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Xerophagy
No-Cook Sunflower-Date Energy Bars with Hemp and Cocoa
These bars are built for the hardest fasting days — no oil, no baking, no dairy, just dates pressed together with raw...
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Today's Fast
July 16, 2026
No Fast
Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis
Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis
Troparion: Holy Martyr Hyacinth: Tone IV. In his suffering, O Lord,/ Thy martyr Hyacinth received an imperishable crown from Thee our God;/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ he set at nought the tormentors and cr...
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Tiropita — Cheese Pie
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Fasting Recipes
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Xerophagy
No-Oil White Bean and Roasted Garlic Dip with Lemon and Parsley
A bean dip needs neither oil nor tahini to be rich — soft cooked white beans blended with their own starchy liquid tu...
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Xerophagy
Raw Kohlrabi and Walnut Salad with Lemon and Dill
Kohlrabi eaten raw is a revelation — crisp and juicy like a cross between an apple and a radish, with none of the sul...
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Xerophagy
Overnight Soaked Buckwheat Bowl with Apple, Walnut, and Cinnamon
Raw buckwheat groats turn soft and pleasantly chewy after a night in cold water — no cooking, no oil, no heat. By mor...
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Fast Without Oil
No-Oil Mushroom, Barley, and White Bean Pot
This is a one-pot of pure umami: meaty mushrooms, chewy pearl barley, and creamy white beans all braised together unt...
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Fast Without Oil
No-Oil Black-Eyed Pea and Tomato Stew with Smoked Paprika
Black-eyed peas cook quickly without soaking and turn silky and creamy at the edges while staying tender in the middl...
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Fast Without Oil
Šošovica na Kyslo — Slovak Sour Lentils with Marjoram
In Slovakia and the Czech lands, lentils cooked "na kyslo" — sour — are a quiet staple, eaten for luck at New Year an...
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Fast With Oil
Babgulyás — Hungarian Bean Goulash with Smoked Paprika
Hungarians know that goulash was never really about the meat — it was about the paprika, the lard-soft onions, and th...
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Xerophagy
Marinated Raw Cabbage and Carrot Slaw with Caraway
A raw slaw can be watery and dull or it can be this: cabbage and carrot massaged with salt until they slump and turn ...
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Xerophagy
No-Cook Almond and Date Power Squares
These are dense, chewy, and serious — built to carry you through a long fasting day or a stretch of services without ...
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Xerophagy
Oil-Free White Bean Purée with Lemon and Cumin
A bean purée without a drop of oil sounds like it would be flat. It isn't — the trick is using the bean's own starchy...
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Xerophagy
Цвекло с Боб — Bulgarian Beet and White Bean Salad with Garlic
On the strictest fasting days — the ones that call for xerophagy, when even cooked food and oil are set aside — you s...
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Fast Without Oil
Toor Dal with Dry-Toasted Spices (No-Oil Tarka)
A good dal does not need oil to taste rich — it needs spices that have been woken up by heat. Here the cumin, mustard...
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Fast With Oil
British-Style Curried Lentils
The British have been eating curried lentils since the days of the Raj, and for good reason — it is one of the most c...
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Fast With Oil
Monastery-Style Lentil Stew
A straightforward, deeply satisfying lentil stew in the tradition of monastic kitchens. This recipe works on oil days...
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