Come and eat longevity vegetables in summer. They are everywhere on the roadside. Just pinch a branch and throw it in water and it will live!

Sweet potato leaves are a must-eat in summer to detoxify, beautify, lower blood pressure and blood sugar!

Compared with other vegetables, sweet potato leaves are richer in minerals, vitamins and dietary fiber. Long-term consumption can improve disease resistance, lower blood sugar, delay aging and prevent cancer. If you like to eat them, you can also grow them yourself at home. It's very simple!

1. How to eat sweet potato leaves?

1. Sweet potato leaves with garlic sauce

After washing the sweet potato leaves, drain the water and blanch them in boiling water. In another pot, pour in oil and minced garlic and stir-fry. Finally, add the sweet potato leaves and stir-fry for a few times. Add a small amount of water and cook until the vegetables are soft.

2. Steamed sweet potato leaves with cornmeal

Wash the sweet potato leaves, cut into large pieces and put into a large bowl. Add salt and stir first. After draining the water, pour cornmeal, stir evenly, and finally steam in a steamer for 7-8 minutes. Just dip it in garlic, vinegar and other seasonings when it comes out of the pan.

2. How to grow sweet potato leaves at home?

1. Prepare 1 sweet potato, several glass bottles or plastic bottles, and 1 shallow plate.

2. Pour a small amount of clean water into a shallow tray, place the sweet potatoes horizontally in the tray, spray water on the sweet potatoes 1-2 times a day, and they will take root in less than a week.

3. After rooting, place the sweet potato roots in a glass bottle filled with water. The water level should only be enough to submerge the roots, but not the sweet potato tubers, otherwise they will easily rot.

4. Ensure sufficient light and change the water every 2-3 days. The sweet potato leaves will grow rapidly. You can pick them and eat them after they grow tall. New sprouts will sprout. If you grow them indoors, you can eat fresh sweet potato leaves no matter what season it is!

Purslane is a must-eat in summer, it can cool you down, relieve heat, promote diuresis and lower blood pressure!

Purslane is known as a "natural antibiotic" that can assist in the treatment of various inflammations, prevent and treat heart disease, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and can also clear away heat and detoxify, and act as a diuretic and analgesic. It is especially suitable for eating in summer!

1. How to eat purslane?

1. Cold Purslane Salad

Wash the purslane, blanch it in boiling water, then drain the water, drizzle it with vinegar, salt, MSG, sesame oil and chili oil, and you can eat it!

2. Purslane Dumplings

Blanch the purslane in hot water, then chop it into pieces, mix it with the minced pork, add salt, oil and other seasonings, and you can make dumplings!

2. How to grow purslane at home?

1. Pinch a few strong purslane branches and cut them into several small sections with scissors, each about 5 cm long. Then remove the leaves below and place them in a cool and ventilated place to dry the wounds.

2. Insert the dried purslane into the soil of the flowerpot, making sure half of the branches are buried in the soil. The branches should not be too densely spaced, leaving some gaps.

3. After the branches are cut and grafted, water them thoroughly and place them in a cool place. After new leaves grow in three to five days, they can be exposed to the sun. If you keep watering, they can be eaten in one month!

4. Every time you pick purslane, pinch off the tender shoots on the top. More small shoots will grow next to them. Keep pinching them to keep them growing. You can eat them until winter!

5. For flower lovers who find the soil dirty and troublesome to grow, you can also grow Purslane in water. Just pinch the roots and branches and throw them into the water. It will grow quite lushly!

Eat wolfberry leaves in summer to improve eyesight, clear heat, nourish the kidneys and liver!

Wolfberry is a well-known medicinal herb, but few people know the health-preserving effects of wolfberry leaves, especially the tender shoots of wolfberry, which are not only nutritious but also nourishing and invigorating, making them a precious therapeutic vegetable.

1. How to eat wolfberry leaves?

1. Scrambled eggs with wolfberry shoots

Wash the tender shoots of wolfberry, blanch them in hot water, then put them into egg liquid together with diced chili peppers. Then add sugar, salt, starch and pepper powder, stir well, put them in a pan and stir-fry them with oil before eating.

2. Cold wolfberry tenderloin

Pinch off the tender tips of wolfberry, wash them and stir-fry them in boiling water for a while, then drain and serve. Finally, add minced garlic, minced ginger, light soy sauce, sesame oil and pepper powder, stir well and you can eat!

2. How to propagate wolfberries by cuttings?

1. Cut off several wolfberry branches, each section is about 10 cm, the incision should be a 45-degree slope, and it is best to choose semi-lignified branches, the survival rate is high!

2. Prepare rooting powder, mix it evenly with clean water in a ratio of 1:2000, and then apply it to the lower end of the wolfberry cuttings.

3. Insert the branches dipped in rooting powder into the soil, water it thoroughly once, and place it in a place with diffuse light for maintenance. Do not water it until the soil is dry.

4. After a while, if new buds grow on the branches, it means that the plant has survived. When the seedlings grow bigger, they can be transplanted into the ground or in a large pot for maintenance!

Eat Houttuynia cordata in summer to strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, clear the lungs and remove dampness!

Houttuynia cordata, also known as Houttuynia cordata, is found in southern provinces. It is a very delicious wild vegetable and also a traditional Chinese medicine with a long history. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, diuretic and dehumidifying, and strengthening the stomach and digestion. It is suitable for eating in summer.

1. How to eat Houttuynia cordata?

1. Cold Houttuynia

Clean the Houttuynia cordata, remove the fibrous roots, cut into small pieces, sprinkle with salt and marinate for 10 minutes, then pour sugar, light soy sauce, chopped green onion, chopped pepper, and sesame oil on it, mix well, and you can eat it!

2. Fried pork with houttuynia

Wash the Houttuynia cordata, pick it into small pieces, and blanch it in boiling water. Pour oil into the pan and heat it, add the marinated pork in advance, stir-fry until it changes color, then add Houttuynia cordata, salt, cooking wine, stir-fry a few times, and you can eat it!

2. How to grow Houttuynia cordata?

1. Cut off healthy branches of Houttuynia cordata, each section is about 12 cm.

2. Insert the Houttuynia cordata branches into the flowerpot, with at least 10 cm between the branches.

3. After inserting the branches, water them thoroughly and place them in a cool place. After they take root, you can expose them to the sun and maintain them normally!