Winter melon soup is rich in vitamin C and protein. Mothers can drink winter melon soup when they are weak in the second month.

The benefits of drinking winter melon soup in the month;

Winter melon soup can help pregnant women eliminate edema during pregnancy by inducing diuresis to reduce swelling. Scientific research results also prove that drinking winter melon soup is good for their health.

Winter melon soup also has the effect of relieving summer heat and dampness, especially in hot summer. Mothers who are confinement can drink winter melon soup to relieve summer heat.

Precautions for pregnant women to eat melons

In order to lose weight, it is best for pregnant women not to eat a lot of wax gourd, so as not to cause unbalanced nutrient intake. People who are prone to diarrhea due to deficiency of spleen and stomach should be careful to eat wax gourd, and those who have been ill for a long time and have cold limbs due to yang deficiency should not eat it.

Maternal women should be careful not to eat too many melons, and it is good to have melons for 1-2 meals a week. Women who have just given birth had better not drink too much winter melon soup, so as not to have too much milk and block their breasts.

Maternal women should not eat too much wax gourd, so as to avoid the cold of wax gourd, which is not good for physical recovery; Don't eat raw wax gourd, lest the bacteria on raw wax gourd endanger human health.

Melon recipes suitable for lying-in women

Winter melon meatball soup

Ingredients: 250g pork stuffing, one piece of wax gourd, 30g oyster sauce, 20g soy sauce, a little salt, two spoonfuls of starch, black pepper 1g, appropriate amount of water and one chive.

Exercise:

1, pork stuffing is ready, add oyster sauce, salt, soy sauce, water and black pepper.

2. After stirring evenly in one direction, add starch and a little water and stir evenly to make the meat stuffing stronger.

3, melon peeled and cut into small pieces, cold water pot, fire to boil.

4. Spoon the right amount of meat into the pot with a small spoon, and the meatballs will surface. Add salt according to taste and turn off the heat.

Winter melon lean meat porridge

Ingredients: wax gourd 200g, rice100g, lean meat150g.

Exercise:

1, the rice is washed and soaked for 2 hours in advance. Chop lean meat into minced meat in advance for use.

2. put half a pot of water in the casserole, add the chopped meat and boil it, and skim off the floating foam.

3. Add the soaked rice to boil, and then cook porridge on low heat.

4. At the same time, peel and wash the wax gourd and cut it into cubes for later use.

5. When the porridge is almost cooked, add the cut melon and continue to cook until the porridge is cooked.

6. Add a spoonful of pepper, add some salt and a little chicken powder, mix well, pour in a little sesame oil, and turn off the heat after cooking for one minute.