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Traditional Catholic Faith => Health and Nutrition => Topic started by: s2srea on August 05, 2011, 12:19:24 PM
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What sorts of meals does your family eat on Fridays? Whats for lunch? Tuna? Pasta? Just curious :scratchchin:
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We're having a fridge cleanout lunch...
extra hot dog buns layed out on a pan with leftover spaghetti sauce and cheese plus leftover sauted onion and mushroom topping for the adults
aka PIZZA! : )
Certainly not my favorite Friday meal, but I like what it does to my fridge space.
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We're having a fridge cleanout lunch...
extra hot dog buns layed out on a pan with leftover spaghetti sauce and cheese plus leftover sauted onion and mushroom topping for the adults
aka PIZZA! : )
Certainly not my favorite Friday meal, but I like what it does to my fridge space.
Nice! Reminds me of a Garfield Cartoon where he and Jon are cleaning out the fridge of leftovers on a Sunday, and they make a sandwich with peanut butter, peas, pickles and everything else a mile high- of course Garfield loves it lol.
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breakfast: crackers or corn flakes
lunch: soup or green salad or filet-o-fish or mac & cheese
dinner: bread and cheese
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This is what I had for lunch today:
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkrXVnMqOLWNMlAu0h4A3RTC1JmvBeBWEBtb_Yyk9k213C6zFs)
SSSSLLLURP! Yum! Goooood. Its called "Aguachiles" (Literally translated, Water Chiles) Its shrimp, cooked in lime or lemon juice, add a large amount of Serrano chili pepper salsa, avocado, onions and cucuмbers and presto!
I forgot to bring my lunch from home today, so I was able to go out and eat it. Though eating out is WAAAAY too expensive for a regular basis.
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This is what I had for lunch today:
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkrXVnMqOLWNMlAu0h4A3RTC1JmvBeBWEBtb_Yyk9k213C6zFs)
SSSSLLLURP! Yum! Goooood. Its called "Aguachiles" (Literally translated, Water Chiles) Its shrimp, cooked in lime or lemon juice, add a large amount of Serrano chili pepper salsa, avocado, onions and cucuмbers and presto!
I forgot to bring my lunch from home today, so I was able to go out and eat it. Though eating out is WAAAAY too expensive for a regular basis.
Looks good. Today I had about 5 or 6 small eggs fried on kaiser rolls with mustard and some canned herring. Ugh - maybe it's a bit much. Cooking for myself :cry:
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Looks good. Today I had about 5 or 6 small eggs fried on kaiser rolls with mustard and some canned herring. Ugh - maybe it's a bit much. Cooking for myself :cry:
Kaiser rolls sound good; the herring too. But I'm doing this hole no carb thing as I've really gained too much weight lately.
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Looks good. Today I had about 5 or 6 small eggs fried on kaiser rolls with mustard and some canned herring. Ugh - maybe it's a bit much. Cooking for myself :cry:
Kaiser rolls sound good; the herring too. But I'm doing this hole no carb thing as I've really gained too much weight lately.
It's been so hot here that I just can't eat as much. So I'm losing a bit. I sympathize with you - it's so easy to eat the excess calories - so hard to burn them.
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Breakfast: Bagels with cream cheese
Lunch: Shrimp Alfredo with Pasta
Dinner: Homemade baked potato soup with a slice of toasted bread.
Last Friday: Eggplant Parmesan
I have so many recipes! I love, love Fridays!
One of my family's favorites is vegetarian chile made with tomatoes, 3 kinds of beans, corn, and spices. I make my own tortilla chips to go with it.
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It's fish and macaroni for dinner here.
My favorite Friday fare is fettuccine alfredo tossed with shrimp, artichoke hearts, and black olives, but I rarely make it as it's a pricey meal.
:ready-to-eat:
12 oz dried egg fettuccine
1 stick (1/2 cup) plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (4 oz) plus additional for sprinkling
2/3 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Cook fettuccine in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water* until al dente. Reserve 1/4 cup cooking water, then drain pasta in a colander.
Melt 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) butter in a 2- to 3-quart flameproof gratin dish over low heat. Add cooked pasta and toss to coat, lifting strands. Add cheese, reserved cooking water, cream, remaining 3 tablespoons butter (thinly sliced), salt, and pepper and toss to combine well. Sprinkle with additional cheese and serve immediately.
* When salting water for cooking, use 1 tablespoon salt for every 4 quarts of water.
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This is kind of late for this Friday, but you just have to try it.
The person who gave me this recipe does not like tuna, nor do I, but she told me I would love it in this recipe and she is correct.
Its one of those recipes that you really don't measure.
Perfect to take on a family picnic too.
Boil about 4 - 5 eggs, hard boiled, let cool, peel and cut in small pieces.
Cook some macaroni, drain and add to the bowl.
Cut up a sweet onion, or one of those purple ones are good too. Two onions if you like onions. Add a few green onions also (optional).
Cut up several tomatoes, the more the merrier, and save the juice to add into the mixture, so cut them on a plate in order to save the juice.
Open a couple of cans of tuna, I like the white tuna. Drain of course, and mix all of the above in a large bowl.
Now add to the mixture some mayonnaise and if you like, add a little ranch dressing with the mayonnaise depending on your taste. Mix it all up.
