8 Delicious Meat-Free Lent Recipes to Level Up Your Fridays
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Lent is a time of simple living, prayer, reflection, and fasting—and meatless Fridays. Below we have compiled a collection of some tasty meat-free Lent recipes to help you stick to the Friday abstinence tradition while also fueling you and your family.
Fish Tacos
To kick off our Lent dinner ideas, fish tacos are a must-eat at least one meatless Friday during Lent. This recipe on SpendwithPennies.com boasts five stars from more than 130 reviews—and the prep time is just 20 minutes!
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New England Pasta Bake
This yummy recipe from Rachel Ray is perfect for meatless Fridays. Ingredients include potatoes, pasta shells, clams, carrots, celery, and cheese, and breadcrumbs for topping.
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Vegetarian Paella
Add a little Spanish and Mediterranean flavor to your meatless Fridays by cooking up a vegetarian paella. Use traditional seafood or replace with extra vegetables such as eggplant, artichokes and tomatoes for the vegetarian version.
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Refried Beans and Guacamole Tostadas
This simple and delicious dish from Muy Bueno Cookbook will satisfy your craving for Mexican cuisine and help you stick to meatless Friday rules. Tostada shells are simply topped with the refried beans and guacamole, along with some fresh ingredients such as tomatoes, lettuce and queso fresco.
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Passion Fruit Cheesecake (for Passion Sunday)
The fifth Sunday in Lent is Passion Sunday and Catholic blogger Jessica Gordon has the perfect treat: Passion Fruit Cheesecake.
And for more recipes, visit Jessica’s blog Catholic Cuisine.
Dijon Baked Salmon
This salmon entrée recipe from Downshiftology is easy to make and tastes great. Ingredients that give the salmon great flavor include lemon, parsley, garlic, and of course, the dijon mustard. With a total prep and cook time of only 25 minutes, this is a must-try Lenten meal!
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Minestrone Soup
As another vegetarian option, warm up your body and soul with this Minestrone Soup recipe from AllRecipes.com. Ingredients include kidney beans, corn, zucchini, orzo pasta, onion, potato, celery, carrots, stewed tomatoes, vegetable stock and spices.
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Hot Cross Buns
Hot Cross Buns are spiced buns traditionally served on Good Friday. Each bun is marked with the shape of a cross to symbolize Christ's suffering and crucifixion.
Jessica Gordon, says she serves these buns for breakfast on Good Friday. Her aromatic recipe calls for a variety of spices including cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, ground ginger, dried currants and citron.
Get this Hot Cross Buns recipe.
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Need More Lenten Inspiration?
If you want to learn more about why we abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent, check out our blog post on the three pillars of Lent.
For more meat-free Lent recipes, activity ideas, reflections, prayers, books and crafts, visit our Pinterest page. Also, be sure to browse our excellent selection of Lent and Easter gifts.
From everyone at Catholic Home & Church, we truly hope your Lenten season is happy, reflective and fulfilling.
