1. Five-color healthy vegetable soup
Ingredients: 1/4 white radish, 1/4 white radish leaves, 1/2 carrot, 1/4 burdock root, 1 shiitake mushroom.
Cut the vegetables into large pieces with their skins on, add 3 times the amount of water to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 1 hour. Do not open the lid of the pot before cooking. After cooking, put it into a glass bottle and drink. After cooling, it can be stored in the refrigerator and should be consumed within three days.
Health-preserving soups do not necessarily need to be cooked with rare medicinal herbs. Many Chinese and Western home-cooked ingredients can be used to make nutritious "beautiful" soups that nourish blood, nourish the skin, detoxify and slim down.
English beet soup
Recommended by nutritionists: Beetroot contains vitamin B12, which can nourish the skin and hair; rich potassium and iron can help replenish blood and replenish physical strength; and rich in Cellulose can eliminate toxins from the body and eliminate waste from the body.
Ingredients: beetroot, celery seed, onion, garlic, lemongrass, ginger, mint leaves, chicken broth, coconut milk (according to personal preference)
Seasoning: olive oil, lemon Juice, salt, pepper
Method:
1. Put lemongrass, garlic, ginger and mint leaves into a blender and crush. Pour in a few drops of lemon juice and stir to form a paste. Set aside. Dice the beetroot and cut the chives into sections.
2. Fry the onions and celery seeds in oil, then pour in water and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Add 1/2 of the paste you just prepared and simmer for a while.
3. Pour in half of the diced beets and chicken stock, season with salt and pepper, and simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Add the remaining diced beets and coconut milk and cook over low heat. If you like a richer flavor, you can continue to add the remaining paste.
5. Put it into a soup bowl and add a few mint leaves for decoration. It looks very nice.
Chinese Spinach Soup
Recommended by nutritionists: Spinach detoxifies and replenishes iron, so women may wish to eat more.
Ingredients: spinach, corn kernels, pine nuts, chicken soup
Seasoning: appropriate amounts of salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, sesame oil, and starch
Method:
1. Blanch spinach in boiling water until soft, rinse in cold water, take out and chop into fine pieces. If it's too much trouble, you can put it in a blender and make spinach juice.
2. Bring the chicken soup to a boil, add corn, pine nuts, and spinach and cook for a while. Add salt and MSG to taste.
3. Add water to thicken the cornstarch and pour it into the pot. Stir and cook for a while. Sprinkle with a little pepper and drizzle with sesame oil.
Mexican Chickpea Pumpkin Soup
Recommended by nutritionists: Chickpeas are rich in a variety of plant proteins and a variety of amino acids, vitamins, fiber, calcium, magnesium, iron and other ingredients , Mushrooms can improve the body's immunity. Pumpkin is low in calories, rich in vitamin A, and low in protein and fat, which complements chickpeas.
Ingredients: pumpkin, white mushrooms, canned Mexican chickpeas, lentils, beef broth
Seasoning: olive oil, pepper, salt
Method:
1. Cut the pumpkin into small pieces, slice the mushrooms, and cut the lentils into small pieces.
2. Stir-fry all the vegetables with oil for a few times, then add water, beef broth and Mexican chickpeas and simmer.
3. Add salt and pepper before serving.
Making nutritious soup with home-cooked ingredients
Thai hot and sour prawn soup
Recommended by nutritionists: Shrimp is rich in protein and calcium, and mushrooms are rich in protein and calcium. It has the function of improving immunity and is a nutrient that women need very much. What is recommended here is the legendary Thai "national soup" - Tom Yum Soup. "Tom Yum" means hot and sour, and "Gong" means shrimp. Next time you eat Thai food, you’ll know what’s going on.
Ingredients: prawns, mushrooms, ginger, lemongrass, lime, mint leaves, bay leaves, red pepper, coconut milk (juice)
Seasoning: olive oil, fish sauce , curry sauce, shrimp paste
Method:
1. Wash the shrimps and mushrooms, chop the red pepper, lemongrass and ginger, and slice the green lemon.
2. Heat the oil pan, put the prawns in the olive oil, fry until pink, remove and set aside.
3. Add additional water to the pot, add salt and coconut milk (juice), add chopped lemongrass, crushed red pepper, green lemon slices, mint leaves and bay leaves into the water, bring to a boil and add Cover and stuffy for a while.
4. Add the mushrooms, cook over low heat for 3 to 4 minutes, add fish sauce, shrimp paste, curry sauce and fresh lemon juice to taste and serve.
Making a nutritious soup with home-cooked ingredients
Tai Chi Spinach and Winter Melon Soup
Recommended by nutritionists: The one recommended just now is rich, and the one recommended now is refreshing. . Spinach also contains vitamin B1, which can eliminate fatigue, while winter melon reduces swelling and diuresis. Both vegetables are low in calories and help keep you in shape.
Ingredients: spinach, winter melon
Seasoning: salt, starch
Method:
1. Peel and steam the winter melon. Stir into puree.
2. Cook the spinach and chop into puree and set aside.
3. Boil the winter melon puree and spinach puree with water and Taibai powder respectively to make a soup. Add salt to taste and pour it into a soup bowl to form a Tai Chi pattern.
Japanese miso soup
Recommended by nutritionists: "Miso" is made from soybeans and is rich in dietary fiber, which can shorten the time that harmful bacteria stay in the body and help detoxify and nourish the skin. . Ingredients: miso (available in supermarkets), kapok tofu, kelp, stock (fish soup is best), chopped green onion, shredded red and white radish
Seasoning: sugar, chicken essence, salt
Method:
1. Cut the tofu into cubes, cut the kelp into small slices, and cut the radish into thin strips, then put them in a casserole, add water and stock and cook.
2. Put miso, sugar, salt and chicken essence in a small bowl and mix well with a spoon.
3. Turn off the heat first, then add the prepared miso ingredients and stir evenly.