General
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No-Oil Mushroom and Lentil Ragù for Pasta
A long-simmered ragù is normally built on fat, and this one is not, which means it has to earn its depth elsewhere. I...
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Today's Fast
August 08, 2026
No Fast — Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed
Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska
Holy Hieromartyrs Hermolaus (305), Hermippus, and Hermocrates at Nicomedia / Holy Righteous Martyr Paraskeve (140)
Troparion: Holy Hieromartyr Hermolaus & Those With Him: Tone IV. In their sufferings, O Lord,/ Thy martyrs received imperishable crowns from Thee our God;/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ they set at nought the...
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Russian
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Fasting Recipes
General
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No-Oil Black Bean and Hominy Stew with Chipotle and Lime
Hominy — dried corn treated with lime, sold canned as pozole corn — has a chew and a toasted-corn flavor that nothing...
General
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No-Oil Chickpea and Cabbage Braise with Caraway and Mustard
Cabbage braised long enough stops being cabbage and becomes something sweet and almost silky. With chickpeas in the p...
General
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No-Oil Red Lentil and Squash Pottage with Cumin and Lemon
Red lentils dissolve, and that is their gift. Simmered with squash until both collapse, they make a thick golden pott...
General
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No-Oil Tofu and Vegetable Steam Bowl with Ginger-Soy Broth
Steaming is the most underused technique on strict days. Without oil, roasting and frying are closed to you, but stea...
General
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The Weekly Bean Pot — One Batch, Three Suppers (No Oil)
The single most useful thing you can do for a long fast is cook a pot of beans on Sunday. Not a recipe so much as a f...
Middle Eastern
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Mercimek Köftesi — Turkish Red Lentil and Bulgur Patties
Mercimek köftesi is Turkey's great meze of the fasting table — soft, savory patties of red lentils and fine bulgur, k...
General
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No-Oil Mushroom, Barley, and White Bean Pot
This is a one-pot of pure umami: meaty mushrooms, chewy pearl barley, and creamy white beans all braised together unt...
Middle Eastern
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No-Oil Adas bi Hamod — Lebanese Lentil and Swiss Chard Soup with Lemon
Adas bi hamod is a Lebanese sour lentil soup, traditionally finished with olive oil and a flood of lemon. Even withou...
Greek
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No-Oil Gigantes and Greens Braised in Tomato
Greek giant beans are usually swimming in olive oil — but stripped back to tomato, garlic, and a fistful of wild gree...
Other
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No-Oil Toor Dal and Spinach with Dry-Toasted Tarka
Toor dal — split pigeon peas — cooks into a thick, golden purée with a gentle earthy sweetness, and a fistful of spin...
General
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No-Oil Black-Eyed Pea and Tomato Stew with Smoked Paprika
Black-eyed peas cook quickly without soaking and turn silky and creamy at the edges while staying tender in the middl...
Other
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Tohu Thoke — Burmese Chickpea Tofu Salad
Burmese "tofu" is made not from soybeans but from chickpea flour, set into a soft, custardy block and sliced into rib...
Other
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Cholar Dal — Bengali Chana Dal with Coconut and Raisins (No Oil)
Cholar dal is Bengal's festival lentil — split chana dal cooked until just tender, sweetened faintly with sugar and r...
Other
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Rasam with Toor Dal — South Indian Pepper and Tamarind Broth (No Oil)
Rasam is the thin, peppery, tamarind-sour broth that closes a South Indian meal and revives anyone who is tired, cold...
Other
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Minestrone di Fagioli e Cavolo Nero — No-Oil Tuscan Bean and Kale Soup
This is the everyday minestrone of the Tuscan winter — cannellini beans, cavolo nero, and whatever vegetables the wee...
General
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Šošovica na Kyslo — Slovak Sour Lentils with Marjoram
In Slovakia and the Czech lands, lentils cooked "na kyslo" — sour — are a quiet staple, eaten for luck at New Year an...
Other
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Pelēkie Zirņi ar Sīpoliem — Latvian Grey Peas with Onions
Grey peas are the national dish of Latvia for good reason — they are dense, nutty, and so filling that a single bowl ...
Other
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Doenjang Jjigae — Korean Soybean Paste and Tofu Stew
Doenjang jjigae is the everyday stew of the Korean table — a bubbling earthenware pot of fermented soybean paste brot...
Other
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Lobya Borani — Azerbaijani Green Bean and White Bean Stew
Lobya is the Azerbaijani way with beans — here both fresh green beans and creamy white beans are simmered together wi...
Other
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Vospov Kofte — Armenian Red Lentil and Bulgur Patties
Vospov kofte are the workhorse of the Armenian Lenten table — red lentils cooked down to a soft mash, kneaded with fi...
Thai
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Pad Prik King with Tempeh and Long Beans
Pad prik king is a dry, intense Thai stir-fry — no coconut milk, no broth, just a fierce red curry paste clinging to ...
Serbian
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Posni Punjeni Krompir — Serbian Stuffed Potatoes with Mushrooms and Walnuts
Across Serbia the fasting cook is a master of making something special out of nothing much, and these baked stuffed p...
Russian
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Грибна Гречка з Цибулею — Buckwheat Pilaf with Mushrooms and Onions
Buckwheat (гречка) is the grain that built the Russian and Ukrainian peasant constitution — toasty, nutty, and unusua...
Middle Eastern
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Baked Potatoes and Chickpeas in Spiced Tomato Sauce (No Oil)
This is a tray of soft potatoes and chickpeas, blanketed in a thick, spiced tomato sauce and baked until the edges ca...
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