meat and vegetables, not greasy, with a crispy feeling, a feeling of satiety and comfort.
3 bitter gourd mixed with lemon. There is a slight bit of bitterness in the hot and sour, and it is crunchy and watery when chewed, which is particularly exciting
4 Bitter melon scrambled eggs. The fresh aroma of bitter gourd makes the eggs taste not fishy at all, and the color scheme is also good-looking.
5 bitter gourd stuffed with minced meat. After the bitter gourd is steamed until softened, it blends with the pork juice.
6 Fried bitter gourd. The taste is not amazing, the ordinary taste is even more pleasing to the stomach.
7 bitter gourd stewed ribs soup. It is delicious if it is oily and fragrant.
8 bitter melon tea. Bitter melon slices are dried and soaked in water to drink, which has good health value.
The second melon: winter melon
Winter melon is a seasonal vegetable in summer, and it is a good baby for summer heatstroke prevention and hydration. Often eaten in summer, it is very good for 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, and eat it in summer.
Share a recipe of shrimp, winter melon and seaweed soup suitable for the summer solstice. It is nutritious and not high in calories.
Ingredients: Appropriate amount of fresh shrimp, 1 small piece of wax gourd, appropriate amount of kelp, salt, pepper
Method: 1 Clean the fresh prawns, pick out the shrimp lines, cut off the shrimp heads, wash, marinate, cooking wine, salt
2 Dried kelp boiled, washed, sliced and set aside.
3 wax gourds, peeled and sliced, green onion and ginger chopped
4Put oil in the pot, sauté the onion and ginger, put in warm water, pour in the kelp, wax gourd slices, and boil over high heat
5 Add the shrimps, simmer on low heat, add salt and pepper before serving.
The summer solstice is here and the weather is hot. Everyone should drink plenty of water, especially some health-preserving teas. As the saying goes, "drinking tea in summer keeps you from getting sick". You can drink more of the 2 kinds of tea;
First one: green tea
Summer is the best time to drink green tea, take a sip and bring a cool feeling to your body. Green tea is unfermented tea. It is cold in nature. In hot summer, drinking more can clear away heat and fire, promote body fluid and quench thirst.
When you are making green tea, you should also know some precautions;
1 When the green tea is soaked in water, the temperature should not be too high to prevent the nutrients in the green tea from being scalded.
2 Do not drink overnight green tea.
- When brewing green tea, don't make it too strong. Excessive drinking of strong tea will hurt the spleen and stomach.
4 Drink green tea in moderation every day, not the more you drink, the better.
Second: ginger tea
Therefore, the saying goes: "The rice is not delicious, eat ginger", summer is a good time to eat ginger, "Eat ginger in summer, no doctor prescribes medicine".
We drink water with ginger, not only to remove the spicy ginger, but also to strengthen the body and remove the cold in the body. It is a health-preserving tea in summer.
Drink ginger tea while it is hot, not cold.
Ginger tea can be matched with different ingredients, and its health value is more prominent:
1 with brown sugar. Brown sugar ginger water, dispels dampness and cold, and helps the body perspire. Protect the stomach, improve the body's immunity, and prevent sore throat.
2 with orange peel. Tangerine Peel Ginger Tea, soothes liver and relieves depression
3 with green tea. Ginger tea, sweating to relieve the surface, warming the lungs and relieving cough, has miraculous effects on flu, typhoid, cough, etc.
4 with eggs. Eggs washed with ginger water can warm the stomach and treat diarrhea.
5 with Coke. Cola Ginger Decoction, prevents cold and resolves phlegm, clears heat and warms stomach, prevents and treats colds.
6 with honey. Honey ginger tea, dispels cold and warms the palace, loses weight and loses weight.
During the summer solstice, everyone should avoid 2 things to spend the hot summer healthily.
The first thing: dietary taboos to eat spicy food, cold food
In high temperature weather, the body is hot, and cold food, everyone eats more, and eats less or no cold drinks, iced and other "cold" foods, so as not to increase the burden on the body, affect digestion, and avoid discomfort caused by cold stomach.
Spicy food can't be eaten either, it will aggravate the body's dryness and cause health problems.
Do not blow the air conditioner fan all the time, avoid taking a shower with cold water to prevent damp and cold from entering the body
The second thing: Proper exercise and a good mood
The weather is hot, you can exercise in the morning and evening, exercise your body, 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 bad emotions such as anxiety and tension. Peace of mind, problem solving.
After the summer solstice, we will enter the dog days. I hope everyone will develop good eating and living habits, and get through this hot summer and the dog days in a healthy way.