Easy Watercress Soup

Happy Friday Everyone! Not sure about you, however this week feels like a drag. Typically my human plan meals in advance, but today she doesn't know what to make for lunch. I feel like that too, I don't know which position  would be better for my nap.

After contemplating a few times, she finally decided to make something easy and healthy. Watercress soup! Have you had it before? It's so amazingly delicious. Might I add, easy to make?

Watercress Soup     

Ingredients
1 bunch Watercress
8 cups Water
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 tablespoon Hondashi 
2 teaspoon sugar
salt and pepper to taste

Pork Marinade
1/3 lb ground pork
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon ginger powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 scallion stalk, chop (save some to add on top of your soup)
1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper





Instructions

    1. Prepare the Pork Marinade, mix everything together and let sit for 15 minutes.
    2. Heat water in a pot. Once it starts to boil, lower the heat to medium and put the pork marinade in the water. Make sure you break it apart so it's ground chunks . It typically easy to do this with chopsticks but you can definitely use other utensils.
    3. Add soysauce, hondashi, sugar, salt and pepper. Once the meat is almost fully cooked, add watercress. Leave for 3-5 minutes. Don't over cook it. Devour it by itself or eat over rice. The choice is yours.

NOTE- If you are vegetarian, you can opt the Pork Marinade and simply add tofu instead.

Mango Blueberry Chia Pudding

Sometimes, whenever we open the fridge we find interesting things that we can put together for a quick bite. Today, was one of those days....and blueberries just happen to be the case. If it was up to me, I would just eat it as it is and I'll still be happy. However, my human always wants to create some weird concoction.

Today, we bring you.......







Mango Blueberry Chia Pudding
(Also, leave some fresh blueberries for your pup)

Ingreditents

3 tbsp. Chia Seeds(does not need to be Organic)
1 cup Mango Nector
Handful of Blueberries

Instructions

1. Mix Chia Seeds and 3/4 Mango Nector in a small cup. Put in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes. You can leave over night as well for next day's breakfast. 
2. Take mixture out and add the remaining 1/4 cup of Mango Nector. (We don't like it to be dry so adding extra liquid makes it taste better)
3. Top with blueberries and enjoy!

NOTE-Make sure you MIX the mixture really well or it will clump up and some seeds will not have the luxury to absorb the flavors.