1. Bean Sauce Eggplant
Ingredients: 2 eggplants, 60g soybeans, 10g hawthorn, 10g goji berries, 2 sprigs of cilantro, 1 green onion, 5 peppercorns, a small amount of soy sauce, a little salt.
Instructions: Soak the soybeans in water for four hours. Cut the eggplants into large pieces with the skin on. Cut the cilantro into small pieces. Cut the green onion into thin strips. Put the hawthorn in a pot with a bowl of water and simmer to extract the medicinal juice. Put the soybeans and peppercorns in a pot and cook with enough water until they are 80% cooked. Remove the peppercorns and add the eggplant and medicinal juice. Bring to a boil and then simmer on low heat until the eggplant is soft. Add soy sauce and salt and continue to cook until the eggplant is tender. Finally, add goji berries, cilantro, and green onion.
Benefits: Bean Sauce Eggplant contains hawthorn, which helps with digestion. Eggplant helps inhibit fat absorption. Soybeans help with digestion and diuresis and are also rich in dietary fiber, which is beneficial for weight loss.
2. Spicy Cucumber
Ingredients: 2 cucumbers, half an onion, 50g black fungus, 1 tbsp minced garlic, half a tsp fennel powder, a little cinnamon powder, 1 tsp red chili powder, a small amount of vegetable oil, salt as needed, black pepper as desired.
Instructions: Wash the cucumbers and cut them into thin slices. Cut the onion into thick strips. Wash the black fungus and cut it into thin strips. Heat vegetable oil in a pan and stir-fry the onion and minced garlic until fragrant and soft. Add the cucumbers, black fungus, fennel powder, cinnamon powder, red chili powder, salt, black pepper, and a little water. Stir-fry for about two minutes.
Benefits: Spicy Cucumber contains cucumbers, which can increase satiety. Fennel and cinnamon can warm the spleen and stomach, warm the uterus, and dispel cold accumulation, as well as increase satiety.
3. Lycium Seaweed
Ingredients: 9g lycium, 300g seaweed, 2 slices of ginger, 2 green onions, salt as needed.
Instructions: Soak the lycium and seaweed in water and wash them. Slice the ginger and cut the green onions into sections. Put the lycium, seaweed, ginger slices, and green onion in a stew pot. Add enough water and bring to a boil over high heat. Skim off any foam and simmer over low heat until the seaweed is tender. Finally, add salt.
Benefits: Lycium Seaweed contains lycium, which nourishes yin and clears heat. Seaweed helps lower fat and cholesterol.
