Today is Ash Wednesday and marks the beginning of this year’s Lenten season. For those of us that celebrate, we know Ash Wednesday to be a day of fasting and abstinence from meat. It begins a 40-day period which includes 7 meatless Fridays, where again, we abstain from eating meat, though seafood is allowed. If […]
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Simple Lenten Recipes: Shrimp & Vegetable Noodles
During this Lenten season, it’s customary to cook and eat meatless recipes, but also seafood recipes! Fridays during Lent are known to be meatless Fridays, which can include vegetarian dishes, as well as fish and seafood dishes. While I have a few staple lent recipes that I grew up eating, I’ve been adding some variety […]
Ready for Lent & Meatless Fridays: Salmon en Escabeche {Recipe}
Lent is coming up soon, beginning this year on February 10, and with the Lenten season typically begins a time known as meatless Fridays in our culture. Many people who observe the religious customs of Lent, traditionally abstain from eating meat (except for seafood) every Friday throughout the 6 or 7 weeks, as well as […]