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!
Gladsome Lights 
I never hear ‘butter and eggs’ together in a phrase without thinking, however briefly, of the old fashioned description of someone as a “big butter and egg man.” As a child I heard the phrase often but never knew what it meant. I still don’t, really, but I have a mental image. A big butter and egg man surely is a portly fellow who’s a bit of a blowhard, and he probably is promoting some sort of up-to-date scam: crypto, or perhaps vacation timeshares.
I could look up the traditional meaning, of course, but I’d probably lose my mental image in the process. I’d rather keep that, and make some of your lemon sour cream cake to add physical to mental enjoyment!
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‘A big butter and egg man surely is a portly fellow who’s a bit of a blowhard, and he probably is promoting some sort of up-to-date scam: crypto, or perhaps vacation timeshares.’
As a big butter and egg man myself, I take mild exception to your characterisation of me. 🙂 I may be a blowhard but I’m not portly.
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Your food looks absolutely delicious! While I too have never considered going vegan, I eat very little white meat and have fish only because it is meant to be ‘good’ for one. I stopped eating red meat once my last child was weaned – never having enjoyed the texture of it since I was very young. I don’t mind cooking red meat for the rest of my family though 🙂
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Wait, there’s a recipes tab?? How have I missed this?
I’m a big fan of butter and eggs and that quiche is calling to me,
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As one who eats a 98% vegetarian diet I always eat a fair amount of Greek yogurt, cheese, milk and eggs. All your makes look delicious.
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Your Butter Week choices look wonderful! On my list of “things to eat this week,” I discovered a few days ago that I can make gingerbread with maple syrup and brown sugar instead of with molasses and white sugar – I simply didn’t have molasses on hand. It was lighter and somehow I like it better. It would suit this week because it uses egg and buttermilk.
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That is a nice idea you just gave me!
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I LOVE quiche! And that lemon cake looks to die for. Thanks for telling us where to find the recipe links!
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I have never considered adopting the vegan diet either. I do love quiche. All of the recipes you’ve shown look delicious. Happy Butter Week to you.
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