The causes can be numerous and varied. Also, consider that you suffer from constipation when you bowel three times or less in a week and the stools are hard, dry, and difficult to pass. It is annoying, it can also be painful, we feel heavy, tired, and even swollen.
It is a condition that affects all people sometimes in the course of life, but it will be your doctor who, after having performed an examination, will determine the cause of your constipation and will advise you on the most suitable treatment.
You too, for your part, can prevent it with an adequate diet in which water, fiber, fruit, and vegetables should never be lacking. Below we offer you three simple recipes for treating constipation as an example for any day:
Candied eggplant with white rice
Ingredients
- 2 eggplants
- 4 onions
- 200 gr. of rice
- 100 gr. of ham
- 12 cherry tomatoes
- 1 escarole
- 2 cloves of garlic
- water
- olive oil
- vinegar
- salt
Preparation
Peel the onions and cut them, then let them brown slowly on the fire until they are golden brown. Cut the ham and add it to the onions.
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Now cut the aubergines into cubes and add them to the onions. Season and leave on the stove for 10-15 minutes.
Then peel the garlic cloves and let them brown in a pan with a little oil. Add the rice, stew briefly, add the water (just over double the rice) and a pinch of salt. Cook for 18-20 minutes.
Grease a bowl with a little oil. Put a layer of rice on the bottom, on top of one of the aubergines, and then again one of rice, and then turn it over carefully so that it is well pressed.
Finally, clean the tomatoes and the escarole. Cut everything and season with oil, vinegar, and salt. Serve them together with the aubergines.
Chicken wings with mushroom and rocket salad
Ingredients
- 12 chicken wings
- 8 small potatoes
- 250 gr. of mushrooms
- 140 gr. of rocket
- 3 cloves of garlic
- vinegar
- olive oil
- salt
Preparation
Clean the potatoes and, with a drizzle of oil and coarse salt, put them in the oven at 220 ° C for 20 minutes. Clean the chicken wings thoroughly, cutting off the tips and excess fat. In a mortar, crush three garlic cloves into small pieces with a little coarse salt. Once well crushed, put them in a bowl with olive oil and dip the chicken wings in to soften them.
Put the wings in the oven, next to the potatoes already placed previously. Pour in the oil used to soften the chicken so that everything is cooked in the oven at 220 ° C for another 15-20 minutes.
Wash the mushrooms and cut them into slices, cook them in a pan with oil until they are golden brown. In the meantime, wash and cut the rocket, so that, once the mushrooms are ready, you can add them by adding a little chopped parsley, a pinch of salt, olive oil, and vinegar.
Serve the wings accompanied by the baked potatoes and the mushroom and rocket salad.
Baked melon recipe
- 1 melon
- 50 gr. of walnuts
- 4 spoons of honey
- 1 lime
- 1 vanilla pod
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
For the caramel:
- 4 tablespoons of sugar
- a few drops of lemon juice
Preparation
To make the caramel, put the sugar, lemon, and a little water in a saucepan and cook over low heat. When it is ready, wet the walnuts and let them cool
Now, mix the 2 tablespoons of sugar with the vanilla bean in a bowl to take the aroma. Cut the melons into small pieces, removing the skin and seeds, and then place them in a pan and sprinkle with sugar, vanilla, and lime juice. Bake at 200 degrees for 7 minutes. Finally, serve the melon along with the caramelized nuts.