I don't add salt but if you prefer to go ahead.
This salad tastes best COLD. So refrigerate it so the macaroni, eggs, can cool, and all the ingredients blend together.
Everyone that has ever tasted this loves it.
My opinion is the tomatoes make the salad and I wouldn't even bother if I wasn't going to add tomatoes.
I hope those of you who try this will come back and brag about it.
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On certain days for lunch at work, I have a had tacos with nopalitos (cactus) and onion in them. They pretty spicy but delicious. :jumping2:
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On first fridays I fast and abstain. Last night I had sushi for dinner.
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We like to eat fish but since it's pretty expensive, that's just one Friday a month or so, or it's tuna casserole for the fish night.
Other Fridays it's mac n cheese, and sometimes
we mix a can of tomatoes or sauce in it, or it's some type of egg dish, like an omelette or a quiche, or cheese pizza with pineapple, tomatoes and maybe some onions and green pepper - whatever's in the fridge.
Another dish uses white sauce as a base (butter, a little flour and then stir in milk) and throw in some onion and celery and then when the celery is tender stir in some sliced boiled eggs. Serve over toast, noodles or rice. This is one of our budget meals. (Cheese always seems to be going up in price.)
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Yesterday
Breakfast: Cold cereal and fruit. (It's either that or a bagel with cream cheese every morning.
Lunch: a Caesar salad and some more fruit. (Someone brought really good strawberries to work and shared them.
Dinner: Fish and popcorn (Go ahead and laugh. When I am cooking just for myself it usually something like that. If you can call that cooking.)
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Do we enjoy our Fish Fridays or Not?
I use to go to this fancy seafood restaurant with my hubby once in awhile on fridays but then it hit me. Why am I abtaining from meat?? To sacrifice one day out of the week for our Lord crucified.
What am I doing ordering Shrimp and Lobster and a glass of wine and dessert?
I think Fridays shouldnt be over indulgent. I see no point in giving up budget hamburger on Friday to eat expensive Shrimp on Fridays. Makes no sense and again we try so hard to get away from sacrifice anything to get away from it.
The food thing is so hard in a society that seems to have it all and so much of it. I wonder if thats the reason most Catholics do a measly one hour fast before Holy Communion vs the Night before fasting????
Just my thoughts!!!!
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copticruiser-
You're right. I've had that dillema as well (that, "Fridays shouldnt be over indulgent"). Thats why I'd started this thread in the first place. I didn't want to think I had to continuously eat lavishly, or eat out, on Friday, as it seems to take "away from sacrifice", as you say; but it seems fish and seafood (the first thing that came to my mind at least, when I began to practice this beautiful teaching again) are luxurious and expensive, and so the tendency is to cook them in a luxurious fashion, or be prepared to 'spend' a little more on these days. It then became more clear, that I didn't necessarily need to include any meat (fish or red) in my diet at all. So I wanted ideas for meals that others here do/have done in order to find more simple recipes.
However, I sort of come to the point that, while I'm not going to go out and eat sushi every Friday, I won't stop myself either, if its an option. I think that the act of having to decide what to eat, pro-actively, with regards to keeping meat out of my diet, is enough to constantly remind me what I'm doing, and why I'm doing it.
Case in point: Yesterday, a co-worker brought in some left over cheese, crackers and slices of ham. I thought, yum! A nice mid morning snack. I grabbed a few pieces of each, and was about to throw a cracker, ham, and cheese stack in my mouth and just as it hit my lips and tounge I was like, "Aaughaumphf!" (Sorry my mouth had food in it). I even, ashamedly and admittently (Spelling please?), had a 'oh darn' moment/feeling. Then I realized how stupid that feeling was, and I had a quick meditation of Christ on the Cross and what he did getting there, and how that compared with my simple little, unimportant sacrifice. Needless to say, I didn't eat the ham, did a quick reparation for my selfish thought, and carried out on my day.
I think the way you think is very noble. Hopefully, I can get to that point in my life. What do you think about my theory of how simply keeping meat out of your diet helps keep one in a state of preparation though? Do you think thats okay? I mean, we're Catholic, and we know Church law and rules are minimal, and we can do more than what the Bride of Christ gives us. Sometimes, as we want to do all we can to please God after having hurt him so much right, I notice (in myself at least) we want to do more. And sometimes, we recognize limits, it seems. That is, we all have limits in what is practical for us to as we live 'in this world'. Otherwise, we'd become Jansenists, right?
Thoughts?
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On certain days for lunch at work, I have a had tacos with nopalitos (cactus) and onion in them. They pretty spicy but delicious. :jumping2:
Okay kephapaulous- you bring the nopales, I bring the tortillas, hobble brings the onion, and CatholicSamurai brings the beans- everyone else is free to join! :ready-to-eat: :ready-to-eat: :ready-to-eat: :ready-to-eat:
PS Don't forget the Tapatio!
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I live in a place the geography of which is very friendly to Catholics. Besides two growing seasons -- which means the fresh local vegetables are practically free (think $3 a week per person, and that's if you're using them twice a day) -- we have the Gulf, from which we catch the majority of the seafood consumed by les étatsuniens, and the bayou, i.e. the Atchafalaya basin, the largest wetland in North America by a long shot. So, seafood here is part of the way of life and does not really break the budget, which is good for the heat, since a lack of protein and water could easily lead to somebody passing out if they are working outside, as almost happened to me a few weeks ago.
