Fasting Recipe of the Week: Tortilla and Tomato Soup

 I don’t know about where  you are, but here in Portland the weather can’t make up its mind. It is seesawing between lovely warm spring rain and freezing winds out of a clear sky. So, a nice soup that is good cold or hot is not remiss.
 Hey, look at this! Tortilla and Tomato, good hot [...]

Fasting Recipe of the Week: Ember Days Cassoulet

Yay! It’s time for the Ember Days!
 Which I’d kind of known about, but had never really paid much in the way of attention to. Ember Days, according to the Wikipedia, are four times a year, and are three days (Wed., Fri., and Sat.) of fasting and prayer in support of people going to be ordained [...]

Fasting Recipe of the Week: Enchilada Casserole

This week’s fasting recipe involves the dreaded tofu. Tofu is tricky stuff, and the major reason is that someone keeps perpetuating the utter lie that tofu doesn’t taste like anything.
Tofu tastes like soybean. And some people don’t like that taste. Like, you know, me.
But I eat tofu a lot. Why? Because soy makes you gay Because [...]

Fasting Recipe of the Week: Ethiopian Lentil and Tomato Stew

Hi folks! *waves at the old people and the new people, too*
I’m being slammed with orders at work and typing this real fast during my coffee break lazy again this week. So you have to go to someone else’s website to get the recipe! BWAHAHAHA!
Oh, well, at least it’s the Post-Punk Kitchen. Click me for [...]

Eating Out While Fasting, and FRotW: Japanese Brown Curry

Oh, so you wanna go meatless for Lent, but you don’t want to cook every day for a month and a half? Or you’re doing the no-meat Fridays thing all year round, but your buddies keep rolling their eyes when you say you can’t go out with them to Outback Steakhouse for dinner.  
Well, take it from a (former) [...]

Fun With Stats, and FRotW: Fancy Pasta Dinner

Search Terms That Brought People To My Blog Yesterday:
fr jake (2): I’m not him.
Halo 2 online stats: The Papacy (1): I’m not them, neither.
convert “new episcopalian” (1): Oooh! I’m one of those!
all for freedom and for pleasure (1): Dude, everybody wants to rule the world!
ASHAMED OF BEING A FUNDAMENTALIST (1): Um, okay…
dance playlist (1): That’s [...]

Fasting Recipe of the Week: Burritos!

 Mmm, beetows!
When I was growing up, this was the go-to dinner for my busy mother. They’re nothing resembling ‘authentic’, but it would take her less than half an hour to get everything set up, and then we’d fall upon it like locusts before running off to whatever meetings/sporting events/dance competitions we had that night.
Here’s the [...]

Why Fast? And Mama’s Marinara Sauce

Real quick before we get into this, I want to point out that Chris’ bishop John has an interesting new blog.
Also, A prayer brochure for the Anglican Primates Meeting has been posted. Please remember to pray for all the Primates, not just the ones you think need it the most.
Anyway, back to fasting. The [...]

Fasting Recipe of the Week: Thirty Minute Vegan Chili

Blog Stat Watch: Someone got here looking for “prophetic words all church sorority doctor”. And now I’m curious as to whether or not they found them prophetic words here…
So, I’ve heard some people around the blogosphere discuss how they’re going to add the traditional Friday fasts of the Church to their spiritual lives as part of [...]