The dog days fall in July every year. This year, it starts on July 16, entering the 40 days of summer. As the old saying goes: "The dog days are hot." After entering summer, the weather is very hot, even if it rains, it cannot relieve it.

At this time, people consume very quickly.

Summer is the season with the strongest yang energy of the year, and it is also a time when the body is very fragile. At this time, we can supplement four kinds of "yang-supporting" foods to replenish nutrients for the body, and the dog days will also Suffer less.

fennel

In the north, the most common green leafy vegetable is fennel sprouts. In Chinese medicine, it is a food from the same source. For friends with weak spleen and stomach, don’t forget to eat more of it.

Recommended recipe: fennel and pork dumplings

Ingredients: fennel, pork filling, refined salt, thirteen spices, onion and ginger, cooking oil, flour.

1. First prepare 500g of fresh pork and cut into thick slices. Finally cut into small cubes and put into a bowl for later use. Cut an onion and a piece of ginger. Wash 500g fennel seedlings with water and control the water content.

2. Heat the pot and pour in cooking oil. After the oil is hot, add onions and ginger, fry until fragrant. After frying, take it out and pour hot oil directly on the meat filling. Then add refined salt, thirteen spices, oyster sauce, light soy sauce and old essence. Stir with chopsticks and set aside.

3. Add 100 ml of water to the flour, stir with chopsticks into a flocculent form, and then knead it into a smooth dough with your hands. At this time, the fennel sprouts have been dried in the sun, then chopped and put directly into the meat, adding a little salt to taste.

4. Divide the kneaded dough into uniformly sized dosage forms, and roll each dosage form into the shape of a dumpling wrapper. Just wrap the meat. Boil the dumpling wrappers for five minutes. After five minutes, you can take it out and eat it.

Eel

It is easy to sweat during the dog days of summer. At this time, you can eat more eels to supplement the nutrients your body needs. Eels are warm in nature and can maintain nutritional balance in the body. If you eat eel, you must remember not to add pepper or pepper, because it can easily taste too spicy.

Recommended recipe: braised eel

Ingredients: eel, onion, garlic, ginger salt, dark soy sauce, cooking oil, cooking wine.

1. First, we will prepare 500 grams of fresh Monterey for our kind boss to slaughter and clean. Dealing with Monterey is troublesome. So we have to let our kind bosses handle us.

2. Cut the eel into small pieces and cut open the surface with a knife. This makes it easier to absorb the flavor. Rinse twice with clean water to remove any blood stains on the surface. After washing, control the water and set aside.

3. Heat the pot and pour in cooking oil. After the oil is hot, add onion, ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant. Then add the prepared eel and stir-fry over high heat to remove excess water. Stir-fry until the eel changes color, then add light soy sauce and dark soy sauce salt to taste. Add enough water to cover the eels.

4. Cover, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 15 minutes. Then sprinkle a little chopped green onion and pepper on top to taste and it’s ready to eat!

Garlic sprouts

Recommended recipe: Stir-fried shredded pork with garlic moss

Ingredients: Garlic moss , pork tenderloin, starch, refined salt, thirteen spices, edible oil.

1. First, prepare 200 grams of fresh garlic moss, wash it with water, cut it into long sections of about 3 cm, and put it in a bowl. Slice the tenderloin thinly and finally into thin strips.

2. Heat the pot and add cooking oil. After the oil is hot, put the pork tenderloin into the pan and fry until the meat turns brown. Then add onion, ginger and dried chili and stir-fry until fragrant. Use the garlic I prepared. Stir evenly over high heat.

3. Add refined salt, dark soy sauce, and raw sauce, stir-fry quickly and serve.