The Season of Lent

The Lenten season is often a time where many people change their diets by excluding items like sweets or other foods. It is also a time in the Roman Catholic and other faiths that meat is not consumed during Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during the Lenten season.

My husband and I decided to eliminate meat on all days during the Lenten season.

During these 40 days I will be posting lots of ideas for vegetarian/no meat meals.

Ash Wednesday Menu

Grilled cheese sandwiches -- these are made the traditional way in a pan with a few changes.

2 slices of multi-grain bread
2 slices of cheese of choice (not American)
we used swiss and cheddar
butter spray

Spray one piece of bread with butter spray and place spray side down in a medium heat skillet. Place cheese on bread (mix and match too!).
Spray the other piece of bread and place on top with non-spray side down.
Grill sandwich until light brown and cheese is melted.


Homemade vegetable soup -- we had frozen vegetable soup in the freezer that we thawed in a pan on the stove on low.

This soup was made in the slow cooker last year and frozen.

10 oz baby spinach leaves
2 medium carrots, chopped
2 medium celery, chopped
1 lg onion, chopped
1 medium garlic clove, minced
4 cups vegetable broth
28 oz can diced tomatoes
2 bay leaves
1T dried basil
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

@Weight Watchers Inc. recipe