Thus, yesterday, for breakfast, I had two oranges (being in a rush) though I will usually make a crêpe of sorts and put jam on it. For lunch, unfortunately, I had two large Wendy's fries, but for dinner I had leftover catfish courtbouillon from Wednesday evening, when I cooked it for dinner. Now, for thoe who don't know, catfish courtbouillon is, besides being easy to make, one of the best meals there is. And it's pretty easy to make, tbough it can get pricey if you're feeding more than two adults (1 lb of catfish per two adults). Last week... I did the same thing. But the week before that I made crawfish étouffée, which would be prohibitively expensive if not for everything else down here being so cheap. You can't get good crawfish outside of the Deep South, anyway. The stuff they sell in other states is imported from China and low-quality.
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I looked up your Catfish Courtbouillon Mr. Pere- YUM!
Perhaps you can tell me if this is a decent recipe? Its made with redfish, but I'm sure catfish could be substituted.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/redfish-court-bouillon/detail.aspx
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I looked up your Catfish Courtbouillon Mr. Pere- YUM!
Perhaps you can tell me if this is a decent recipe? Its made with redfish, but I'm sure catfish could be substituted.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/redfish-court-bouillon/detail.aspx
Sorry, s2srea, but that recipe will not work. Generally, if dealing with Louisiana cuisine, it is best to stay away from any website that is not Louisiana-specific. I will get you a good recipe, though.
Red fish and any fish like that will work, but it is usually best if it is a freshwater fish. The spotted/Opelousas catfish is the best because it uses live bait, and therefore gets big and has a lot of tasty fat on its stomach, which is very tender and has bones in it. You can't farm them, though, since they eat live bait, so most filets you buy at the store are blue catfish, which works fine and is still very good. Redfish/Red Snapper works fine, though, and will likely be more abundant on the Pacific coast than catfish. I don't know though, since it's a Gulf fish.
Anyway, here is the best and oldest recipe that you can find on the internet :
Barbue au courtbouillon (http://www.gumbopages.com/food/seafood/courtbouillion.html)
Mexicans can handle the heat; Midwesterners, unless you love spice, I recommend you halve the amount of cayenne pepper.
Also, if I could make another recommendation, olive oil generally would change the flavour and I have not used it; I would recommend some other kind of oil, maybe coconut, sunflower, or something like that. Cottonseed oil and canola, well, as far as I know these things were not considered edible until they were mass-produced and sold at grocery stores, but they work.
Also, a few rules of thumb. The parsley bunches sold in stores that carry local produce are generally smaller, by about half or two thirds, than the large bunches of parsley that they sell at your typical grocery chain. At least, that has been my experience in several different states when cooking this dish. So, it is better to use a little bit less. Also, while making sure to never stir the pot and turn the fish into shapeless mush, I try to get the parsley a little cooked by swirling the courtbouillon a little bit. Keeping it on low heat for an extra five or ten minutes won't hurt it, but anything more and the fish will be overcooked and become bland. Bon appetit !
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It's fish and macaroni for dinner here.
My favorite Friday fare is fettuccine alfredo tossed with shrimp, artichoke hearts, and black olives, but I rarely make it as it's a pricey meal.
:ready-to-eat:
12 oz dried egg fettuccine
1 stick (1/2 cup) plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (4 oz) plus additional for sprinkling
2/3 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Cook fettuccine in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water* until al dente. Reserve 1/4 cup cooking water, then drain pasta in a colander.
Melt 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) butter in a 2- to 3-quart flameproof gratin dish over low heat. Add cooked pasta and toss to coat, lifting strands. Add cheese, reserved cooking water, cream, remaining 3 tablespoons butter (thinly sliced), salt, and pepper and toss to combine well. Sprinkle with additional cheese and serve immediately.
* When salting water for cooking, use 1 tablespoon salt for every 4 quarts of water.
Would that taste okay with tuna substituted?
We often have tuna, cream of mushroom soup, noodles or macaroni with canned peas.
Sometimes just the soup, tuna, peas with no pasta and spooned over toast.
sry about the double-post.
speaking of changing features...why can't a post be deleted?
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Papa Murphy's gourmet vegetarian pizza is really super good.
http://www.papamurphys.com/OurMenu/Overview/Pizzas/Signature/GourmetVegetarian
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Nachos is what we have at least every other week.
Get some good tortilla chips, cover with shredded cheddar cheese, put on some refried beans, and some or any of the following toppings:
black olives
green peppers
chopped tomato
chopped onions (cooked or not)
salsa
fresh cilantro (yum!)
Put the plate in the microwave for 1-2 minutes just until the cheese is melted.
Sprinkle lime juice to make it even more delicious.
You really don't miss the chopped chicken or taco meat -- really you don't.
We never have nachos with meat, because we have nachos so often on Friday, and because the nachos we make are so good you don't need the meat.
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It is getting close to fish fry Fridays. Most of the Legions around here and catholic churches have them on Friday as well as coney island restaurants, which are Greek greasy spoons particular to this area. Inexpensive for a night-out treat.
