Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new year, Chinese New Year's Eve is not only a node of time reincarnation for Chinese people, but also a signal for wanderers to return home. No matter how far away, the wanderer will put down his work, pack his bags and rush home, thinking not only of his long-lost relatives, but also the reunion dinner once a year, which is the exclusive mark of home, and also hides the "taste of mother".
Therefore, the traditional Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is often the most sumptuous of the year, and all kinds of big fish and meat are fried, fried, stuffed and stir-fried. Friends who have lost weight, how can they maintain the "taste of the year" while eating a healthy diet? Green Thin gives the following three suggestions:
1. Small dishes are loaded into dishes, and no overnight stays are left.
Not wasting food is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, but in some areas, people "break their vows" on Chinese New Year's Eve. There is a little leftover food and keep it for the next few days to eat, which means that there is more than enough every year.
However, it should be noted that eating overnight meals can easily cause harm to human health. In addition to nutrient loss, overnight meals can easily grow bacteria and cause food poisoning if they are not stored properly. And with the extension of the time of placement, the nitrite content will also increase. Although nitrite is not directly carcinogenic, after it enters the human body, it will form carcinogens nitrosamines under certain conditions, and there is a certain risk of carcinogenicity.
If you want to eat hearty dishes on Chinese New Year's Eve, Green Thin recommends making the portion size of the dish smaller and changing the size of the plate to a smaller one. This will allow you to cook a few more dishes and look hearty, while also ensuring that every meal is not wasted. If there is a custom of leftover Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it is recommended that only a small point is left, and it is enough to take an idea. There are too many leftover meals, so you can only leave the meat dishes and freeze them, and discard the vegetarian dishes directly. Compared with meat, vegetables produce more nitrite during storage, and a larger part of the nutrients are lost.
2. Balanced nutrition, meat and vegetarian matching.
Many families' Chinese New Year's Eve meals are generally based on meat dishes of "big fish and meat", and vegetarian dishes and staple foods are easily ignored. Excessive intake of meat vegetables can easily lead to unbalanced nutrition, obesity and gastrointestinal diseases.
Therefore, it is recommended that when choosing ingredients, you should achieve a variety of foods. Vegetarian dishes, meat dishes, and semi-vegetarian vegetables each account for one-third to ensure the intake of nutrients such as protein and dietary fiber. The staple food follows the principle of coarse and fine matching, and the refined rice noodles with high starch content are paired with coarse grains rich in dietary fiber. Dietary fiber helps to promote intestinal peristalsis, helps stool formation and excretion, and prevents constipation or diarrhea caused by overeating during the Chinese New Year.
3. Less oil and less salt, and retain the original flavor.
During the Chinese New Year, many families have the habit of "boiling the oil pot", all kinds of meatballs, crispy meat, oil cakes, fried dumplings and so on. Some places like to eat pickled and smoked food, such as bacon, cured chicken, bacon, smoked fish, etc. Fried food is high in oil, fat and calories, and eating too much will cause obesity at the same time, high-temperature frying is also easy to lose the original nutrients of the food. Pickled foods are generally very high in salt, and smoked foods may also contain heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons due to the production process. Before eating, it is recommended to soak it in water to wash away excess salt and harmful substances.
Green thin suggests that when cooking Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, you can take less oil and less salt, such as steaming, boiling, stewing and other cooking methods, which can better retain the flavor and nutrition of the food itself.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, a festive day for families to gather together to welcome the New Year, it is necessary to eat happily and happily and eat healthily. In the new year, I wish you all good health and family happiness!