'Once the summer heat is over, the heat is three minutes a day', after the small heat, you should eat '2 vegetables and 1 meat' to adapt to the season

"Once the summer heat is over, the heat is three minutes a day", after the small heat, you should eat "2 vegetables and 1 meat" to adapt to the season

The ancients' observation of nature was very meticulous, even far better than today's people. After all, there were not many instruments used by people in ancient times, and they could only rely on the most primitive methods. However, it has researched 24 solar terms, and each solar term is divided into "three weathers" with 5 days as a "climate". For example, in the small summer season, "one waits for the warm wind to arrive, the second waits for the cricket to live in the house, and the third waits for the eagle to prey". The meaning of this sentence is simply that each time is getting hotter and hotter, and gradually enters the period of the highest temperature.

"Once the summer heat is over, it will be three minutes a day." Hot weather not only affects your body, but also your mood. But we can adjust it through diet. After the summer heat, we should eat "2 vegetables and 1 meat" to adapt to the season.

2 dishes

lotus root

Lotus root can be said to be a very mild tonic with very high nutritional value, and it also conforms to the concept of "Xia Yangxin". Therefore, in the summer, according to the season, it is recommended that you eat more lotus roots.

【Cold lotus root slices】

Ingredients: lotus root, onion and garlic, pepper, white vinegar, salt, chicken essence, sugar.

step 1

Peel the lotus root and cut it into thin slices, then boil the water in a pot, add some salt, then add the lotus root slices to blanch, blanch for 2 minutes, remove, and then put in cold water for later use.

Step 2

After the cold water is over, take it out, put it in a pot, add minced onion and garlic, pepper, sugar and chicken essence, then add some white vinegar and stir well, you can put it out of the pot and put it on a plate.

bean sprouts

In summer, you should eat more mung beans. In hot weather, drinking mung bean soup can clear away heat and relieve heat. The sprouted mung bean sprouts have the effect of clearing heat and relieving summer heat of mung bean, and also have many vitamins and higher nutritional value.

【Mung bean sprouts fried noodles】

Ingredients: noodles, bean sprouts, carrots, onions, chicken, soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, minced garlic, green onions, cooking oil.

step 1

Heat oil in a pan, add chicken and stir fry, add onion, spring onion and garlic to fragrant, add bean sprouts and carrots and stir fry for a while.

Step 2

Then add noodles, add oyster sauce, soy sauce and dark soy sauce and stir fry, stir fry evenly, and you can serve.

1 meat

eel meat

The protein content of eel meat is very high, up to 18g/100g protein content, and the fat content is relatively low. As the saying goes: "Eat a ginseng in winter, eat an eel in summer", and in the small summer season, the eel is the most plump time.

【Cucumber Roasted Eel】

Ingredients: eel, cucumber, garlic, millet pepper, basil, oyster sauce, soy sauce, cooking wine, balsamic vinegar, pepper, salt, cooking oil.

step 1

Heat the oil in a pot, add the eel and stir-fry, add cooking wine and saute until fragrant, fry until cooked and set aside.

Step 2

Then add minced garlic and millet pepper to the pot and sauté until fragrant, then add the cucumber segments and stir-fry for a while.

Step 3

Then add the eel, add oyster sauce, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, pepper and salt to taste, stir fry evenly.

Step 4

Lastly, add a handful of basil leaves, stir fry evenly, and serve.

Tomorrow will be a small heat, "small heat and big heat, cook up and down", everyone pay attention to heatstroke prevention~