Thursday, December 31, 2015

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:


*omit sugar



*make sure to get unsweetened cranberries

*use olive oil instead of butter



*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)



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



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