MARCH 2020

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1 Forgiveness Sunday 2 Kathara Deftera / 3 First Tuesday of Lent 4 First Wednesday of Lent 5 First Thursday of Lent 6 First Friday of Lent 7 First Saturday of Lent First Monday of Lent B: Cereal with dairy-free milk B: Fresh fruit, rice cake + B: Toast + jam + Fruit B: Cereal with dairy- B: Toast + peanut Legend: B: Toast + Peanut Butter L: Lagana, Taramosalata, almond butter smoothie * free milk butter and jam B: Breakfast and jam Olives, Tomatoes L: Fava, pita bread, L: Taramosalata, pita L: Manestra L: Chickpea soup L: Lunch L: Lagana, Taramosalata, D: Fava + Green salad with olives, tomatoes bread, olives, tomatoes D: Beans and rice D: Yemista D: Dinner Olives, Tomatoes tahini dressing D: Fakes D: Black eyed pea soup D&S: Olives + Pita D&S: Vegan date cake D&S: Dessert and Snacks D: Fava + Rapini + Lagana D&S: Vegan rizogalo, D&S: Rice cakes + with kale bread D&S: Halva Veggies and hummus tahini, honey and D&S: Dates stuffed with *See recipe at end of pumpkin seeds * almond butter and coco- calendar Fresh fruit nut, Fresh fruit

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B: Vegan date cake, Fruit B: Cereal with dairy-free B: Toast, Peanut Butter + jam B: Cereal with dairy-free B: Rice cakes + tahini, B: Fresh fruit, rice B: Toast, Almond but- smoothie * milk L: Briam milk honey and pumpkin cake, almond butter ter + jam L: Yemista L: Fasolatha with tomato D: Fakes L: Fasolatha with tomato seeds * L: Chickpea fritters + L: Vegan spanakopita D: Briam D: Eggplant stew D&S: Veggies + fava D: Potatoes yahni L: Stewed green peas Maroulosalata D: Mussels with red D&S: Fresh fruit D&S: Vegan date cake D&S: Vegan rizogalo D: Chickpea fritters + D: Chili lime shrimp sauce Rice with vegetables lettuce wraps D&S: Chocolate halva D&S: Fruit smoothie * D&S: Chocolate halva

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B: Fruit smoothie + Rice B: Cereal with dairy-free B: Fresh fruit, rice cake, al- B: Vegan banana bread B: Toast, Peanut Butter B: Fruit smoothie* + B: Tiganites cakes and almond butter milk mond butter L: Apple and almond + jam Toast with jam L: Briam L: Potato salad L: Red lentil and bulgur L: Red lentil and bulgur wraps salad L: Herbed orzo with L: Fakes D: Vegan stuffed D: Gigantes plaki wraps D: Mung bean soup D: Black eyed pea soup chickpeas D: Briam eggplant D&S: Tiganites D: Beans and rice D&S: Veggies + hummus, with kale D: Fried calamari + D&S: Vegan banana D&S: Fresh fruit D&S: Vegan banana bread Mixed nuts D&S: Fresh fruit, Rapini + French fries bread Apple and rasp- Mixed nuts D&S: Fresh fruit berry halva MARCH 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

22 Sunday of the Holy Cross 23 24 25 Annuciation of the 26 27 28 Theotokos B: Bagels with “smoked salmon” B: Oatmeal with non-dairy B: Bagels with “smoked B: Bagels with “smoked B: Fresh fruit, Vegan B: Oatmeal with non- L: Fasolatha milk salmon” B: Toast with almond salmon” banana bread dairy milk D: Calamari and rice L: Pasta with tomato sauce L: Potatoes yahni butter L: Tomato and mango L: Potato salad L: Black-eyed pea salad D&S: Vegan date cake D: Green beans with D: Spanakorizo L: Fava + pita bread + salad + pita bread + D: Yiouvetsi with chick- D: Orzo with shrimp potatoes D&S: Vegan date cake crudites fava peas D&S: Vegan banana D&S: Rice cakes + almond D: Cod and skorkalia D: Black-eyed peas and D&S: Halva bread butter D&S: Fresh fruit + spinach Fresh fruit mixed nuts D&S: Halva

