What are we going to eat as winter comes?

　　Winter is coming, what should we eat? I think this is a question that many people will ask. As time goes by, winter arrives, and the cold weather slows down our metabolism, causing the blood vessels in the skin to constrict and reducing heat dissipation. So at this time, we have to pay attention to some combinations in the food preparation, and we have to add some richness, such as stewed meat, boiled fish, hot pot, etc. Beef, mutton, and dog meat nourish the internal organs and increase nutrition, making them great nourishing foods in winter.

　　Sheep kidney and wolfberry porridge

　　Ingredients: 30 grams of wolfberry, 100-200 grams of japonica rice, 1 pair of sheep kidneys, appropriate amounts of salt, ginger, green onions and condiments.

　　 : First remove the fat membrane of the sheep kidney, slice it, add water and boil it into soup for later use, then put the japonica rice in another pot. Add water to cook the porridge. When the porridge is ready, add the cooked sheep kidney and sheep kidney soup, add wolfberry, add salt and other condiments, and boil for a few more times.

　　Suitable people: Suitable for people with kidney-yin deficiency, yin-blood deficiency, low back pain, night sweats, thirst, liver and kidney deficiency, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, impotence and premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea and enuresis, frequent urination, blurred vision, dizziness, tinnitus and deafness.

　　Contraindications: Avoid use by those with spleen deficiency and diarrhea.

　　Spare ribs soup

　　Ingredients: 250 grams of pork ribs, 50 grams of cooked lard, a little each of MSG, cooking wine, refined salt, scallions, and ginger slices.

　　 : Wash the pork ribs with clean water and chop them into 4.5 cm long and 3 cm wide pieces; put the wok on a high fire, add lard to heat, fry the pork ribs for 0 minutes, when the ribs turn off-white, add refined salt and ginger slices and cook slightly, then remove from the pot. Pour about 450 grams of water at a time, put the ribs in and simmer over high heat for two hours, then add MSG, cooking wine, and green onions, put the saucepan on medium heat, continue to simmer for half an hour, put it into a bowl, and it's done.

　　Suitable for the crowd: Nourishes yin and strengthens the body. It is a festive dish suitable for winter consumption.

　　Old Beijing hotpot mutton

　　Ingredients: 750 grams of mutton slices, appropriate amounts of sesame paste, Shaoxing wine, soybean curd, pickled chive flowers, soy sauce, chili oil, braised shrimp oil, rice vinegar, minced coriander, and chopped green onion.

　　 : After the soup in the hot pot is boiling, first put a small amount of meat slices into the soup and shake them up. When the meat slices turn gray-white, you can take them out and dip them in the prepared seasoning, and eat them with sesame sesame cakes and sugar garlic. The meat slices should be eaten as they are cooked. It is not advisable to put too much into the hot pot at one time. After rinsing the meat slices, add cabbage heads and thin vermicelli noodles (or frozen tofu, white tofu, sauerkraut, etc.) and serve as soup. You can also use shabu-shabu soup to cook noodles and dumplings.

　　Lamb liver and carrot porridge

　　Ingredients: 1.100 grams of carrot, 150 grams of rice, 150 grams of lamb liver, appropriate amount of salt, garlic, ginger, green onion, cooking wine and other condiments.

　　 : First cut the carrots into small pieces and cook the porridge with rice and water. Then cut the lamb liver into cubes and marinate it with wine, ginger and salt for a few minutes. Add cooking oil in a wok, heat it up and stir-fry the minced garlic, then pour in the marinated lamb liver. Stir-fry over high heat until it is about halfway cooked and scoop it up. When the porridge is cooked, pour in the lamb liver, bring to a boil again, and add appropriate seasonings.

　　Suitable people: Suitable for people with night blindness, blurred vision, dizziness, keratitis due to liver deficiency and heat, loss of appetite, indigestion, chronic diarrhea, anemia, and blood deficiency. It is also suitable for people with dry skin and mercury poisoning.

　　Taboo: Lamb liver cannot be eaten with adzuki beans, raw peppers, and plums.

　　Carrots are rich in nutrients and contain a variety of essential amino acids: they can replenish qi and blood, strengthen the stomach and digest food, and are suitable for all ages. Sheep liver is sweet, bitter, cold in nature, and acts on the human liver meridian. Carrots contain a large amount of vitamin A, which can prevent and treat night blindness and dry skin, and also has certain anti-cancer effects. Sheep liver has a high vitamin A content, so it has a good eyesight-improving effect. Sheep liver can also nourish the liver and blood.

　　Winter has been the most important tonic season for the eight people since ancient times. Before and after the Great Cold, the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, and all things are hidden. Humans correspond to heaven and earth, and various functional activities are also at a low ebb. At this time, they are most susceptible to cold evil. Therefore, food supplements in winter should follow nature. When choosing food, pay attention to the products that replenish qi, nourish yang and "flesh and blood", which can enhance the body's ability to resist wind, cold and external evils.