Wondering what's for today's meal? A seemingly simple question, yet not easy to answer. Having a daily menu for a month that is nutritionally complete will help you save costs and time.
A month-long nutritious menu that not only promotes health but also helps mothers save costs. Let's join the PasGo Team in creating a list of delicious dishes for the second month.
Day 1: Budget-friendly nutritional menu.
- Pineapple-infused tender pork ribs (Fragrant pineapple-infused pork ribs).
- Bottle gourd soup with shrimp.
- Boiled luffa with garlic fish sauce dip.
- Fried tofu cubes (Crispy golden tofu). You can try making spicy lemongrass fried tofu to add a new twist to your daily meal menu.
- Pickled eggplant. The Southern family menu can be substituted with chayote.

Nutrient-rich Day 1 Menu.
Day 2: Exciting daily menu with delicious snail salad.
- Grilled skewered meat.
- Snail salad.
- Fried fish cake. There are various types of fish cakes such as fried fish cake, thac lac fish cake, tuna fish cake, trout fish cake, catfish fish cake, Lã Vọng catfish fish cake,..
- Stuffed bitter melon soup with meat (Bitter melon stuffed with meat).
- Bitter melon soup with stuffed meat (Bitter melon stuffed with meat).
- Fruit dessert.

List of delicious dishes on Day 2.
Day 3: A tasty menu to accompany rice with coconut-braised pork.
- Coconut-braised pork.
- Boiled beef dipped in garlic fish sauce.
- Sauteed pumpkin leaves with garlic.
- Amaranth soup.
Amaranth soup can be transformed into various dishes: amaranth soup with beef, amaranth soup with straw mushrooms, amaranth soup with tomatoes, amaranth soup with eggs, amaranth soup with minced meat,... Especially, cooking amaranth soup for children is easy to eat and digest.
- Pickled eggplant.

Day 3: Delicious dishes that will make everyone want more rice.
Day 4: A daily nutritious delight - breaded and fried shrimp.
- Breaded and fried shrimp. You can make shrimp with aji quick powder, salted egg fried shrimp, rice-coated fried shrimp, tempura fried shrimp with shells, mayonnaise fried shrimp,...
- Boiled water spinach.
Check out the critical mistakes when boiling vegetables that lead to nutrient loss that you may not know.
- Stuffed bottle gourd with steamed shrimp.
- Sun-dried squid fry.

Delicious crispy fried shrimp on Day 4.
Day 5: Refreshing with water spinach soup with crab.
- Water spinach and luffa soup with crab.
- Boiled water spinach.
- Boiled young pig's heart.
- Fried tilapia fish.
- Crispy fried tofu.
- Pickled eggplant.

Boiled pig's trotters look truly enticing for the whole family.
Day 6: Daily nutritious and delicious menu.
- Stir-fried beef with yardlong beans.
- Boiled pork trotters.
- Sour meat soup with pickled mustard greens.
- Gourd and coriander soup.

Delicious and nutritious daily menu on day 6.
Day 7: Showcase your skill with sweet and sour spare ribs for the whole family.
- Sweet and sour non-spicy spare ribs.
How to make sweet and sour spare ribs in the South and how to make sweet and sour spare ribs in the North have slight differences; you can refer to find the preferred taste for your family.
- Boiled winter melon (winter squash).
- Sweet cabbage soup.
- Fried tofu.

Who can resist the tempting sweet and sour non-spicy spare ribs?
Day 8: A tastier meal with refreshing lotus seed sweet soup.
- Boiled duck meat.
- Corn rib soup.
- Shredded pork floss from lean meat.
- Boiled winged beans.
- Lotus seed and longan sweet soup.

Refresh your body with the delightful lotus seed and longan sweet soup.
Day 9: Nutritious menu for a full day of energy.
- Steamed beer fish.
- Sautéed cuttlefish with pineapple (fragrant sautéed cuttlefish).
- Soup with cabbage, mushroom.
- Fried chicken drumstick roll.
- Steamed cabbage.
- Vegetarian steamed bun.

- Nutritious and tempting menu for day 9.
- Day 10: Weekend's diverse and delicious menu.
- Braised chicken with dried peeled shrimp.
- Bitter gourd stir-fried with pork (or beef).
- Boiled chicken meat.
- Arrowhead (also known as water chestnut) boiled.
- Dessert with a variety of fruits (you can change to a different fruit each day such as: Orange, watermelon, grape, mango, lychee…).

Have you ever tried boiled arrowhead?
Day 11: Nutritious, delicious, and budget-friendly meal plan.
- Fried tilapia fish.
- Snails cooked with tofu.
- Water spinach boiled.
- Tofu in tomato sauce.

Day 11 with a delicious, nutritious, and budget-friendly menu.
Day 12: Quick and easy-to-make delicious dishes.
- Sour soup with tofu.
- Chicken livers sautéed with yardlong beans.
- Braised pork with eggs.
- Pickled mustard greens.

