In the Orthodox Church we start fasting from meat a week before full-on Lent. And this week we don’t restrict ourselves otherwise, even on Wednesday and Friday. I thought I might post an appropriate recipe … but I’ve run out of time, so instead I’m just going to put up a few pictures of such foods as I have cooked, and might cook again, during these seven days.

As I eat more butter than cheese always, I prefer to call it Butter Week,
but Cheesefare Week is also a good name.

I can make Egg Lemon Soup with vegetable broth instead of the traditional chicken broth, but I can’t see making it without eggs, though I’ve seen recipes for such a thing. But please, give it a new name if you are going to do that!

You know I’ve never even flirted with the idea of being vegan.

You can find some of these recipes on my Recipes page tabbed above.
Happy Butter Week!