Hello everyone, I am Brother Qi. As winter comes, the temperature drops sharply after a while of cold air. It’s so cold that you can wear thick down jackets. Middle-aged and elderly people with weak constitution feel that their hands and feet are cold, and the cat dares not go out at home. It is cold in winter, and it is easy to get to "old cold legs" without paying attention to maintenance. The legs and feet are painful, which brings inconvenience to life.
There is a famous dietary saying "Eat three roots in winter and gain a firm foothold." Eat roots in winter, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, carrots, radish and other root vegetables. One hundred grams of root vegetables can provide 79-100 kcal of calories, helping people increase their ability to keep warm. As winter just began, has "internal heat" in the body. Eating root vegetables can "clear internal heat" . The following three root vegetables are recommended for middle-aged and elderly people to eat more to clear internal heat, keep your hands and feet cold, and prevent old and cold legs.
1. Sweet potato
Sweet potato contains a large amount of dietary fiber , which can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, laxative and detoxify.
Recommended recipe: [Sweet Potato Glutinous Rice Ball]
Ingredients required: sweet potato, glutinous rice flour, red bean paste, sugar, eggs, black sesame
1. After washing the sweet potato, peel off the skin and cut into thick slices. Boil water in a steamer, add sweet potato chips , steam in medium heat for 20 minutes, and turn off the heat when the sweet potato is cooked. Put the sweet potatoes in a large bowl and press them into sweet potato mashed with a stainless steel spoon. It is best not to have granules.
2. While the sweet potatoes are warm, add a little sugar and mix well. If the sweet potato is very sweet, there is no need to add sugar. Some middle-aged and elderly people like sweet ones, add a little less.
3. Put an appropriate amount of glutinous rice flour into a basin, 3 taels of sweet potatoes and 1 tael of glutinous rice flour, add a little water and stir it into dough, and knead it into sweet potato glutinous rice dough. Then cover with plastic wrap to prevent moisture from evaporating, and the effect is better for the inside for 20 minutes.
4. I bought red bean paste filling . It is best to have time to make it yourself. It is very simple. Divide the bean paste filling into small portions and make small balls.
5. Knead the dough for a while, roll it into long strips and cut it into equal parts, flatten the middle, put the bean paste filling in, and then close the mouth and knead it in a round way.
6. Take an egg, separate the egg white and egg yolk, add a little water to beat the egg yolk, brush the surface of the sweet potato glutinous rice ball with a brush, and sprinkle a little black sesame seeds.
7. After preheating the oven, bake at 180℃ for 20 minutes. It can be used as a staple food or as a snack. It is nutritious and suitable for all ages.
2. Potatoes
Potatoes contain a large amount of high-quality cellulose and dietary antioxidants, which have the effect of preventing constipation. When eating potatoes, it is best to pair them with some meat dishes, which are more nutritious.
Recommended recipe: [Minned meat potato mashed]
Ingredients: potatoes, pork, green onion, garlic
Seasonings: salt, light soy sauce, Pixian bean paste, oyster sauce, starch
1. Purchase round potatoes more powdery and glutinous, suitable for making mashed potatoes. After washing the potatoes, peel them, dig off the potholes and wash them, cut them into 1 cm thick slices, put them in a steamer and steam them thoroughly and take them out. Wash the pork and chop it into minced meat, cut the onion and garlic to set aside.
2. Press the potatoes into a paste with a spoon, place them on a plate and pile them up slightly higher. Use a fork to draw a few strokes around the mashed potatoes from top to bottom to form a "mountain shape".
3. Roast oil in a pot, stir-fry the minced meat and stir-fry it with sparse color, stir-fry with green onion and garlic, stir-fry with 1 spoon of Pixian bean paste and stir-fry it with red oil, add appropriate amount of light soy sauce, salt, oyster sauce, and a little water, and then thicken it with water starch. If you don’t like spicy food, don’t use Pixian bean paste. Just hook up an braised sauce . The salty mouth can be slightly larger. There is no base flavor in the potatoes. When mixed, the salty mouth will become smaller.
4. Pour the fried minced meat on mashed potatoes and serve.
3. Carrot
Carrots are known as "little ginseng" and contain a large amount of carotene and plant fiber. They are a must-eat food in winter.
Recommended recipe: [Steamed carrot eggs]
Ingredients required: carrots, eggs, ham sausages, green onions
Seasonings required: salt, light soy sauce, sugar, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, starch, sesame oil
1. Wash the carrots, peel and diced, and half a ham sausage is enough, cut into diced; wash the green onions and cut them into powder for later use.
2. Prepare a steamed egg bowl, add warm boiled water, add appropriate amount of light soy sauce, salt, chopped green onion, sesame oil, and gently beat 4 washed eggs.
3. Boil water in the steamer, add air and put it in an egg bowl and steam it in medium heat for 10 minutes.
4. While the time of steaming eggs, cook oil in the pan and add diced carrots and stir-fry, then add diced ham sausage and stir-fry well, add 2 spoons of water, appropriate amount of salt, light soy sauce, sugar, dark soy sauce, and oyster sauce. After cooking for 1 minute, thicken it with water starch.
5. Pour the sauce in the egg bowl that has just been out of the pot, sprinkle the scallions and serve.
