The pace of life is getting faster and faster, which leads to many people who can't sleep well for a long time because of stress. As the saying goes, "If you don't sleep well, it's mostly because your liver is hot." Liver fire is not only easy to be irritable, but also likely to have insomnia. Especially in spring, if you still like to eat spicy and sweet food, it is easy to get into trouble. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, so everyone should adjust their diet, eat more vegetables and fruits every day, and have a moderate amount of exercise. Among the many vegetables, there are varieties that can help us, such as these 5 kinds of greens that we will share with you next, nourish the liver, reduce fire and help sleep, and share their delicious practices with you, don't forget to eat. Hopefully, you'll be able to cook well, feast on your food, and improve your sleep quality.
The first type of green: shepherd's cabbage
"Spring in the brook head of the cauliflower", shepherd's cabbage has the reputation of primrose, and the spring often eats shepherd's cabbage to clear heat and dryness.
Recommended recipe [Shrimp skin and shepherd's cabbage soup]
Ingredients: Capsule, shrimp skin, tofu, green onion and ginger, oil, salt and starch.
Cut the tofu into small pieces and blanch in boiling water to remove the astringency. After removal, let it cool and control the water.
Wash the shepherd's cabbage, blanch it with boiling water, soak it in cold water, remove the water and cut it into small pieces.
Heat oil in a pan, pour in the shrimp skin, green onion and ginger and stir-fry until the shrimp skin turns light gold.
Pour in the shepherd's cabbage and continue to stir-fry for a while. Then pour in the tofu, add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil.
Add salt to taste, then pour in a little water starch to thicken.
The second type of green: green bean sprouts
As the saying goes, "spring eats buds". Eating mung bean sprouts in spring is to eat in season, and often eating mung bean sprouts not only clears the fire and nourishes the liver, but also boosts yang energy.
Recommended Recipe【Stir-fried Bean Sprouts】
Ingredients: bean sprouts, leeks, Sichuan peppercorns, light soy sauce, vinegar and salt.
Bean sprouts and leeks are washed to control moisture. Cut the leeks into inch pieces.
Pour oil into the pot, put an appropriate amount of peppercorns, fry until the peppercorns are browned, remove the peppercorns and throw them away.
Pour the leeks into the pot first and stir-fry over high heat to bring out the aroma, and pour in the bean sprouts.
Before the bean sprouts are about to be fried, pour in light soy sauce and a little vinegar, add salt and stir-fry evenly.
The third type of green: spinach
Spinach is known as a "model student of nutrition", spinach is also one of the seasonal vegetables in spring, and eating spinach regularly can nourish the liver and reduce fire.
Recommended Recipe [Spinach Nuts]
Ingredients: spinach, peanuts, garlic and dried chilies. Ingredients: Light soy sauce, vinegar, salt and sesame oil.
Pour oil into the pot, pour the cold oil into the peanuts and fry them, and put out the oil to cool.
Cut the dried chili peppers into small pieces, and pour the fried peanut oil onto the chili segments to make chili oil. Mince the garlic.
Wash the spinach, blanch it to cool, squeeze out the excess water and cut into sections.
Mix the spinach and peanut kernels together, pour in the chili oil and seasonings and mix well.
The fourth type of green: lettuce
The emerald green lettuce also adds a touch of green to the spring table, and eating lettuce in spring can also help us reduce fire and dryness.
Recommended Method【Lettuce Scrambled Eggs】
Ingredients: Lettuce, eggs, chopped green onions, cooking oil and salt.
Peel off the skin of the lettuce and clean it.
Cut the lettuce lengthwise from the middle and cut it into slices.
Make water in a pot, pour in the lettuce slices when the water boils, and blanch until the lettuce becomes darker. After removal, let it cool and control the water.
Scrambled eggs into chunks and set aside.
Restart the pot, stir-fry with chopped green onions with a little oil until fragrant, pour in the lettuce and stir-fry evenly over high heat, pour in the eggs and stir-fry evenly.
After adding salt to taste, turn off the heat and serve.
The fifth type of greens: chrysanthemum
Artemisia chrysanthemum is also known as basil and artemisia. Chrysanthemum is also a seasonal vegetable in spring, chrysanthemum can clear the fire and get rid of troubles, don't forget to eat it.
Recommended Practice【Chilled Chrysanthemum】
Ingredients: chrysanthemum, garlic, white sesame seeds, vinegar, light soy sauce, sesame oil and salt.
Soak the washed chrysanthemum in lightly salted water for 10 minutes.
Bring water to a boil in a saucepan and add a pinch of salt and a few drops of cooking oil. After the water boils, pour in the chrysanthemum blanching water for 10 seconds, remove and let it cool.
Finely chop the garlic and mix the seasonings into a bowl, add an appropriate amount of salt and stir well.
Dry the chrysanthemum and put it in a bowl, and if the elderly or people with bad teeth eat it, they can be cut into sections.
Pour in the sauce and sesame seeds and mix well before eating.
As the saying goes: "Don't look for a fairy recipe to find a sleeping prescription", if you also have similar troubles, it may be that the liver is hot, then, don't forget to eat more spinach, mung bean sprouts, chrysanthemum, camellia and lettuce in spring, these 5 kinds of greens, maybe you can also sleep until dawn.
Proofread by Zhuang Wu