Greek
Fast With Oil
Ιμάμ Μπαϊλντί / Imam Bayildi (Stuffed Eggplant)
The name means "the imam fainted" — supposedly from the sheer quantity of olive oil used, or perhaps from how delicio...
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Today's Fast
May 31, 2026
No Fast
8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity
Apostle Hermes of the Seventy
Troparion: Pentecost: Tone VIII. Blessed art Thou, Christ our God, Who didst make the fishermen wise by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit, and through them didst draw the world into Thy net. Lover of men...
Recipe of the Day
Maamoul — Semolina Cookies with Date and Nut Fillings
Middle Eastern
Non Fasting
Fasting Recipes
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...
Thai
Fast With Fish
Thai Fish Cakes (Tod Mun Pla)
Tod mun pla — Thai fish cakes — are addictive little patties of pounded fish, red curry paste, green beans, and lime ...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Tocitură de Ciuperci — Mushroom Tocitura with Polenta
Tocitură is Romania's rustic meat stew, but this fasting version built on mushrooms is so deeply savory that it stand...
Middle Eastern
Fast With Oil
Kibbeh with Bulgur and Walnut
Traditional kibbeh demands lamb, but this Lenten version is built on a shell of fine bulgur and a filling of walnuts,...
Thai
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Shrimp Pad Thai
Pad thai with shrimp is street food at its finest — rice noodles tossed in a slick of tamarind, palm sugar, and fish ...
Russian
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Винегрет — Russian Beet and Vegetable Salad
Винегрет is Russia's most beloved cold salad, and it happens to be naturally fasting-compatible. The combination of e...
Georgian
Fast With Fish
Georgian Trout with Walnut Sauce (Bazhe)
Bazhe is the crown jewel of Georgian sauces — a thick, pale emulsion of ground walnuts, garlic, vinegar, and Georgian...
Other
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 ...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Murături de Castraveți — Romanian Vinegar-Brined Cucumber Pickles
Murături is the Romanian word for pickled vegetables, and the winter pantry of every Romanian grandmother is lined wi...
Other
Xerophagy
Raw Mango and Cashew Energy Bars
When the Typikon prescribes xerophagy — the strictest fasting level, with no cooked food, no oil, no wine — you need ...
Russian
Fast With Oil
Грибной Строганов — Mushroom Stroganoff
Forget everything you know about stroganoff needing sour cream. This version uses a silky cashew base and deeply brow...
Other
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...
Other
Xerophagy
Raw Sauerkraut and Bread
Fermented cabbage is a pillar of Slavic xerophagy — Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, and Bulgarian monasteries all rely o...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Dovlecei Pane de Post — Fasting Fried Zucchini
Dovlecei pane are Romania's answer to fried zucchini, and the fasting version replaces the egg batter with a sparklin...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Fasole Bătută (Mashed Bean Spread)
The great staple of Romanian fasting. Fasole bătută is what every Romanian grandmother makes when the fast begins — w...
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 ...
Middle Eastern
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Tabbouleh (تبولة)
Tabbouleh is a parsley salad with bulgur wheat, not a bulgur salad with parsley. This distinction matters enormously....
Other
Fast With Oil
Jamaican Rice and Peas
Jamaican rice and peas is one of the Caribbean's greatest contributions to the world's table — long-grain rice cooked...
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...
Other
Fast With Oil
Vietnamese Pho with Tofu and Fresh Herbs
Pho is Vietnam's national soup, and the vegetarian version — pho chay — is eaten widely during Buddhist fasting days ...
Other
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...
Other
Fast With Fish
Vietnamese Caramelized Fish in Clay Pot (Ca Kho To)
Ca kho to is Vietnamese home cooking at its most elemental — fish steaks braised in a dark caramel sauce with fish sa...
Middle Eastern
Fast With Oil
Baba Ghanoush (بابا غنوج) — Smoky Roasted Eggplant Dip
Baba ghanoush is the smoky, silky cousin of hummus — roasted eggplant mashed with tahini, lemon, and garlic into a di...
Serbian
Fast With Oil
Пасуљ / Pasulj (Serbian Bean Soup)
If prebranac is the king of Serbian fasting, pasulj is the daily bread. This thick white bean soup is eaten year-roun...
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