Jan 11 2016

薑蔥蒜燉肉汁助提振食慾

最近收到一位讀者來信表示，小朋友因患上感冒以致食慾不振，希望能提供一些有營養又美味的食譜，以吸引小孩子進食。

其實，小孩子患上感冒時通常都會沒有胃口，因為患病時身體用了很多能量去抵抗病毒，所以這個時候也不宜吃太多食物，加重身體的負擔去消化食物。我明白家長們是擔心小孩子可能不夠營養去抵抗病毒，所以我建議讓小孩子可以嘗試吃一些有營養的流質食物，流質食物會較容易消化。
一般我會用薑、蔥、蒜頭來燉肉汁，一方面燉肉汁是流質食物，所以較容易吸收消化，不會加重身體的負荷。
我的做法是以一碗水加一碗免治豬肉，加入薑、蔥和蒜，於晚上開始燉，到翌日早上便可以給小朋友食用。由於感冒通常都是因寒氣入侵造成，薑有助人體驅走寒氣，及幫助血液運行；蔥和蒜有助殺菌，所以，大家不妨試試這個方法。

原文刊登於晴報

Feb 28 2013

種蒜五部曲 Grow Garlic in 5 Easy Steps

你也喜歡蒜頭嗎？百物騰貴，早陣子內地更炒起蒜頭價格。其實在家種植蒜頭一點也不難，即使是小朋友也能做到！

方法

1: 將從已長出新芽的蒜頭掰開成一粒一粒的，把大蒜帶皮埋土裡. 株距和行距掌握在七八厘米就夠了，澆水後等著它們慢慢成長。在秋冬天十一、二月時種植最適合不過。

2: 春天四、五月份時大蒜開始長大，蒜苗霧出，它看起來像捲曲的花。（此時可摘下蒜苗做炒飯吃哩。）

3：當莖開始變成棕色和傾斜，即可把蒜取出。

4：取出後把蒜清洗，根部可切除。

5：將大蒜掛在陰涼乾燥的地方備用。

You like garlic? Garlic is definitely one of the easiest things to grow in your garden and even kids can do it!

Steps

1: Plant single cloves of garlic in the fall (October is perfect). Take a whole clove, break apart the single cloves and stick them in the ground in rows or any pattern you want, really.

2: In the spring, the garlic will start to grow nice and big all by itself, and then the “scape” will appear, which looks like a giant curled blossom. Cut them back in late spring (so more energy goes to the bulb than the bloom). You can use the scapes for cooking.

3: When the stems start to brown and tilt in early to mid summer, harvest the garlic by pulling it from the ground.

4: Rinse the bulb and cut the roots.

5: Hang the garlic in a cool, dark and DRY place until ready to use. A garage is perfect.

Your garlic will be ready just in time. And if you store it well in a cool, dark and dry place, you can use the garlic all winter long.

Source: go.asia