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B: Cereal with non-dairy milk B: Vegan banana bread B: Oatmeal with non- L: Rice with vegetables L: Manestra dairy milk D: Vegan pastichio D: Fried calamari , French L: Salad with tahini D&S: Fresh fruit + mixed nuts fries + Broccoli salad dressing D&S: Veggies + hummus D: Chickpea soup D&S: Dates stuffed with almond butter and coconut APRIL 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4

B: Toast + peanut B: Fruit smoothie* + B: Cereal with non- B: Oatmeal with non- butter + jam rice cakes + tahini dairy milk dairy milk L: Fakes L: Chickpea soup L: Manestra L: Pumpkin pita D: Eggplant stew D: Stewed green peas D: Black eyed pea soup D: Eggplant, zucchini D&S: Chocolate and D&S: Fava + veggies with kale and potato bake strawberry cookies D&S: Chocolate and D&S: Dried fruit + strawberry cookies mixed nuts

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B: Fruit smoothie* + Toast with B: Rice cakes + jam, Fresh B: Bagels* + peanut B: Fruit smoothie* + B: Toast + peanut butter B: Cereal with dairy-free B: Fresh fruit, Oatmeal almond butter fruit butter Bagel with jam + jam milk with non dairy milk L: Fasolatha with tomato L: Yemista L: Spanakorizo L: Beans and rice L: Spanakorizo L: Fakes L: Pasta with tomato D: Yemista D: Roasted cauliflower D: Orzo with shrimp D: Eggplant stew D: Chickpea soup D: Vegan stuffed sauce D&S: Vegan rizogalo D&S: pita bread + hummus D&S: Fresh fruit + D&S: Veggies with D&S: Chocolate halva eggplant D: Mussels with red mixed nuts hummus D&S: Fresh fruit + sauce mixed nuts D&S: Chocolate halva

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B: Fruit smoothie, Toast + jam B: Vegan banana bread B: Fresh fruit, Toast + B: Vegan banana bread B: Toast + jam B: Toast + jam B: Oatmeal + non-dairy L: Cod with eggplant and L: Fakes almond butter L: Fasolatha L: Manestra L: Olives, sliced milk potatoes D: Briam L: Potatoes yahni D: Eggplant, zucchini D: Gigantes plaki tomatoes, cucumber, L: Fasolatha with tomato D: Fried calamari, Taramosala- D&S: Veggies + hummus D: Chickpea soup and potato bake D&S: Vegan banana toast D: Vegan spanakopita ta, Marinated olives, Pita bread, D&S: Fresh fruit + D&S: Dates stuffed with bread D: Fakes D&S: Fruit + mixed nuts D&S: Vegan banana bread mixed nuts almond butter and D&S: Fruit, nuts, Veggies with coconut vegetables hummus

19 Great and Holy Pascha 20 Renewal Monday 21 22 23 24 25 2020 Great Lent Meal Plan Helpful Hints  Many of the recipe listed contain olive oil. In all instances, the olive oil can be replaced with vegetable oil, or another type of oil. If you are abstaining from oil completely, many of the recipes can omit the oil. For example, if you are making the Fakes and do not want to use oil, simply sauté the vegetables in a bit of water instead of oil.

 You will notice that some menu items repeat within a given week; this is because we anticipate that you will have left-overs or, if you are feeding many, that you will adjust the recipe amount to ensure you have leftovers. This makes meal prep simpler. Because of this, it is helpful to look through the recipes for the entire week, and plan accord- ingly.

 We have also considered that many of us work out of the house during the day and therefore, suggested lunches are items that can easily be packed up and either reheated, or served cold or at room temperature.

 If you click on the menu items which are in blue and underlined, you will be taken directly to the recipe post on our website.

 We will continue to add to our Nistisima recipes during the period of Great Lent; you can visit our website for all of our recipes: www.miakouppa.com

* Fruit smoothie: * Rice cakes with tahini, honey and pumpkin seeds Option 1: In a blender combine 1 cup of non-dairy milk or orange juice, 1/2 cup of frozen To prepare this snack or breakfast simply spread fruit of your choice and blend well. as much tahini as you would like onto your rice cakes, drizzle with honey and top with pumpkin Option 2: seeds. In a blender combine 1 cup of non-dairy milk, 1 frozen banana, 1 tablespoon al- mond butter, 1 pitted date and blend well.

Option 2: In a blender combine 1 cup of orange juice, 1 tablespoon of maple syrup, 1/2