We do eat Mexican bean dishes too. They are very versatile.
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I have a question I always wanted to ask about no meat on Fridays.
Do you think this is a rule that would possibly be changed in the future by a real Pope. I don't know which dogma this abstinence is based in.
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We often have tuna, cream of mushroom soup, noodles or macaroni with canned peas.
Sometimes just the soup, tuna, peas with no pasta and spooned over toast.
Oddly enough, the day I posted that we'd be having fish and macaroni, what you mention here is basically what I ended up eating. Matthew decided to go somewhere just before dinner so rather than cooking some sort of fish for me and 1 kid, I tossed some tuna and peas in the (leftover) macaroni. I was surprised how much everyone liked that considering the kiddos would usually try and pick the tuna out of such a dish.
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We often have tuna, cream of mushroom soup, noodles or macaroni with canned peas.
Sometimes just the soup, tuna, peas with no pasta and spooned over toast.
Oddly enough, the day I posted that we'd be having fish and macaroni, what you mention here is basically what I ended up eating. Matthew decided to go somewhere just before dinner so rather than cooking some sort of fish for me and 1 kid, I tossed some tuna and peas in the (leftover) macaroni. I was surprised how much everyone liked that considering the kiddos would usually try and pick the tuna out of such a dish.
Actually the peas make it quite sweet and mask any strong tuna flavor.
I have eaten this since I was a little one. It was a Friday staple at our house.
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copticruiser-
What do you think about my theory of how simply keeping meat out of your diet helps keep one in a state of preparation though? Do you think thats okay?
Well it wouldnt work for me as Im ALBERTAIN raised and we love our beef! Not to mention Im married to a hunter/guide so moose and deer are staples. There is a neat book I read years back I should reference it one day (If I ever get time) called the Philocalia (not spelled properly) its the spirtual lessons and insights of the dessert monks. There is one section there on anger and its related to our diet. They do mention meat.
My point earlier is just to question ourselves (myself) as to why we are fasting and is it sacrificial or not. Keeping a FULL stomach always is not good. I have personally not been able to keep strict fasting rules (Easter, Fridays etc) as I have either been pregnant or nursing.
My preference though would be to have one simple meal on fridays and go the rest of the day on bread and water. The purpose being warring with the flesh, denying ones self. I dont care if FISH is FREE or EXPENSIVE the point being we make everything so appealing to the senses even on FRIDAYS.
We know and are friends with this AMSHE raised father. He does not allow himself any more food than his body requires and often denies himself dessert. He is as skinny as a rail. I personally admire his 7 day a week denial of the flesh I just want to (for myself) at least try to practise such discipline one day a week.
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My preference though would be to have one simple meal on fridays and go the rest of the day on bread and water. The purpose being warring with the flesh, denying ones self. I dont care if FISH is FREE or EXPENSIVE the point being we make everything so appealing to the senses even on FRIDAYS.
I think thats a very noble achievement that perhaps we should all strive for. I really liked that you mentioned "Keeping a FULL stomach always is not good".
I thought I remember a quote from the NT (Gospel?) where something to the effect of, "Woe to him whose stomach is full." Me, being overweight, am very concerned about this.
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I think thats a very noble achievement that perhaps we should all strive for. I really liked that you mentioned "Keeping a FULL stomach always is not good".
I thought I remember a quote from the NT (Gospel?) where something to the effect of, "Woe to him whose stomach is full." Me, being overweight, am very concerned about this
Overweight tends (for me) to judge people as not very hard working, or serving the flesh. I dont like to think that way its just automatic so thats one of the reasons I hate (myself included) getting overweight. Plus the pressure in society to be thin is insane!! No one seems to care about healthy just LOOKIN GOOD!
I just had baby #6 so this is the first time for me to get chunky so Ive decided to eat less, but healthy, its ok to have SOME chocolate and try to be physically active.
I hope its not wrong but there are advantages to denying the flesh on Fridays. Its healthy to give your stomach a break, its spirtually advantageous to meditate on the celestial, and yeah you can lose weight.
Did you know that a hundred years ago the avg person consumed 50lb[/size]s of sugar?
Compare that with 200lbs now. Sugar is in everything no wonder its hard to abstain were all addicted.
My thoughts, Annie
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Nachos is what we have at least every other week.
Get some good tortilla chips, cover with shredded cheddar cheese, put on some refried beans, and some or any of the following toppings:
black olives
green peppers
chopped tomato
chopped onions (cooked or not)
salsa
fresh cilantro (yum!)
Put the plate in the microwave for 1-2 minutes just until the cheese is melted.
Sprinkle lime juice to make it even more delicious.
You really don't miss the chopped chicken or taco meat -- really you don't.
We never have nachos with meat, because we have nachos so often on Friday, and because the nachos we make are so good you don't need the meat.
You can also add black beans for protein. Rinse, drain, mash up a bit, season with cayenne, cuмin, salt, and pepper and then saute in oil with red onion and garlic.
I can't wait until my romas ripen (maybe 2 weeks??) and I can make pico de gallo with lots of cilantro.
