In summer, you must eat 6 seasonal dishes, which relieve the heat and dryness, and are nutritious and refreshing

1. [Luffa]

The loofah can be used as medicine all over the body, it is a necessary ingredient for clearing heat and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxifying in summer, the vitamin C content in the loofah is very large, and a large amount of vitamin C is very helpful for removing free radicals in the skin, and can whiten the skin.

【Scrambled eggs with loofah】

Ingredients: 1 loofah, 3 eggs

1. Scrape off the skin of the loofah, cut the loofah into hob pieces, knock the eggs into a bowl and beat them thoroughly.

2. Pour oil into the pan, pour the egg liquid into the pot when the oil is hot, and the eggs will be formed and served.

3. Pour a little more oil into the pot, put the loofah pieces into the pot and stir-fry;

4. Sprinkle with salt until the loofah is tender, pour the egg pieces back into the pan, mix well, and remove from the pan.

2. [Bitter melon]

Bitter gourd is the first choice for clearing the heat. Bitter gourd has the effect of detoxification, cooling, and heatstroke prevention, in addition, bitter gourd is also rich in vitamin C, which can improve the body's immunity at the same time, as well as the effect of beauty and skin care.

【Stir-fried meat with bitter gourd】

Ingredients: bitter gourd, tenderloin, dried chilies, garlic, light soy sauce, cooking wine, oyster sauce, salt to taste

1. Split the bitter gourd in half, remove the bitter core in the middle, so that it will not be too bitter to eat, and chop the garlic and dried chili peppers for later use.

2. Cut the tenderloin into shreds, add 1 tablespoon of cooking wine, 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, appropriate amount of salt and marinate for 10 minutes, cut the bitter gourd into strips for later use.

3. Add water to the pot, put a spoonful of salt and half a spoon of oil, after the water boils, add the cut bitter gourd and blanch for 1 minute, then remove it.

4. Add a small amount of oil to the wok, after the oil temperature is 60% hot, add the marinated shredded meat, garlic and dried chili peppers and fry until it changes color.

5. Add the blanched bitter gourd and stir-fry over high heat for 2 minutes until the bitter gourd is just ripe. Finally, before cooking, add 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce, an appropriate amount of salt to enhance the flavor, stir-fry evenly, and then serve on a plate.

3. [Long beans]

Long beans are very nutritious, crisp and soft, eating more beans in summer can not only cool off, but also quench thirst and strengthen the spleen, invigorate qi and other effects.

【Steamed beans】

Ingredients: beans, cooking oil, flour, garlic, red pepper, salt, light soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, chicken essence, sesame oil

1. Clean the beans, cut them into about 3 cm pieces, and control the moisture.

2. Put the dried beans into a pot; Add a little oil and mix well. Add a small amount of flour in small portions and mix well

3. First boil the water in the pot, lay out the steamer cloth, then put the beans wrapped in flour, spread them flat, and steam for 8 minutes.

4. While steaming the beans, mix a bowl of juice: pat the chopped minced garlic, chopped red pepper, salt, sugar, rice vinegar, light soy sauce, chicken essence, sesame oil and stir well.

5. Take out the steamed beans, pour them into a basin, and mix them with chopsticks. Pour in the prepared sauce. Mix well and serve.

4. 【Red Amaranth】

Amaranth has a strong ability to resist mosquitoes, will grow very luxuriant without pesticides, rich in iron, calcium, vitamin C and natural pigments, folk have the reputation of "natural blood vegetable" and "longevity vegetable". You can buy one for three or two dollars, don't miss it.

【Garlic and red amaranth】

Ingredients: 1 handful of red amaranth, 3 cloves of garlic, appropriate amount of vegetable oil

1. Remove the old roots of the red amaranth, clean it after picking it into long sections, drain it and set aside.

2. Peel off the skin of the garlic, crush and chop into minced garlic for later use.

3. Add an appropriate amount of vegetable oil to the wok and heat it, put in the red amaranth and stir-fry it quickly over high heat, and sprinkle in the appropriate amount of salt and minced garlic when the red amaranth is slightly soft.

5. [Okra]

Okra has become a high-end nutritional and health vegetable sought after by everyone. It has the reputation of "plant viagra". Eating okra often, from the pharmacological point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, can protect the skin, help to digest the stomach, regulate the stomach, eliminate liver toxins, aphrodisiac and strengthen the kidneys, and enhance the body's immunity.

【Garlic okra】

Ingredients: 200g okra, 2 cloves of garlic, 5 millet peppers, 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, a pinch of salt.

1. First of all, prepare the ingredients you need, if you don't like spicy food, you can reduce the amount of chili peppers.

2. Then clean the okra, then cut off the stem of the okra, cut it lengthwise and cut it in half.

3. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot and boil, then put in the okra and blanch until cooked, about 3 minutes or so, and remove the okra immediately after the color turns green. When blanching okra, add a little salt and a few drops of oil to ensure that the okra is green and not yellow.

4. When the okra is blanched, you can cut the millet pepper into small rings, pat the garlic flat, peel it, chop it, and put it on a plate for later use. Soak the blanched okra in ice water to keep it green.

5. Start the sauce, put millet pepper and minced garlic in a small bowl, add a little salt, 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, then drizzle with hot oil, stir well with chopsticks, and the sauce is ready. Finally, stack the drained okra neatly on a plate. Spread the garlic chili pepper on the surface and drizzle with the sauce, and the delicious garlic okra is ready.

6. 【Zucchini】

Summer is the season when zucchini is available in large quantities. The nutritional value of zucchini is incomparable to many vegetables, it is not only rich in vitamin C, glucose and other nutrients, its calcium content is particularly high.

Zucchini is rich in water, it can play a role in hydrating the skin, women often eat not only the complexion looks younger, even without makeup. Children often take calcium supplements to grow taller.

【Shredded zucchini】

Ingredients: 1 zucchini, 1 spicy millet, 40 grams of light soy sauce, 40 grams of rice vinegar, 1 gram of salt, 1 tablespoon of coarse mustard sauce

1. Clean the zucchini and rub it into thick silk with a silk grater, which has a more taste than fine silk;

2. Put light soy sauce and rice vinegar into a bowl, then scoop an appropriate amount of coarse mustard according to taste, and mix well.

3. Put the zucchini silk on a plate and try to arrange it beautifully; Pour the prepared sauce on the surface of the zucchini shreds, sprinkle with millet spicy rings, don't mix first, and then mix when eating, the zucchini shreds are fresh, tender and flavorful.