Meatless meals.
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Are you saying Lobster, Crab, Shrimp and Shellfish are meatless?
Are you trying to become a Vegetarian?
Are you trying to become a Vegetarian?
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if meatless allows eggs I have a cabbage pancake recipe that tastes great.
Quiche’s and omlettes are great meatless meals too.
Baked beans can be made meatless.
Fried rice. Spanish rice. Peanut butter and jelly.
Quiche’s and omlettes are great meatless meals too.
Baked beans can be made meatless.
Fried rice. Spanish rice. Peanut butter and jelly.
It's a Lent Thing. Pescetarian meals are not considered meat during Lent. Spinach and cheese quiches have worked great for breakfast along with meatless omelets, and cereal hot or cold. Being diabetic peanut butter and sugar free jelly/jams come in second to a 12 inch Tuna Sub on whole grain with all the veggies, tomatoes , and black olives. JMHO YMMV. I do have to monitor my starches, no more than an ice cream scoop of rice, or other starches. So starch as a primary isn't good for me. Even though I'm diabetic, most of the sugar free stuff still tastes like ..... Sugar free stuff. I can eat it, but I'd rather skip it and eat natural things.Ive yet to find a Sugar Free Syrup that tastes anything like Natural Maple Syrup. YMMV.
That is probably the last thing I would think of. I can not fathom meatless meals; but then that's just me.
During WWII meatless meals became a common thing with rationing.
Amazing how convenient it is that fish, which is flesh, isn't meat during a religious event.
Then again the Catholic Church mandated fish on Fridays just to support the fishermen.
Then again the Catholic Church mandated fish on Fridays just to support the fishermen.
Before the cardiologist declared Fried Foods Taboo, Friday Fish Fry's were something I looked forward too. Believe me, I'm a four meal a day carnivore after Lent. After my last bout with COVID I can't get back up to the 143 lbs I wrestled at as a freshman in HS. Dropped 25 lbs of muscle I carried most of my adult life In-service well within specs. GOLDEN YEARS my butt!
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I respect your devotion. Going meatless isn’t mandatory for anyone.
https://catholicphilly.com/2015/08/catholic-spirituality/whats-the-rule-on-meatless-fridays/
Also a diabetic. Instead of jelly. I press fresh fruit into the peanut butter.
People with health conditions aren’t expected to change their diet or fast.
Yes, but the folks I'd like to spend time with call me Grandpa since partner-in-Crime doesn't sound appealing. LOL. I'd like to continue to be able to see their smiling/impish faces, and Grandma is more dependent on me as a caregiver than she ever was before.
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If you use meatless chili, you can put chili and cheese on a baked potato. Also, meatless green chili over rice is pretty good.
Wow. You just made me think.
There is a lot of soup with no meat but dang if I've eaten them. I could handle a lot of seafood- tuna, lobster, crab, catfish, shrimp, clams.
How about sushi?
There is a lot of soup with no meat but dang if I've eaten them. I could handle a lot of seafood- tuna, lobster, crab, catfish, shrimp, clams.
How about sushi?
Got to monitor the rice. Yup Clam Chowder in moderation is an appetizer, but it is like salad, it's what you have with Dinner not for Dinner. JMHO YMMV.
I use Lentils instead of meat for the vegan chilli when cooking for folks at work, but Grandma isn't a lentil fan. Yet it's still a great suggestion. Although I do cook the lentils in beef broth when it's for semi-vegans. Sort of like most soups, chicken or beef broth is usually the base.
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Pasta Fagioli (Fazool) is a good meatless bean soup.
Have you ever made it with a vegetable broth? Usually it's made with chicken or better yet beef broth so that it has a deeper flavor. Guess at my age it wouldn't be a sin, but it's the thought just as much as the deed to those far more devoted that this cafeteria Catholic. LOL.
Grilled cheese sandwich ( sandwiches) and tomato soup?
Cheese has animal protein.....
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About twenty years ago, I tried going vegetarian and was bored within two weeks. I'd rather eat nothing but a chicken breast and salad every day than to be vegetarian.
As for all you diabetics, eat what you want (within reason), monitor your bG, and adjust your insulin accordingly. Yeah, I'm a type 1 who's been on a sliding scale for nearly forty years.
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News flash, God doesn't give a darn what you eat. The whole purpose of avoiding meat during lent was to save up for the big celebration.
Okay. How do you make chili without meat. And if you mention that abomination with beans you can just go to your room now.
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A couple more. Mac & cheese with pecante' sauce (ketchup if you can't handle the spices). And my dad's favorite was waffles with strawberry puree and whipped cream.
Well, during Mosses times it was what you put in your mouth, yet Jesus (English Version) said it was what came out of your mouth that mattered most. But Jesus fasted for forty days, not just on Friday's. Guess it depends on your level of devotion? But Fat Tuesday is the main event, Easter Dinner has a lot of bitter herbs like Passover. YMMV.
Milk isn't meat? Yet Liver Cheese breaks the rules. LOL.
I eat meat during lent. I’ll never forget a nun telling my catechism class “it’s far easier to ask forgiveness then to ask for permission”. 
See post #15. Lentils, cooked in beef broth. Give it a try with some Carrol Shelby mix if the Doc says you can't eat meat before getting tested. JMHO YMMV.
Not sure that's going to be what I want to say during "THE FINAL JUDGEMENT". YMMV.I eat meat during lent. I’ll never forget a nun telling my catechism class “it’s far easier to ask forgiveness then to ask for permission”.
