Lenten Recipes, Plans, Thoughts

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It is my plan to sign off for Lent on or near Shrove Tuesday. Considering that I spend a disproportionate amount of time here, it might be for good, but it might just be for Lent.

With that in mind–let’s share our recipes, plans, and thoughts about Lent and preparing for Easter before Lent starts, so those of us who will be gone can make some use of the ideas.

I thank contributors in advance! 👍
 
GEddie said:
Almost. 10 Feb.
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Yes, I know when it is, and to me that is “next week” because we are already in “this week”. My point was, it came so quickly this year! At least that is how I feel,
 
1ke said:
Yes, I know when it is, and to me that is “next week” because we are already in “this week”. My point was, it came so quickly this year! At least that is how I feel,
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It does fall earlier this year than in other years. Google the astronomical basis of the season if you care to.

Me, I am content to get AW behind me sooner.

ICXC NIKA
 
I am interested in hearing about recipes. Generally, the ones my kids will really go for are smothered in cheese, which doesn’t seem quite in keeping with the season. 😛

I also tend to associate Lent with “seasonal affective disorder” type thinking. Lent is supposed to be solemn, but I don’t think it’s supposed to make us depressed. And yet - I look at the gray, yucky February and March weather and the two go together in my head. Lent always feels very stagnant for me. I don’t do penitential very well. :o
 
pensmama87 said:
I am interested in hearing about recipes. Generally, the ones my kids will really go for are smothered in cheese, which doesn’t seem quite in keeping with the season. 😛
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Didn’t Jesus say “blessed are the cheesemakers?” 👍
 
My favorite poem for Lent by Robert Herrick:

To Keep a True Lent

Is this a fast, to keep
The larder lean?
And clean
From fat of veals and sheep?

Is it to quit the dish
Of flesh, yet still
To fill
The platter high with fish?

Is it to fast an hour,
Or ragg’d to go,
Or show
A downcast look and sour?

No; ‘tis a fast to dole
Thy sheaf of wheat,
And meat,
Unto the hungry soul.

It is to fast from strife,
From old debate
And hate;
To circumcise thy life.

To show a heart grief-rent;
To starve thy sin,
Not bin;
And that’s to keep thy Lent.

After re-reading this, I might fast from the Internet, too. Especially from CAF - “to fast from strife, From old debate.”

In spite of not wanting to “fill the platter high with fish,” I’m stuck with a lot of tuna, sardines, and eggs. I can’t do the beans & rice as I have to eat low carb. I’ve got a lot of practice at it tho - my personal practice is to be meat-free most Fridays.
 
pensmama87 said:
I am interested in hearing about recipes. Generally, the ones my kids will really go for are smothered in cheese, which doesn’t seem quite in keeping with the season. 😛

I also tend to associate Lent with “seasonal affective disorder” type thinking. Lent is supposed to be solemn, but I don’t think it’s supposed to make us depressed. And yet - I look at the gray, yucky February and March weather and the two go together in my head. Lent always feels very stagnant for me. I don’t do penitential very well. :o
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I don’t know that we’re required to be “solemn” in the sense of being dour. Instead of focusing on the giving up of something, maybe think in terms of how to enrich your spiritual life or brighten someone else’s day through acts of service/kindness. Ultimately, the purpose of Lent is to bring us closer to Jesus, which should be the antidote to depression (I’m saying this to myself as much as anyone else in here, as I’m still considering what my own Lenten devotions will be).
 
pensmama87 said:
I also tend to associate Lent with “seasonal affective disorder” type thinking. Lent is supposed to be solemn, but I don’t think it’s supposed to make us depressed. And yet - I look at the gray, yucky February and March weather and the two go together in my head. Lent always feels very stagnant for me. I don’t do penitential very well. :o
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Also remember we are in a special Jubilee year of Mercy. Pope Francis Lenten message begins…

“I desire mercy, and not sacrifice” (Mt 9:13).
The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee

This year I’m not going to concentrate so much on the sacrifice and giving up, as on the merciful attitude to others. I’m a bit scared to be honest. There has been a particular area of my life that I’ve guarded against taking beyond forgiveness and ‘leaving them to Gods mercy’. 'Twil be interesting.
 
The old Lutheran in me still has me eating pancakes fried in the grease from the bacon cooked first on Shrove Tuesday, in preparations of abstaining from all meat during Lent.
 
Neofight said:
The old Lutheran in me still has me eating pancakes fried in the grease from the bacon cooked first on Shrove Tuesday, in preparations of abstaining from all meat during Lent.
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Thanks for the idea! I make a great low carb crepe - with bacon they’ll be a wonderful family-only Mardi Gras celebration. 😃
 
I may be an Maronite Catholic. I’m not quite sure. But I do ask what the Maronite tradition for Lent is.

I’m doing a 54 day Rosary Novena that coincides, and hopefully will find out where to get the Maronite Divine Office by then.

I will give up video games(keep in mind, I’m a teenager…).
 
LongingSoul said:
Also remember we are in a special Jubilee year of Mercy. Pope Francis Lenten message begins…

“I desire mercy, and not sacrifice” (Mt 9:13).
The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee

This year I’m not going to concentrate so much on the sacrifice and giving up, as on the merciful attitude to others. I’m a bit scared to be honest. There has been a particular area of my life that I’ve guarded against taking beyond forgiveness and ‘leaving them to Gods mercy’. 'Twil be interesting.
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Thank you for these thoughts. I think I am going to give some serious consideration to the works of mercy and how to incorporate the practice of them into my Lenten observance in a more purposeful way.
 
1ke said:
My thought is “holy cow” is that next week already???
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I know! Real Lent and sports Lent are practically the same this year!

Sports Lent at my house is the period from the day after Super Bowl Sunday until opening day of baseball. (It isn’t sports Lent to basketball fans, obviously…)

I think we’re going to have King’s Cake for Super Bowl Sunday this year.
 
This recipe is one of my favorites.

Tuna Quiche
makes 4 servings (or 2 servings if you don’t serve anything else)

3 beaten eggs
2 cans tuna, drained
2 tablespoons flax meal*
about 2 tablespoons finely chopped red bell pepper or jalapeños or canned chilis or pimento (optional)
1/2 cup shredded cheese – any kind
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning (or favorite seasoning)
1/8 – 1/4 teaspoon powdered onion
1 cup cooked cauliflower, mashed or in chunks, or broccoli, or any leftover veggie (optional)
dash black pepper
oregano or other herbs to taste (optional)
more shredded cheese for topping if desired

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat or whisk eggs, stir in tuna, breaking it apart. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Grease a casserole and spoon in quiche. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, or until center is firm and no longer wet to the touch.

Use a large casserole or pie plate or it is too thick & takes longer to cook. I use 4 shallow Pyrex dishes that are 7" across with about 1/2 cup of mixture in each. I haven’t tried it, but it could probably be baked on a cookie sheet.

This is really good right out of the oven & excellent cold. I like to make it the day before I have to go somewhere & need to pack a lunch.

*If you can do wheat, a couple tablespoons of flour would work for binding, too.
 
lax16 said:
This could be helpful. 40 days of soup recipes:

avemariapress.com/40daysofsoup/
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Oh, you know, 40 days of veggie soup for either lunch or dinner would be a good thing. My parents used to have us give up breakfast meat for Lent (we were rural, and had meat three times a day). I thought it might be good to cut the meat and fish back to once a day.
 
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