In the impression, the elderly around us do not like to eat meat or do not eat meat because of their bad teeth. They always drink some grains, stewed noodles, but finely chopped food loses nutrients during the heating process. As time passes, the nutrition of the elderly becomes imbalanced and the number of physical problems increases.
Therefore, taking care of the elderly should be the same as taking care of children. Not only should they be accompanied carefully at ordinary times, but they should also eat reasonably.
In the "Grandma's Recipe" column group, during nearly 200 days of filming, they devoted themselves to finding rural specialties. Among them, we found 6 health foods suitable for the elderly. We hope that the elderly can eat healthier and stay in better shape!
Steamed pork with salted duck eggs
Duck eggs are rich in nutrients and are rich in various amino acids, calcium, phosphorus, iron, various trace elements, vitamins, etc. needed by the human body. They are easily absorbed by the human body. Absorbable, suitable for all ages.
If you are worried that various additives will be added to the salted duck eggs purchased outside, then the safest way is to pickle them yourself. But what is the perfect combination of fresh and delicious salted duck eggs?
Steamed pork patties with salted duck eggs in Shangrao, Jiangxi. The method is very simple. Cut the pork into thin slices, mince it, and mix the ginger and minced meat evenly. Wash the duck eggs, brown them, and put them on the patties. Go ahead and steam for 15 minutes.
Compared with eggs, duck eggs have more fishy smell. After pickling in salt water, the fishy smell can be diluted. In terms of taste, pickled duck eggs are also more tender and delicious.
Yam and Five Treasure Soup
The dish is characterized by its freshness and slightly sweet taste. There is a unique local sweet that is both healthy and delicious. This is the secret to the health and longevity of the local people. It is yam and five treasures sweet soup.
The dishes contain various healthy ingredients, such as sweet-scented osmanthus balls, lotus root balls, wolfberry, and fermented rice wine. After simple stewing, a variety of flavors are blended together, making it a unique and authentic Taizhou cuisine.
Yam is known as the medicine in food. It can promote digestion of the spleen and stomach, reduce weakness of the spleen and stomach, regulate blood sugar, prevent blood sugar from rising, and can also remove cholesterol and fat from the blood vessel walls. It can prevent blood vessel aging, improve human immunity, and reduce the occurrence of cancer.
Cut the yam into cubes and boil in water. Mix the lotus root balls, glutinous rice cubes and sweet wine into the pot and cook. Stew the peanut butter, yam and longan in turn, and sprinkle with dried wolfberry. It will be sweet and warm to the stomach.
Fish noodle soup
There is an old saying in Taizhou: "In the morning, the skin is wrapped in water, and in the evening, the water is wrapped in skin". In this kind of water, there must be fish noodle soup.
I don’t know when it started, fish soup noodles became the "finale" of Taizhou morning tea. A bowl of thick fish soup noodles was served, full of frankincense, refreshing but not greasy. Take a sip and feel deeply. satisfy.
Fish soup noodles are usually made from eels and crucian carp, but black fish can also be used instead. They are fried first and then boiled into pure white soup; the noodles are usually made by hand, soft and firm, and fish soup is the perfect match. .
Snakehead fish is tender and delicious, with high nutritional value. It is suitable for people with physical weakness, hypoalbuminemia, spleen and stomach qi deficiency, and malnutrition. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a precious supplement for the elderly.
Meatballs in Broth
Using fresh pork, carefully made meatballs are an indispensable main dish for the New Year's Eve dinner of Suichuan people in Ji'an, Jiangxi.
Cut the pork belly into mince, mix it with peanut-flavored cold potato slices and green onions, then coat it with smooth special potato powder, roll it into a meatball slightly larger than a glass ball in the palm of your hand, and cook it into fresh soup. The taste is soft and elastic, the bite is thin and sweet, fresh and not greasy.
The meatballs in broth just come out of the pot are like pinballs, chewy, fresh and tender, rich in nutrients, and have the effect of nourishing yin and strengthening the stomach. During the reunion dinner, I often see grandparents at home. As soon as they have the meatballs in their mouths, they put a few in their bowls for the children.
Healthy Noodles
The full name of Zhejiang Jinyun Healthy Noodles is actually saffron noodles. Because of its auspicious effects of longevity and good luck, outsiders call it health-preserving noodles.
Healthy noodles are the same as usual home-made noodles. First, stir-fry vegetables, pork shreds, and eggs in oil until they are about 6 mature. Add enough water to boil and then add the noodles. Add chopped green onions and pour lard over them, which makes them salty and chewy.
But it has its own unique craftsmanship. In traditional noodles, the precious spice saffron is creatively added to make the noodles have higher nutritional value, the taste is smoother and unique, and the noodles are brightly colored.
The market price of saffron is 60,000 yuan per kilogram, which is recorded in ancient books as follows:
"Yingshan Zhengyao": Mainly caused by accumulation of depression, persistent shortness of breath, and prolonged eating Delightful.
"Outline": Promotes blood circulation and cures palpitation.
The production process of saffron noodles is an ancient skill you have never seen before. The dough is awakened, stretched into strips, fermented, and chopsticks are used on the blank for secondary fermentation. Finally, the chopsticks hanging on the blank are inserted into the wooden rack on the door to be naturally dried and broken to become the finished product. Unique taste and excellent nutrition. Therefore, Jinyun can be called the "Hometown of Longevity".