I wish you a blessed Holy Week! We couldn't go to church, of course, and had read a suggestion to put up branches and flowers in the window. Our windows can't be seen from the street, so we decided to decorate our gate. We hadn't taken these palm branches and crosses back to the church to be burned, so we used them today. This is going to be a strange Holy Week. We are so grateful for all the streamed church services, but it is hard to be missing them.

Our littles won't be attempting the full fast for the Triduum, of course, so there are some light meal options for them. Soon, they will all be old enough to fast completely!

• Sunday - Palm Sunday
  Breakfast: Yogurt and Jam, Toast, Bananas, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Grilled Tuna Sandwiches, Cool and Creamy Potato and Pea Salad, Pickles, Fruit Plate
• Monday - Holy Monday
  Breakfast: Potato, Pepper and Onion Hash, Sliced Apples, Tea and Honey
  Dinner: Vegan Rouz Bukhari, Battatas Harra, Salad, Oranges
• Tuesday - Holy Tuesday
  Breakfast: Breakfast Vermicelli in Coconut Milk with Cinnamon, Sliced Apples, Coffee
  Dinner: Roasted Root Vegetables, Shaboura Rice, Oranges
• Wednesday - Spy Wednesday
  Breakfast: Toasted Crumpets with Peanut Butter and Honey, Bananas, Tea with Honey
  Dinner: Vegan Ranchero Beans and Rice, Blood Oranges
• Thursday - Maundy Thursday
  Breakfast: Lenten French Toast (page 101 in Fasting as a Family), Coffee
  Dinner: Baked Potatoes with Faux Cheese Sauce* and Steamed Vegetables, Sliced Apples
• Friday - Good Friday
  Breakfast: Fried Bananas with Coconut Cream (page 93 in Fasting as a Family), Toast, Tea with Honey
  Dinner: Spring Herb Soup, Bavarian Pretzels
• Saturday - Vigil/Bright Saturday
  Breakfast: Steel Cut Oats with Raisins and Cinnamon, Coffee
  Dinner: Black Bean, Corn, Tomato and Avocado Salad, Oranges

What is on your menu this week? I hope these breakfast and dinner ideas help you make plans, too. If you want a recipe, ask and I will provide it as soon as I can. If there are any starred recipes, I will follow up separately with a weekly recipe round up on Saturday.



Linking to Menu Plan Monday
Here are some resources for good, orthodox, liturgical worship services to participate in from home Saint Michael's, Our Lady Star of the Sea, Diocese of Cascadia Anglican Church, Orthodox Church of the Redeemer. If you don't have a church broadcast, perhaps this will help you worship and focus on the Lord and how you can serve His people during this time.

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