2016 Fast: Scripture Reading & Meal Plan

My personal 2016 Fast plan as promised!

Each day I included the Scripture I will be studying (selected from a previous Love God Greatly study called "Intentionally Focused") as well as the meals I will be eating (Daniel Fast friendly). It took me awhile to put this together so I wanted to share in case it helps simplify things for you.

I don't want the fast to be all about the food. I don't want to spend a lot of time thinking and stressing about food when I should be spending time with God. So in order to avoid that, I made a plan. I selected simple recipes and each day I eat leftovers from the day before for lunch. Later in the plan I even eat frozen leftovers I made earlier in the plan to save even more effort on food. Most of these are recipes my kids will eat too so I won't have to make two different meals and can just supplement theirs with grilled chicken breast or pasta. I will include links to the recipes below with notes on how they must be modified to fit the Daniel Fast guidelines. Check out this Food List for what you should/shouldn't eat if you are doing the Daniel Fast. 

2016 Fast Living with Intention	Personal Plan: Daniel Fast & Social Media Fast				Anytime Snacks: Fresh Juice Fruit&Veggie Smoothies Carrots w/ hummus	Celery w/PB Nuts Popcorn Roasted Chickpeas
Jan 3 Ephesians 5:1-14 Banana w/PB Garden Salad Red Beans and Rice	Jan 4 Ephesians 5:15-21 Oatmeal w/fruit Red Beans and Rice Chunky Veggie Chili (make extra & freeze)	Jan 5 Hebrews 12:1-3 Apple w/PB Chunky Veggie Chili Baba Ganoush w/beet chips	Jan 6 Philippians 3:12-14 Oatmeal w/fruit Baba Ganoush Lentil Soup (make extra & freeze)	Jan 7 Psalm 90 Banana w/PB Lentil Soup Cranberry-Cilantro-Quinoa Salad	Jan 8 John 6:35 John 8:12 John 10:11 John 14:6 John 15:5 Oatmeal w/fruit Cranberry-Ciliantro-Quinoa Salad Sweet Potato-Carrot-Apple-Lentil Soup	Jan 9 John 4:1-14 Apple w/PB Sweet potato- Carrot- Apple- Lentil Soup Roasted Garlic Broccoli over Quinoa
Jan 10 Psalm 63:1-8 Oatmeal w/fruit Roasted Garlic Broccoli over Quinoa Roasted Eggplant spread with Lentil crackers	Jan 11 Hebrews 4:12-13 Banana w/PB Eggplant spread with lentil crackers Zoodles w/Marinara (make extra marinara & freeze)	Jan 12 Romans 8:1-8 Oatmeal w/fruit Zoodles w/Marinara Red Beans and Rice Casserole with Guacamole	Jan 13 Romans 12:1-2 Apple w/PB Red Beans and Rice Casserole with Guacamole Garden Salad	Jan 14 Philippians 4:8 Oatmeal w/fruit Garden Salad Chili (from freezer)	Jan 15 2 Corinthians 10:1-5 Banana w/ PB Chili Lentil soup (from freezer)	Jan 16 Colossians 3:1-3 Oatmeal w/fruit Lentil Soup Zoodles w/Marinara (from freezer)

Recipe Links:

Red Beans and Rice

Chunky Veggie Chili 

*omit sugar

Baba Ganoush

Lentil Soup

Cranberry-Cilantro-Quinoa Salad

*make sure to get unsweetened cranberries

Sweet Potato- Carrot- Apple- Red Lentil Soup

*use olive oil instead of butter

Roasted Broccoli with Garlic

Roasted Eggplant Spread

Marinara Sauce

*or buy jarred, just make sure to check ingredients for added sugar

**Zoodles are just zucchini noodles (make with a veggie peeler or spiralizer and steam for a few minutes)

Red Bean and Rice Casserole with Guacamole

Spicy Over-Roasted Chickpeas

If you have simple, Daniel-fast friendly recipes you love, please share in the comments for future reference! Thanks!