Therefore, the diet in spring should be light, avoid greasy and cold food, and eat more nutritious fresh vegetables. At this time, various seasonal vegetables appeared in supermarkets and markets one after another. Let's see what spring vegetables we can eat!
Seasonal vegetables are beneficial to the five internal organs.
Leek and chrysanthemum
Stimulate appetite and nourish spleen and stomach.
"Spring food smells good and Natsuna stinks"-this is the stress of eating leeks. Leek can be used as an appetizer. It is not only fresh and tender in the mouth, but also contains plant aromatic volatile oil, which emits a unique spicy fragrance, which can stimulate appetite and promote digestion. Chinese chives, such as jiaozi, scrambled eggs with Chinese chives, taste best when used as fillings or stir-fry.
If you want to choose delicious and fresh leeks, you should look at three places: color, leaves and roots:
1, color: Don't buy leeks with dark green leaves, dark green leaves or even black leaves. These leeks may have been added with pesticides by merchants.
2. Leaves: Grab a handful of leeks by hand and pinch the roots of leeks to see if the leaves are straight. If they are bent to a great extent, leeks are not fresh.
3. Roots: The leeks with soil at the roots are relatively fresh, while the leeks with withered roots lose moisture, which proves that they have been picked for a while.
In addition to leeks, Chrysanthemum morifolium is also a good dish for nourishing the stomach, and it is also delicious in spring. The stems and leaves of Artemisia selengensis are tender and delicious, and contain volatile oil with special fragrance, which can promote digestion and stimulate appetite. However, when cooking Chrysanthemum morifolium, stir-fry it quickly with strong fire, because it contains aromatic essential oil, which is volatile when heated, which will weaken the function of strengthening the stomach. Chrysanthemum morifolium is good, but people with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency can't eat more.
Spinach, lettuce
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Spinach is rich in spring and is one of the seasonal vegetables that many people must eat. Spinach is rich in plant fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and relieve boredom, so spinach has become the best partner of hot pot. The fat content of spinach is about 8.9%. Spinach 17 calories can be consumed by walking for 4 minutes. It is no exaggeration to use it to lose weight. But eating spinach is prone to high uric acid, and gout patients should eat less.
Similarly, many people use oily wheat and vegetables to lose weight. Its color is light green, it contains high fiber and moisture, and its heat is very low. It is a vegetable that can't be missed to lose weight.
Bean sugar
Dredge liver qi
Mung bean sprouts, which are tender buds after soaking the seeds of leguminous mung beans, are generally used to eat their hypocotyls. Eating mung bean sprouts in early spring is beneficial to dredge liver qi.
In fact, the nutritional value of mung bean sprouts is higher than that of mung beans. This is because when mung beans germinate, vitamin C increases, and part of protein is decomposed into amino acids needed by human body, which is as high as 7 times of the original content of mung beans.
Mung bean sprouts are cold, and cooked with shredded ginger can play a neutralizing role. Long-term smokers are especially suitable for eating mung bean sprouts, and those with weak constitution, chronic gastroenteritis and indigestion should not eat more.
Wild vegetables in spring, boiled soup is the most fragrant.
Besides eating seasonal vegetables, spring is a good time to pick wild vegetables. Wild vegetables are the most plump and tender at this time.
You might as well try these three common spring wild vegetables, which are as nutritious as seasonal vegetables.
purslane
Portulaca oleracea, commonly known as wasp grass, wasp grass and five elements grass. This kind of wild vegetable is common and has a good therapeutic effect, so it is called "longevity dish".
Portulaca oleracea is cooked and used to make soup and cold salad. It tastes smooth and can clear away heat and relieve boredom. However, it should be remembered that purslane contains high oxalic acid, so it should be blanched before cooking and should not be eaten in large quantities, otherwise it may lead to acute kidney injury.
shepherd's purse
Tonifying deficiency and invigorating spleen
Shepherd's purse is often used to make jiaozi, porridge and soup. It has the functions of clearing heat, stopping bleeding, tonifying deficiency and strengthening spleen, and can be eaten by the general population, especially for middle-aged and elderly people with dyspepsia and weak constitution.
dandelion
Protect the liver
"Compendium of Materia Medica" mentioned that "dandelion can relieve food poisoning, disperse depressed qi, turn toxic heat, eliminate malignant swelling and remove tuberculosis." It is beneficial to the liver, and can reduce swelling and induce diuresis.
Dandelion leaves can be used to make soup, and the taste is not much different from vegetable soup. Pay attention to putting more oil. Cooking for a long time can remove the bitterness.
Tips for eating vegetables
It is best for human body to consume 300-500g vegetables every day, and dark vegetables should account for 1/2. When eating, blanching with boiling water will make vegetables lose some nutrients, but it can remove more than 90% of residual pesticides.
When blanching vegetables, remember to put the vegetables into the pot after the water is boiled to reduce the loss of water-soluble vitamins during heating.
Spring is a season suitable for health preservation, and eating more fresh vegetables is the healthiest. Are there any "spring dishes" that excite you?
This article is selected from Healthy China, recommended by Feicheng Health and Health Bureau and Municipal Chinese Medicine Association, and the copyright belongs to the original author.