9 great recipes for nourishing yin and nourishing yang in winter

　　1. Winter melon soup

　　Ingredients: 500 grams of winter melon, 750 grams of chicken broth, 2 mushrooms, 50 grams of chicken breast, 20 grams of ham, 50 grams of fresh shrimp, and 30 grams of lean pork.

　　Preparation method:

　　1. Put the winter melon into the pot, add chicken stock, and cook over high heat for 10 minutes;

　　2. Add chicken, mushrooms and other ingredients and cook for five minutes. Add salt, MSG and sesame oil.

　　2. Kidney-Strengthening Dog Meat Soup

　　Ingredients: 500 grams of dog meat, 7 grams of dodder seeds, 3 grams of Sichuan slices, appropriate amount of green onion, ginger, salt and MSG.

　　Preparation method: wash the dog meat and cut it into pieces, blanch it in a pot, take it out and set aside, slice the ginger and cut the green onion into sections and set aside. Put the dog meat and ginger on the fire and stir-fry, add Shaoxing wine to the pot, then pour them into the casserole together. At the same time, wrap the dodder and attached pieces with gauze and put them in the casserole. Add clear soup, salt, monosodium glutamate, and green onions and bring to a boil over high heat. Simmer for about two hours. When the dog meat is cooked, pick out the gauze wrap and serve.

　　Efficacy: Warm the spleen and stomach, warm kidney yang.

　　3. Luffa and tomato porridge

　　Ingredients: 500 grams of loofah, three tomatoes, 100 grams of japonica rice, minced onion and ginger, appropriate amount of salt and MSG.

　　Method: Wash and peel the loofah, cut the tomatoes into small pieces and set aside. Wash the japonica rice and put it into the pot, pour an appropriate amount of water, put it on the fire and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until it is cooked. Add the luffa, minced onion and ginger, and salt and cook until the porridge is cooked. Add tomatoes and MSG and simmer briefly.

　　Efficacy: clearing heat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, promoting fluid production and relieving troubles. (Suffering from Acne People can take it for a long time)