Beauty Recipe 1: Winter Melon, Red Bean, and Tomato Soup
Ingredients: 1/10 winter melon, 300cc water, 1/2 teaspoon granulated clear soup base, 2 tablespoons cooked red beans, 80cc canned tomatoes, salt and pepper to taste.
Instructions:
1. Peel and dice the winter melon. Place water, bouillon granules, and winter melon in a pot. Simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Once winter melon is tender, add mashed tomatoes and cooked adzuki beans. Bring to a boil once more.
3. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Benefits: Winter melon and red bean soup is incredibly effective. It helps remove excess oils from the body, regulates digestion, detoxifies, and nourishes the skin. In fact, firm skin can be achieved through diet. This delicious winter melon recipe is mouthwatering—enjoying its flavor while beautifying your skin makes it an excellent beauty recipe.
Beauty Recipe 2: Enoki Mushroom and Clam Soup
Ingredients: 200g fresh clam meat, 100g fresh enoki mushrooms, salt, cooking wine, minced ginger, chopped scallions, lard, MSG, and other seasonings to taste.
Method:
1. Rinse the clam meat and enoki mushrooms. Heat a wok over high heat with a suitable amount of rendered pork fat.
3. Add enoki mushrooms, cooking wine, salt, and water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Add MSG and remove from heat.
Benefits: This soup promotes metabolism, protects epithelial cells, improves skin smoothness, enhances skin plumpness and radiance, and reduces wrinkles.
Beauty Recipe 3: Chicken Wings with Two Beans Soup
Ingredients: Soybeans, green peas, chicken wings, salt, MSG, cooking wine, chicken broth (all to taste).
Method:
1. Place soybeans, green peas, chicken wings, and other ingredients into a clay pot.
2. Add chicken broth to cover, then simmer over low heat until tender.
3. Season with salt, MSG, and cooking wine before serving.
Benefits: Soybeans and green peas are rich in protein and lecithin, plus plant-based estrogen (isoflavones). These compounds effectively boost estrogen levels, enhancing youthful beauty in women. Isoflavones also help prevent osteoporosis.Chicken wings contain abundant collagen and higher protein content than pig's trotters. When consumed with soybeans and green peas, they significantly enhance skin elasticity and hydration.