Nutrition of lettuce

Lettuce is the most common vegetable on our table. What nutrients does it have? Let's find out.

Lettuce

Romaine lettuce is a new face on the vegetable market in recent years. It is also known as oats, and in some places it is called bitter vegetable and cow-li lettuce. It belongs to the Asteraceae family and is a kind of pointed leaf lettuce with tender shoots and leaves as the product. The leaves are long and lanceolate, light green in color, crisp and tender in texture, and taste extremely fresh, fragrant and with a unique flavor. The nutritional value of romaine lettuce is basically the same as that of lettuce, slightly higher than that of lettuce.

Nutritional Value

Lettuce contains a lot of vitamins and calcium, iron, protein, fat, vitamin A, VB1, VB2 and other nutrients. It is a top-grade raw vegetable and is known as "wind tail". Lettuce has the effects of lowering cholesterol, treating neurasthenia, clearing dryness and moistening the lungs, and relieving phlegm and cough. It is a low-calorie, high-nutrition vegetable.

The way to eat lettuce is the same as that of lettuce, it can be stir-fried or made into soup, and the cooking time should be short. It tastes tender, crisp and refreshing, and is popular.

Nutritional recipes:

Lettuce: Lettuce contains a lot of vitamins and a lot of calcium, iron, protein, fat, vitamin A, VB1, VB2 and other nutrients. It is the best raw vegetable and is known as the "Phoenix Tail". Lettuce has the effects of lowering cholesterol, treating neurasthenia, clearing dryness and moistening the lungs, and relieving phlegm and cough. It is a low-calorie, high-nutrition vegetable. Red pepper: Pepper is the most common raw material on the table of ordinary people. It is rich in nutrition and has a unique taste. It can increase the appetite during meals. Eating more can enhance physical strength and improve symptoms such as fear of cold, frostbite, and vascular headache. At the same time, pepper contains a special substance that can accelerate metabolism, promote hormone secretion, and protect the skin. Rich in vitamin C, it can control heart disease and coronary artery sclerosis and lower cholesterol. It contains more antioxidants, which can prevent cancer and other chronic diseases. It can make the respiratory tract unblocked and is used to treat coughs and colds. Pepper can also kill and suppress parasites in the stomach and abdomen.

Pepper (green, pointed): Pepper is the most common ingredient on the table of ordinary people. It is rich in nutrition and has a unique taste. It can increase the appetite when eating. Eating more can enhance physical strength and improve symptoms such as fear of cold, frostbite, and vascular headache. At the same time, pepper contains a special substance that can accelerate metabolism, promote hormone secretion, and protect the skin. Rich in vitamin C, it can control heart disease and coronary artery sclerosis and lower cholesterol. It contains more antioxidants, which can prevent cancer and other chronic diseases. It can make the respiratory tract unblocked and is used to treat coughs and colds. Pepper can also kill and suppress parasites in the stomach and abdomen.

● Lettuce and egg drop soup

●Stir-fried bitter melon with lettuce

● Garlic lettuce

Ingredients: appropriate amount of lettuce, garlic, onion, and oyster sauce (if you don’t have it, you can use dark soy sauce instead).

Preparation method: Chop the garlic into minced garlic, chop the scallion into chopped green onion, heat the oil to 80%, add the chopped green onion and part of the minced garlic, add the lettuce after it smells good, stir-fry quickly, then add a little oyster sauce or dark soy sauce (if using dark soy sauce, do not add too much), stir-fry, when the lettuce becomes slightly soft, add a spoonful of water, simmer on medium heat, add all the remaining minced garlic, add salt when it is almost cooked and serve.

●Dry-fried lettuce

●Spicy lettuce

● Lettuce with sesame soy sauce

In fact, the methods are similar. What you need to pay attention to is to maintain the fresh, tender and crisp taste and unique flavor of the lettuce. The heat is more important.