Lunch Recipes: Three Simple and Nutritious Options for Office Workers.

Three simple and nutritious recipes for office workers. The life of an office worker is fast-paced, and nutrition often can't keep up.

Braised Eggplant with Tomatoes

Braised Eggplant with Tomatoes

Ingredients: Eggplant, tomatoes, 1 piece of ginger, 2 cloves of garlic, a small handful of Sichuan peppercorns, 3ml light soy sauce, 3ml dark soy sauce, appropriate amount of starch water, 10ml olive oil, half a spring onion, 3g sugar.

Instructions:

1. Cut the tomatoes into cubes, peel the eggplant and cut it into large pieces. Chop the spring onion, garlic, and ginger into a mince. Salt the eggplant in advance and squeeze out the moisture with your hands before cooking.

2. Heat oil in a wok, use a bit more oil as eggplant absorbs it. Once the oil is hot, add the Sichuan peppercorns.

3. When the peppercorns become fragrant, remove them.

4. Add the eggplant and stir-fry. This process will be long. Slowly stir-fry until the eggplant softens; do not rush, as the goal is to cook out the moisture from the eggplant.

5. Stir-fry until the eggplant releases the oil it has absorbed, then remove and set aside.

6. Add a little oil to the wok, not too much. Add the chopped spring onion and stir-fry until fragrant.

7. First, add the tomatoes and stir-fry until they are just cooked. Add the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and sugar. Then, add the eggplant and continue to stir-fry until the tomato sauce coats the eggplant. Add the minced garlic last and pour in the starch water to thicken. Remove from heat and serve.

Benefits: Freckle removal, anti-aging, softening of blood vessels, aiding digestion, cancer prevention, lowering blood pressure, and nourishing the blood.

Steamed Tofu with Mushroom and Pork Filling

Steamed Tofu with Mushroom Filling

Ingredients: 300g tofu, 3 mushrooms, pickled mustard tuber, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, starch.

Instructions:

(1) Cut the tofu into small square pieces and hollow out the center.

(2) Finely chop the soaked and cleaned mushrooms and pickled mustard tuber. Mix with seasonings and starch to make the filling.

(3) Stuff the filling into the center of the tofu, arrange on a plate, and steam until cooked. Drizzle with soy sauce and sesame oil before serving.

Benefits: Mushrooms can lower cholesterol, and tofu is beneficial for weight loss.

Cold Salad with Bitter Melon

Mushroom and Enoki Mushroom with Bitter Melon

Ingredients: 150g bitter melon, 100g mushrooms, 100g enoki mushrooms, soy sauce, ginger, sugar, sesame oil.

Instructions:

(1) Slice the bitter melon and ginger into thin shreds.

(2) Soak the mushrooms until soft, then slice them. Trim and wash the enoki mushrooms.

(3) Briefly stir-fry the ginger shreds in oil, then add the bitter melon shreds and mushroom shreds with a pinch of salt, and stir-fry for a moment.

(4) Add the enoki mushrooms and stir-fry together. Add the seasonings and mix well before serving.

Benefits: Mushrooms and enoki mushrooms can lower cholesterol; bitter melon is rich in fiber, which can reduce fat absorption.