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Fresh Fruit and Nut Plate with Honey
This is not so much a recipe as a philosophy of eating: take what is fresh and in season, pair it with raw nuts and h...
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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
Greek
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Other
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Frijoles Negros a la Cubana — Cuban Black Beans and Rice
Cuban black beans are slow-simmered until the broth turns thick and almost velvety, perfumed with a sofrito of green ...
Other
Xerophagy
Stuffed Celery Boats with Almond Butter and Raisins
Ants on a log. That is what Americans call this when they make it with peanut butter for children. But strip away the...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Ciorbă de Fasole (Bean Sour Soup)
If ciorbă de legume is the light sour soup, ciorbă de fasole is its heavier, more formidable brother — a thick, filli...
Other
Fast With Oil
Three-Bean Fasting Chili with Smoked Paprika
A pot of chili fills the house with the smell of a long afternoon of cooking, even when it has only been simmering fo...
Serbian
Fast With Oil
Пинђур / Pindjur (Roasted Pepper and Eggplant Spread)
Pindjur is ajvar's rougher, smokier cousin from southern Serbia and Macedonia. Where ajvar is mostly pepper, pindjur ...
Greek
Fast With Oil
Prasorizo (Greek Leek and Rice)
Prasorizo is one of the simplest and most comforting dishes in the Greek ladera tradition — leeks braised slowly in g...
Other
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Post-Training Protein Bowl — Oats, Pea Protein, Peanut Butter, and Banana
Seventy grams of plant protein in a single bowl, ready in five minutes, fully fasting-compliant on oil days. This is ...
Georgian
Fast Without Oil
პრასის ფხალი — Leek Pkhali with Walnuts and Marigold
Pkhali is the cornerstone of the Georgian fasting table — a paste of cooked vegetable bound with pounded walnuts, gar...
Other
Xerophagy
Raw Vegetable Platter with Avocado Dip
Tahini requires processing and sometimes roasting of the sesame seeds, and hummus requires cooked chickpeas — so the ...
Other
Fast With Oil
Korean Bibimbap (Fasting Version)
Bibimbap means "mixed rice," and it is one of the most visually stunning meals you can make — a bowl of rice topped w...
Georgian
Fast With Oil
სოკო ნიგვზის საწებელით — Mushrooms in Garlic-Walnut Sauce
Georgians treat mushrooms with the same reverence they give meat, and on fast days a skillet of browned mushrooms clo...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Ciorbă de Legume (Vegetable Sour Soup)
Ciorbă is the soul of Romanian cooking — a sour, brothy soup that appears on every table, fasting or not. This vegeta...
Other
Fast With Oil
Gado-Gado — Indonesian Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce
Gado-gado means "mix-mix," and that is exactly what it is: a generous platter of blanched and raw vegetables, fried t...
Greek
Fast With Oil
Σεμολίνα Χαλβάς / Halvas (Semolina Halva)
Halvas is the fasting dessert of Greece — served at memorial services, during Lent, and wherever something sweet is n...
Thai
Fast With Oil
ข้าวผัด — Khao Pad (Thai Fried Rice with Vegetables)
Thai fried rice is the ultimate wok dish — fast, flexible, and infinitely satisfying. The secret is day-old rice, hig...
Other
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...
Thai
Fast With Fish
Fish Curry with Coconut Milk
A Thai-inspired fish curry built on coconut milk, red curry paste, and lime — rich, fragrant, and ready in twenty min...
General
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...
Other
Xerophagy
Sprouted Lentil and Tomato Salad with Sumac and Mint
Sprouting transforms a hard dry lentil into something soft enough to eat raw, with a fresh green snap and a noticeabl...
Russian
Xerophagy
Чёрный Хлеб — 100% Rye Sourdough (Russian Black Bread)
The dark, dense, sour loaf that has anchored the Russian fasting table for a thousand years. Not a wheat bread with r...
Greek
Fast With Fish
Greek Shrimp in Tomato Sauce with Herbs (Garides Saganaki)
Garides saganaki is one of the great Greek taverna dishes — plump shrimp baked in a bubbling, herb-spiked tomato sauc...
Other
Fast With Fish
Godeungeo Jorim — Korean Braised Mackerel with Radish
Jorim is the Korean art of braising in a glossy, savory-sweet soy sauce until the protein soaks up everything around ...
Thai
Fast With Oil
Pad Kra Pao with Tofu (Thai Holy Basil Stir-Fry)
Pad kra pao is the most eaten dish in Thailand — the one every office worker orders from every street stall every day...
Middle Eastern
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Āsh-e Reshteh — Persian Bean, Lentil, and Noodle Soup
Āsh-e reshteh is the great green soup of Persia — thick with chickpeas, kidney beans, and lentils, threaded with whea...
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