40 Weeks Pregnancy Recipe

At 40 weeks of pregnancy, you have reached the stage of delivery. At this time, you need to prepare for delivery and eat a light diet. If you experience abdominal pain or uterine contractions, you should be hospitalized immediately and wait for the baby to arrive. The diet before delivery is mainly based on blood supplement. You can eat braised pork knuckles with lotus root, raw fish and red date soup, tofu and crucian carp soup, etc. These foods can relieve the pain of uterine contractions and supplement the protein needed by the body.

Recommended recipe 1: Braised pork knuckle with lotus root

Ingredients:

2 pig's trotters, 1 lotus root, a little salad oil, a little salt, 2 scallions, 6 slices of ginger, a little cooking wine, appropriate amount of light soy sauce, appropriate amount of dark soy sauce, appropriate amount of fermented bean curd (red), and a little pepper powder.

practice:

1. Wash and clean the pig's trotters, chop them into small pieces, peel the lotus root and cut it into pieces.

2. Boil a pot of water, add a few slices of ginger and cooking wine, and blanch the pig's trotters.

3. Then take it out, clean it and drain the water.

4. Heat the pan, add oil, add the scallion and ginger slices and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the pig's trotters and fry until both sides are slightly yellow. Add salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar and fermented bean curd, and stir-fry until the pig's trotters are evenly colored. Stir-fry with a little cooking wine.

5. Add clean water, just enough to cover the pig's trotters. Bring to a boil over high heat, add the lotus root cubes, bring to a boil again, then turn to low heat, cover and simmer for about an hour; open the lid and add a little pepper to enhance the flavor after the juice is collected.

effect:

Lotus root, vitamin C and protein work together to combine with various cells, promote the production of collagen, and strengthen the gastric mucosa.

Recommended recipe 2: Raw fish and red dates soup

Ingredients:

300 grams of carp, 30 grams of dates (dried), 200 grams of pork (lean), 3 grams of tangerine peel, and 3 grams of salt.

practice:

1. Cut the raw fish and clean it.

2. Remove the core of the red dates and wash them.

3. Put the lean meat into boiling water and cook for 5 minutes, then take it out and wash it. Soak the tangerine peel until soft, scrape out the pulp and wash it.

4. Add appropriate amount of water into the pot and bring to a boil, then add all the ingredients and bring to a boil.

5. Simmer the boiling soup for another 2 and a half hours over low heat, then add salt.

effect:

This soup has the effect of nourishing blood and promoting muscle growth. Carp not only has high protein content but also good quality. The human body digestion and absorption rate can reach 96%, and it can provide the human body with essential amino acids, minerals, vitamin A and vitamin D.