A new e-booklet provides meal ideas to cook at home with your family.
Lenten Fridays do not have to revolve around takeout cheese pizza, fish sticks or Filet-O-Fish, unless you want them to.
It should be noted that modern Catholics have a greater variety of foods to eat during Lent than our predecessors in the faith. Pope St. Gregory wrote to St. Augustine of Canterbury about the past austere culinary custom during the penitential season: “We abstain from flesh, meat, and from all things that come from flesh, as milk, cheese, and eggs.”
If you are looking for new meal ideas to cook at home with your family, EWTN can assist — with a free e-booklet, “Fish on Friday: Simple Meals for Lent.”
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The book offers “wholesome recipes that will serve your body and your soul,” according to the introduction.
Father Leo Patalinghug, who is also a chef and host of Savoring Our Faith on EWTN, offers a sampling of his culinary creations, including “Zucchini Noodle Pad Thai” and a classic Italian panzanella bread salad.
Register contributor Alexandra Greeley and Fernando Flores, authors of Cooking With the Saints, also have tasty options. Soup fans, take notice of the minestrone. I, for one, as a self-proclaimed scone enthusiast, will be trying the cheddar scones.
Recipes by David Geisser, author of The Lenten Cookbook, include “Eggplant Au Gratin.” (By the way, The Lenten Cookbook includes essays from the noted scholar Scott Hahn).
Fish eaters are not left out, given the variety of seafood offerings. In addition, Michael O’Neill, host of Explore With the Miracle Hunter, has a risotto recipe. Plus, you can make the soup that the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word eat on Fridays.
Join the thousands of Catholics who have already downloaded the e-book and get cooking!
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The latest cookbook by Greeley also has Lenten fare, such as spinach quiche; you can also learn about the Catholic roots of tempura.
There are a surprisingly high number of Lenten pasta-dish ideas revolving around walnut sauce online (linked to monks in Italy, FYI) — but online selections also have more to offer.
The Register has kid-friendly ideas for your meal planning these 40 days and beyond:
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