For friends in the northern regions who have central heating during the winter, it is recommended to drink porridge. Drinking porridge can protect the stomach and intestines. Porridge has a high water content, so drinking porridge in winter can help replenish moisture.
1. Radish Porridge
Ingredients: white radish, rice.
Method: After washing the white radish, peel it and cut it into shreds. Wash the rice and put it in a pot. Add clear water and radish shreds. Stir well and cook until done.
Benefits: There are many benefits to eating white radish in winter. White radish can nourish yin and moisturize dryness, as well as help prevent colds. Cooking white radish with rice into porridge can have a better health effect.
2. Goji Berry and Red Date Porridge
Ingredients: goji berries, red dates, rice.
Method: Wash the goji berries, red dates, and rice separately, then put them in a clay pot with water and cook until done.
Benefits: People who are physically weak in winter may experience symptoms of qi and blood deficiency. At this time, eating a bowl of goji berry and red date porridge is a good choice. Goji berries and red dates can nourish qi and blood, but this porridge is not suitable for diabetics.
3. Chinese Yam and Lamb Porridge
Ingredients: Chinese yam, lamb, rice, ginger slices.
Method: After washing the Chinese yam, cut it into cubes or thick slices. Slice the lamb and blanch it with ginger slices in boiling water to remove the odor. Rinse the rice and put it in the pot with Chinese yam and lamb. Cook until done.
Benefits: Many people feel cold hands and feet and overall chilliness in winter. Chinese yam and lamb porridge can help relieve physical discomfort, moisturize and nourish the body, and have a good effect on improving cold symptoms.
