As the saying goes, "a slight cold doesn't raise yang, and a year is wasted." The cold gets worse in the slight cold season, so we should do a good job of "maintaining" and "sealing" the yang, and spend the winter with a healthy and strong body, and our body will get better and better in the coming year.
The key to tonifying yang lies in diet. Add more foods that are beneficial to the maintenance of yang in three meals a day to avoid bad habits that are harmful to yang. I suggest that everyone, rich or poor, remember to eat more "five treasures of nourishing the yang" and do three less things to spend the cold winter with full energy.
Eat five treasures to nourish yang.
No. 1 package: mutton
If you want to warm up in cold winter, mutton is definitely the first choice. Rich protein and various nutrients can provide energy for your body. After eating mutton, it helps to drive away cold, warm the body and stomach, nourish and protect yang. People who often have cold hands and feet in winter suggest eating more mutton, which is a good cold protection. In the mild cold season, mutton can be braised in brown sauce and stewed with other vegetables, and it is very comfortable to eat while it is hot.
Recommended recipe: braised mutton
1, wash and chop mutton, wash, peel and cut carrots into hob blocks, and use chopped onion, Jiang Mo and minced garlic.
2. Heat the oil in the pan, add chopped green onion, minced garlic and Jiang Mo, stir-fry over medium heat until the mutton changes color and the skin is slightly burnt, and then take it out of the pan.
3. Pour the oil into the pot, put three spoonfuls of Pixian bean paste and a small piece of hot pot bottom material, stir-fry the red oil, pour in the mutton and stir-fry evenly, wrap the seasoning, stir-fry for about 3 minutes, pour into the pressure cooker, and add appropriate amount of boiling water to the mutton.
4. Cover the lid, select the stewing mode, stewing at high pressure for half an hour, open the lid and pour in carrots, and continue stewing with the lid on for about 15 minutes.
The second treasure: chicken
As the saying goes, "a chicken for nine days keeps you healthy for one year." Slight cold happens in September, so eating more chicken is more beneficial to your health. Chicken is cheap, but it has high nutritional value. Not only is the content of protein high, but also there are many kinds of nutrients, which are easy to be digested and absorbed. When Han Xiao eats chicken, he can use it to make soup, which is healthy, delicious, nourishing and nourishing.
Recommended recipe: chicken soup with mushrooms and corn
1. Wash half an old hen, chop it up, add a spoonful of cooking wine and water, rub and soak it for 10 minute, separate the blood and wash it. Wash the corn and chop it. Wash the mushrooms and replace them with flower knives. Wash red dates and cordyceps respectively and soak them in clear water for 5 minutes to prepare ginger slices and onion segments.
2. Pour the chicken pieces into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, add ginger slices, onion segments and two spoonfuls of cooking wine, boil over high fire, skim off the floating foam, and take out the chicken pieces.
3. Put the chicken pieces into the casserole, add water, ginger slices and onion segments, first boil them with high fire, and then stew them for about 45 minutes with medium and small fire.
4. Pour the corn segments and mushrooms into the casserole, stir and cover the pot, and continue to stew for about 15 minutes. After the corn is cooked, add red dates and Chinese caterpillar fungus flowers, sprinkle with appropriate amount of salt, stir well, cook for 10 minutes and then put it into a soup bowl.
The third treasure: chrysanthemum
Known as the "emperor's dish", Chrysanthemum morifolium is also a treasure in the slight cold season. Artemisia selengensis Rich in the fragrance of Artemisia selengensis and the sweetness of chrysanthemum. It is crisp and delicious, and the key nutrients are also high, especially the amino acid content is the first among vegetables. After eating, it helps to enhance human immunity and promote the growth of yang. There are many ways to eat Chrysanthemum morifolium, such as cold salad, stir-fry and hot pot. Everything is delicious.