Purple cabbage, hailed as a natural "stomach vegetable," is neutral in nature and sweet in taste, non-toxic, and affects the stomach and kidney meridians. It is one of the best vegetables recommended by the World Health Organization. This shows how high the nutritional value and therapeutic effects of purple cabbage are. But how can you eat purple cabbage to maximize its health benefits? Next, the editor will recommend several recipes with high therapeutic effects for you.
Shredded Purple Salad
Ingredients: Half a purple cabbage, one red pepper, one green pepper, one carrot, an appropriate amount of cilantro, and an appropriate amount of green onion, ginger, and garlic.
Seasonings: Olive oil, sugar, vinegar, salt, and monosodium glutamate.
Method:
1. Wash the ingredients and shred them.
2. Place the ingredients in a container, add sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, and olive oil according to personal taste.
3. Mix well, sprinkle with cilantro, and it is ready to eat.
Therapeutic Effects: It can protect the body from damage by free radicals, help with cell renewal, enhance vitality, and has the effect of strengthening the body.
Shredded Purple Salad
Purple Cabbage Risotto
Ingredients: 120g purple cabbage, 100g Arborio rice, half an onion, 20g cheese, 50ml white wine, 2g salt, 2g white pepper.
Method:
1. Shred the ingredients and wash the Arborio rice.
2. Heat olive oil in a pan, sauté the onion until fragrant, then add the purple cabbage and stir-fry for 3 minutes.
3. Add the Arborio rice to the pan and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the white wine and an appropriate amount of water, stirring evenly.
4. Once the Arborio rice is cooked, add seasonings like salt, pepper, and cheese according to personal taste.
Therapeutic Effects: Nourishes skin health, has a certain therapeutic effect on various skin itches and eczema, and helps prevent allergies.
Purple Cabbage and Fruit Salad
Ingredients: 150g purple cabbage, 100g apple, 80g cucumber, 50g strawberries, 30g raisins.
Seasonings: Olive oil, salad dressing.
Method:
1. Wash the ingredients and shred or chop them.
2. Place the cut ingredients in a container, add olive oil and salad dressing.
3. Mix well and it is ready to serve.
Therapeutic Effects: This purple cabbage and fruit salad can meet the body's need for dietary fiber, enhance gastrointestinal function, promote intestinal peristalsis, lower cholesterol levels, prevent constipation, help the body burn fat, and is very effective for weight loss.
Whole grains, coarse grains, vegetables, fruits, fungi, and other foods can all provide us with dietary fiber. Among them, wood ear mushroom has a very low calorie content, which is a major advantage. By eating more wood ear mushrooms and more dietary fiber, you can increase satiety, control your appetite, and reduce the intake of other junk foods, which is helpful.
Dietary Recommendations:
1. In three meals, especially breakfast, increase cold dishes with wood ear mushrooms as the main ingredient, such as wood ear mushroom with bamboo shoots shreds, with meat shreds, or with three shreds.
2. Use wood ear mushrooms as a side dish to make light vegetable dishes, such as "Lotus Pond Stir-fry" or Stir-fried Gai Lan.
3. As a daytime snack, you can make red date and wood ear mushroom soup or goji berry and tremella soup. It tastes better after being chilled.