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Proper nutrition in summerThe long-awaited streetSummer is the time to throw away the habits of "heavy" winter food. Especially since nature itself gives us all the most valuable things. So start switching to everything natural: seasonal vegetables, fruits, berries and greens - these should be the main ingredients of your summer menu. Why? Because they are rich in vitamins and microelements, are easily accessible, are quick and easy to prepare, and can surpass any other products in taste. And it is easy to diversify your summer table thanks to them - the choice of products is becoming larger every year, as traditional vegetables and fruits are supplemented with First of all, try to focus on young vegetables - they have the maximum vitamins, freshness and naturalness, and are very easy to prepare: young potatoes, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, green peas and beans, young onions and garlic, zucchini, squash - most of these products can be eaten in their natural form without any heat treatment, as salads or just snack on them during the day. Get rid of fatty salad dressings - it is better to use more different types of fresh greens and herbs - parsley, dill, cilantro, basil, mint, flowers, sorrel, spinach, celery, chervil, tarragon, chives - and season with lemon juice - your salads will have a natural, juicy and piquant taste. And to make it more rich, you can add light cheeses - feta, low-fat mozzarella, ricotta. Natural yoghurts mixed with herbs are also suitable as a healthy dressing.
As for seasonal fruits and berries, theyshould become a natural replacement for winter sweets and snacks for you - with the only difference that you can indulge in fruit and berry pleasures without fear of extra pounds. Smoothies and fresh juices, berry salads - a refreshing and the lightest pleasure that you can indulge yourself with all summer long. The porridge for breakfast that you have grown tired of over the winter will regain your love thanks to the addition of pieces of fresh fruit. And cottage cheese casseroles with slices of pears or apples and wild berries can become the best dessert for you and your children. And do not forget to stock up on all this natural abundance for the winter: freeze, preserve, make jams, mash berries - do not deprive yourself of summer pleasure in the winter.
We keep the balance
Because in the summer heat you have to stand at the stove for a long time -is like death, then no one wants to cook hearty dinners that take a lot of time and effort. But still, you shouldn't forget about hot dishes in the summer - your menu should be balanced and not harm your digestion. The best option is broths, vegetable soups on a light broth or cream soups with plenty of greens. On unbearably hot days, you can switch to no one has canceled!
Change your approach to main hot dishes too– change the frying mode to «steam» or «grill». A smart solution for meat lovers is to quickly fry it in a wok with finely chopped young vegetables. However, we recommend avoiding fatty meats in favor of young lamb, chicken, guinea fowl, flat fish (halibut, flounder, perch) - all of this is ideal for grilling. And again, don't forget about greens - serve the meat and fish on a plate covered with green salad, and sprinkle the dish generously with chopped greens on top.
Fodder forage
If you manage to get out often in the summernature (a country plot is an ideal option), you have a unique opportunity to stock up on products from "grandmother's basket": do you still remember the amazing taste of nettle soup and rhubarb pie? True, for this you will have to make a little effort - at least go to the forest, bend down and look at what is growing right under your feet. Stock up on nettles, dandelions, hogweed, young beet tops, rhubarb, sorrel, wild berries, mushrooms - from all these products you can prepare a lot of healthy and tasty dishes that will please the whole family with their piquant taste.
Fight thirst!
If in winter the best drinks can rightfully beIf you count hot teas and coffees, then in summer you should forget about them: your "water diet" in the heat should be varied, juicy and rich in vitamins. Moreover, all the possibilities are open to you, the main thing is not to be lazy in cooking:
- freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices (they can be diversified with unusual combinations of vegetables and fruits, as well as herbs and spices)
- smoothies (very nutritious and useful, especially if you add a lot of fresh berries in them)
- berries of berries
- homemade lemonades
- kvas
- compotes and kissels
- herbal teas and tea drinks
- milkshakes with ice cream
- refreshing vitamin cocktails
Don't forget about fermented milk products in the summer.products: they are easily absorbed, help digestion, and in hot weather a glass of cool kefir or ryazhenka will quench your thirst better than any other drink. By the way, kefir can be added to okroshka instead of kvass. And yet the main source of moisture should be ordinary water at room temperature - in the summer, in modern conditions, the human body experiences water starvation (this is due to the artificial environment in which we live, and the dehydrating effect of air conditioning, and the food we eat), and only plain purified water will completely replenish the moisture deficit in the body and the natural loss of salts with increased sweating in the heat.
