Can I eat cucumbers during confinement?

Cucumber is a vegetable that people often eat. Cucumbers in summer are very refreshing. Many people like to eat cucumbers as cold dishes in summer, which can increase people's appetite. Can mothers eat cucumbers during the confinement period? Can mothers eat cucumbers during the confinement period? Mothers can eat cucumbers during the confinement period, but to avoid the cucumbers being too cold, you can warm the cucumbers before eating them, or make dishes with cucumbers.

1. Can pregnant women eat cucumbers?

Postpartum women can eat cucumbers. Many new mothers prefer to eat light dishes during the confinement period, and cucumber is a good choice. Cucumbers are rich in water, sweet and delicious. Eating them raw can quench thirst, clear away heat and stimulate appetite. However, cucumbers are cold in nature and should not be eaten too much.

It is best for postpartum women to fry cucumbers or soak them in warm water before eating. However, the consumption of cucumbers by postpartum women should be based on their physical condition, because cucumber is a cold food. People with weak spleen and stomach, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and cold lung and cough should not eat too much. Moreover, some breastfeeding mothers do not feel unwell after eating cucumbers, but their babies will have diarrhea after drinking milk.

Therefore, it is recommended that new mothers do not eat cucumbers in excess, and it is best to pair them with appropriate ingredients when eating them.

2. How to eat cucumber for pregnant women

(1) Stir-fried black fungus and cucumber

Ingredients: black fungus, fresh cucumber, onion, ginger, garlic, salt, sugar, MSG, water starch, and sesame oil.

practice:

1. Peel the cucumber (be careful not to scrape too deeply when peeling), remove the cucumber seeds, and then cut into small pieces for later use.

2. Tear the fungus into pieces of the same size as the cucumber.

3. Boil water in a wok, add salt, put the fungus and cucumber into the pot and blanch for 10 seconds.

4. Heat oil in a pan, add onion, ginger and garlic when the oil is hot and stir-fry until fragrant.

5. Put the blanched fungus and cucumber into the oil pan, add salt, sugar and MSG, stir-fry for a few times, then add a little water starch, and add a little sesame oil before serving.

Efficacy: Fried cucumber with fungus is light and refreshing. Black fungus is extremely rich in iron, so eating it regularly can nourish blood and keep your skin young, making your skin rosy and radiant. Postpartum women can eat black fungus to replenish blood and enhance the body's immunity.

(II) Fried cucumber with crispy tofu

Ingredients: 300 grams of crispy tofu, 2 cucumbers, 1 red pepper.

practice:

1. Cut tofu and cucumber into strips, and slice red pepper diagonally; add oil to a wok and heat it, add chopped green onion and stir-fry, then add red pepper and stir-fry.

2. Add the crispy tofu and stir-fry (it needs to be stir-fried quickly over high heat to maintain the taste).

3. Add cucumber strips and stir-fry over high heat. Add salt and MSG, stir well and serve.

Efficacy: Cucumber and tofu can detoxify, reduce inflammation, moisturize and soothe the stomach. Tofu has the highest protein content among plant foods, and its protein is easily digested and absorbed by the human body. It is an ideal food for people with reduced gastrointestinal digestive function. Tofu is cold in nature and contains very little carbohydrates. It has the effect of regulating the body and moisturizing and calming heat. Combined with cucumber, which is sweet and cold in nature, it has the effects of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, relieving exterior symptoms, detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, nourishing the lungs and promoting fluid circulation, moisturizing dryness and soothing the stomach, as well as clearing heat and dispersing blood.