Family meals for 4 people are varied with a variety of dishes. Start the new week with a tray of rice including shumai with tomato sauce, fried green beans with garlic, boiled chayote. Reader Quach Tuyet shared with Zing: “The cost of each meal is about 250,000 VND”. Changing the menu with pork rib soup cooked with pickles, braised chicken with ginger, fried eggs, boiled vegetables is a suggestion for you. Meals with easy-to-buy ingredients, simple ways to help you do not waste time thinking about what to cook today. The frugal menu for the family’s summer meal can include clam soup cooked with spinach and melon, sautéed squash with garlic, and roasted meat. Add a plate of salted eggplant to eat together to reduce boredom and immediately have a decent tray of rice for the family to gather. If you are busy, you should salt the eggplant in large quantities and store it in the refrigerator for long-term use. When ideas are stuck, housewives can show off their talents with a menu including salmon salad with vegetables, bitter melon soup cooked with shrimp, mixed fried squid, and boiled water spinach. For the salad, you need to sauté the salmon with pepper, oyster sauce, and soy sauce. Lettuce, pear, apple, chopped avocado to mix together. The sauce includes 3 tablespoons of roasted sesame sauce, 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise. Another menu with red catfish cooked in sour soup, deep-fried fish, gourd stuffed with eggs, deep-fried beans. To make a stuffed gourd, you need to separate the yolk and the white of the egg. The gourd is cut in half and the intestines removed. Then you put the steamed egg whites first. About 5 minutes later, you continue to pour the yolk on top and steam until cooked. Bitter gourd soup cooked with calamari, braised pork ribs with pineapple, boiled squash, and fried bitter gourd with eggs is a nutritious meal that helps strengthen resistance during epidemic days. To reduce the bitter taste of bitter melon, after peeling, you can wash it with salt water. The combination of salmon with orange sauce, papaya pork leg soup, okra with soy sauce sauce, asparagus sautéed with garlic makes a delicious tray of rice for family members. With many elaborately prepared dishes, this can be a weekend meal for you to treat the whole family.

According to the advice of nutritionists, it is possible to identify chemically contaminated vegetables based on some of the following characteristics: Color of vegetables: Clean vegetables are usually lighter in color than those using chemicals. The latter types are not clean due to the absorption of many chemicals, so they have a more eye-catching appearance. Cruciferous vegetables, water spinach, spinach, cabbage … when viewed from the outside, the outer sheath will be darker, stronger and less glossy. Based on branches, sheaths and leaves of vegetable plants: The number of branches, sheaths and leaves of clean vegetables is less, and the leaves are larger than those of unclean vegetables. The phenomenon of pests and diseases on vegetables: Vegetables with many traces of leafworms will be cleaner because they do not use pesticides before harvest. Chemically sprayed vegetables have large, smooth green leaves and absolutely no hole in the leaves caused by caterpillars. Taste when cooking: The taste of clean vegetables is stronger. As for the vegetables that are not clean, eating will be very pale, not feeling the taste. In some cases, there are residual pesticides in vegetables, which when processed will give a strong odor, difficult to smell. Vegetable storage time: Clean vegetables that can be stored at room temperature or refrigerated for about 4-5 days can still be used. As for vegetables that are not clean within the above time period, they will be withered, crushed, crushed (depending on the type of vegetable) and cannot be used anymore. When choosing to buy vegetables, it should be noted that you should not buy off-season vegetables because off-season vegetables often do not grow well, are susceptible to pests and growers may use pesticides, pesticides, and stimulants. for vegetables to ripen quickly and beautifully. Also, do not buy vegetables that have been peeled, sliced ​​and soaked in water at the market because they are most likely to be spoiled or old. Do not choose vegetables that are too unusual in taste, color and do not trust the appearance of vegetables and fruits. Should choose to buy vegetables of clear origin. Clean vegetables are usually lighter in color than vegetables using chemicals. Identify some clean vegetables Water spinach: When using too much protein or foliar fertilizer, water spinach often has the following characteristics: the body is larger than usual, crispy, the leaves are dark green, the boiled water turns pale green when hot, and turns dark green when cool. Should choose to buy bunches with small tops, look a bit hard but eat crispy, delicious and safe. In addition, water spinach without chemicals will have plastic flowing out when the stem is cut. Bean sprouts: The sprouts are round, white, with few roots, when stir-fried, produce cloudy water, which is a type of sprouts that have been chemically used during the