Mothers who are in confinement in winter will worry about their physical recovery. In addition to maintaining body temperature, winter diet must also provide mothers with adequate nutrition so that they can recover. Got it fast and well. (For more knowledge on postpartum recovery, WeChat public account: 99 Daojia)

1. Replenishing qi and blood

The winter confinement diet should mainly focus on replenishing qi and blood, which can not only warm up the body , and can promote blood circulation, promote uterine contraction, and expel toxins from the body. Eat more warm and tonic foods to achieve the purpose of nourishing both qi and blood, strengthening muscles and bones, and avoiding pain in the lower back and joints.

2. Moisturize more and nourish more

In winter, the temperature is low and the air is dry. Every organ of the mother’s body needs water, especially breastfeeding mothers, they must pay more attention to hydration. , so as not to affect milk and metabolic circulation, leading to water shortage. It is best to eat more foods that nourish the lungs and yin to avoid respiratory diseases such as coughs and colds.

3. Calcium, iron, zinc, selenium and vitamins

During winter confinement, remember to supplement calcium. If the calcium deficiency is serious, it will not only cause osteoporosis, but also cause the mother to suffer from osteoporosis. The milk lacks calcium, which affects the baby's development. Other trace elements are also necessary to restore the body. Vitamins can improve the mother's immunity. You can eat a balanced diet and eat more fruits and vegetables.

1. Hawthorn and white radish stew

Ingredients: 500g mutton, 300g white radish, 20g hawthorn, appropriate amount of ginger and salt.

Method: Wash and cut the mutton into pieces, blanch it in boiling water, wash away the blood and take it out. Peel and wash the white radish, cut into pieces and set aside. Wash and slice the ginger and set aside. Wash the hawthorn.

Put the mutton, white radish, hawthorn and ginger slices in the casserole, add water to cover the ingredients, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for an hour, and finally add salt to taste.

2. Duck soup with lotus seeds and barley

Ingredients: 1 duck, lotus seeds, lily, barley, onion and ginger, salt, chicken essence, cooking wine, and appropriate amount of sugar.

Method: Cut the duck into pieces, blanch it in boiling water, take it out and put it in a pot. Put ginger, green onion, lotus seeds, lily, and barley into the pot in sequence, then add a little cooking wine, sugar and chicken essence, and finally pour in an appropriate amount of boiling water. After simmering for an hour, add salt to taste.

3. Yellow flower pig heart soup

Ingredients: 20g day lily, 50g rapeseed, half pig heart.

Method: Wash the pig heart, blanch it in boiling water, put it into cold water and squeeze it with your hands to remove the blood. Change the water repeatedly until the blood is gone. Add three bowls of water and put in the pig heart, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for 15 minutes, take out and slice.

Remove stems from day lily, soak in water and wash, wash rapeseed and set aside. Boil two bowls of water with the day lily. After boiling, boil the rapeseed and pork heart slices briefly, then add salt to taste.

4. Stir-fried yam with straw mushrooms

Ingredients: 300g straw mushrooms, 300g yam, 100g black fungus, appropriate amount of salt, green onions, vegetable oil and cornstarch.

Method: Clean the straw mushrooms and cut them in half, soak the black fungus in advance, peel the yam, wash and slice it for later use. Soak the black fungus in advance, peel the yam, wash and slice it for later use.

Add an appropriate amount of oil to the pot, pour in the straw mushrooms, black fungus, and yam, stir-fry for a while, thicken with cornstarch, sprinkle with chopped green onion, drizzle with some oil, and serve.

5. Beef stew with radish

Ingredients: beef shank, radish, green onions.

Method: Wash and cut the shank into pieces, wash and cut the radish into pieces, wash and cut the green onions into sections. Add a small amount of water to the pot and bring to a boil, add beef shank pieces and blanch to remove the blood. Add an appropriate amount of hot water to the pressure cooker, add beef shank, radish and green onions in sequence, then add cooking wine, dark soy sauce and oyster sauce and cook for 30 minutes. Add salt and serve.

6. Jujube, Pig's Knuckle and Peanut Soup

Ingredients: 1 pig's trotter, 250g peanuts, 100g astragalus, 150g red dates, 20g angelica.

Method: Cut the pig's feet into pieces, blanch them in boiling water until they bleed, take them out and soak them in cold water. Soak the peanuts for 4 hours, then put them in a pot and cook until slightly soft. Put the pig's feet, astragalus, red dates and peanuts into the stew pot at the same time, and add water to cover all the ingredients. Stew until the peanuts and pig's feet are cooked, add the angelica and simmer for five minutes.

7. Stewed local chicken with hazel mushrooms

Ingredients: 1 local chicken, 100g hazel mushrooms.

Method: Wash and cut the native chicken into pieces, soak the mushrooms in warm water and wash them. Add water to the pot and add the native chicken pieces. Bring to a boil over high heat and skim off the blood foam. Add the ginger slices and simmer over low heat. Cook for 40 minutes. Add hazelnut mushrooms, wolfberry and simmer for another 20 minutes before seasoning.

8. Squab pigeon and wolfberry wontons

Ingredients: 1 squab, 10 wontons, 5g wolfberry, appropriate amount of rapeseed.

Method: Wash and cut the squab into pieces, blanch them in boiling water, take them out and wash them. Put the squab into the pressure cooker with appropriate amount of ginger and green onions and cook. Take out the squab soup meat from the pot, add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil. Add wontons, rapeseed and wolfberry and cook for about three minutes. Season to taste and serve.

I hope that the confinement meal introduced above can help mothers who are in confinement in winter to have the best confinement experience, and also allow the mother’s body to get enough nutrition to recover. I also hope that the confinement sisters will We can all make good confinement meals and get high orders!