Braised pork with eggs, a dish that captivates everyone's taste buds.
Day 13: Budget-friendly nutritious menu.
- Boiled pork hock.
- Trotter stew with pumpkin.
- Boiled sweet cabbage.
- Sauteed seaworms.
-Braised fish.

Nutrient-rich menu for the whole family on day 13.
Day 14: Few dishes but still nutritionally complete.
- Sour fish soup.
- Beef and boiled egg salad.
- Fried fish (you can make carp, tilapia, or catfish).

Sour fish soup for hot days.
Day 15: A daily list of delicious dishes without feeling greasy.
- Spicy beef stir-fry.
- Brown bone broth soup with pumpkin shoots.
- Quail eggs in tomato sauce.
- Mixed boiled vegetables: Carrots, turnips, pumpkin, green broccoli.
- Dessert: Berries (you can choose seasonal fruits for dessert)

A daily list of delicious dishes without feeling greasy.
Day 16: Nutritious and fragrant simmered pork knuckles.
- Braised pork knuckles with young pumpkin.
- Boiled water spinach.
- Purple cabbage salad.
- Fried chicken eggs.

- Delicious rice with braised pork knuckles and young pumpkin.
- Day 17: Change up your daily menu with ease.
- Stir-fried beef with yardlong beans.
- Bitter gourd stir-fried with eggs.
- Green pumpkin soup.
- Wild vegetables with pork belly.
- February's dessert selection includes: Oranges, watermelon, bananas, tangerines, grapefruits, mangoes, etc.

- Switch up your daily menu for a more diverse dining experience.
- Day 18: Keep it simple and delicious with this menu.
- Nutty sausage.
- Mustard greens soup.
- Stir-fried squash with beef.
- Braised pork.
- Try making braised pork with fish sauce, braised pork with garlic and chili, braised pork with pepper, braised pork with wine, braised pork Chinese style, or simply braised pork with oyster sauce.
- Pickled eggplants.

- Everyday menu of delicious dishes.
- Day 19: Nutrient-rich daily menu.
- Steamed carp with beer.
- Boiled pork belly slices.
- Sweet mushroom and cabbage soup.
- Pickled jicama and carrot.

- Steamed carp with beer, a delicious dish for husbands.
- Day 20: A more enticing daily menu with stir-fried snails and bananas.
- Snails cooked with bananas and tofu.
- Canh crab soup with coriander and angled gourd.
- Boiled assorted vegetables.
- Boiled chicken eggs soaked in fish sauce.

Stir-fried snails with bananas and tofu, a rustic Vietnamese dish.
Day 21: Is this nutritious enough with these 4 delicious dishes?
- Boiled duck meat.
- Boiled water spinach.
- Stir-fried garlic chives with squash.
- Sausages pan-fried.

Nutrient-rich menu for day 21.
Day 22: Nutritious goodness for a delightful meal.
- Salty braised pork (pork meat).
- Soup with watercress and crab.
- Steamed sponge gourd.
- Sponge gourd stir-fried with pork heart.
- Salted eggplant.

- Nutritionally complete for a delicious meal on day 22.
- Day 23: 'Cooking will be a delightful and easy discovery.'
- Crispy pandan leaf cake.
- Boiled pumpkin.
- Mellow watercress and clam soup.
- Tofu (bean curd) boiled.
- Pickled eggplant.

- Refreshing watercress and clam soup, easy for the little ones to enjoy.
- Day 24: Nutritious menu for the whole family, so easy to make, isn't it?
- Crispy fried oil-coated shrimp.
- Sweet potato leaves soup with luffa.
- Breaded and fried pork.
- Stir-fried chicken gizzards with cowpea.

- Day 24: Nutritious menu for the day.
- Day 25: A meal plan that pairs rice with braised fish.
- Boiled water spinach.
- Braised catfish in clay pot.
- Shrimp braised in caramel sauce.
- Sour fish soup.

- Braised catfish is best enjoyed on rainy or cool days.
- Grilled duck meat.
- String beans stir-fried with beef.
- Rau ngót (water spinach) soup with meat.
- Secrets for a delicious and nutritious meal on Day 26.
- Mixed vegetables (broccoli, carrots, radish, pumpkin) boiled, served with sesame salt and peanuts.
- Pork belly with turnip.

- Nutritious menu for Day 26.
- Day 27: Irresistible dishes that everyone will love.
- Rolled spring onions with boiled pork belly.
- Watercress soup.
- Boiled winged beans.
- Boiled eggs for grilling with dipping sauce.
- Pan-fried tilapia fillet with cilantro.
- Ginger-braised chicken.

Nutritious menu for a simple and easy day 27.
February 28, ending the month with braised pork belly in clay pot to pair with rice.
- Braised pork belly in clay pot.
- Boiled sweet cabbage served with beaten eggs and soy sauce.
- Pan-fried minced pork cakes.
- Pickled eggplants.

- Delicious dry-braised pork belly that everyone in the family will love.
So here you have more menu suggestions for a nutritionally complete month, all easy to make, right?
Make sure to regularly follow the PasGo Food & Recipes Blog. I'll be sharing daily nutritional menus for March, April... and all the way to December!
Thank you for your interest.
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