Ash Wednesday = Feb 17 - need meatless meal ideas

[NYCgrrl]

Tonight, it’s shrimp and crab gumbo but since the scallions are all gone need to visit the market this morning. Made a new batch of Creole seasoning on Monday so it should taste good and piquant. Of course that means I used up a lot of spices and herbs so time to re-order from www.the spicehouse.com; hope they have sumac as I normally buy it at a Middle Eastern shop in Brooklyn but the pandemic has me in a new buying pattern.

 

[hertamaniac]

My go to is crock pot lasagna using cottage and mozzarella cheese, red sauce and veggies.

 

[okeydokey]

I sautee onions and tomatoes in a little olive oil, throw in some garlic, then some pesto. My fave supermarket brand is Rana in the refrigerated section. I add in fresh ravioli from the same refrigerated section after a short boil in water.

Toss it all together with fresh parm and good to go. The whole think takes like 7 minutes.,

 

[cabanafrau]

Sorry it won't help OP's situation, but we're looking forward to Cauliflower Leek Soup tonight, one of our favorites. Makes me feel warmer just thinking about it.

 

[Pooh2]

We are doing strawberry smoothies and leftover spinach ravioli for lunch, vegie pizza for dinner.

 

[RUDisney]

I was going to make mac and cheese tonight, but I don't have enough cheese to make it. I would make fish, but my DH will say that won't fill him. I can make halushki, but he won't consider that a meal.

So, to keep myself sane, we will have pizza.

 

[RedAngie]

I abandoned my Catholicism decades ago but for some reason still abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent. In fact, more than half of Fridays throughout the year are meatless.

Tonight I making sort of a shrimp and scallop creole. Sauteed onions, green pepper, garlic, and a can of diced tomatoes. Add Old Bay seasoning. Serve over rice.

 

[elgerber]

There is thread on the Budget Board with some great meatless recipe ideas.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

I'm going for fish tonight (either mahi mahi, haddock or halibut) with a side of rice pilaf and the dreaded green beans with Goya salad seasoning. I've got a new electric griddle that's great indoor grilling. Just sprinkle a bit of oil and Malibu seasoning and we're good to go.

Or there's another snow storm coming and maybe we should just get a mushroom pizza because we're going to be stuck in the house for the next 3 days..........

Just ordered that pizza..... "Winter is Coming"

 

[FigmentSpark]

We ended up with veggie pizza. for lunch, we just did peanut butter sandwiches, but after I’d made mine, I noticed the tomatoes that are going to turn soon and wished I’d had a tomato sandwich instead.

 

[bobbiwoz]

We are lucky. Live in Cape May NJ, and the Lobster House has Wednesday Fried Shrimp platter special, $6.95 + tax. That was our meal!

Grilled Cheese and Campbell’s Tomato Bisque soup with 1/2 can water, 1/2 can milk with salad is an “often on Friday“ meal.

 

[mumto3girls]

I was going to make mac and cheese tonight, but I don't have enough cheese to make it. I would make fish, but my DH will say that won't fill him. I can make halushki, but he won't consider that a meal.

So, to keep myself sane, we will have pizza.

My DH also insists that fish/seafood doesn’t fill him up unless it is on a bun. We had scallops Monday night with roasted root vegetables and a green salad and he ended the meal with a peanut butter sandwich. I make salmon most weeks and he usually has a peanut butter sandwich after those meals too. I love the salmon with crabmeat stuffing from Costco and buy it occasionally and he typically puts that on a bun. I think salmon is super filling so I just don’t understand it. Scallops are less filling hence the sheet pan full of roasted vegetables.

 

[lucas]

Last night for Ash Wednesday we had pizza with mushrooms and green olives. Crispy roasted broccolli on the side.

 

[Minnesota!]

I went to Catholic school and we had a retreat on a Lenten Friday. The only lunch option was an Italian hoagie. The priest blessed them and told us to eat them

My (Catholic school kid) son came home yesterday...he had asked for hot lunch. It was pizza. They served pepperoni. I guess if the Catholic school isn't concerned about the meat on Ash Wednesday, I won't be, either.

 

[soccerdad72]

My (Catholic school kid) son came home yesterday...he had asked for hot lunch. It was pizza. They served pepperoni. I guess if the Catholic school isn't concerned about the meat on Ash Wednesday, I won't be, either.

That's a little surprising - I know my son's cafeteria was meat-free and usually is for most every Friday. He eats a lot of grilled cheeses this time of the year at school (although he said yesterday they also had fish sandwiches).

 

[RamblingMad]

I do fish once a week anyway.

I’d look at scallops, crab legs, shrimp boils, etc.

You can also find a lot of great lentil recipes online too.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Last night I had a request for Calamari and Coconut Shrimp, instead of spaghetti and clam sauce & it felt like bar food.... why do I listen? Friday will probably be falafel or the clam sauce. Not being able to pick out the fish is going to be a real pain so I think we'll need to pivot to bags of frozen.

If you saute shallots and garlic in olive oil then add fresh tomato you'll find it's good on pasta.
Without the tomato it's just plain Pasta Aglio, and is yum... stinky but yum and ok as long as everyone in the house eats it.

Rice Torte is a tray of rice (egg holds it together) with cheese & is delicious.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I abandoned my Catholicism decades ago but for some reason still abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent. In fact, more than half of Fridays throughout the year are meatless.

Tonight I making sort of a shrimp and scallop creole. Sauteed onions, green pepper, garlic, and a can of diced tomatoes. Add Old Bay seasoning. Serve over rice.

That’s a bit of pure genius since the flavor profile is similar to Creole seasoning‘s
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@RUDisney you might want to try serving your DH some fish or seafood “chowdah” one day. Add extra potatoes, some chopped dark greens and it’s quite filling. Currently I’m partial to the RI variety but nothing wrong with adding dairy or tomatoes. Were I making the Manhattan version I’d be sure to add Clamato juice to it.

 

[DavidMagic]

I love salmon so my recommendation is salmon salad.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I love salmon so my recommendation is salmon salad.

Like tuna salad but with salmon or a regular salad with a slice of salmon on top?
I do like smoked salmon spread but am not sure about whipping it up with mayo.