Meat-free Friday Meal Ideas?

[PhuturePriest]

For realsies? I've always wondered.

 

Totes for realsies. That's also why you're allowed to eat eggs, since they're not technically meat.

[marigold]

Portobello mushroom burgers.

Get some portobello mushrooms and cook them in a pan or on a grill. I will usually put spike or brags on them while they cook. Then put on garlic havarti cheese and then get some good sesame seed buns. In the buns I will put guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes, caramelized onions, and then some Dijon mustard. Put it all together and enjoy your burger.

 

Oh my GOD

[brandelynmarie]

That looks similar to what we have been doing. We usually do it with tofu fried in peanut butter and crushed red pepper flakes, so it kind of has a similar consistency to chicken.

I have so got to try this! :love:


I use extra firm tofu, cut into little slabs & lightly coat it in black or white pepper. I then brown them in a little peanut oil. I make a quick teriyaki glaze using soy sauce, brown sugar & mirin using a 1:1:1 ratio. You can heat it up in the microwave to melt the sugar crystals...If you don't have mirin, you can skip it, although I prefer it. :)

I serve it with shiitake mushrooms & spinach over a bed of rice or quinoa that I've sprayed toasted sesame oil on & topped with toasted sesame seeds.

[Perigrina]

Greek salad.  Easy to make at home and available at most restaurants.

[marigold]

My mouth is watering...

[Credo in Deum]

Subway has a 6 inch tuna sub special for $3 on Friday.

Those are really great with bacon on top. Of course not Friday approved, but I must try if you haven't yet.

[PhuturePriest]

I have learned from reading this thread that all of you have extraordinarily awful taste.

 

Also, not eating meat is supposed to be a penance. The penance is negated if you're eating something you love just as much. Bread and water, sinners.

Edited June 28, 2014 by FuturePriest387

[Nihil Obstat]

I have learned from reading this thread that all of you have extraordinarily awful taste.

Also, not eating meat is supposed to be a penance. The penance is negated if you're eating something you love just as much. Bread and water, sinners.

Abstinence is distinct from penance.

[Credo in Deum]

Abstinence is distinct from penance.

Plus not being able to eat bacon is abstipenance for me.

[PhuturePriest]

Abstinence is distinct from penance.

 

Well, at least during Lent, Fridays are supposed to be penitential. The Bishop in my old diocese wrote an article about how not eating meat on Fridays but eating food at the Red Lobster completely negates the penance of the abstinence. I prefer all of my Fridays to be penitential and I was under the impression they were supposed to be, but I may be wrong.

[PhuturePriest]

Abstinence is distinct from penance.

 

Well, at least during Lent, Fridays are supposed to be penitential. The Bishop in my old diocese wrote an article about how not eating meat on Fridays but eating food at the Red Lobster completely negates the penance of the abstinence. I prefer all of my Fridays to be penitential and I was under the impression they were supposed to be, but I may be wrong. Regardless, I don't see the use in not eating meat if you're just going to go out and eat food that you like just as much. Why else are we abstaining from meat?

[arfink]

Well, at least during Lent, Fridays are supposed to be penitential. The Bishop in my old diocese wrote an article about how not eating meat on Fridays but eating food at the Red Lobster completely negates the penance of the abstinence. I prefer all of my Fridays to be penitential and I was under the impression they were supposed to be, but I may be wrong. Regardless, I don't see the use in not eating meat if you're just going to go out and eat food that you like just as much. Why else are we abstaining from meat?

 

Obedience.

[PhuturePriest]

Obedience.

 

But the rule isn't an exercise for the laity in obedience. There's a purpose to it.

[Credo in Deum]

Well, at least during Lent, Fridays are supposed to be penitential. The Bishop in my old diocese wrote an article about how not eating meat on Fridays but eating food at the Red Lobster completely negates the penance of the abstinence. I prefer all of my Fridays to be penitential and I was under the impression they were supposed to be, but I may be wrong. Regardless, I don't see the use in not eating meat if you're just going to go out and eat food that you like just as much. Why else are we abstaining from meat?

I personally am not at that spiritual level to go imposing stricter penances on myself. Also I'm not a huge fan of seafood so going to a Red Lobster would be a form of penance for me, especially when I could go to a Red Robin instead.

One day, with God's grace, I will be able to offer water and bread fasts, and maybe even use tap water for extra penitential effect.

Or, maybe I will switch not eating meat with not watching TV, or listening to music, or surfing the internets.

[beatitude]

Well, at least during Lent, Fridays are supposed to be penitential. The Bishop in my old diocese wrote an article about how not eating meat on Fridays but eating food at the Red Lobster completely negates the penance of the abstinence. I prefer all of my Fridays to be penitential and I was under the impression they were supposed to be, but I may be wrong. Regardless, I don't see the use in not eating meat if you're just going to go out and eat food that you like just as much. Why else are we abstaining from meat?

 

I agree. I'm a vegan myself and many of the dishes people have suggested are things that I would make for myself as a regular meal (minus any cheese). For Fridays I try to keep it extra simple - soup or broth with bread, or maybe beans on toast. I know that everything I eat is technically in line with what we are able to have on Fridays, but having a vegan pizza or one of my favourite curry meals on a Friday would feel like sticking to the letter while forgetting the spirit...