One. Mung Bean and Coix Seed Porridge
Ingredients: 20g mung beans, 20g coix seeds
Method: 1. Wash the coix seeds and mung beans, then soak them in water overnight.
2. Drain the soaked water, then add fresh water to the pot and bring it to a boil over high heat.
3. Once it boils, reduce the heat and simmer until fully cooked.
4. As porridge itself doesn't have much flavor, you can add some sugar, rock sugar, honey, or fructose, but be careful not to add too much as they are high in calories.
Benefits: Mung beans and coix seeds have diuretic properties and can help reduce swelling. Coix seeds also have skin whitening effects and can reduce the appearance of spots. Mung beans have detoxifying effects and help eliminate toxins from the body.
Two. Bitter Melon and Lean Pork Soup
Ingredients: 250g lean pork, salt to taste, 400g bitter melon
Method: 1. Remove the seeds from the bitter melon and cut it into pieces. Cut the lean pork into pieces as well.
2. Bring a pot of water to a boil and add the bitter melon. Simmer for about 20 minutes.
3. You can also add chunks of beef and a little salt, and simmer until the meat is cooked through.
Benefits: This soup has the benefits of clearing heat and reducing fever. Bitter melon also has a slimming effect.
Three. Watermelon Slush
Ingredients: 300g watermelon, 10g fructose, ice cubes
Method: 1. Peel the watermelon and cut it into small pieces.
2. Put the ice cubes and watermelon into a juicer and blend until smooth.
3. Add the fructose and mix well.
Benefits: Watermelon itself has diuretic effects and promotes the excretion of water. Store-bought fruit juice is often high in calories, so it's best to stick to adding ice cubes, which can help with fat reduction.
Four. Fruit Salad
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon honey, a little mayonnaise, salad dressing, half a cantaloupe, half a watermelon, 1 apple, 1 slice of pineapple, 1 banana, some cherries, some strawberry juice
Method: Cut the cantaloupe, watermelon, apple, pineapple, and banana into small cubes. Mix the honey and mayonnaise together, then pour it into the bowl with the fruit. Add the salad dressing and mix well with the fruit. Decorate with cherries and add strawberry juice according to taste.
Benefits: This salad has detoxifying, purifying, and fat-reducing effects.
Five. Dried Scallop and Luffa
Ingredients: 80g luffa, 1 dried scallop, 10g goji berries, salt to taste
Method: 1. Peel the luffa and cut it into pieces.
2. Soak the dried scallop, spring onion, and ginger in water, then steam until cooked. Tear the scallop into thin shreds.
3. Stir-fry the luffa lightly in oil, then add the scallop and goji berries. Cook until fully cooked. Season with salt.
Benefits: This dish can clear heat, relieve summer heat, and has diuretic effects.
Six. Nourishing Snow Pear and Lean Pork Soup
Ingredients: 500g lean pork, 1 snow pear, 8 honey dates, some lily bulbs, some carrots, 2 slices of ginger
Method: 1. Cut the lean pork into small pieces, remove the core of the snow pear and cut it into chunks. Slice the carrots. You don't need to peel the snow pear and carrots as the skin is nutritious.
2. Wash the fresh lily bulbs and tear them into pieces. Choose lily bulbs with clean and white skin.
3. Add 5 bowls of water to a pot and add the lean pork, snow pear, honey dates, carrots, and ginger. Bring to a boil, then simmer over medium-low heat for 40 minutes.
4. Add the lily bulbs in the last 10 minutes before removing from heat.
5. Season with salt and serve.
Benefits: This soup can remove dead skin cells, reduce spots, moisturize the lungs, nourish the yin, and calm the mind.
