One year's plan starts with spring, and one day's plan starts with morning. Friends, are you still worried about what to have for breakfast? Are you still concerned about having a nutritious breakfast? Are you still wondering what to have for a healthy breakfast? Don't worry, let's take a look at the six types of porridge that I'm introducing to you!
Six Healthy Porridge Recipes
1. Spleen-Invigorating Eight Treasure Porridge
Ingredients: 6g of Euryale Ferox Seeds, Coix Seed, White Kidney Beans, Lotus Meat, Chinese Yam, Red Dates, Longan, and Lily respectively, 150g of Glutinous Rice, and some white sugar.
Instructions: First, wash the eight types of ingredients mentioned above, and then cook them in a pot for 40 minutes. Then add the washed glutinous rice and cook until it is done. You can add some white sugar when eating.
Effect: This porridge invigorates the spleen and stomach, nourishes Qi and kidney, and nourishes blood and calms the mind. It is suitable for insomnia, weakness, bloating, diarrhea, thirst, cough with little phlegm, and more.
2. Gingko and Bean Curd Skin Porridge
Ingredients: 12g of Ginkgo Nuts, 50g of Bean Curd Skin, 100g of Glutinous Rice.
Instructions: First, remove the shells of the ginkgo nuts, then wash the glutinous rice, and cook them together with the bean curd skin and shelled ginkgo nuts until it is done.
Effect: This porridge invigorates the spleen, nourishes the lungs, and clears heat. Ginkgo nuts have the effects of constricting the lungs and relieving asthma, drying dampness and stopping leukorrhea, nourishing the kidneys and consolidating essence, and relieving cough and detoxification. Bean curd skin is a nutritious soy product.
3. Euryale Ferox Seed Porridge
Ingredients: 150g of Euryale Ferox Seeds, 150g of Glutinous Rice, 10g of white sugar.
Instructions: If using fresh Euryale Ferox Seeds, grind them into a paste; if using dried ones, grind them into a powder. Then wash the glutinous rice, add the Euryale Ferox Seeds, and cook them together until it is done. You can add a little white sugar when eating.
Effect: Euryale Ferox Seeds are a common ingredient and medicinal material. They are the dried mature seeds of the water lily plant, with high nutritional value. They have similar properties to lotus seeds and mainly have the effects of replenishing the spleen and stomach, stopping leukorrhea, stopping diarrhea, and replenishing Qi. They are nourishing and strengthening foods.
4. Chinese Yam Porridge
Ingredients: 500g of fresh Chinese Yam, some white sugar.
Instructions: Finely sieve and grind the Chinese Yam, and put it in a bowl with cold water to form a paste. Boil a suitable amount of water in a pot, and gradually add the Chinese Yam powder while stirring. Cook until it is done, and add white sugar to taste.
Effect: People with weak spleen and stomach often have symptoms such as poor appetite, bloating, loose stools, and fatigue. Drinking Chinese Yam porridge regularly can effectively relieve stomach discomfort. Chinese Yam can maintain blood vessel elasticity, reduce subcutaneous fat accumulation, avoid obesity, and have the effect of solidifying the intestines and stopping diarrhea. Chinese Yam contains abundant starch, protein, minerals, vitamins, and other components. The mucin protein in Chinese Yam can prevent fat deposition in the cardiovascular system, maintain blood vessel elasticity, and prevent premature arteriosclerosis.
5. Walnut Porridge
Ingredients: Some white rice, millet, rock sugar, white fungus, and 30g of walnut kernels.
Instructions: After soaking the white fungus in water for an hour, tear it into small pieces and remove the yellow base. Pour the white rice, millet, and walnut kernels into a pot and add an appropriate amount of water. When the water is about to boil and the rice is about to blossom, add the white fungus and add rock sugar according to personal taste. Continue cooking until the porridge becomes thick and sticky.
Effect: Walnut kernels contain linoleic acid, calcium, phosphorus, and iron. They are ideal skin care agents for the human body. Regular consumption can moisturize the skin, darken hair, and prevent premature graying and hair loss.
6. Preserved Egg and Lean Pork Porridge
Ingredients: 100g of rice, 2 preserved eggs, 150g of lean pork, 3g of salt, 5ml of cooking wine, 5g of cornstarch, 3g of white pepper powder, 10ml of olive oil, some ginger.
