Seven vegetarian recipes for weight loss: healthy, low-fat, and easy ways to lose weight.

Vegetarian Dishes:

Celery Salad
Ingredients: 500g celery, 150g jellyfish skin (soaked), a little salt, MSG, and vinegar, 3g dried shrimp.

Functions: Clears liver heat, dispels wind and dampness. Used as a weight-loss food.

Preparation:
(1) Remove leaves and tough fibers from celery and dried shrimp, cut into 3cm sections, blanch in boiling water, and drain. Soak and wash dried shrimp and jellyfish skin. Cut jellyfish skin into thin strips.

(2) Mix celery, dried shrimp, and jellyfish strips together, add a little vinegar, salt, and MSG, and it's ready to eat.

Fresh Lettuce:
Ingredients: 250g lettuce, a little salt, appropriate amounts of cooking wine and MSG.

Functions: Strengthens spleen and promotes urination. Used as a weight-loss food. **Preparation Method:** Peel and wash the lettuce, then shred it finely. Add a little salt, stir well to remove excess juice, add the seasonings, mix well, and it's ready to eat.

**Braised Radish and Kelp:** Ingredients: Kelp, radish (appropriate amount), cloves, star anise, cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorns, walnuts, vegetable oil, soy sauce (appropriate amount).

Functions: Diuretic, reduces bloating, aids weight loss.

**Preparation Method:** Soak the kelp in water for 24 hours (changing the water twice), then wash and shred it. Shred the radish coarsely as well. Heat the vegetable oil, add the kelp shreds and stir-fry. Add cloves, star anise, cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorns, walnuts, soy sauce, and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-high and simmer until the kelp is almost tender. Add the radish shreds and simmer until cooked through.

**Strange-Flavored Kelp:** Ingredients: Kelp, red beans, radish, hawthorn, sugar (appropriate amount).

Functions: Diuretic, reduces swelling, aids weight loss.

**Strange-Flavored Kelp:** Ingredients: Kelp, red beans, radish, hawthorn, sugar (appropriate amount).

Functions: Diuretic, reduces swelling, aids weight loss. Preparation: Soak and wash kelp as described above, cut into strips and dry. Boil red beans, radish, hawthorn, and sugar in water for half an hour. Remove the red beans, radish, and hawthorn. Add the kelp and simmer until the liquid is almost gone and the kelp is tender. Remove from the pot, dry, and serve.

Celery and Mushroom Stir-fry:

Ingredients: 400g celery, 50g rehydrated mushrooms, 6g salt, appropriate amount of MSG and starch, 50g vegetable oil.

Functions: Clears liver heat and promotes diuresis. Suitable for patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, and obesity.

Preparation:
(1) Remove the leaves and roots from the celery, wash thoroughly, cut into sections about 2cm long, mix with salt for about 10 minutes, rinse with water, and drain. Slice the shiitake mushrooms and mix them with vinegar, MSG, and starch in a bowl. Add about 50ml of water to make a thickening sauce.

(2) Heat a wok over high heat, add 50g of vegetable oil, and when the oil smokes, add the celery and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes. Then add the shiitake mushrooms and stir-fry quickly. Pour in the thickening sauce and stir-fry quickly before serving.

Creamy Asparagus
Ingredients: 500g canned asparagus, 150ml fresh milk, 25g cooked ham, 3g salt, a little pepper, starch, and cooking wine, 3g cilantro, 50g vegetable oil.

Functions: Diuretic, anti-edema, and weight loss. Suitable for patients with obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, edema, cystitis, and difficulty urinating.

Preparation:
(1) Open the can and remove the asparagus, draining the water. Finely chop the ham and cilantro. (2) Heat vegetable oil and cool to medium temperature. Soak asparagus until softened, then remove and arrange on a plate.

(3) In a pot, combine fresh milk, cornstarch, salt, cooking wine, and pepper. Stir gently until well combined. Bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Pour the sauce over the asparagus and sprinkle with diced ham and cilantro.

Shepherd's Purse and Tofu
Ingredients: 250g shepherd's purse, 100g tofu, 12g sesame oil, salt and MSG to taste, a little minced ginger.

Cools the liver and stops bleeding, promotes diuresis and relieves urinary tract infections. Suitable for patients with hypertension, obesity, and edema.

Preparation:

(1) Cut the tofu into small cubes, blanch briefly in boiling water, and place on a plate.

(2) Blanch the shepherd's purse in boiling water, cool, and finely chop. Sprinkle the chopped shepherd's purse over the tofu, add salt and MSG, mix well, and drizzle with sesame oil.

Braised Mushrooms

Ingredients: 200g canned mushrooms (or 250g fresh mushrooms), 50g shiitake mushrooms, 6g salt, a little MSG and sugar, appropriate amount of cornstarch, 50g vegetable oil.

Functions: Tonifies Qi and benefits the stomach. Suitable for obese patients and those with high blood pressure.

Preparation:

(1) Soak shiitake mushrooms in boiling water for half an hour, remove, squeeze out the water, remove the stems and wash clean.

(2) Pour vegetable oil into a pot, heat the oil, add shiitake mushrooms and stir-fry for 1 minute, then add the mushrooms, canned mushroom water, salt, MSG and sugar. When the soup is slightly boiling, thicken with cornstarch.