During the Beginning of Summer, broad beans are generally mature. Folklore believes that eating broad beans can strengthen the waist and nourish the kidneys, making it easier to transplant rice seedlings and work in the fields. In many places in the south of the Yangtze River, cooked broad beans will be strung into necklaces for children to take out to eat. The broad beans are delicious when fried with pickles, made into night flower soup, and cooked in shredded bamboo shoot soup. Broad beans are sweet in taste and neutral in nature. They enter the spleen and stomach meridians. They can replenish qi, invigorate the spleen and stomach, clear away heat and dampness, stop bleeding and reduce blood pressure, and astringent essence and leucorrhea. They are a seasonal delicacy in the Beginning of Summer.
After the Beginning of Summer, the weather gradually turns hotter. At this time, special attention should be paid to the care of the heart when eating, mainly foods that clear away heat and relieve fever, protect the stomach and nourish the spleen, are easy to digest, and are rich in vitamins, such as sweet Almonds, japonica rice, mushrooms, peach kernels, shredded chicken, soy milk, lotus seeds, papaya, etc. The staple food should be thin, such as mung bean porridge, lotus seed porridge, tea porridge, etc. In addition, eating more vinegar during this season can not only stimulate appetite and stimulate appetite, but also inhibit and kill bacteria and prevent gastrointestinal diseases. The recommended health recipe for this season is: lotus seeds, red dates and papaya soup
Ingredients
1 papaya, 30 grams of white fungus, appropriate amounts of red dates and lotus seeds.
Seasoning
Appropriate amount of rock sugar
Method
1. Clean the papaya, peel and seed it and cut into small pieces for later use.
2. Soak the white fungus in warm water until it is completely soft, then wash it and set aside.
3. Soak the red dates in warm water and wash them; after soaking the lotus seeds, remove the lotus core, wash and set aside.
4. Pour water into the pot, add papaya, white fungus, red dates, lotus seeds, and rock sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat and then blanch over low heat for 1 to 2 hours.
Efficacy: Lotus seeds have many uses, and most families use them to make soups. The ancients believed that eating lotus seeds regularly can cure all kinds of diseases. Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it is an undeniable fact that lotus seeds have medicinal value. This soup can nourish the heart and calm the mind, and is suitable for drinking in the beginning of summer. Mushroom and multi-nut soup
Ingredients
100 grams of mushrooms, 6 grams each of peach kernels and cyanotic almonds, a little chopped green onion
Seasonings
MSG, Appropriate amounts of oil and salt
Method
Put peach kernels and almonds in water, soak and peel them, put them into the pot and cook for 10 minutes, skim off the floating water, add oil, salt, etc., and then Cook for 10 minutes.
Add shiitake mushrooms cut into pieces into the pot and cook for 15 minutes.
Add chopped green onion and monosodium glutamate to taste when cooking.
Efficacy: Shiitake mushrooms are a nutritious fungus food. Peach kernels can activate blood circulation, remove stasis, moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation. Sweet almonds can supplement protein, trace elements and vitamins. The combination of the three has a balanced nutrition and satisfies the Beginning of Summer. when energy consumption is excessive.