Foods that are good for the body With the fast-paced life of modern society, more and more people are facing insomnia. There is a theory that insomnia may be related to "lack of qi and blood". From the perspective of TCM health preservation, through reasonable dietary conditioning, choosing some foods that help replenish qi and blood can alleviate insomnia. Today, I will introduce four delicious ingredients that have the function of replenishing qi and blood, helping you to achieve the effect of replenishing qi and blood, calming the nerves and helping you sleep.
1. Loaches
Loach is rich in nutrients, rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, and has a significant effect on replenishing qi and blood. With tofu, it can increase the appetite even more, and the production process is simple, and here is the recipe:
Recommended recipe: [Braised loach stewed tofu].
Ingredients: loach, tofu, green onion, ginger, garlic, dried red pepper, cooking wine, soy sauce, salt, chicken essence, coriander, cooking oil.
Here's how:
1.The loaches are decapitated, the internal organs are removed, cleaned and the surface moisture is dried. Cut the tofu into cubes and set aside;Prepare green onions, ginger, garlic, and dried red peppers for later use
2.Heat oil in the pot, after the oil is hot, put in the loach, fry over medium heat, you can fry for a while to remove the fishy smell. After the loaches are fried, set aside.
3.Add green onions, ginger, garlic and dried red pepper and stir-fry until fragrant, add loach and stir-fry evenly. Add an appropriate amount of cooking wine, soy sauce, add water to cover the loach, add tofu, continue to simmer for 15 minutes, finally add salt and chicken essence to taste, sprinkle chopped green onion before starting the pot, and the fragrant braised loach stewed tofu is ready.
Second, pork belly
Pork belly is a great blood-replenishing ingredient, while chicken is rich in high-quality protein, and the combination of the two is both delicious and wholesome.
Recommended recipe: [pork belly chicken].
Ingredients: 1 chicken, 1 pork belly, green onion, ginger, cooking wine, salt, sesame oil, coriander.
Here's how:
1.Wash the pork belly, rub it with salt and scrub it clean. Soak the whole chicken in clean water for 1 hour, change the water twice in the middle, remove the chicken butt, put the green onion and the flattened ginger in the chicken belly, put the chicken into the pork belly, and seal it with a toothpick.
2.Add water to the pot, put in the pork belly chicken, boil over high heat, skim off the foam, remove the setback, add enough water to the pressure cooker, put in the pork belly chicken, and simmer over low heat for 15 hours until the pork belly is cooked through.
3.Take out the pork belly and chicken, cut them into small pieces, put them in a pot, add salt, continue to simmer for 20 minutes, and finally sprinkle with coriander, and a delicious pork belly chicken dish is complete.
3. Longan
Longan and red dates are traditional nourishing ingredients, they are rich in protein, sugar, vitamins and amino acids and other nutrients.
Recommended recipe: [Longan red date apple soup].
Prepare ingredients: longan, jujube, apple, lily, white fungus, wolfberry, brown sugar.
Specific steps:
1.Longan meat and red dates are washed in advance;Wash the apples and cut them into cubes;After soaking the white fungus, chop it finely.
2.Put the longan meat, red dates, and white fungus into the stew pot, add an appropriate amount of water, cover the lid, simmer for 30 minutes, add apple pieces and brown sugar, continue to simmer for 15 minutes, and finally add wolfberries.
Fourth, lion's mane mushroom
Lion's mane mushroom is a traditional nourishing ingredient, so there is a saying that "mountain monkey's head, seafood bird's nest", carrots are rich in carotene, black fungus is rich in iron, this dish is not only delicious, but also has the effect of replenishing qi and blood.
Recommended recipe: [Vegetarian stir-fried lion's mane mushroom].
Ingredients: Lion's mane mushrooms, carrots, black fungus, green peppers, ginger, garlic, salt, light soy sauce, cooking oil.
Details:
1.After the lion's mane mushrooms are cleaned, cut into small pieces;Peel and slice the carrots;After the black fungus is soaked, it is torn into small pieces;Blanch the lion's mane mushroom, carrot and fungus separately for later useAfter washing the green peppers, cut them into small pieces.
2.Pour an appropriate amount of cooking oil into the pot, add ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, add lion's mane mushroom, carrot, black fungus and green pepper and stir-fry evenly, add an appropriate amount of light soy sauce, salt and chicken essence to taste, and stir-fry until the ingredients are cooked thoroughly.
This stir-fried lion's mane mushroom with carrot and black fungus pepper is not only attractive in color, but also rich in nutrients, making it a delicious and wholesome dish.
By consuming these four delicious qi and blood nourishing foods, you can not only relieve insomnia, but also improve your body's immunity and keep your body healthy. While enjoying your meal, try incorporating these ingredients into your daily diet to help you sleep until dawn and have a better quality of life.