Diet during pregnancy can be a challenge for many moms, who want to eat well while also enjoying their meals. This isn't an impossible balancing act—it can be achieved with a little adjustment. So today, we're introducing four nutritious and delicious foods for pregnancy.pork bone broth as needed.
Method:
1. Soak bamboo shoots in water until softened, rinse, and cut into small pieces.
2. Rinse dried scallops and soak briefly in water.
3. Rinse straw mushrooms and halve them.
4. Add bone broth and dried scallops to a pot and simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Add bamboo shoots and straw mushrooms.
6. Bring to a boil.
Nutrition Tip: Straw mushrooms are rich in vitamin C, which promotes metabolism, boosts immunity, and enhances disease resistance.
Cold-Served Beef Tripe Salad
6. Bring to a boil.
Nutrition Tip: Straw mushrooms are rich in vitamin C, which promotes metabolism, boosts immunity, and enhances disease resistance.
Cold-Served Beef Tripe Salad
Ingredients: 200g beef tripe, 80g cucumber, 1 tbsp salad oil, 1 tbsp salt, scallions to taste, garlic to taste.
Method:
1. Rinse fresh beef tripe, slice into strips, and set aside.
2. Slice scallions, mince garlic, and julienne cucumber.
3. Blanch tripe in boiling water until slightly shrunk, then immediately transfer to cold water. Drain thoroughly.
4. Combine tripe, cucumber, scallions, and garlic. Season with salt.Heat one tablespoon of oil until hot, pour over the scallions and garlic, then toss all ingredients together before serving.
Nutritional Tip: Beef tripe is neutral in nature and sweet in flavor, benefiting the spleen and stomach meridians. It helps replenish deficiencies and strengthen the digestive system.
Hakka Stuffed Tofu
Ingredients: 400g tofu, 200g pork,6 dried shiitake mushrooms, 1 small Chinese cabbage, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 piece ginger, 15ml light soy sauce, 10g oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil.
Method:
1. Cut tofu into triangular blocks (or mahjong-shaped pieces).
2. Mix minced pork with chopped shiitake mushrooms, season with light soy sauce and salt.
3. Use a small spoon to hollow out a center cavity in each tofu block, then stuff with seasoned pork mixture.
4. Lightly coat a skillet with oil, add tofu blocks, and pan-fry until golden.
3. Use a small spoon to hollow out the center of each tofu block and stuff with the seasoned minced pork.
4. Lightly oil a skillet. Place tofu blocks in the pan and fry until golden brown on all sides. Flip and briefly fry the side with the meat filling.
5. While frying the tofu, prepare the garnish: trim the stems off the greens with scissors.
6. Blanch the greens in boiling salted water until tender. Remove the fried tofu and set aside. Bring the sauce to a boil in the pan, then pour it over the fried tofu.
Nutrition Tip: Tofu is rich in protein. Moderate consumption helps strengthen the body and provides comprehensive nutrition.
Sauce-Topped Yam Pockets
Ingredients: 1 yam, 150g pork, 5g cornstarch, 50g carrot, 50g kelp, 50g asparagus, 5g cornstarch slurry, 3g salt, 5g ginger,1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 5g sugar, 3g white pepper.
Method:
1. Finely mince pork. Peel ginger, shred, then mince into pork mixture. Dice carrot and asparagus, adding to pork mixture.
2.Dice the kelp and place in a bowl. Add oyster sauce, salt, white pepper, and light soy sauce. Mix well to form the meat filling.
3. Wash the Chinese yam. While running water, peel it with a peeler (this prevents oxidation and blackening, and avoids skin irritation from the mucus). Slice the yam and soak in water (to prevent oxidation; add a few drops of vinegar).
4. Take two slices of yam. Coat one slice in starch, then place it starch-side up. Spread the meat filling evenly over it. Place the second slice starch-side down on top of the filling. Gently press to shape.
5. Arrange the prepared yam boxes on a plate and steam in a steamer for 10-15 minutes. Remove the steamed yam boxes, strain the cooking liquid, and use this liquid to braise the asparagus (braise for about 1 minute).
6. Arrange the asparagus on a serving plate. Mix a small amount of cornstarch slurry with the broth to thicken it, then ladle the thickened sauce over the asparagus. Serve immediately. Nutrition Tip: Yam nourishes the middle energizer and boosts qi, making it suitable for the whole family. It is especially beneficial for women to replenish qi, nourish blood, and warm hands and feet.