7 Easy Homemade Lunch Ideas That Are Healthy and Nutritious

On holidays, you certainly do not need to prepare a lunch box for work or snacks for your child at school. However, cooking lunch should still remain a priority for every housewife. Therefore, prepare homemade lunch meals that are easy to make while remaining healthy and nutritious. 

To make meal planning easier for your family, you can save some lunch recipes in this brief article. Let’s explore the ingredients and cooking instructions below.

1. Stir-Fried Oyster Mushroom

A simple homemade lunch meal for the family can be prepared with affordable ingredients, such as oyster mushrooms and tempe. To make this dish, prepare the ingredients and follow the steps below: 

Ingredients 

• 2 packs of oyster mushrooms.
• ½ block of tempe.
• 3 cloves of garlic.
• 4 shallots.
• 5 green chillies.
• Mushroom stock powder to taste. 
• Oyster sauce to taste.
• Salt and sugar to taste.

How to make

1. Wash the oyster mushrooms thoroughly, shred them, and place them in the clean container.
2. Fry the tempe until lightly browned.
3. Sauté garlic, shallots, and green chillies until aromatic.
4. Add the oyster mushrooms and stir well.
5. Season with oyster sauce, mushroom stock powder, sugar, and salt to taste. Mix it well.
6. Add the fried tempe and pour a little water.
7. Cook all ingredients until the seasoning is fully absorbed.
8. Remove the heat and serve stir-fried oyster mushrooms while warm. 

2. Stir-Fried Tempe

To enjoy a healthy dish, you do not need to spend much money. This homemade lunch menu only needs tempe as the main ingredient, while the seasoning is easy to find at a traditional market. The following are some preparations to make it. 

Ingredients 

• 300 grams of tempe, cut into small pieces.
• 8 pieces of petai, optional.
• 2 bay leaves.
• 3 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced.
• 4 shallots, thinly sliced.
• 1 piece of galangal, bruised. 
• 7 large green chillies, roughly chopped.
• 8 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce.
• 2 tablespoons of cooking oil.
• 250 milliliters of water.
• Salt and sugar to taste.

How to Make

1. Sauté sliced garlic and shallots until aromatic.
2. Add chopped green chillies, bay leaves, galangal, and petai. Stir them well. 
3. Add tempe and mix it well. 
4. Pour in water and add sweet soy sauce as needed. Wait until it comes to a boil. 
5. Lower the heat after boiling. Then, season with salt and sugar to taste. Cook until the liquid has reduced.
6. Remove a simple stir-fried tempe from the pan and serve it while warm. 

3. Spinach Omelette

If you prefer an easier homemade lunch menu, you can try this spinach omelette. This simple egg dish can be prepared by the following steps: 

Ingredients 

• 6 eggs. 
• 2 bunches of spinach.
• 6 cloves of shallots.
• Salt to taste.
• Pepper powder to taste.
• Seasoning, to taste.
• Cooking oil as needed.

How to make

1. Prepare shallots and spinach by slicing them. Place them separately in the clean container.
2. Crack the eggs into another container and add the seasonings above to taste. 
3. Add the sliced shallots and spinach to the egg.
4. Mix the egg, shallots, and spinach until everything is well combined.
5. Heat a pan and pour cooking oil as needed.
6. Cook the omelette and flip when it turns golden brown.
7. Remove the spinach omelette from the pan and serve it while it is warm with white rice. 

4. Tofu Fritters

One of the simple and easy-to-make homemade lunch meals is tofu fritters. For you who are interested in cooking it, follow the instructions on how to make it below: 

Ingredients 

• 10 small pieces of tofu, mashed until smooth.
• 6 cloves of garlic, finely chopped.
• 6 curly chillies, sliced diagonally.
• 10 stalks of celery, finely chopped. 
• 2 eggs.
• 1 teaspoon of salt.
• 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.
• 10 tablespoons of all-purpose flour.
• 2/3 teaspoons of stock powder.

How to Make

1. Prepare a clean bowl to mix mashed white tofu, then add chopped celery.
2. Add seasonings above as needed. Mix them well and correct the taste.
3. Shape the mixture into small round tofu and place them on a clean plate.
4. Fry the tofu balls in hot oil.
5. Cook until one side turns golden brown, and flip to cook the other side.
6. Remove the tofu fritters and drain them.
7. Serve the tofu fritters while warm with rice.

5. Seafood Fried Rice

Seafood fried rice is a practical and tasty lunch menu. With fresh shrimp and squid, fried rice has a savoury taste enriched with sweet soy sauce and oyster sauce. 

Ingredients: 

• 2 plates of white rice.
• 200 grams of shrimp and squid (cut into small pieces).
• 2 eggs.
• 3 cloves of garlic (minced).
• 2 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce.
• 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Cooking oil.

How to make:

1. Sauté minced garlic until aromatic.
2. Add the shrimp and squid, cook until fully done.
3. Push the seafood to one side of the pan, add the egg, and scramble it.
4. Add the white rice, sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, and pepper. Stir them evenly. 
5. Serve with crackers or pickles on the side. 

6. Fried Chicken with Sambal Matah

Fried chicken with sambal matah is a perfect combination of savoury chicken and fresh traditional Balinese sambal. Crispy fried chicken is served with sambal matah made from aromatic ingredients, such as lemongrass, lime leaves, and shallots. 

Ingredients: 

• 500 grams of chicken (cut as desired)
• 1 stalk of lemongrass (bruised)
• 2 bay leaves
• Salt and pepper to taste. 

Sambal Matah:

• 5 shallots (thinly sliced)
• 5 bird’s eye chillies (sliced)
• 2 bay leaves (thinly sliced)
• 2 tablespoons of hot coconut oil 
• Juice of 1 lime 

How to make:

1. Boil chicken with lemongrass, bay leaves, salt, and pepper until tender, then fry them until golden brown.
2. Mix sambal matah ingredients together, pour hot coconut oil over them, and stir well. 
3. Serve fried chicken with sambal matah on top. 

7. Stir-Fried Water Spinach with Shrimp

Stir-fried water spinach with shrimp is a healthy and tasty vegetable dish for lunch.

Fresh water spinach sauteed with small shrimp creates a naturally savoury flavor, enhanced by the aroma of garlic and chillies. This menu is perfect for a simple homemade lunch. 

Ingredients: 

• A bunch of water spinach. 
• 100 grams of small shrimp (peeled). 
• 3 cloves of garlic (minced).
• 3 red chillies (sliced)
• 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
• Salt and sugar to taste

How to make:

1. Sauté minced garlic and chillies until aromatic.
2. Add the shrimp and cook until they change color.
3. Add the water spinach, oyster sauce, salt, and sugar. Stir quickly to keep water spinach fresh.
4. Serve warm with white rice. 

Those are some homemade lunch menu ideas that may inspire you. The dishes above are easy to prepare, take only a short time, and do not require a big budget. In addition to preparing lunch, make sure your water supply at home is always available. Therefore, keep AQUA DULU ready.

To help meet your daily hydration needs, you can always prepare a 19-liter AQUA gallon at home. Remember that not all water is AQUA. AQUA is sourced from 19 selected mountain springs in Indonesia, containing natural minerals and protected layers that keep the water free from pollution. 

Furthermore, AQUA naturally tastes cool and refreshing even without cooling ,making it perfect for quenching your thirst after having lunch with your family. As an Indonesian product, AQUA is guaranteed safe for consumption as it is certified Halal, BPOM, and SNI. So, do not forget to always have #AQUADULU. AQUA is 100% Indonesia, 100% Halal, and 100% Pure.