Slow Ageing and Slimming Dessert (1)

Every girls (maybe some guys too) is hoping for a young and youthful skin. Well, you might not feel it when you are at your early twenties but in your late twenties, especially when you are approaching thirty, the desire of sustaining your youthful look is getting stronger each day. Since ancient times, those empress and concubines had been feeding on bird's nest to slow down the ageing. Well, that's for the high-end kind of people to have. For a low-end people like me, we will opt for a low end product but with equivalent effect. That is snow fungus. Some info which I found on the benefits of snow fungus: -

• It contains Iron, Vit C, Calcium, Phosphorus
• Cure constipation as it lubricates colon and stimulate peristalsis (the way your intestines pushes the food down the colon and eventually out from your body)
• Nourish lungs, strengthen respiratory system and therefore, prevent cold
• Improves blood production and circulation that eventually bring a moisture-complexion to the skin.
• Prolong consumption will aid in removing wrinkles, freckles and stress marks
• It also reduces the harmful cholesterol in our body which reduces the risk of getting stroke and high blood pressure
• Prevents cancer

To select a good quality snow fungus, go to the TCM shop, do not choose the extremely snow fungus. Because normally they are bleached. To get a top quality find those with pale yellowish snow fungus. It can be stewed in soup with spare ribs or pork bones. But I prefer to make it into dessert and treat it as my breakfast. Making it is really an easy task. It will only take you 15 mins for the preparation.

What you need

• Snow fungus
• Red dates (good for the production of blood)
• Honey dates
• Wolfberry (good for eyes)
• Longan
• Honey rock sugar

How to cook

• Soak half a palm of the snow fungus for about one to two minutes or till it has soften. Soaking it with water will make the fungus grow bigger. If you dont like the dessert to be too viscous dont use too much. Tear into small pieces or big pieces according to your preference.
• Wash all the ingredients except the honey sugar (add the ingredients amount according to your preference) and put into your slow cooker.
• Put it in low mode and cook for 8 hours (best to do when you are about to go to bed) or put in high mode for about 2-3 hours
• Lastly, add your honey rock sugar and ready to serve.

If you cant finish it during the day after cooking, you can keep in the fridge for about a week. This dessert serves as my breakfast. It really works wonders but of course it has to be a long term eating. Eating for like six months once wont give you much effects.

Happy trying ^_^.