As a convert who is still adjusting to fasting, these are my staples:
peanut butter and jelly sandwich
baked potato (or leftover mashed)
vegetable soup
vegan Boca burger
After that I turn to my husband, Fr. Peter, who has all these Romanian recipes and makes an excellent from-scratch pizza (with sliced up veggie dogs, peppers, and onions).
For me, remembering *to* fast is the important thing, so I keep forgetting that in the first part of the Nativity Fast we can have fish. (Now, if only I liked seafood ...)
Fortunately, I have also found that Duncan Hines and Target brands of brownie mix are lenten, and you can substitute an egg (for baking), with 2 Tbsp flour, 1-1/2 tsp oil (or less), 1/2 tsp baking powder, and 2 Tbsp water. The lenten brownies last longer without going stale, and Father likes them better than the regular kind. The handful of semi-sweet chocolate chips thrown in doesn\'t hurt, either.
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