What are the ways to eat pine nuts?

We have a 5,000-year-old food culture, and our ancestors began using diet to treat some physical illnesses very early on. It mainly uses foods that we eat regularly in our daily lives. These foods not only have the function of satisfying hunger, but also can effectively treat and control some symptoms of physical diseases. For example, pine nuts are a staple food. Let’s take a closer look at how to eat pine nuts.

Pig Heart Soup with Pine Nuts and Seeds

Material:

10 grams of pine nuts, 1 jujube, 10 grams of yam, 1 pig heart, 10 grams of Shaoxing wine, 5 grams of ginger, 10 grams of green onion, 3 grams of salt, and 1500 ml of chicken soup.

effect:

Nourishes Qi and blood, nourishes the heart and calms the mind. It is usually eaten by patients with coronary heart disease of yin deficiency and liver depression type.

practice:

Pine Nut and Pork Heart Soup (1) Wash the pine nuts; remove the core of the jujube; slice the yam; wash the pork heart, blanch it in boiling water, remove it and slice it; chop the ginger and cut the green onion into flowers.

(2) Place the pork heart slices into a bowl. Add Shaoxing wine, ginger, onion and salt and marinate for 30 minutes.

(3) Pour the chicken soup into a pot and bring it to a boil over high heat. Add the pine nuts, jujubes, and yam slices and simmer over low heat for 25 minutes. Add the pork heart slices and simmer for 10 minutes.

Steamed Chicken with Pineapple Nuts

Material:

10g pine nuts, 10g Ophiopogon japonicus, 15g Codonopsis pilosula, 1 chicken, 10g Shaoxing wine, 10g soy sauce, 5g ginger, 10g green onion, 3g salt, 30ml broth.

effect:

Nourish yin and replenish qi, calm the mind and soothe the nerves. It is suitable for patients with coronary heart disease with insufficient heart qi, yin deficiency and liver depression.

practice:

(1) Kill the chicken, remove the hair, internal organs and claws; wash and remove the core of Ophiopogon japonicus; slice Codonopsis pilosula.

(2) Place the chicken in a steaming pot and add Shaoxing wine, soy sauce, salt, ginger, green onion, pine nuts, Ophiopogon japonicus, Codonopsis pilosula, and 300 ml of soup.

(3) Place the steaming pot in a steamer over high heat and steam for 50 minutes.

Pineapple Seed Porridge

Material:

15 grams of pine nuts, 100 grams of polished rice, and appropriate amount of honey.

practice:

(1) Wash the japonica rice, soak it in cold water for half an hour, remove it and drain it.

(2) Pick out the pine nuts and crush them.

(3) Place cold water, glutinous rice, and pine nuts in a pot and bring to a boil over high heat.

(4) Simmer over low heat until the porridge is cooked. Add honey and stir well, then bring to a boil again.

Stewed Pig Heart with Pineapple Nuts

Material:

10 grams of pine nuts, 250 grams of pig heart, and appropriate amounts of cooking wine, salt, MSG, onion, ginger, broth, and lard.

practice:

(1) Wash the pig heart, blanch it in boiling water to remove the blood, then remove it and wash it. Remove impurities from the pine nuts, wash them clean and put them into the pig heart.

(2) Heat the pan, add lard, stir-fry scallions and ginger, add cooking wine, pour in the broth, pour into a stew pot, put in the pig heart, steam until the pig heart is cooked through, pick out the scallions and ginger and it is done.

There are many ways to use pine nuts for dietary therapy, and pine nuts have many benefits. The specific function to be used depends on what kind of dietary therapeutic effect the body needs. Choosing the right diet therapy method for treatment will have a very good health-care effect. It can greatly improve the symptoms of certain diseases in the body.