Ash Wednesday suggestions

[bag13msu]

Any  suggestions for dinner to night?  no fish/seafood, please

[LoveTrains]

Macaroni and cheese?

[sfy]

Spinach lasagna or stuffed shells.

[tacosforlife]

Cheese enchiladas (you can make the sauce with veggie broth instead of chicken)
Breakfast for dinner - so what if pancakes are traditional for Fat Tuesday? LOL
Macaroni and cheese
Baked ziti or any other delicious pasta dish
Black bean and veggie burritos
Grilled cheese and tomato soup
Butternut squash ravioli with green beans, toasted pecans, and fontina

[Deleted]

Grilled cheese and soup.

[trissie18]

Vegetable lasagna, manicotti, stuffed shells (we do them with broccoli and cheese - very yummy!)

[lauralala]

We are having loaded southwestern sweet potatoes.

greatist.com/eat/recipes/loaded-southwestern-stuffed-sweet-potatoes

[megstoo]

We're doing grilled cheese and tomato soup

[explorer2001]

Whatever I can keep down without pain. So most likely mashed sweet potatoes, mashed peas (don't ask I got hook in the U.K.), beans (black or pinto, mashed to a refried bean like consistency). Maybe I'll even try some bread or fruit.

[mbcdefg]

Pancakes and eggs
Stuffed mushrooms/zucchini boats/peppers
Pizza or calzones
Pasta with vodka sauce, oil and garlic, vegetables, carbonara, mushroom bolognese, alfredo, etc.
Lasagna
Spanakopita
Falafel
Pad Thai with tofu
Risotto
Vegetable soup/stew
Zucchini or chickpea fritters
Chickpea curry
Quinoa, polenta, or rice with sauteed vegetables
Vegetable stir-fry/lo mein/fried rice
Zucchini and ricotta sandwiches
Loaded baked potatoes or potato soup (no bacon)
Vegetable pot pie/shepherd's pie
Black bean burgers
Cornbread with creamy black beans
Black bean and sweet potato burritos
Quiche
Cheese plate
Braised coconut spinach and chickpeas


I forgot it was Ash Wednesday - I have a pork roast in the crockpot to make Philly-style sandwiches. #lapsedCatholic

[mbcdefg]

Feb 10, 2016 11:52:12 GMT -5 explorer2001 said:

Whatever I can keep down without pain. So most likely mashed sweet potatoes, mashed peas (don't ask I got hook in the U.K.), beans (black or pinto, mashed to a refried bean like consistency). Maybe I'll even try some bread or fruit.

MH did too! I didn't care for them but he loved them. 

We had a London Olympics viewing party - I made fish and chips, and meat pies. I called a local pub to order mushy peas and they asked how many people I was serving and I said six (figuring they were going to give me those small plastic containers, like you get with dip). I went to pick it up and they gave me six PINTS. Ugh. 

[explorer2001]

Feb 10, 2016 11:55:54 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

I forgot it was Ash Wednesday - I have a pork roast in the crockpot to make Philly-style sandwiches. #lapsedCatholic

LOL. I taught Boyfriend how to make my lemon rosemary crock pot roast chicken with baby red potatoes last night. Just because I'm stuck eating bland mush doesn't mean he should be. But I think we forgot it in the fridge this morning so we will have to cook it tomorrow.

[genet313]

i like the grilled cheese/tomato soup idea.   so delicious, any time of year!

i'm doing pasta fagioli with my mom and DD. and by "i'm doing" i mean my mom will be cooking dinner for us.  WIN!

[mbcdefg]

Feb 10, 2016 13:35:27 GMT -5 genet313 said:

i like the grilled cheese/tomato soup idea. 

Oooh, how about grilled cheese croutons?

[shamrockshake]

isn't pizza like lent's official food?

[raangoli]

Feb 10, 2016 14:42:51 GMT -5 shamrockshake said:

isn't pizza like lent's official food?

lol I was just coming to say this. And that I'm hungry after reading this thread.

[blondemoment123]

Cheese pizza.

[MrsE]

Zoodles

[sfy]

Feb 10, 2016 14:42:51 GMT -5 shamrockshake said:

isn't pizza like lent's official food?

Lol I had a mushroom pizza. I did not, however, get my ashes. Fail.

[mbcdefg]

Feb 10, 2016 14:42:51 GMT -5 shamrockshake said:

isn't pizza like lent's official food?

We always had Ellio's frozen pizza or tuna fish sandwiches (swimming in mayo, and no "fancy extras" like celery or herbs) for lunch when I was a kid. Blech. 

We didn't order pizza all that often. But my sister's birthday is in March, so if her birthday party fell on a Lenten Friday we ordered pizza for her and her friends. MH's family always ordered pizza on Fridays but I don't think that was specifically a Lent thing

We were considering a Lenten Friday night for our wedding since it was cheaper, but I have an observant Catholic family so I was hesitant to pull the trigger. I thought maybe we could get a dispensation from our priest (friend of the family) ... I asked the Catholic Weddings board back on TheKn0t and everyone there acted like I had just drop-kicked a puppy. These were people who attended Latin Mass wearing veils, so in their eyes I was going to hell for even considering it. We wound up picking the first Saturday after Easter, which saved us a bundle on our florist bill because the church still had the Easter flowers up on the altar.