A Complete List of Summer Vegetables

In the summer, the weather is hot and the sunshine lasts longer, which is beneficial to the growth of vegetables. Especially for vegetables planted in the land, which grow naturally under sufficient sunlight, they are rich in nutrients. Everyone knows that eating seasonal vegetables is good for health, and summer is the time when a large number of vegetables mature.

Loofah

Speaking of loofah, I start to salivate, because it is a vegetable that I like very much. It is tender, smooth and fragrant when eaten, and it is really delicious. Luffa contains protein, fat, starch, sugars, vitamins, carotene, citrulline, saponins, as well as nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron, which effectively maintain the accumulation of nutrients for the human body.

Momordica charantia

Although bitter melon is bitter, it is a good medicine. The bitterness of bitter melon can be removed through special methods, but removing it completely does not conform to the special effect of "good medicine tastes bitter". Eating bitter melon in summer can help clear away heat and dispel summer heat, improve eyesight and detoxify, lower blood pressure and blood sugar, promote diuresis and cool blood, relieve fatigue and clear the mind.

Winter melon

Winter melon is also a very delicious vegetable. It is a melon vegetable that can be used as both medicine and food. It is an indispensable vegetable in summer. Winter melon is slightly cold in nature, sweet and mild in taste and non-toxic. Eating it in summer can clear away heat and resolve phlegm, clear heat and quench thirst, remove dampness and relieve heat, promote urination, and eliminate edema.

asparagus

Asparagus is rich in various amino acids, proteins, vitamins and other trace elements. It tastes crisp and has a refreshing aroma. Eating more asparagus can increase appetite, aid digestion, clear away heat and reduce internal heat, eliminate fatigue, and lower blood pressure.

Wild Rice

Water chestnuts grow in water. I remember that when I was a child, I often picked some water chestnuts from the river and brought them home to cook. The flesh of茭白 is white and delicious with a fresh flavor. It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, quenching thirst and promoting diuresis. It has a good effect of sobering up for drunk people and is very suitable for consumption in summer.

pumpkin

Pumpkin can be stir-fried, steamed, or boiled. It has a sweet taste and is a great vegetable for summer. Pumpkin can increase the essential vitamins and trace elements in the human body, and has the effects of lowering blood sugar and quenching thirst, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight.

Other summer seasonal vegetables include peppers, green beans, lettuce, onions, cucumbers, eggplants, chayote, amaranth, mountain sorrel, water spinach, sweet potato leaves, bamboo shoots, tomatoes, asparagus, cabbage, etc.