When I was doing my confinement (both kids), both my mom and mother-in-law would make SOUPS. It would be like 2 soups a day. 1 is usually fish and papaya soup and the other is a super condensed chicken soup with various herbs that is "heaty".
Here's a compilation of some useful soups..
The...
I actually have a collection of confinement soups here.
The Chinese Soup Lady & Chinese Soup Recipes
It's just been built up over the years with my 2 kids and my sisters' children - my mother has been boiling soups for YEARS and with 6 grand kids, it's a lot of confinement soups :)...