What will YOU give up for Lent?

[Beach Runner]

Yep. I think I shall eat all white tomorrow.

I think I shall drink La Crema tomorrow after work.

 

[Matt J]

What about yellow potatoes or sweet potatoes?

 

[DD]

What about yellow potatoes or sweet potatoes?

yellow potatoes=no
sweet potatoes=yes

 

[Teresa]

What about yellow potatoes or sweet potatoes?

why, are you doing this with us?

 

[Matt J]

why, are you doing this with us?

Cod no, just giving you options.

 

[Gidget]

Oven roasted sweet potato fries are one of my favorite treats! Add a little olive oil and cumin and salt and pepper. YUM and crisp and you won't miss the white potatoes

Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Fries - Country Living

(I bake mine longer than it says and also, I cut mine thinner as I like crispness to mine)

My Catholic friends and family say that each Sunday is like a small "Easter" and so you can have what you like on all Sundays prior to Easter. In fact, I just read this on Wiki

The six Sundays in Lent are not counted among the forty days because each Sunday represents a "mini-Easter", a celebration of Jesus' victory over sin and death.
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So, you just have to get from Mon to Saturday and then go hog while on Sundays.

Good luck and TRY those sp fries!!

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G

PS I have lots of tips. In other words, I'm full of it!! But I've been doing this for so long that I've learned a lot of "tricks" that realllllly help!

 

[Gidget]

Cod no, just giving you options.

My morning laugh

 

[iwishiwasthere]

I'm going to eat all the potatoes in the house tomorrow. pasta is hard enough, but potatoes - I adore with all my heart. no french fries for lent? I've done it before. but I haven't given up all white foods though. ever. not even for a day.

I did this about 6 years ago and felt wonderful...unbelievable energy! At first I missed potatoes, but once they are out of your system, it is not a problem. Even to this day I will take sweet potatoes over white. Sweet potato fries are so yummy! I use sea salt and cinnamon. Butter can be a great side for dipping the fries if you want to splurge! My downfall will be pasta! I eat it 2-3 times a week as it is quick and versatile. Guess I will be back on squash spaghetti which needs quite a bit of doctoring!!

I have a few really good recipes I will post that helped me to be very satisfied. Once it gets going, it is not worth it to splurge on Sunday ...for me anyway. I am a true addict! But it will be a real sacrifice for Lent.

 

[gardening1970]

I think I just read that the no white food diet includes yellow cheese since it starts out white before the food coloring is added. That may be a deal breaker for me, unless I partake of the Sunday exemption Gidget referenced.

 

[scooterbug44]

Well, I can't give up all white food, potatoes, white and yellow cheese, AND wine! Anorexia is not an appropriate Lenten resolution!