I'm going to make homemade mac&cheese on Friday. Haven't done that for a very long time. :)
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http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Classic-Texas-Caviar/
Ingredients
2 (15.8 ounce) cans black-eyed peas, drained
1 (14.5 ounce) can petite diced tomatoes, drained
2 fresh medium jalapenos, stemmed, seeded and minced
1 small onion, cut into small dice
1/2 yellow bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and cut into small dice
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
6 tablespoons red wine vinegar
6 tablespoons olive oil (not extra virgin)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cuмin
Directions
1. Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl; cover and refrigerate 2 hours or up to 2 days. Before serving, adjust seasonings to taste, adding extra vinegar, salt and pepper. Transfer to a serving bowl.
This is really good (and healthy) Friday food. I add white corn and sometimes use balsamic vinegar instead of or in addition to the red wine vinegar. Right now I'm also too poor to have separate kinds of olive oil, :wink: so I've used extra virgin and it was fine.
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I like grilled cheese with thin onion and mayo and tomato. We make tuna casserole, using cream of mushroom soup, salsa, peas, sauteed onion and sweet peppers and celery, mac. and cheese and about 1/3 cup of miracle whip and hard boiled eggs chopped in it. For topping, bread crumbs, parmesian cheese melted butter. Some people call that "company tuna noodle casserole.
I used to make a bread tea rings with tuna, egg, onion cheese filler and after it is baked, cheese sauce on top.
We also like cheese pizza and veggie pizza.
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Cheese pizza :)
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Mac & Cheese was delish. Best of all the kids I sit for (who are terribly picky) enjoyed it. My little buddy (almost 3) said it was better than Kraft! Hehe. :-)
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Grilled cheese (with coconut oil) with blue cheese, jalapenos, salt pepper, and avocado.
That's just what I had today. Delicious.
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Grilled cheese (with coconut oil) with blue cheese, jalapenos, salt pepper, and avocado.
That's just what I had today. Delicious.
Mmmm. What kind of bread?
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What sorts of meals does your family eat on Fridays? Whats for lunch? Tuna? Pasta? Just curious :scratchchin:
I eat vegetarian food and drink much tea... I hope I will learn how to fast like a trappist or carthusian one day...I do not practise Friday abstinence since I never eat meat at all...
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Cheese pizza :)
Most of the cheese contains rennet. Isn't that like eating meat on a friday?
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Sauteed jumbo shrimp with linguine and Classico Pesto sauce mixed.
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Well, most of the week I cooked and made lunches for the guys working on our farm... so Friday, I was happy to order some Pizza. We had pizza, orange juice and oreo cookies for lunch. or dinner, I ate can of artichokes, my husband leftover pizza. (I ate a couple of oreos which I didn't need :]
I should have had watermelon instead of the oreos.
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I think thats a very noble achievement that perhaps we should all strive for. I really liked that you mentioned "Keeping a FULL stomach always is not good".
I thought I remember a quote from the NT (Gospel?) where something to the effect of, "Woe to him whose stomach is full." Me, being overweight, am very concerned about this
Overweight tends (for me) to judge people as not very hard working, or serving the flesh. I dont like to think that way its just automatic so thats one of the reasons I hate (myself included) getting overweight. Plus the pressure in society to be thin is insane!! No one seems to care about healthy just LOOKIN GOOD!
I just had baby #6 so this is the first time for me to get chunky so Ive decided to eat less, but healthy, its ok to have SOME chocolate and try to be physically active.
I hope its not wrong but there are advantages to denying the flesh on Fridays. Its healthy to give your stomach a break, its spirtually advantageous to meditate on the celestial, and yeah you can lose weight.
Did you know that a hundred years ago the avg person consumed 50lb[/size]s of sugar?
Compare that with 200lbs now. Sugar is in everything no wonder its hard to abstain were all addicted.
My thoughts, Annie
You are so right.. there is too much sugar and salt in everything. *LOL* I was thinking of gluttony...*yikes*
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A really good and quick Friday meal is 1 can of Amy's organic cream of tomato soup and 1 small can of white tuna packed in water (drained). Add the vegetable of choice, a bit of parsley and basil to taste. I often add red wine or sherry. To serve, we sometimes sprinkle parmesan, or whatever white cheese we have on hand, and croutons over the top.
It might sound strange, but it's delicious. This is served quite often here and my children have introduced this simple Friday meal to their families and friends.
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I have a question I always wanted to ask about no meat on Fridays.
Do you think this is a rule that would possibly be changed in the future by a real Pope. I don't know which dogma this abstinence is based in.
Abstinence from meat on Friday is of Apostolic tradition. In the first centuries of
the Church, fasting and abstinence was much more demanding, but the rules were
eased up over the centuries. Eastern rite Churches have different rules. I have a
friend who is Russian Orthodox and he tells me about "The Great Lent" they have
and it's very informative.
The point of abstinence on Friday is in honor of Our Lord's crucifixion. For those
who recognize the conciliar popes: it ought to be remembered that making
Fridays penitential was not changed. There was just an "option" added where
you can substitute abstinence for some other, equivalent penance. That's rather
vague (no surprise there!) but should not be ignored. Far too many conciliar
priests ignore it, though. They prefer to make a joke about how oppressive and
"negative" the old ways were, and how it's so much better now. They'll find out
how much "better" things are at their particular judgment, I suppose.
Bottom line is, any modern Catholic who dares to eat meat on Friday, ought to
know that he is obliged therefore to make some other "equivalent" penance.
