Goji berries are valuable medicinal herbs and health supplements. In daily life, besides red dates, goji berries are probably the most commonly consumed health food, and when cleverly paired, their effects are doubled.
Honey, Red Date, and Goji Berry Tea
I. Goji Berry Ingredient Pairing Methods
1. Goji Berries with Red Dates
Ingredients: 10g of large red dates, 8g of goji berries
Method:
Place the red dates in a pot and stir-fry over medium heat for about 10 minutes until the outer skin darkens slightly. Pour them out onto a plate to cool. Let them cool completely; any extra can be stored in an airtight container for later use.
Place the cooled red dates and the washed goji berries into a teapot.
Add rock sugar to taste, then pour in hot water.
Cover the teapot and let it steep for about 5 minutes before pouring to drink.
Benefits:
Improves complexion, replenishes qi and blood.
Beautifies the skin, making it fair, tender, and radiant.
Goji berry and red date water is very simple to make. For busy office workers, no matter how late you stay up, drinking some goji berry and red date water the next day will leave you with a great complexion. Women who drink more goji berry and red date water can improve their sleep, reduce urination frequency, and for those with a weak constitution, it can help them regain youthfulness, a good complexion, and health.
2. Goji Berries with Longan
Ingredients: 20g each of goji berries and longan flesh, 50g of raisins, 20g of honey, 200g of pineapple
Method:
Rinse the goji berries, longan, raisins, and pineapple.
Place them in a small bowl, add honey and a suitable amount of water, then steam in a steamer for 20 minutes.
Benefits: Regular consumption can promote longevity, strengthen vital energy, and replenish qi and nourish blood.
3. Goji Berries with Loquat
Ingredients: 50g each of goji berries, loquat, black sesame, and peach kernels; honey as needed
Method:
Chop the loquat and peach kernels and place them in a pot.
Add the washed goji berries and black sesame, then add water to soak.
Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Decant the liquid once, add more water, and repeat the process a total of three times. Combine all the liquid and simmer over low heat until it thickens into a paste.
Add an equal amount of honey to the paste, let it cool, then bottle for later use.
Benefits: Benefits the lungs and kidneys, replenishes deficiency, relieves coughing and wheezing, and moistens dryness. Suitable for patients with weakness and a frail constitution.
4. Goji Berries with Egg
Ingredients: 20g of goji berries, 2 eggs
Method:
Wash the goji berries and place them in a bowl.
Crack the eggs into the same bowl and mix with the goji berries.
Steam until cooked and ready to eat.
Benefits: Middle-aged and elderly people who eat more goji berry egg custard can delay the decline in vision and prevent presbyopia.
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