1 pumpkin
Pumpkin is a cucurbitaceae plant, a vegetable suitable for all ages and a traditional Chinese medicine. Pumpkin contains vitamins and pectin, which is slightly sweet, very mild and nutritious. "Picture Book of Chinese Medicinal Plants" said: "After the pumpkin is cooked, paper is applied to the affected areas of dry pleurisy and intercostal neuralgia, which has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects."
Pumpkin is yellow, but some of it is very thick and red. Contains a variety of nutrients necessary for human body, which can effectively detoxify, help digestion and eliminate carcinogens.
Recommended recipe: milk pumpkin pie, seasonal dessert in summer.
Homemade pumpkin pie, a seasonal dessert, is healthy and delicious, sweet and soft, with a strong pumpkin flavor, full of color and flavor!
Pumpkin can be cooked in many ways, such as porridge, soup, or steamed and eaten directly. It tastes sweet and good.
Step 2: carrots
Carrots are also blindly Chinese herbal medicines. "Lingnan Materia Medica Collection": Anyone with pockmarked seeds is always decocted in water, which can clear away heat and detoxify, be used fresh or dry. Carotene in carrots is rich in vitamin A, which can promote growth and prevent bacterial infection. It is very healthy and delicious.
Recommended recipe: carrot juice
The production of carrot juice is very simple, and it can be easily done with a juicer!
Step 3: tomatoes
Tomatoes are our very common "red vegetables" and are called the fruits of vegetables. Tomatoes contain a variety of vitamins and minerals, and have the functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion.
Recommended recipe: sugar mixed with tomatoes
Tomatoes contain a lot of lycopene, which not only tastes sweet and sour, but also protects cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Whether it is eaten raw or cooked, it is very delicious!
4. Sweet potato
Sweet potato is a very nutritious food, containing a variety of amino acids, with 635 kilocalories per 500 grams. Deeply loved by dieters. The protein content of sweet potato is 7 times that of rice, and sweet potato has the function of strengthening body and prolonging life.
Sweet potatoes are delicious when they are used to cook porridge or steam, and they are delicious when they are made into desserts!
5, red amaranth
Amaranth is a very common "red dish". This dish is sweet and delicious, full of treasures, contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, is nutritious, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, lowering blood pressure and strengthening physical fitness.
It should be noted that red amaranth contains high "oxalic acid", which affects the absorption of calcium. When eating, you need to blanch it and cook it thoroughly. Don't eat it raw.
Recommended recipe: cold amaranth
Green leafy vegetables are very healthy and "red vegetables" are also a good choice. Let's eat more seasonal red vegetables and improve our immunity! Make a taste quickly!