What could that be? I wouldn't even trust the answer given by a conciliar priest.
They are so removed from the concept of penance, they wouldn't know what to
tell me. They're too used to finding reasons NOT to practice penance, so this kind
of question is not in "their realm of experience." And remember, for a
phenomenologist like JPII, and therefore for those who follow after his lead, their
"experience" is their teacher; experience is their reality; experience is their god.
It seems to me that if you really like eating meat, then you should be obliged to
find some alternative penance that is really difficult, since not eating meat one
day is so terribly difficult for you. For example:
~ If you like to talk a lot, then you should keep silent all day on Friday. Use a
portable dry-erase board, you know, like Zacchary, the father of St. John the
Baptist. (Yes, he used a kind of chalk board, but you can use dry-erase, okay?)
And when anyone who teases you about it, you should make it a consequential
and necessary penance to accept the criticism with joy, for it gives you another
chance to make reparation for your sins, which God is giving you by the
criticism of observers - because that is not within your control, therefore, it is
the will of God!!
~ If you really enjoy having your morning coffee, a bagel for breakfast, an
hour-long lunch, and an apertiff with your dinner, then you ought to go without
morning coffee, without a bagel for breakfast, skip lunch, and forget the apertiff.
And when anyone teases you, "Hey, where's your coffee?" or "Hey, why no bagle?"
or "Hey, no lunch hour today?" then it's your chance to joyfully accept the teasing
as God's will that you endure it, for reparation for your sins.
~ If you really enjoy going for an evening walk and watching the sunset, with
a beer in hand, you should not go for the walk, nor watch the sunset, nor have
a beer on Friday, if you're going to have meat for dinner. And take any criticism
of your action as a chance to make reparation for your sins.
None of this should be in a spirit of dissent or crabbiness. The Church is not
"oppressive" for teaching penance. The Church is doing you a FAVOR by teaching
penance. When you die, your life is over, and you can't do penance any more.
Now is YOUR CHANCE to do penance. This is a great gift for you: time to do
penance.
Abstaining from meat on Friday is an EASY thing to do, compared to what you
ought to do to substitute for it!
The erroneous practice of NOT doing penance is not doing you any favors. You are
cheating yourself, by wasting the opportunity to do penance. Every single soul
in Purgatory has but ONE THING on his mind: Why did I waste so many days in
my life, not doing penance? Why did I ignore the opportunities to do penance?
That's all they have to think about! THAT'S IT. Why didn't I teach my children to
do penance? These thoughts fill their consciousness and awareness without
reprieve, and only ADDS to their torment. And their repentance must be pure,
for nothing impure can enter eternal beatitude.
In the Old Testament there are places where someone gives somebody a
blessing saying, may God grant you length of days, and that sort of thing,
(sort of like "live long and prosper" in Star Trek! HAHAHA). This should be
understood not as "more time on vacation," or "plenty of entertainment and free
food" or the like. Every day we have in this life is a day that we can use to grow
closer to our heavenly Father if we practice penance, for the right motive. The
right motive is to make reparation for our sins, and, if we have done that to a
significant degree, to make it for the sins of others, but keep making it!
What about Our Lady? She had no sin to make reparation for, and still, she led a
life of penance. She was the model of penance for all the Apostles in the years
following the Ascension. Take St. Mary Magdalene, whose sins were forgiven her
in no small manner, by the words of Our Lord Himself, with witnesses, in Scripture.
But did she live then as if she were "off the hook now?" No, she spent the last
40 or so years of her life in a cold, dark, damp cave in France, and she still found
the energy to get out and go to daily Mass, climbing over the rocky slopes to get
there, and back again to sleep at night (if there was much sleep to be had!) -- and
that was after Jesus had forgiven her sins. You can be absolutely sure that they
did not eat meat on Friday.
Therefore, if some future, "real pope," changes the rule of abstinence on Friday,
you can be sure that he will make the substitution principle most understandable.
I would expect that, seeing as how we have had nothing but confusion and
misunderstanding in the past 50 years over this, that he would most necessarily
include a few pages of examples of what would constitute adequate substitutions.
You can be sure it won't be things like "help an old lady across the street," or
"smile today at everyone you meet."
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Oatmeal for breakfast, left over grilled veggies and wild rice for lunch.
Before heading to work tonight I decided Lentil soup with spinach in the slow cooker would be a good meatless dinner. Of course now, I just realized it will be Saturday before I get home to eat it. LOL
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I have this really good recipe for seafood gumbo. I make it mostly in the summer from my garden's vegetables. It's really delicious and just a little spicy. Serve over rice and it makes a great meal.
I also have a recipe for what I call Summer Garden Alfredo. Also very easy and made with fresh ingredients. I usually serve over whatever pasta noodles I have available.
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Most blessed feast day of dear Mother's Assumption to you all!
I have many meals I make. I try to make varied meals each Friday. Last week I made Stuffed Tomatoes with Tuna Salad, on other Fridays I have made roasted cauliflower pasta with parmeson cheese (very good). If you want that recipe I can send it your way.
We cannot afford fish (I find that the fish is not so good anyway). However we get tuna on sale and we like it especially if you find good recipes. I have a VERY good recipe for Tuna Casserole.
