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Honey and Walnut Bread
Bread torn by hand and dipped in honey with walnuts scattered on top — this is not a recipe, it is the oldest way to ...
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Today's Fast
April 11, 2026
Lenten Fast — Wine is Allowed
Great and Holy Saturday
Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum / Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)
Troparion: Great and Holy Saturday: Tone II. Noble Joseph ... When Thou, the Deathless Life, didst go down to death, then didst Thou slay hell by the lightning flash of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst raise...
Fasting Recipes
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Fast With Fish
Seafood Paella with Fish, Shrimp, and Mussels
Paella is rice cooked in a wide, shallow pan until the bottom develops socarrat — a caramelized crust that is the ent...
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Fast Without Oil
Mussels Steamed in Garlic Herb Broth
The classic preparation steams mussels in white wine, but wine is not permitted on no-oil fasting days. The solution ...
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Fast With Fish
Japanese Miso-Glazed Salmon
Miso-glazed salmon is one of those dishes that seems too good to be this simple. Salmon fillets marinate briefly in a...
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Fast With Fish
Moroccan Fish Tagine with Preserved Lemons
A Moroccan tagine with fish is a stunning one-pot meal — chunks of firm white fish braised in a spiced tomato and oli...
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Xerophagy
Cucumber, Tomato, and Olive Salad with Lemon and Salt
This is the xerophagy version of a Greek salad — stripped of its oil, its feta, and its cooked elements. What remains...
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Fast Without Oil
Coconut Milk Dal
The genius of this dal is that coconut milk provides all the richness you would normally get from ghee or oil. The fa...
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Fast With Oil
Italian Ribollita (Tuscan Bread and Bean Soup)
Ribollita means "reboiled" — this is a Tuscan soup that was originally made by reheating leftover minestrone with sta...
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Xerophagy
Trail Mix for Fasting Days
This is the most portable and calorie-dense xerophagy food you can prepare. A bag of this in your pocket gets you thr...
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Fast With Fish
Salmon Teriyaki Rice Bowl
A fish-day bowl that delivers deeply satisfying flavors with almost no effort. The teriyaki glaze caramelizes on the ...
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Xerophagy
Monastery Bread with Olives and Raw Tomatoes
This is the quintessential xerophagy meal — the one that monks on Mount Athos and in monasteries across the Orthodox ...
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Fast With Oil
Pasta e Fagioli (Italian Pasta and Bean Soup)
Pasta e fagioli is Italian peasant food at its most perfect — pasta and beans in a thick, savory tomato broth. Every ...
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Fast With Fish
Bouillabaisse (Provençal Fish Stew)
Bouillabaisse is the great fish stew of Marseille — a saffron-scented broth teeming with multiple types of fish and s...
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Fast Without Oil
Pasta with Oil-Free Marinara
Marinara sauce does not need oil. Tomatoes contain enough natural sugars and acids to build a sauce entirely on their...
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Fast Without Oil
Chickpea and Spinach Soup with Lemon
This is a one-pot soup that comes together in thirty minutes and provides everything you need on a no-oil fasting day...
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Fast With Oil
Mexican Pozole Verde with Hominy and Pepitas
Pozole is one of Mexico's most ancient dishes — a ceremonial soup built around hominy, the giant kernels of nixtamali...
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Fast With Oil
Black Bean Tacos with Avocado and Lime
Black bean tacos are the proof that fasting food does not need to be Eastern European or Mediterranean to work. These...
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Fast With Oil
Shrimp and Grits
Shrimp and grits is a cornerstone of Southern American cooking, and it is one of the finest fasting meals available —...
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Fast With Fish
Ceviche with Shrimp and Fish
Ceviche is raw fish "cooked" in citrus acid — the lime juice denatures the proteins and turns the flesh opaque and fi...
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Fast With Oil
Indian Aloo Gobi (Potato Cauliflower Curry)
Aloo gobi is the dish that proves potatoes and cauliflower are not boring — they just need to be treated properly. Co...
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Fast With Oil
Cajun-Style Shrimp and Okra Gumbo
Gumbo is Louisiana's defining dish, and this version proves that fasting food can be as bold and layered as anything ...
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Xerophagy
Apple and Celery with Peanut Butter
This is not glamorous. A sliced apple, some celery sticks, and a scoop of peanut butter — it sounds like a child's af...
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Fast With Fish
Fish and Chips (Beer-Battered Cod, Fasting-Style)
Fish and chips is the ultimate fish-day comfort food — a thick fillet of cod in a shatteringly crisp beer batter, ser...
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Fast With Fish
Tuna Poke Bowl
Poke is Hawaii's gift to the world — cubes of raw tuna tossed in soy sauce, sesame oil, and chili, served over rice w...
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Fast With Oil
Chana Masala (Indian Chickpea Curry)
Chana masala is the undisputed king of Indian street food, and it happens to be one of the most protein-dense fasting...
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