For Lent, here are 12 meatless meal suggestions.

Since Lent is this week, we need to eat vegetables and seafoods as of the moment but avoiding meat doesn't mean sacrificing flavor; rather, it means figuring out how to highlight the distinctive flavors of seafood and vegetables.

Particularly ulam na sabaw dishes, which are meant to be consumed with rice to make them better, soups are a great way to appreciate the flavors of vegetables and seafood.

The most important details in this text are the delicious ulam na sabaw recipes that are perfect for Lent. These recipes include Sinigang na tilapia, Tinola, Laswa, Utan Bisaya, and Kapampangan Soup. Sinigang is a delicious substitute to pork as it absorbs the savory sourness of the broth.

Tinola is a classic Filipino ulam dish that's usually made with chicken, but in this meatless version, we swap out the chicken for fish to make it Lent-friendly. Laswa is an Ilonggo ulam dish made with shrimp and vegetables like kalabasa, okra, patola, string beans, and malunggay, and tomatoes.

Utan bisaya uses flaked fried fish, like tilapia or lapu-lapu, to add a nice toasted fish flavor to the broth. Kapampangan soup is a delicious and savory soup made from freshly-grated corn.

Misua soup is made with thin wheat noodles and is usually made with chicken, but in this misua soup with patola recipe, we've omitted the chicken and let the patola be the star of the show.

Mussels lend a sweet seafood flavor to the broth, and this tom yum mussels recipe is sure to whet your appetite. Mushroom miso soup is filled with three kinds of mushrooms, making it heartier and more flavorful.

This creamy seafood and ginger soup recipe pairs the seafood flavors of shrimp, clams, and mussels with a creamy, gingery broth that has a touch of spice. This pesang salmon recipe is simple yet yields big flavors, and is served with calamansi and patis on the side.

source: Yummy.ph