I am gluten intolerant, however for this recipe you can use regular pasta. Also following the recipe for tuna casserole is the recipe for homemade cream of mushroom soup (you can use for this casserole recipe). This is the best cream of mushroom soup I have ever had.
The following recipes were taken from this web address:
http://glutenfreecooking.about.com/od/entrees/r/Gluten-Free-Classic-Tuna-Casserole-Recipe.htm
HERE IS THE TUNA CASSEROLE RECIPE:
Use your favorite gluten-free pasta. I used 100% gluten-free corn rigatoni with very good results. Also, use canned gluten-free cream of mushroom soup for convenience or make your own homemade gluten-free cream of mushroom soup. If you make your own soup, it will add some prep time to your recipe.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients:
8 ounces gluten-free pasta (I used Sam Mills brand 100% corn gluten-free rigatoni shells)
1 cup frozen sweet peas
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup finely diced sweet yellow onion
1/2 cup finely diced red bell pepper
4 tablespoons gluten-free sweet rice flour
1 3/4 cups milk or half and half
1 1/2 cups canned gluten-free cream of mushroom soup OR homemade gluten-free cream of mushroom soup
1 large (12-ounce) can tuna packed in water, well drained, broken into small pieces
2 cups freshly shredded cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
1 cup gluten-free bread crumbs OR 1/2 - 3/4 cup gluten-free cracker crumbs
2 tablespoons olive oil
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350° F / 176° C
Cook gluten-free pasta in salted water, according to directions. Add frozen peas 2 minutes before pasta is done. Drain pasta and peas and rinse in cold water. Pout into a large mixing bowl.
Melt butter in a saucepan. Sauté onions and red pepper over med-low heat for about 3 minutes stirring occasionally. Sprinkle gluten-free sweet rice flour over vegetables, stir in and continue cooking, stirring, for another 3 minutes. Whisk in the milk, gluten-free mushroom soup, salt and pepper to taste. Stir on low heat until the mixture begins to simmer and thicken.
Carefully pour cooked sauce over the cooked macaroni and peas. Add the tuna and 1 1/2 cups of the cheese and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into a 9 x 13 buttered casserole (3-quart) dish and top with the rest of the cheese. Mix gluten-free breadcrumbs or cracker crumbs with olive oil until combined and sprinkle evenly over the casserole. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until bubbling and browned.
HERE IS RECIPE FOR CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP:
make and gluten-free sweet rice flour is an excellent thickener! Gluten-free cream of mushroom soup takes less than 20 minutes to make and the creamy fresh flavor is so worth it!
Gluten-free cream of mushroom soup is a versatile recipe because you can use it to make classic dishes like gluten-free tuna casserole.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients:
8 ounces fresh sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup finely diced sweet onions
2 minced garlic cloves
3 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons gluten-free sweet rice flour
1 cup low sodium gluten-free chicken broth
1 cup light cream or whole milk
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
1/4 teaspoon pepper or to taste
Garnish with fresh sliced basil (optional)
Preparation:
Saute mushrooms, onions and garlic with butter in a 3 quart saucepan over medium heat for about 3 minutes. Sprinkle gluten-free sweet rice flour over vegetables and stir to blend the rice flour into the mixture. Continue to cook vegetables with sweet rice flour while stirring for 2 minutes.
Gradually stir in gluten-free chicken broth and stir to blend. Add cream or milk and continue to cook over medium heat until soup thickens. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Marye, yum! Cauliflower pasta sounds especially delicious.
Almost time for me to go home, and then I am making shrimp Pad Thai with crushed peanuts, lots of cilantro, and hot chili sauce. :-)
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Us Tradcats should put out a cookbook on this. It could be titled: "From Penitential to Simple to Modest: Friday Catholics Serve It All." Wouldn't that be delight! :reading: :ready-to-eat:
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Yes, we need to create a cook book. I was just telling my daughters that I wanted to create a cook book for Traditional Catholics specifically on meals for Fridays.
However, I wanted to charge for it , creating it via an e-book, as I am trying to be resourceful... I lost my job last year, am very poor and am getting older. Previously I worked as a Nursing Home Administrator.
However I will ask all of you if I do publish this book for a donation or free for those who are in the same type of situation as I.
But as Magdalene suggested perhaps we should just all put in our recipes and I could consolidate them and create a book or someone else could, if they would want to.
What do you think?
By the way, I repaired my washer all by myself! It needed a new drain pump and I looked up on YouTube and there were clear instructions how to install an new one. I got the new drain pump online for $60 with shipping included!!
I always pray to Padre Pio when I have to repair something.... don't ask me why, I just do! And he always helps me!
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FYI: For the cream of mushroom soup recipe that I posted earlier it calls for chicken broth. I replace it with vegetable broth for Fridays.
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Yes, we need to create a cook book. I was just telling my daughters that I wanted to create a cook book for Traditional Catholics specifically on meals for Fridays.
However, I wanted to charge for it , creating it via an e-book, as I am trying to be resourceful... I lost my job last year, am very poor and am getting older. Previously I worked as a Nursing Home Administrator.
However I will ask all of you if I do publish this book for a donation or free for those who are in the same type of situation as I.
