Rice is the staple food that most people can't live without every day, but from the point of view of practice, it has always been very monotonous. In fact, as long as rice is mixed with some grains or vegetables, its nutritional value will be increased many times, and it will have a certain therapeutic effect.
Add more grains to be healthier
It is understood that ordinary rice used to make rice is also called japonica rice or polished rice. As a daily consumption of rice, japonica rice contains a variety of nutrients necessary for the human body. And other grains are also nutritious, such as brown rice, which is more nutritious than polished white rice, lowers cholesterol, and reduces the chance of heart attack and stroke. The nutritional value of black rice is higher than that of ordinary rice. It can significantly increase the content of hemoglobin and hemoglobin in the human body, which is beneficial to the health care of the cardiovascular system, the development of children's bones and brains, and can promote the recovery of mothers and those with physical weakness after illness. An ideal nutritional health food. Because millet is very easy to be digested and absorbed by the human body, it is called "health-care rice" by nutrition experts.
Nutrition experts suggest that staple foods play an important role in the dietary structure, and eating enough staple foods is of great significance to maintain dietary balance and reasonable nutrition. Therefore, when cooking white rice, adding a handful of other grains such as black rice or millet, whole grains and refined grains, the nutritional value will be higher than that of pure white rice, and half of white rice and half of whole grains can also increase the potassium content in food intake , enhance the body's resistance.
Mix and match rice, a fashionable new way to eat
"As long as you add a handful of oatmeal, glutinous rice, brown rice, and black rice to cooking every day, and mix the coarse and fine grains with white rice accurately and cook them together, you can supplement enough dietary fiber and eat nutritious and healthy." Mrs. Pan's home The kitchen of our company has stocked a variety of whole grains, so that we can add a handful when cooking every day for a healthy combination. "No matter who cooks at home now, they have developed the habit of 'adding a handful', and the cooked rice is very chewy and delicious." Mrs. Pan said that she now has multigrain rice on her dining table every day.
Mix and match brown rice and black rice to eat coarse rice. When cooking, you might as well choose some coarse grains such as brown rice, taro, oats, and sweet potatoes to "mix and match" with rice, so that you can take in enough fiber, which can not only absorb cholesterol and fat in the intestines, but also reduce blood sugar after meals. And the role of blood lipids, but also conducive to weight control. Through healthy matching, you can make a variety of delicious dishes, full of color and aroma, which can greatly increase your appetite. Mrs. Pan, who loves to study dishes on weekdays, introduced the rice mixed with coarse grains that she often cooks.
The combination of grain and potato is a more classic combination, that is, adding sweet potato, taro, and pumpkin into rice. Mrs. Pan's sweet potato rice, taro rice and pumpkin rice did not simply cut these ingredients into pieces and cook them together with rice, but made them into their own specialties. These sweet crops, Mrs. Pan combined them with salty taste. Taro and sweet potato should be cut into small pieces, and pumpkin should be larger. For taro rice, add shrimp and shallots; for sweet potato rice, add pork and garlic; for pumpkin rice, choose scallops. Put the prepared ingredients in the pot, put oil, sprinkle some salt, stir fry, and then put the half-cooked rice in the pot and simmer together.
Mrs. Pan also suggested that you can add various beans, such as red beans, peas, etc., to the rice, especially the red bean rice, which has good taste and rich nutrition; second rice is also a very good way to mix it, whether it is cooked with millet and rice, Or make rice and black rice together, it can make you tired of eating white rice, and taste something new. Of course, if you can add orange carrots and yellow corn kernels, it will not only make people feel attractive, but also provide antioxidants such as vitamins and carotenoids, which is very beneficial to prevent eye aging.
