40 Meat Free Days

Posted on February 22, 2007

For those of us who are Christian, Lent began today (Ash Wednesday). And for some of us, that means giving up something. This year, I have decided to part ways with meat for the 40 days of Lent.

Though I was a vegetarian as a teen and young adult, it is a much harder thing to give up meat as a married adult with a child. My husband and son aren’t doing the same so I will be doing double duty in the kitchen so that we can all eat. And I am far more cognizant of health now than I used to be so a bag of chips isn’t going to pass as dinner.

More cooking, more contemplating . . . geez, have I lost my mind? Hardly. I think it will be good for me in many ways - physically and spiritually - to sacrifice just a bit.

Fortunately, for dinner tonight I was able to make something we could enjoy together: manicotti. If only it could be this simple every night.

Read the full post at Cucina Bella, a family cooking blog.

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2 Responses to “40 Meat Free Days”

  1. Chris on February 22nd, 2007 2:50 am

    I must remember - no meat - Wed and Fri…oh - I know my mother shaking her head at me!

    The manicotti sounds wonderful. I loved when my mom made it at Christmas….and now I am craving some…:)

  2. Deborah Dowd on February 23rd, 2007 12:02 pm

    I am so glad to hear that there is someone else out in the blogosphere dealing with meatless Fridays during Lent- it can be a challenge. My family tries to abstain from meat on Fridays all during the year, so we have accumulated a number of meatless alternatives(I recently posted on this)… and if all else fails, there’s always cheese pizza.

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