Rainy Days and Mondays

It's another Monday and since it's the monsoon season in the Philippines, it's been raining every now and then. I had to hang my laundry inside the house to dry. And the 7-10 business days folding time might just be extended. I just think it's much more relaxing to lay on a bed of newly dried clothes than to sort them, iron them and fold them.

I'm not complaining at all, I love the rain. My plants get the most of it, actually. I don't have to water them, they get the shower from mother nature herself. Ain't that amazing? At least that's one of my tasks automatically checked out in my daily to do list. One out of a thousand things I need to do.

And since it's cold and rainy, what much better food to serve your family than a nice bowl of steaming hot soup. Warms the tummy and the soul, right?

Way back when I was still breastfeeding my little one, this is my go to soup as this is very nutritious and because of malunggay and ginger as an ingredient, it is a good galactagogue food. I don't know what this food is called because I just played with the ingredients and I loved it during my breastfeeding days and now, my little one loves it too. It's really very easy to cook which is perfect because rainy days and mondays isn't really a wonderful combination when you want to get a boost for the start of your week.

All you need to do is to boil about 4 or 5 cups of water with sliced tomatoes, ginger and onions in it. Once it's already boiling, add fish, salt (or fish sauce if you prefer) and pepper. Let it simmer for a few minutes until the fish is cooked. You may use whatever fish you like but I usually cook tilapia for this recipe. Once the fish is already cooked, you can lower the heat then add malunggay, camote tops and some more sliced tomatoes. And that's it. You may also sprinkle some malunggay powder if you want to maximize the breastmilk production.

I came up with this recipe because I got too fed up with eating mussels and plain malunggay tea. I guess up to now, it is still my go to soup recipe. I'm just glad both my husband and the kiddo liked it. It's nutritious and it's easy to cook. So win-win!