The Idea Of A Healthy MBG Menu In The Style Of Doctor Tan Shot Yen, Cheap And Nutritious

Dr. Tan Shot Yen (Photo: Instagram/@drtanshotyen)

JAKARTA - Recently, Dr. Tan Shot Yen has been widely discussed after delivering sharp criticism at the DPR meeting regarding the Free Nutrition Food (MBG) program menu which is considered far from healthy. It doesn't stop there, through his personal Instagram account, the doctor who is known to consistently campaign for this natural diet shares a list of healthy menus as an alternative.

My dream: This is the MBG menu, please share. Taken through one of the pages of Tan Shot Yen's Healthy Indonesian Children," wrote dr. Tan Shot Yen on his personal Instagram account @drtanshotyen.

In the upload, he compiled an example of a full daily menu ranging from breakfast, lunch, lunch, afternoon snacks, to dinner. All menus are based on fresh food, combined with complex carbohydrates, protein, vegetables and fruit. Inspire the daily MBG menu in the style of dr. Tan Shot Yen.

1. Breakfast

In the morning, it can start with a simple but nutritious combination, such as red rice with fish pepes, spinach vegetables, and apples. Other alternatives are boiled potatoes with chicken rolades, carrots, beans, plus melons. There is also a choice of corn rice with tempeh pepes, red peanut soup, or brown rice with oseng beans and tempeh bacem.

For those who want variety, you can try boiled corn with anchovy botok and carrots soup, or boiled sweet potatoes accompanied by buntil or fungal soup.

2. Bekal

For provisions, dr. Tan recommends healthy snacks that continue to finalize. For example, steamed kepok bananas, brains with peanut sauce, or dragon fruit combined with tofu skin ciomay. Other options can be pecel with pindang eggs, roa fish glueper accompanied by cut papaya, tofu filled with ambon bananas, or arem-earned fruit.

3. Lunch

The afternoon menu is designed to fill but remains balanced. Some of the options include red rice with pop chicken and cassava leaves plus oranges, boiled potatoes with egg tofu soup and bloating fish, or corn rice with leaf-packed chicken accompanied by guava.

Other options can be boiled corn with mushrooms and tekwan, brown rice with Bandung soup, or boiled sweet potatoes with fried fish and chili sauce.

4. Afternoon snacks

In the afternoon, the body usually needs additional energy. Some of the recommended snacks include sugar-free coconut ice with boiled sweet potatoes, spring rolls filled with vegetables, red peanut porridge or blewah ice with boiled peanuts. You can choose ijo peanut porridge or banana barongko.

5. Dinner

For the closing of the day, the choice is no less diverse. For example, red rice with chicken soup, vegetable urep, and watermelons. You can also have oven potatoes with meat pindang and cabbage oraks, or corn rice with fish sugar and oyong soup.

Another alternative is boiled corn with tamariwang vegetables and chicken, brown rice with bacem rice and lodeh vegetables, or boiled sweet potatoes with great Asem and long beans.

The menu offered by dr. Tan Shot Yen is not only healthy, but also friendly in bags because it uses local materials and is easy to find. In addition, there are quite a lot of variations so it is not boring if applied every day.