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.