Healthy Recipes for Patients with High Cholesterol: Stews and Home-Style Dishes

12. Healthy Diet for Patients with Hyperlipidemia

1. Turtle Stew with Ganoderma lucidum

Ingredients: 30g Ganoderma lucidum, 1 turtle, 10 red dates, salt, MSG, and sesame oil (all in appropriate amounts).

Preparation method: Clean and cut the Ganoderma lucidum and turtle into pieces, and place them in a clay pot along with the red dates. Pour in clear water...

Add 600 ml of water, bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat until tender. Add salt and MSG, and drizzle with sesame oil. Serve in two portions.

Eat hot turtle meat and dates, and drink the soup.

Indications and uses: Suitable for hyperlipidemia, and can also lower cholesterol.

2. Homemade Tofu Soup

Ingredients: 75g cooked bamboo shoot slices, 500g tofu, appropriate amount of soaked shiitake mushrooms, appropriate amount of green garlic, 1g minced ginger.

5 grams, 100 ml soy sauce, 4 grams MSG, 25 ml vegetable oil, a little lard, and 1100 ml chicken broth.

Preparation method: ① Cut the tofu into slices 0.5 cm thick and 3.5 cm long, and blanch them in boiling water to remove the raw taste.

② Heat vegetable oil in a wok over high heat, add tofu, bamboo shoots, and shiitake mushrooms, stir-fry, then add...

Add soy sauce and simmer for 5 minutes. Add stock and bring to a boil. Add chopped green garlic, minced ginger, and MSG. Drizzle with lard.

Plate and serve.

Efficacy and indications: Tofu is a high-protein plant-based food. Tofu can invigorate qi and harmonize the stomach, generate fluids and moisten dryness.

It clears heat and detoxifies, eliminates dampness and stops dysentery. Patients with hyperlipidemia can often lower their blood lipid levels by consuming tofu.

3. Eggplant with dried shrimp

Ingredients: 500g eggplant, 25g dried shrimp, 2 tsp soy sauce, 3 tsp vegetable oil, salt

Add appropriate amount of sugar, 1 tablespoon of chopped green onion, and 1 tablespoon of chopped ginger.

Preparation method: ① Cut the eggplant into chunks, soak them in water for a while, then drain and set aside;

Place the dried shrimp in a bowl and soak them in boiling water until softened. Remove any impurities and rinse them clean. Reserve the water used to soak the shrimp.

② Heat oil in a wok over medium heat, add chopped scallions and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, then add eggplant chunks and pickled vegetables.

After stir-frying the dried shrimp for about 2 minutes, add soy sauce, salt, sugar, and the water used to soak the shrimp. Stir-fry until well combined, then turn to a simmering pan.

Simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.

Efficacy and Indications: Eggplant is an excellent vegetable for patients with cardiovascular diseases, possessing high nutritional value.

It is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, as well as vitamins A and C.

4. Braised eggplant

Ingredients: 750g eggplant, 50g sliced ​​pork, vegetable oil (as needed), 15g scallions, 15g garlic.

Ingredients: 100g, soy sauce (to taste), salt (to taste), sugar (to taste), chicken bouillon (to taste), cornstarch (to taste).

Preparation method: ① Cut the eggplant into chunks, and mince the scallions, ginger, and garlic.

② Put half a pot of oil in a wok, and when the oil is 80-90% hot, add the eggplant and fry until the eggplant changes from hard to soft.

Remove from heat and drain the oil before use.

③ In a separate pan, heat 3 tablespoons of oil. Once the oil is hot, sauté minced scallions, ginger, and garlic until fragrant. Then add the sliced ​​meat and stir-fry.

Add soy sauce, a little water and chicken bouillon, then add eggplant, salt and sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat.

Simmer over low heat until the eggplant is flavorful, then thicken with cornstarch slurry.

Efficacy and indications: It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, and dispelling wind and unblocking collaterals.

For patients with hyperlipidemia, eating more eggplant can help lower cholesterol.