What to do if you don't want to eat during confinement

During the confinement period, diet is particularly important for women. If the diet is unreasonable or the meals are irregular, it will affect their health. In addition, for breastfed babies, an unreasonable diet of the mother will also cause a certain impact on the baby's development. So, what should you do if you don’t want to eat during the confinement period? Here are some foods that can whet your appetite.

1. Hot dishes - braised cowpea

Ingredients: 200 grams of cowpea, 120 ml of cold boiled water, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce.

1. Wash the cowpeas and cut them into small pieces about 5 cm long for later use.

2. Boil a small pot of water. Add soy sauce, bring to a boil over high heat again, and add the cowpea segments.

3. Change to low heat and simmer for another 5 minutes. Drain the cowpeas and place on a plate.

Efficacy: Cowpea is rich in nutrients such as high-quality protein, vitamins, inorganic salts, cellulose, niacin, etc. Pregnant mothers can eat cowpea in summer to supplement nutrition, replenish energy, strengthen their body and enhance resistance.

2. Cold dish - Enoki mushrooms with lotus root slices

Ingredients: 1 lotus root, 1 handful of enoki mushrooms, 1 small piece of carrot, 1/3 spoon of salt, a few drops of sesame oil, 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, and a little white vinegar.

1. Peel the lotus root, wash it and cut it into thin slices. Put the lotus root into water and blanch it, then remove it and let it cool. Wash, peel and cut carrots into strips.

2. Blanch the shredded carrots briefly and then rinse with cold water. Wash the enoki mushrooms, blanch them in boiling water until they are softened, then remove them and let them cool for later use.

3. Put the processed lotus root slices, carrot shreds and enoki mushrooms into a large bowl. Add mashed garlic, sesame oil, white vinegar and salt. Stir evenly with chopsticks.

Efficacy: Lotus root is rich in starch, vitamin C and iron, and has the effect of nourishing blood and moisturizing the stomach and intestines. The mucin in lotus root can promote the digestion of fat and protein and reduce the burden on the intestines.

3. Snacks - Double-color tomato eggs

Ingredients: 3 eggs, 1 tomato, 1 tablespoon of ketchup, 1 large piece of seaweed.

1. Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat them. Wash the tomatoes, cut them into pieces and put them in a blender.

2. Add 1 tablespoon of tomato paste into a blender and blend the tomatoes into tomato paste. Pour tomato paste into the egg liquid in a 1:1 ratio.

3. Prepare a square container, apply a light layer of oil on the inner wall of the container, and pour in the tomato and egg juice. Put the tomato and egg mixture into the steamer and steam it over medium heat for 10 minutes, leaving a gap in the lid while steaming.

4. When the tomato egg is steamed and solidified, let it cool slightly and then take it out gently. Cut the steamed tomato egg into small pieces, cut the seaweed into similar sizes, and then wrap them up.

Efficacy: Tomatoes are cool in nature, sweet and sour in taste, rich in nutrients such as carotene, lycopene, vitamin C, protein, etc., have the effect of promoting salivation and quenching thirst, and are a good appetizer.