Winter is a cold season with low temperature and dry skin. If you want to spend a healthy and comfortable life, you need to properly replenish qi and nourish yin and balance the water inside and outside the body. Now Bian Xiao recommends several winter health porridge practices. These congees are not complicated to make, and can be used as daily breakfast or midnight snack.

Types of health porridge in winter

1. Red dates, longan and black rice porridge

First prepare a proper amount of red dates, longan and black rice (all three should be washed and soaked in cold water for about an hour); Then cook black rice porridge, add red dates and longan when the black rice is soft and rotten, and stir for about ten minutes while cooking on low heat; Finally, add rock sugar to taste according to personal taste.

2. Nut health porridge

First, prepare a proper amount of peanuts, red dates, glutinous rice (all three should be soaked in cold water for about an hour), chestnut (shelled) and walnut (shelled); Then put peanuts and red dates into a casserole and cook for half an hour on low heat; Then add glutinous rice, stir while cooking, add chestnut when glutinous rice is half cooked, continue stirring, and simmer; Finally, pour in walnuts, and the porridge can be eaten when it is sticky.

3. Red bean lotus seed porridge

First prepare washed lotus seeds, red beans, millet and rice (all four should be soaked in cold water for about an hour); Then put it all in a pot and cook it with high fire until foam appears on the porridge; Finally, skim off the foam, cook on low heat until the porridge is thick, season and serve.

In addition to the above three kinds of winter health porridge, there are also common eight-treasure porridge, preserved egg lean porridge, pumpkin millet porridge and so on.