In mid-July, the worst dog days of the year are coming. Although the stuffy and hot weather makes people feel "suffocating", there are gains and losses. The dog days are the high-yield period of vegetables and fruits, which also brings abundant seasonal ingredients to people. These seasonal ingredients have reached the best taste, taste and nutrition, and they are a good hand against the hot summer days, which makes people spend the dog days more healthily. No wonder they say, "Eat three melons in dog days and keep the doctor away."

which three melons should I eat at this special time from July 16th to August 25th? Let me introduce it to you. Pay attention to the change of solar terms, and eat according to the season, which will help to clear away heat and prevent heatstroke.

After sleeping, the hot and humid weather makes people lose their appetite and feel tired, which is what the old people often say about bitter summer. As the saying goes, "summer is bitter, and it is better to make up for it", that is to say, after falling, we should "make it bitter" and eat more bitter ingredients.

most of these ingredients are cool, and the bitter taste contained in them has the function of clearing away heat. They are like "fire extinguishers" in summer, which can eliminate the problems such as irritability, loss of appetite and exhaustion caused by high temperature. Among many bitter ingredients, bitter gourd is not only nutritious, but also a good hand to clear away heat and summer heat. Don't forget to eat bitter gourd often after sleeping.

recommended practice: bitter gourd mixed with onion

Prepare ingredients: bitter gourd, onion and garlic.

1. Choose a fresh and tender bitter gourd with sufficient water content and crisp taste, then clean it with clear water, cut it in half, and then cut it into suitable strips. Peel off the onion and cut it into small pieces.

2. Bitter melon needs to be blanched before cold salad to reduce bitterness. Add a proper amount of water to the boiling pot, add a few drops of cooking oil and salt after boiling, pour in bitter gourd strips, blanch for about 3 seconds and take them out, which can not only keep the taste of bitter gourd, but also keep it green and unchangeable.

3. Peel a garlic and put it into a garlic mashing bowl. Add a proper amount of salt and a small amount of sugar according to your own taste, mash the garlic, and continue to add a spoonful of rice white vinegar, half a spoonful of sesame oil, half a spoonful of pepper oil, a proper amount of mustard oil and sesame oil, and stir well. Pour it into bitter gourd and onion and mix well.

As the saying goes, "You eat buds in spring and melons in summer", and summer is the season to eat melons and fruits. Among them, wax gourd is known as "the first melon in summer", which is rich in various trace elements needed by human body, and its water content is comparable to that of watermelon, but its sugar content is far lower than that of watermelon. Eating more wax gourd after sleeping can just supplement the trace elements and water lost due to excessive sweating.

recommended practice: stewed noodles with minced winter melon

required ingredients: winter melon, minced meat, noodles and shrimp skin.

1. After cleaning the wax gourd, remove the skin and cut it into pieces. Wash the floating ash off the vermicelli with clear water and soak it in clear water until it becomes soft. Cut the shallots into sections and shred the ginger for later use.

2. Pour more oil into the pot, heat the oil, pour in the minced meat, stir-fry with a shovel until all the minced meat changes color, add onion, shredded ginger, a small amount of pepper and 2 star anises, and add a little soy sauce for coloring.

3. Add the wax gourd pieces and stir-fry until the wax gourd is Microsoft. Pour in 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of pepper and a little salt, stir-fry for about 2 minutes, and add a bowl of hot water.

4. Pour the soaked vermicelli into the pot, stew for about 1 minutes until the vermicelli has no hard core, then add a little chicken essence, sprinkle a handful of shrimp skin, and sprinkle a handful of chopped shallots to turn off the heat.

Luffa is a treasure all over the body. Besides essential nutrients, it also contains special nutrients such as wood glue, saponin, citrulline, etc. It is recognized as a "natural skin care product". The summer sun is like fire, and the ultraviolet rays are particularly strong. Eating more Luffa can not only clear away heat and summer heat, but also relieve skin discomfort in dog days.

recommended practice: loofah Tricholoma soup

ingredients: loofah, Tricholoma, ginger, medlar and shallots.

1. The head and tail of fresh loofah are removed, and the skin of loofah is scraped off. The loofah is cut into hob blocks and soaked in light salt water. After the roots of Tricholoma are broken off, a proper amount of clear water, 1 spoonful of flour and salt are added for scrubbing, and then washed with clear water and sliced for later use.

2. Pour a small amount of oil into the wok. When the oil is hot, add the shredded ginger and stir-fry until fragrant. Stir-fry the sliced Tricholoma in the wok over low heat. Stir-fry until the rich aroma of Tricholoma exudes, and then pour in the loofah.

3. Stir-fry the loofah to Microsoft, pour water into it to boil, add a little salt, pepper and chicken powder to taste, add the soaked Lycium barbarum, sprinkle with chopped green onion, and a bowl of delicious loofah mushroom soup will be ready.