incubation process to stimulate the rapid growth of bean sprouts. When buying, should choose the type of price with many roots, white cotyledons, not eye-catching. This is a natural brew, safe to use. Zucchini: Safe squash usually has a burning distance not too far, dark green leaves, lots of hair. In contrast, soft, thin, pale green leafy vegetables with long internodes should not be purchased. Cucumber: Should choose green-white fruit, not too young or yellow stalk, hold firmly in hand, the outside of the peel has sharp points emerging. Melons that are sprayed with pesticides and growth drugs before harvest often have long, smooth, smooth fruits with light green skin, many fruits even have white streaks due to residual spray. It is best to salt and peel them before eating. Clean spinach has dark green leaves, thin but not hard. Do not choose vegetables with leaves that are too young, soft, thick and uneven. Some ways to handle chemically contaminated fruit Soak vegetables in diluted salt water: After washing vegetables, you should soak vegetables in diluted salt water for about 10-15 minutes, then rinse with clean water. Or you can soak vegetables in water to wash rice for about 10 minutes and then rinse with water. The purpose of this is to neutralize the toxins in the pesticide left on the vegetables. Heat vegetables at high temperature: Some heat-resistant vegetables such as cauliflower, beans, and celery, after being washed with hot water for 2 minutes, will reduce the residue of insecticide by 30%. Then stir-fry, cook at high temperature to remove 90% of pesticide residues. Using vinegar to soak vegetables: It is one of the most effective ways to remove bacteria and pesticides left on fruits and vegetables because it has strong antibacterial properties. Dilute white vinegar with water, soak vegetables for about 10 minutes, then rinse with boiled water to cool.

Illustration. Image source: Internet Resources: Shrimp Pumpkin Garlic, dried onions, cooking oil, seasoning seeds, main noodles. Pickled squash and washed with water. Then gently rub the vegetables until they are soft but still crispy. Shrimp washed, peeled, cut back to remove the black thread, marinated with a little seasoning seeds, main noodles. Dried onions, peeled garlic, smashed. Add a little oil and dry onions to the pan. Stir in the shrimp. When shrimp is cooked, scoop into separate plate. Add the remaining dried onions and garlic to the pan. Add the squash and stir well, add seasoning seeds and main noodles to taste. When vegetables are cooked, add shrimp to the island for about 2 minutes. Stir-fried squash with beef Illustration. Image source: Internet Resources: Pumpkin vegetables Garlic, beef, soy sauce, chili sauce. Making: Thinly sliced ​​beef marinated in soy sauce. Heat the cooking oil in a pan, then add the garlic and saute until fragrant, then add the beef and stir-fry quickly over high heat. When the meat is rare, drop the vegetables in and stir-fry, flip the pan to catch the fire, the stir-fry dish when it is on fire will create a very characteristic aroma. Add some chili sauce and turn off the heat. Do not stir-fry for too long, the vegetables will become watery and tasteless. Pumpkin vegetable soup with mussels Illustration. Image source: Internet Resources: Pumpkin tops: 1 bunch Mussels: 1kg (or use clams, donkeys) Ginger: 1 small piece Garlic: 2-3 branches Dried onion: 1 small bulb Dill, seasoning, fish sauce, seasoning. Making: The mussels (or don) bought are soaked in water with a few slices of chili cut to let the mussels (or don) release the sand. Then rinse the shell with water. Boil 1 pot of water with 1 pinch of salt, add mussels (or don). Bring to a boil again, stirring with chopsticks until the mussel gut (or don) peels off the shell. Pickled squash, washed, dried. Decant the mussels (or don) broth into a large bowl, to allow the sediment to settle. Remove the mussel shell (or don), remove the intestines. Onions, ginger, garlic peeled and chopped. Dill pickled, washed, cut into small pieces. Fry ½ of the onion, ginger, and garlic, then add the mussel (or don) intestines and sauté until fragrant with a little fish sauce. Stir fry the remaining ½ of the onion, ginger, and garlic, then add the squash and stir-fry until cooked with a little spice. Add mussels (or don) intestines to the pot of squash. Decant the mussels (or don) broth into the pot, leaving the residue. Bring the soup to a boil, then drop the dill in, season with a little more seasoning to taste. Stir-fried squash with pork belly Illustration. Image source: Internet Resources: 200g squash tops 150g pork belly Garlic 1 tablespoon cooking oil, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon fish sauce, 1 teaspoon seasoning. Making: The pork belly is chopped into small pieces for easy eating, marinated with fish sauce, seasoning seeds, cooking oil, and sugar for about 5-10 minutes to absorb the spices. The squash is lightly blanched in boiling water. Heat the cooking oil, fry the garlic with fragrant oil, add the meat and sauté over high heat until the meat is cooked. Add the squash and stir-fry, add the crushed garlic and stir-fry until cooked, then remove to a plate.