I originally wrote this article for Labor Day but these vegan, vegetarian and pescatarian recipes work great for any holiday or celebration with vegetarian diners. Here are meatless grill recipes using your broiler. Use these vegetarian fish recipes for
Lent. The Catholic Church observes a Lenten fast in the dead winter to follow Jesus to the cross and
Easter. For 40 days, Catholic families eat simpler. For some, a Lenten fast means avoiding meat, dairy
and sweets. And it also means a LOT of hungry people if you have a big family.
So proactive Catholic moms develop an arsenal of meatless, vegetarian Lenten Kitchen recipes. Vegetarian and pescatarian is how most of the world eats, so these meatless grill recipes for Lent a Catholic in solidarity with the poor.
Lenten Kitchen Veggie Bean-y Burgers. Meatless grill recipes must include veggie burgers but they
don't have to be store bought. Save money and make your own recipes for Lent. Donate saved
money to those who always go hungry. This practices the Lenten virtue of almsgiving. Mash any
kind of canned beans (adzuki, garbanzo, white, kidney, lentils) and add a little flaxseed, chia seed and
avocado (for binder, fatty acids and fiber). Chop any of your favorite veggies--peppers, onions, celery,
carrots, squash or yams.
Lenten Kitchen Fish Haters Fish Recipes for Lent. The best fish for meatless grill recipes are marlin,
tuna or swordfish steaks. Season with lemon juice, dill, rosemary, garlic, light olive oil butter and
cracked pepper. These fish recipes will fool picky eaters into thinking they're eating chicken, beef or
pork. If you're eating kosher, you can have blue marlin and tuna but not the swordfish.
Lenten Kitchen Pescetarian Platter. If you like fish, try meatless grill recipes with trout, whitefish or
salmon. These medium-bodied lake fish grill beautifully on a lower flame. Wrap in foil and spray with
cooking spray or olive oil. These delicate saltwater fishes can be served baked or or broiled. Baste
with fresh lime, rosemary, dill and butter sauce. Pan fry delicate lake fish like perch, whitefish, smelt,
blue gill, sunfish and bass. For lovers of breaded fish, use cod, pollock or catfish (avoid tilapia and
swai as they're very fishy tasting). Try Cajun fried fish--wash fish fillets and leave wet. Make breading of corn meal, cracker crumbs, lemon juice powder, red pepper, crushed bay leaves, oregano, file, garlic, dill and onion powder. . Fry in high heat avocado or olive oil on medium.
Lenten Kitchen Seafood Kebabs. All grill recipes are better on a stick! Baste fish chunks, crab, shrimp
or scallops or with olive oil or melted butter. Season with Parmesan cheese, minced garlic, pepper
and paprika. Add mushrooms, green or orange pepper chunks and grape tomatoes to kebabs. Spray
with cooking oil. Good luck getting at any of these recipes for Lent. You'll have to fight the hungry
mob off with a skewer!
Lenten Kitchen Quesadillas. Make seafood kebabs as you did above, but season with cumin and
cilantro. Wrap in toasted corn tortillas and add cheddar and Monterray Jack cheese, chopped onions
and tomatoes and baby spinach. Serve with fresh fruit and non-alcoholic Mojitos (limeade, mint
leaves, sliced limes and crushed ice). Perfect for a winter fiesta. These vegetarian fish recipes will feel
more like feasting than a Lenten fast!
Lenten Kitchen Very Vegetarian Fish Recipes. To grill, wrap fish aluminum foil coated with olive oil.
Add asparagus spears. Or, for a greener wrap, place fish in large grape leaf or romaine lettuce leaf.
You can place the skewers and heavier bodied fish directly on the grill, but watch them carefully.
Keep cooked and raw foods separate on your grill. Don't dribble juices from raw meats or fish onto
cooked foods to avoid contamination. Don't cook on a high flame; fish cooks quickly. Fish is done
when the flesh turns from translucent to opaque and separates or flakes away from bone.
