Body Care Kits

Lotus Seed offers variety of benefits to us. It is called lian zi 连子 in Chinese。 It can be used as food and for medicine. It benefits the spleen, heart and kidneys.

This is fresh lotus seed available at the wet market. Lotus seed is also good for anti-ageing.

Packed lotus seed is available from the supermarket.

Lotus seed can be used as dessert. Cook green bean soup with lotus seed. Chinese use this for soup and as medicine.

Lotus higher nutritional value, rich in protein, fat and carbohydrates, lotus seed in calcium, phosphorus and potassium content is very rich, in addition to bones and teeth can constitute the composition, there are the promotion of blood clotting, so that some activity-based, the maintenance of nerve conductivity, calm nerves, to maintain muscle flexibility and heart rhythm and so on. Rich in phosphorus is a major component of nuclear protein to help the body to protein, fat, carbohydrate metabolism, and maintain the acid-base balance, the formation of the sperm also have an important role. Lotus has raised Anshen effect. In older persons, particularly those who regularly consumed by mental, you can brain, enhance memory, improve work efficiency and can prevent the occurrence of senile dementia. Lotus Heart taste very bitter, but there a significant role in the strong heart that can expand peripheral vascular, lower blood pressure. Lotus are very good to the efficacy of Firelight, treatment, sore tongue, help sleep. Lotus beneficial heart kidney, spleen to stop diarrhea, soothe the nerves of the role of the Gujing.

Labels: anti-ageing, dessert, dry lotus seed, green bean, kidney, lotus seed, spleen

# posted by Leo @ 9:06 AM 0 comments

Watching your weight but can't resist the sweetest of temptations? Go easy on the guilt with this fruit-filled parfait. Rather than sugar, it is made with the low-calorie, sugar-free sweetener Equal.

Mixed fruit parfait
Ingredients (serves 8)
Creme anglaise
3 to 4 cups of assorted summer fruit, sliced (for example, mangoes, kiwi fruit, strawberries and peaches)
2 tbs toasted almond flakes

To make creme anglaise
11/2 cups of low-fat milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 large egg yolks
1 tbs cornflour
1/3 cup of Equal sweetener
200g low-fat ricotta

Method

Warm milk and vanilla essence in a small saucepan until mixture just boils. Set aside for five minutes to infuse.

Beat together egg yolks, Equal and cornflour until light and creamy. Slowly pour the milk and vanilla over the egg yolk mixture, whisking all the time.

Return mixture to the saucepan and cook over a low heat, whisking continually, until the mixture thickens.

Transfer mixture to a bowl, cover and chill. Whip ricotta and stir it through the creme anglaise mixture before assembling the parfait.

Place equal quantities of fruit in eight tall glasses or parfait dishes. Spoon creme anglaise on top, and garnish with the toasted almonds.

Labels: dessert, weight watcher

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