A Different Season

Wednesday marked the beginning of the church season of Lent, a time of preparation and reflection before Easter.  We didn't attend any Ash Wednesday service this year, but I hope to make it to more in Holy Week.

As we have for the past couple of years in community, this year we are having a Lenten fast of meat.  We're also using the tradition of 'breaking the fast' once a week (Saturday most times this year we've decided).  I find this makes the other six days easier (for any meat lovers and for the menu planner) and we'll still have fish (mostly for the nutritional needs of a toddler and breast-feeding mother!)

So here is the menu for our week so far:

Wednesday: Pasta with tomato & vegetable sauce Well, my planning didn't quite work here.  We still had a mile of Santa Fe Chicken Casserole left over from the night before.  It had already been frozen so we needed to eat up the leftovers.  Guess we've broken the fast already!

Thursday: Spinach & chickpea curry (Alison Holst recipe, very yummy)


Friday: Corn fritters and green salad

Saturday: Pork chops (maybe fish instead!) & seasonal veges (we have cauliflower, yellow zucchini, and Jerusalem artichokes in the fridge, plus frozen veges too)

Sunday: Eggs (as they come) and leftovers

Monday: Vegetable stirfry (maybe with Thai curry paste?) on rice

Tuesday: Tex-Mex beans & rice