5 nutritious foods recommended for men’s winter solstice health care

　　Mutton Stewed with Radish - Replenishing Qi and Replenishing Deficiency

　　Ingredients: 500 grams of white radish, 250 grams of mutton, appropriate amount of ginger, cooking wine, and salt.

　　Method: Wash and cut the white radish and mutton into pieces and set aside. Put an appropriate amount of water into the pot and put the mutton into the pot. After boiling the pot for 5 or 6 minutes, take out the mutton and drain the water. Change the water again and bring it to a boil. Add the mutton, ginger, cooking wine and salt and stew until it is six times cooked. Add the white radish to the pot until it is cooked.

　　Achyranthes Knee and Tendon - nourishes the liver and kidneys, strengthens the muscles and bones

　　Ingredients: 10g Achyranthes bidentata, 10% pork trotters, 50% chicken, 50g ham, 25g mushrooms, 5g pepper, 5g MSG, 30g Shaoxing wine, 10g ginger, 10g green onion, 5g salt, appropriate amount of clear soup.

　　Method: Wash and soak the achyranthes and cut into oblique slices; steam the tendons in a steaming basin with water for about 4 hours. When the tendons are soft, take them out and soak them in cold water for 2 hours. Peel off the outer fascia and wash them; shred the ham and mushrooms; wash the ginger and green onions and cut them into slices and green onions; cut the swollen tendons into sections and chop the chicken into 2cm cubes. Put the tendons and chicken into a steaming bowl, place the beef knee slices on top of the chicken, mix well with shredded ham and mushrooms, and sprinkle them around; put the ginger slices and green onion segments into the steaming bowl, add pepper, monosodium glutamate, Shaoxing wine, salt, and clear soup, adjust the soup flavor, pour it into the steaming bowl, and steam it for about 3 hours.

　　Beef and red date soup - tonifying and replenishing Qi

　　Ingredients: 250g beef, 20g red dates, appropriate amounts of refined salt, cooking wine, ginger slices, and MSG.

　　Method: Wash the beef and cut into small pieces; wash the red dates. Put the beef cubes and red dates in a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, add cooking wine and ginger slices, stew until the beef is cooked and tender, add refined salt and MSG to taste.

　　Tremella and Luo Han Guo Chicken Soup - Prolonging Life

　　Ingredients: 40g white fungus, 1 chicken, 4 mangosteen, a few apricots, 200g carrots, 2 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of salt.

　　Method: Wash the white fungus and soak it in water; peel the chicken, remove the internal organs, blanch it and rinse it with water; peel the carrot and cut into thick pieces. Add an appropriate amount of water to the soup pot and bring to a boil. Add chicken, mangosteen, apricot, white fungus, carrot and ginger. After the pot boils, continue to simmer over low heat for about 3 hours. Add seasonings to taste and drink.

　　Corn Silk Stewed Clam Meat - Lowering Blood Pressure and Fixing Essence

　　Ingredients: 50g corn silk, 200g mussel meat, appropriate amounts of cooking wine, refined salt, onions, ginger, and pepper.

　　Method: Wash the corn silk, smash the green onion and ginger, remove the impurities from the clam meat and wash it. Put the corn silk, mussel meat, green onions, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, cooking wine, and salt into the pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the clam meat is cooked. Remove the jade beard, green onions, and ginger, and season well. Serve.

　　The above five nourishing recipes are all suitable for nourishing during the Winter Solstice. However, it should be reminded that everyone's body constitution is different and requires different ways of nourishing. It is recommended to nourish according to your own physical condition.