Cook Books & Lenten Recipes
Lenten Cook Books
The Festive Fast: Greek Meatless Cooking in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition
by Marigoula Kokkinou & Georgia S. Kofinas (Fr. Tom's sister)
This Greek cookbook offers large selection of Lenten favorites. It contains color pictures throughout its 347 pages. The hard cover and spiral binding make it great for use in the kitchen. The book is 9 1/2" x 6 1/2".
Available from St.Nectarios Press They also carry other good cook books
The Lenten Collection
A comprehensive collection of recipes that can be used during fast periods.
Spiral bound.
Available form Holy Cross Bookstore
When You Fast: Recipes for Lenten Seasons
This balanced and helpful book was born out of the author's nearly decade-long quest to attain a rule of fasting for her family in accordance with the traditional Orthodox Christian discipline. Her goal was not only abstention from meat during lenten seasons, but also abstention from dairy products, and from oils on the strictest of fast days. The resultant 200 recipes provide a variety of easy, nourishing, and appealing meals. Sprinkled among the delicious recipes are sayings from the Mothers and Fathers of the early Church regarding how the body and soul are affected by eating habits-pithy illuminations to accompany the appetizing recipes.
A foreword and afterword by two Orthodox Christian priests provide excellent explanations for the underlying principles and effects of fasting.
Available from Orthodox Marketplace
Web sites for Greek and Lenten foods. Enjoy
Saint Luke the Evangelist Orthodox Church
Recipes
Kopiaste.. to Greek Hospitality
Greek, Cypriot but also other International Recipes
Russian
Orthodox Recipes
Recipes from St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Dallas Texas.
Fasting Days Cookery Book (Postovi) Serbian Orthodox Church
Recipes
at VegSource
Site maintained by member of St. Michael Archangel Orthodox Church.
It also contains basic information on fasting.
Recipes
from Prosphora Bread Site
Go to home page
and you will find many recipes for prosphora bread from many traditions and
information on how to prepare it..
Serendipity
A Greek site "done by someone enjoying life in Greece."
Holy
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste Mission
Saint
John Greek Orthodox Church
Vegetarian
Recipes from Egypt
Russian
Lenten Recipes
Soy free recipes for the Orthodox Fast
Lenten
Dishes from Hackers Kitchen
Greek-Recipe.com
Lenten recipes
Vegan
Chef
Lenten Recipes from About.com
Morning Coffee
In a Vegetarian Kitchen by Nava Atlas
Fat Free Vegan recipes
Edan Organic
Saint George Orthodox Church Ministires
Keep it simple. Times of fasting should not be times of stress, but changing the way your family eats can be a very real source of stress. Try to plan simple foods for your meals, prepared relatively quickly and, hopefully, cheaply.
We are supposed to be devoting more time to prayer and almsgiving and less time to food preparation. If we are constantly making elaborate meals that trick our taste buds from thinking that we are fasting, we are, in a way, defeating the purpose of the fast. A few favorite side dishes work very well as a meal.
St. Luke's Orthodox Mission
More recipes
St
George Orthodox Cathedral
Click
here to submit your recipes to start a collection of lenten foods
from our own parish.