But as Magdalene suggested perhaps we should just all put in our recipes and I could consolidate them and create a book or someone else could, if they would want to.
What do you think?
By the way, I repaired my washer all by myself! It needed a new drain pump and I looked up on YouTube and there were clear instructions how to install an new one. I got the new drain pump online for $60 with shipping included!!
I always pray to Padre Pio when I have to repair something.... don't ask me why, I just do! And he always helps me!
Marye, You're very industrious! I do like the idea of a cookbook. And I think all of us putting in our favorite recipes would be fantastic. We may have to ask the help of a few saints here, too, as it would take some organization.
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What saint should we invoke for this?
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Another thing we could add would be for each recipe a prayer to Mary.
And other things: little tips of advice, for example what to do with all the basil you have growing in your garden. You can pulse the basil with olive oil in a food processor and freeze it in ice cube trays ---- little tidbits of advice like that.
Do you want me to give out my email and everyone can send their recipes to me?
I will attempt to get it together.
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What saint should we invoke for this?
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Another thing we could add would be for each recipe a prayer to Mary.
And other things: little tips of advice, for example what to do with all the basil you have growing in your garden. You can pulse the basil with olive oil in a food processor and freeze it in ice cube trays ---- little tidbits of advice like that.
Do you want me to give out my email and everyone can send their recipes to me?
I will attempt to get it together.
Those sound like nice ideas. Try posting in General Discussion where more will read it. Or ask for a poll to be taken. That way you will get the attention of more readers. Best wishes on this. I'll start collecting some recipes!
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Yes, we need to create a cook book. I was just telling my daughters that I wanted to create a cook book for Traditional Catholics specifically on meals for Fridays.
However, I wanted to charge for it , creating it via an e-book, as I am trying to be resourceful... I lost my job last year, am very poor and am getting older. Previously I worked as a Nursing Home Administrator.
However I will ask all of you if I do publish this book for a donation or free for those who are in the same type of situation as I.
But as Magdalene suggested perhaps we should just all put in our recipes and I could consolidate them and create a book or someone else could, if they would want to.
What do you think?
By the way, I repaired my washer all by myself! It needed a new drain pump and I looked up on YouTube and there were clear instructions how to install an new one. I got the new drain pump online for $60 with shipping included!!
I always pray to Padre Pio when I have to repair something.... don't ask me why, I just do! And he always helps me!
I've thought about creating a Friday Meal cookbook for a long time. I have collected a few recipes, some of my own and some from other sources. A poll would be a could idea, just to see how many people would be interested. I am definitely interested...
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What sorts of meals does your family eat on Fridays? Whats for lunch? Tuna? Pasta? Just curious :scratchchin:
My wife and I eat Salmon (She has a recipe that takes only 12 minutes to cook )
Walleye at a local restaurant with a baked potatoe and texas toast for $5.95 (Cant beat it)
Linguine with clam sauce.
If we want a Pizza you can get one with black olives and mushrooms - (Really good)
Fettuccine Alfredo
Also you can make a Maccaroni and Cheese with white cheese (Not the cheap boxed kind but from scratch) and use feta cheese on top
My wife also makes a Cheese and Potatoe Soup and serve it with French Bread that the kids absolutely loved
We make most of our meals with vegetables on the side
These are some of our favorites
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What saint should we invoke for this?
St. Martha?
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What saint should we invoke for this?
St. Martha?
That's a great suggestion; as well, St. Anne.
How about some really good sauerkraut, or cheese, or potato pierogi? YUM!
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It's very cool out today so I made pepper jack corn chowder. It isn't the same without bacon.
I should add bacon tomorrow.
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Dear PW,
It sounds like you really enjoy cooking and making things.
That is very nice.
I do not know how to cook, possibly that is because I am a man. :laugh2:
So I just read about the mysterious world of cookery on CathInfo.
God Bless you, PW.
Yours,
Sede Catholic.
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rice & beans - fish - potatoes & cheese -
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http://thenourishinghome.com/2012/04/perfect-buttered-popcorn-gluten-free/
You have to follow the directions exactly (although you can double the ingredients if you are using a big stockpot) but this recipe is sooooo good. Butter right while it is popping is genius. :)
Popcorn counts as dinner for a single person, right?? ;)
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Popcorn is a perfect meal. I use olive oil, butter and some soy sauce. :chef: :popcorn:
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Peanut butter and jelly (I have two teenaged sons and they can eat quite a few), and rice sometimes.
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Peanut butter and jelly (I have two teenaged sons and they can eat quite a few), and rice sometimes.
I keep whole wheat bread in the freezer and lots of pb in the pantry! The ladies at quilting (all day group) would laugh when I would pull out the loaf of bread.. I think they forgot what their son's appetites were like! :ready-to-eat:
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Try this Eggplant Bake:
Some boiled-in-their-jackets potatoes (Don't even bother to peel them)
Some dry-fried eggplant (ditto),
A tin of tomatoes and
Some shredded cheddar cheese.
Arrange in layers till you use up all the ingredients in the order they are listed. Bake in the oven.
Absolutely scrumptious, cheap and simple! :ready-to-eat:
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Sourdough grilled cheese and sliced tomatoes with salt and pepper. :-)
Is it okay to have dresset on Friday? I feel like making apple cake and caramel sauce.