What should you eat in summer to clear heat and beat the swelter? This food works better than air conditioning and popsicles

Melon: winter melon

They say "eat sprouts in spring, eat melons in summer," and Huahua thinks the must-eat melon of summer is none other than winter melon. Winter melon has the effects of clearing internal heat, stopping phlegm, relieving summer heat and promoting urination - a must-have for the hot summer!

Summer refreshing recipe: Winter melon and dried shrimp soup

1. Clean the winter melon, cut it into small rectangular slices, and set aside in a bowl.

2. Once the pan is hot, pour in a little oil, stir-fry the winter melon slices until soft, then add water until it covers the slices, and add the prepared dried shrimp and salt.

3. After bringing to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer until the winter melon turns translucent, then scoop it out and it's ready.

Summer refreshing recipe: Brown sugar winter melon tea

1. Cut the winter melon into small pieces with the skin on, do not remove the winter melon seeds, and it is best to choose black-skinned winter melon.

2. Put the cut winter melon in a large basin, sprinkle with brown sugar or dark brown sugar powder, and mix well.

3. Let the mixed winter melon sit for a while, stirring several times during this period, until the winter melon releases its water.

4. Pour the pickled winter melon together with its liquid into a pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat, add longan, and simmer until the winter melon turns coffee-colored.

5. Once brewed, strain out the liquid and refrigerate it; when drinking, just dilute it with water.

Fruit: Cherry tomato

Cherry tomato is probably a fruit many friends enjoy eating, with the effects of promoting salivation, quenching thirst, clearing heat and relieving summer heat; eaten raw it is sweet, sour and refreshing. Today, Huahua will teach everyone how to grow sweet cherry tomatoes.

1. It is best to buy cherry tomato seeds; the seeds of fresh cherry tomatoes can also be sown, but the germination rate cannot be guaranteed.

2. Put the seeds into a slightly moist growing medium, cover with plastic and wait for them to sprout.

3. After about a week, you will find small seedlings emerging.

4. Place the cherry tomato seedlings in a bright spot for care, and when the plants fill the pot, divide them into separate pots.

5. Transplant at most two plants per pot; after planting, cover with a plastic bag and place in a cool, ventilated spot to let the seedlings recover. Once the seedlings perk up, you can remove the bag.

6. Keep the cherry tomatoes in the sun for care, and during this period you can apply a compound fertilizer once; after the flowers bloom, they will bear fruit!

Vegetable: Purslane

Purslane is a fairly common wild vegetable in the countryside, with excellent effects of clearing heat, reducing internal heat, reducing swelling and fighting inflammation. But now wild purslane is rare, so gardening friends can grow it at home~

Summer refreshing recipe: Cold-dressed purslane

1. Remove all the old stems and rotten leaves from the purslane, then rinse clean with water.

2. After the water in the pot boils, put in the purslane, and take it out after it comes to a boil again. Rinse once more with water.

3. Mix the previously prepared mashed garlic, chili, salt and vinegar with the blanched purslane; you can add other seasonings according to personal preference.

4. A plate of heat-clearing, swelling-reducing cold-dressed purslane is ready! Huahua will let you in on a secret: purslane has the effect of darkening hair!

Summer refreshing recipe: Purslane egg pancake

1. After removing the old stems and rotten leaves and washing the purslane clean, chop it up.

2. Put the chopped purslane into a basin, crack in two eggs, pour in an appropriate amount of flour, sprinkle with salt, and mix well.

3. Pour the mixed purslane egg batter into an electric griddle and cook until both sides are golden brown.

4. The delicious purslane egg pancake tastes even better with tomato sauce!

Do you like the summer heat-relief guide Huahua prepared?

Or do you have other good ways to beat the heat?

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