| Easy and delicious to prepare during the Lenten | | | | 3-eggs, scrambled with 1-cup water added(egg |
| season when eating meat is not an option. Serve | | | | wash) |
| with a tossed green salad and whole wheat dinner | | | | 1-tablespoon hot sauce |
| rolls. At other times serve them as a side dish | | | | Seasonings: |
| with a whole roasted chicken and vegetables. | | | | Salt & pepper |
| Meatless Stuffed Bell Peppers | | | | 1-bay leaf, finely crushed |
| 3-large bell peppers-cleaned, with the white rind | | | | ½-cup dried parsley flakes |
| removed and cut into halves | | | | 1/8-tsp. cayenne pepper |
| 2-cups cooked brown rice | | | | ½-tsp. thyme |
| 1-cup mushrooms, cleaned with the stems | | | | ½-tsp oregano |
| removed | | | | 1/2-tsp. garlic powder |
| ¾-cup onion, chopped | | | | Directions: Soak the redfish in a small amount of |
| ½-cup bell pepper, chopped | | | | salt water. Rinse the fish and pat it drywith a |
| ½-cup fresh tomatoes, chopped | | | | paper towel. Cut it into chunks. In a medium sized |
| Salt & pepper to taste | | | | bowl: mix together the fish fry, the flour and the |
| Topping: | | | | seasonings. In another bowl: combine the egg |
| 1-tsp dried parsley flakes | | | | wash and the hot sauce. |
| ¼-cup Italian bread crumbs | | | | First dip the fish chunks into the wet mixture then |
| ¼-cup parmasean cheese | | | | the dry one. Into a large skillet or dutch oven |
| Directions: In a mini chopper or food | | | | heat enough vegetable oil to fry the fish. Carefully |
| processor-grind the raw mushrooms for a few | | | | place the fish into the hotoil a few chunks at a |
| seconds. Into a large skillet: Saute the mushrooms | | | | time cooking them until the coating is browned. |
| and the vegetables in a teaspoonful of | | | | Drain the chunks ona plate with a few sheets of |
| Canola oil. Add the cooked rice and season with | | | | paper towels. Heat an oven to 350 degrees and |
| the salt and the pepper. Fill the raw bell pepper | | | | put the fish chunks into a rectangle baking dish |
| halves with the rice mixture. In a small bowl: Mix | | | | that has been sprayed with some commercial |
| together; the parsley flakes, the | | | | cooking oil for about fifteen minutes more. Wrap |
| Italian bread crumbs and the parmasean cheese. | | | | the whole wheat tortillas in some foil and warmfor |
| Spoon the topping onto the bell pepper halves. | | | | fifteen minutes. Shred some lettuce, chop |
| Bake at 350 degrees until the bell peppers are | | | | tomatoes, chopped dill pickles and chopped red |
| tender. | | | | onions. To dress the taco: Put a couple of fish |
| Traditionally, seafood is eaten on Fridays during | | | | chunks into the warmed tortilla andadd the |
| Lent. Nothing tastes better than fried fish tacos in | | | | vegetables. Spoon with some homemade tartar |
| a soft wheat tortilla and dressed with shredded | | | | sauce. |
| lettuce, chopped tomatoes, chopped red onions | | | | Tartar Sauce |
| and chopped pickles with a dollop of homemade | | | | 1-cup mayonnaise |
| tartar sauce. | | | | 1-cup chopped dill pickles |
| 2-lbs of red fish, filleted with the bones removed | | | | 1-tsp. hot sauce |
| 1-package fish fry | | | | Directions: In a food processor, mini chopper or a |
| 1-cup all purpose flour | | | | blender: Combine ingredients. |