What’s for dinner during Lent? Two words: Fish fry. Some families live and die by Fish Fry Fridays during Lent, but my clan is not one of them. Heck, my young daughter refuses to eat fish more than once a month, so weekly doses of seafood often result in hunger strikes (which, I suppose is not entirely inappropriate during Lent).
If your family is tiring of the same ol’ Friday night fish stick dinner, then consider the following non-seafood Lenten recipes. Not only are they simple to make, they are also incredibly inexpensive:
VEGETARIAN PIZZA POCKETS
Ingredients:
12 Rhodes Texas rolls, thawed but still cold
1 cup pizza sauce
2 to 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Your favorite non-meat pizza toppings (olives, green peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, etc.)
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Roll or stretch each roll into a large circle.
Place some pizza sauce in the middle of each roll. Top with cheese and toppings. Fold over the filling, to the middle and pinch all seams to seal.
Place pizza pockets on a sprayed baking sheet. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
CAESAR SALAD PIZZA
Ingredients:
1 warm pre-baked pizza crust
1 1/2 cups your favorite creamy Caesar salad dressing
1 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Fresh ground black pepper
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 garlic clove, minced
1 8-ounce block cream cheese
1 to 2 cups shredded Parmesan cheese
5 cups chopped romaine
1 cup diced, seeded Roma tomato
Directions:
In a bowl, whisk together Caesar dressing, lemon juice and some fresh black pepper.
Cover and refrigerate remaining dressing mixture.
When ready for pizza, mix together reserved half of the Caesar dressing mixture and cream cheese until smooth. Add garlic and grated Parmesan cheese. Spread mixture on top of warm pizza crust. Top with lettuce, and then sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and tomatoes.
Slice into wedges and serve.
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