The temperature drops in winter, and warm health porridge becomes a good choice for breakfast. Putting various nutritious ingredients in rice porridge can not only supplement nutrition and have different nourishing effects but also resist the cold, which is extremely beneficial to physical health. However, there are also principles to follow when drinking porridge for health in winter. Not all ingredients can achieve health benefits when combined together. So, what kind of porridge should be consumed for health in winter?
Carrots and lamb porridge
Ingredients: 100 grams of lamb, 50 grams of carrots, 200 grams of rice
Directions: Wash lamb and cut it into small pieces. Blanch the lamb in boiling water to remove the gamey smell and blood foam. Peel and chop the carrots. Put both ingredients and rice into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Then, simmer over low heat until thickened. Add salt to taste and simmer for a while before serving.
Effect: Lamb is warm and hot in nature, high in protein, and low in cholesterol. Eating lamb in winter has the effects of nourishing Qi, warming the middle, tonifying the kidneys, and strengthening yang. It is especially suitable for people with anemia, cold limbs, stomach cold, chronic gastritis, and yang deficiency. Cooking porridge with carrots and lamb together has a good effect in keeping warm and dispelling cold.
Millet pumpkin and red date porridge
Ingredients: 75 grams of millet, 15 grams of glutinous rice, 6 red dates, 200 grams of pumpkin
Directions: Cut the red dates into small pieces. Cut the pumpkin into small pieces and steam it until soft. Mash the pumpkin into puree. Soak the millet and glutinous rice in enough water for 15 minutes, then boil them over high heat until the water boils. Add red dates and continue to boil. When cooking, pay attention not to cover the pot tightly. Stir with a spoon every few minutes to prevent sticking to the bottom of the pot. When the porridge is thick, pour the pumpkin puree into the porridge and slowly stir with a spoon until the pumpkin puree is completely integrated into the millet porridge. Turn off the heat after the porridge is completely thickened.
Effect: Rice contains protein, fat, organic acids, monosaccharides, vitamin B, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and other elements. Cooking porridge with red dates and pumpkin can nourish the middle, invigorate the spleen and stomach, nourish essence, strengthen the internal organs, promote blood circulation, improve hearing and vision, relieve irritability, thirst, and diarrhea.
Milk oatmeal porridge
Ingredients: 50 grams of oats, a suitable amount of milk
Directions: Pour oats into a pot and add enough water. Boil for five to six minutes. When the oatmeal becomes pasty, add an appropriate amount of milk and bring to a boil before serving.
Effect: Oats not only have the effect of invigorating the spleen and stomach but also are rich in dietary fiber, which can increase gastrointestinal motility. In dry winter weather, the body is prone to dehydration and constipation. Eating a moderate amount of milk oatmeal porridge can help relieve constipation caused by body dehydration.
Wolfberry and lotus seed porridge
Ingredients: 30 grams of lotus seeds, 15 grams of wolfberry, 150 grams of rice
Directions: Remove the lotus core from the lotus seeds. Soak the wolfberry for a while. Wash the rice. Put lotus seeds and rice into a pot, add enough water, and cook until the porridge thickens. Then, add wolfberry and continue to cook for five minutes until the porridge becomes thick and then serve.
Effect: Rice can invigorate the stomach, invigorate the spleen, and strengthen the bones. Cooking porridge with lotus seeds and wolfberry can invigorate the middle, replenish Qi, resist aging, nourish the lungs and kidneys, improve eyesight, and calm the mind. It is suitable for consumption in winter.
Lamb and yam porridge
Ingredients: 100 grams of lamb, 50 grams of yam, 100 grams of glutinous rice
Directions: Wash the lamb and cut it into small pieces. Peel and wash the yam and cut it into small pieces. First, cook the lamb and yam separately until they are cooked and soft. After mashing them into a paste, cook the glutinous rice into porridge. Add the lamb and yam paste and season with salt to taste.
Effect: Lamb is warm, nourishes Qi, and invigorates the blood. Yam invigorates the spleen, nourishes the lungs, and strengthens the kidneys. Cooking porridge with glutinous rice, lamb, and yam has the effects of invigorating the middle, invigorating the spleen and stomach, and nourishing the lungs. It is especially suitable for consumption in winter.
Sweet potato porridge
Ingredients: 100 grams of sweet potatoes, 150 grams of glutinous rice
Directions: Wash and peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into small pieces. Cook the sweet potatoes and glutinous rice together with an appropriate amount of water until they become porridge, then serve.
Effect: Sweet potatoes have the effect of invigorating the middle and nourishing the blood. Regularly eating sweet potato porridge in winter can effectively nourish the spleen and stomach, kidneys, and blood. It can also effectively nourish the skin and improve complexion.
