Non-Fasting Recipes

Other Non Fasting

Picante Peppers Stuffed with Goat Cheese and Fig (Aldi-Style)

If you have had the Aldi Specially Selected Cheese-Stuffed Picante Peppers in the Fig Goat variety, you know. Sweet-h...

Middle Eastern Non Fasting

Kibbeh bil Sanieh — Baked Stuffed Kibbeh

The queen of Levantine tables — a tray-baked version of Syrian-Lebanese kibbeh, with two layers of spiced bulgur-and-...

Romanian Non Fasting

Tochitură — Pork and Polenta Stew

A Transylvanian shepherd's meal turned national institution — cubes of pork pan-seared with smoked sausage and bacon,...

Serbian Non Fasting

Krofne — Serbian Jelly Doughnuts

Soft, airy, round Serbian doughnuts — essentially the Serbian version of the Central European jelly doughnut (Berline...

Romanian Non Fasting

Drob de Miel — Romanian Paschal Lamb Loaf

The Paschal lamb dish of Romania — a loaf made from lamb offal, pork, fresh herbs, garlic, and eggs, wrapped in caul ...

Greek Non Fasting

Spanakopita — Spinach and Feta Pie

Layers of shatteringly crisp phyllo dough wrapped around a savoury filling of wilted spinach, herbs, and feta. Spanak...

Georgian Non Fasting

Chakhokhbili — Chicken Stew with Tomatoes and Herbs

Named for its original version made with pheasant (khokhobi), chakhokhbili is now made with chicken in every Georgian...

Romanian Non Fasting

Cârnați cu Varză — Romanian Sausages with Cabbage

Romanian homemade pork sausages simmered and then browned alongside braised sauerkraut. A dish of extraordinary simpl...

Middle Eastern Non Fasting

Shish Tawook — Marinated Grilled Chicken Skewers

The great chicken kebab of the Levant — yogurt-marinated chicken cubes, softly tangy from lemon, grilled over coals u...

Middle Eastern Non Fasting

Fatayer Jibneh — Cheese Pies

Small triangular pies filled with a bright, minted cheese mixture — Lebanese fatayer come in spinach (fasting-friendl...

Serbian Non Fasting

Pečenica — Serbian Paschal Roast Lamb

The centrepiece of Serbian Easter — a whole spring lamb roasted slowly on a rotating spit (ražanj) over wood coals. T...

Greek Non Fasting

Galaktoboureko — Phyllo Custard Pie

A warm, vanilla-scented semolina custard wrapped in buttery phyllo, baked until golden, then drenched in citrus syrup...

Greek Non Fasting

Magiritsa — Paschal Lamb Offal Soup

The traditional soup eaten at midnight after the Paschal Liturgy, magiritsa breaks the forty-day Lenten fast with lam...

Romanian Non Fasting

Salată de Boeuf — Romanian Beef and Vegetable Salad

A layered holiday salad found at every Romanian Christmas, New Year, and Easter table — diced boiled beef, carrots, p...

Romanian Non Fasting

Ciorba de Burta — Tripe Sour Soup

A classic Romanian sour soup — gently simmered veal tripe in a tangy broth soured with bors (fermented wheat liquid),...

Romanian Non Fasting

Pască — Romanian Paschal Cheese Bread

The second great Romanian Paschal bread — a round, flat-topped loaf with a cross-shaped braid on top and a rich filli...

Georgian Non Fasting

Chikhirtma — Georgian Chicken Soup with Egg and Lemon

A silken, golden chicken soup thickened with egg yolks and sharpened with lemon or vinegar — Georgia's answer to avgo...

Serbian Non Fasting

Musaka — Serbian Potato and Meat Casserole

Completely distinct from Greek moussaka (no eggplant, no béchamel), Serbian musaka is a layered casserole of thinly-s...

Russian Non Fasting

Пельмени — Siberian Meat Dumplings

Пельмени are small meat-filled dumplings, a dish born in Siberia where cooks would make enormous batches and freeze t...

Greek Non Fasting

Tsoureki — Greek Paschal Sweet Bread

The Greek Paschal bread — a tall, braided loaf enriched with butter, eggs, and scented with two distinctive spices: m...

Romanian Non Fasting

Mămăligă cu Brânză și Smântână — Polenta with Cheese and Sour Cream

The simplest Romanian peasant supper and also one of the most beloved — thick golden cornmeal polenta topped with cru...

Russian Non Fasting

Куриная Лапша — Chicken Noodle Soup

The classic Russian chicken soup — deep golden broth, tender shredded chicken, hand-cut egg noodles, and a generous h...

Russian Non Fasting

Оливье — Russian Olivier Salad

Invented in the 1860s by a Belgian chef in Moscow, Olivier salad (known abroad as "Russian salad") is inseparable fro...

Georgian Non Fasting

Mtsvadi — Georgian Pork Shashlik

Mtsvadi is Georgia's grilled meat — large chunks of pork marinated simply in salt, pepper, and fresh herbs, then gril...

Serbian Non Fasting

Slavski Kolač — Slava Bread

The ritual bread of the Serbian slava — every Serbian Orthodox family celebrates their patron saint day with a prescr...