Here are some summer health recipes suitable for the elderly, for reference only:

1. Porridge

1. Carrot porridge: improves eyesight and nourishes blood

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a. One carrot, four ounces of tofu skin, 150 grams of brown rice, three bowls of water, an appropriate amount of coarse salt, a spoonful of minced celery, and a little minced coriander.

b. Peel and dice the carrots, wash and soak the brown rice in water for four hours.

c. After the water boils, add carrots and brown rice and simmer over low heat for 45 minutes.

d. Cut the tofu skin into shreds and add coarse salt, stir well and cook for five minutes.

e. Put the porridge into a bowl, add minced celery and coriander, and then eat.

2. Lotus heart brown rice porridge: cooling blood and reducing fire

a. One spoonful of lotus heart (about ten grams), 150 grams of brown rice, and four bowls of water.

b. After washing the lotus seeds, boil them in four bowls of water for 20 minutes. Wash the brown rice and soak it in water for four hours.

c. Remove the lotus seeds, put the brown rice into boiling water, and continue to cook for 40 minutes.

d. Cook until cooked and then eat hot. Lotus heart porridge should not be eaten cold.

3. Asparagus brown rice porridge: diuretic and antipyretic

a. 30 grams of Asparagus, 150 grams of brown rice, and four bowls of water.

b. Wash the brown rice and soak it for four hours before cooking it into dry rice.

c. Boil the asparagus in water, bring the water to a boil and simmer over low heat for one hour.

d. Remove the asparagus, add brown rice, and continue to cook for 40 minutes. Once cooked, it is ready to eat. You can add a little brown sugar to taste.

2. Fruit and vegetable juices:

1. Winter melon and bitter melon juice: reduce fire and diuresis

a. One hundred grams of winter melon, fifty grams of bitter melon, one apple, Half a lemon, 20cc honey.

b. Peel and remove the seeds from the winter melon, remove the seeds from the bitter melon, peel and cut the apple into pieces, peel the lemon and squeeze out the original juice.

c. Finally add honey.

2. Celery and yogurt drink: antihypertensive and laxative

a. One hundred and sixty grams of pineapple, 80 grams of celery, 100cc of yogurt, and 15cc of honey.

b. Peel and cut the pineapple into pieces, and squeeze out the juice together with the celery.

c. Add pineapple and celery juice to yogurt and honey, mix well with a juicer, and then drink.

3. Pear and apple juice: clear throat and reduce phlegm

a. One pear, one apple, and a quarter of a lemon.

b. Peel all ingredients and use a separate juicer to squeeze out the original juice.

4. Watermelon milk juice: diuretic and relieve summer heat

a. One-eighth watermelon, 100cc milk, two teaspoons of honey.

b. Cut the watermelon meat into small pieces and put it into the juice machine together with the milk. Add an appropriate amount of cold boiled water to stir the juice.

c. Add honey, stir well and drink.

3. Cold Salad

1. Bitter Melon Pickled in Vinegar Salad:

a. One piece of bitter melon, 15 grams of coarse salt, 300cc of white vinegar, 80 grams of brown rock sugar Gram.

b. Wash the bitter melon, remove the seeds, and cut into small pieces.

c. Add coarse salt and water to boil, then blanch the bitter melon for fifteen seconds, remove and drain.

d. Add 1000cc water to brown rock sugar and boil. After the sugar dissolves, turn off the heat and let the sugar water cool down before adding white vinegar to make sweet and sour juice.

e. Soak the bitter melon in the sweet and sour sauce and place it in the refrigerator for one day before eating.

2. Green papaya salad:

a. One green papaya (sixty-five minutes cooked), fifteen grams of coarse salt, and fifty grams of brown rock sugar.

b. Wash the green papaya, peel and remove the seeds, and cut into 0.2 cm thin slices.

c. Mix the green papaya slices and coarse salt thoroughly. After marinating for two hours, pour out the salt water, rinse with cold boiled water and drain.

d. Mix the other seasonings with the green papaya slices and marinate in the refrigerator for a day.

3. Kelp knot salad:

a. 1/2 catty of kelp knot, 10 grams of coarse salt, 80 grams of brown sugar, 40 grams of maltose, 30cc of sesame oil, 500cc of water, Rice wine 200cc.

b. Wash the kelp knots and soak them in water for two hours, drain and set aside.

c. Put all the seasonings into the pot and boil to dissolve. Add the kelp knots and simmer until the soup is thick and dry and fragrant. Take out the kelp and let it cool. Put it in the water tank to refrigerate and enjoy it slowly.

4. Kohlrabi salad:

a. One kohlrabi, one tomato, a little coarse salt, a little sesame oil, a little coriander, a little sugar, a little soy sauce.

b. Cut the kohlrabi into shreds, soak it in coarse salt for about 50 minutes, pour out the salt water, and wash it with cold water.

c. Cut tomatoes into cubes.

d. Stir the kohlrabi, tomatoes and seasonings evenly, add the coriander powder, and refrigerate for about an hour before serving.

IV. Beverages:

1. Lotus Heart Bamboo Leaf Tea: Improve high blood pressure and heat stroke.

a. Three grams of lotus seed heart, one roll of light bamboo leaves, one gram of green tea, brew with 500cc of boiling water for 20 minutes, filter the residue and drink.

2. Asparagus honey tea: improves sore throat and constipation.

a. Thirty grams of asparagus, five grams of licorice, and 15cc of honey.

b. Add 600cc of water to asparagus and licorice, bring to a boil and cook over low heat for 20 minutes, filter the residue and wait until it cools.

c. After cooling, add honey and drink.

3. Reed Root

Summer is here, and the elderly have poor appetites. The above are relatively refreshing and delicious, you can refer to them. O(∩_∩)O