St. Peter’s Fish In Matthew 17:24–27 we find the story of the miracle known as the “coin in the fish's mouth.” Jesus tells Peter to go catch a fish in the Sea of Galilee, in which he will find a coin with which he is to pay the temple tax. Galilean tradition tells us...
Sacred and Immaculate Heart Veggie and Fruit Platters While you can’t go wrong with a heart-shaped cake or jello mold (well, scratch that, you CAN definitely go wrong with a heart-shaped jello mold, but it will still be fine), sometimes you want a healthy feast day...
Ugandan Kabobs If you’ve got The Catholic All Year Compendium, you might remember the story of our Advent novena with a Ugandan priest who told the kids a VERY memorable tale about the Christmas Eve slaughtering of cows in Uganda. So we make these Ugandan Kabobs for...
Ss. Peter and Paul Tents and Fish This is more of a concept than a recipe and as much an activity as a meal, but I wanted to share it as an example of how catechism and food are tied together in our home. Whether it’s as simple as an apple on the feast of Ss. Adam and...
St. John the Baptist Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie I think you guys already know where I stand on whether you should be eating actual locusts/grasshoppers for the nativity of St. John the Baptist. (Spoiler alert: I think you should.) But you might ALSO like to serve this...
Pastrami on Rye St. Anthony died at the age of thirty-five after becoming sick with ergotism, the result of long-term exposure to grains (in his case rye) contaminated with a fungus. The condition is sometimes called “St. Anthony’s Fire.” He was canonized less than a...
The Iconic CAY Sacred Jello Heart I stood in my kitchen one Friday afternoon, looking at a slightly runny red gelatin heart, decorated with orange segments and pretzel sticks. It was sitting before me, somewhat off-center on its cake plate. It was supposed to be the...
Pentecost Mini Cherry Cheesecakes Pentecost is the name of the Jewish festival that was being celebrated in Jerusalem when the Holy Spirit first descended upon Mary and the disciples. It is also called the Feast of Weeks or Shavuot. Originally, this was a spring...
Fruits of the Holy Spirit Salad The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. The fruit of the salad . . . is up to you. This old school 1960s parish-cookbook recipe features a “dressing” which is...
St. John Fisher Easy Fish Tacos If you didn’t grow up in Southern California like I did, fish tacos might sound a bit unusual. But if you’re okay with fish sticks and tortillas, you’ve got nothing to worry about. Because that’s all it is! This is a fun and portable...
Herbed Trinity Cloverleaf Rolls While no analogy will ever actually explain or actually help us understand the Trinity (so we should probably quit trying) . . . symbols of the Trinity can help us remember and devote ourselves to the mystery of three persons in one...
Mini-Turducken In the Trinity Sunday section in The Catholic All Year Compendium, I wrote: I have a liturgical living bucket list of crazy foods I would like to someday be able to serve for feast days. They haven’t happened yet because they are difficult to obtain or...