A week of lenten dinners, on your budget
Tasty, cheap fasting dinners with the shopping list made for you. You pick the budget and the shop, Sprout picks the recipes.
Next fast: the Nativity Fast, 15 November – 24 December 2026
Make my fasting planExample: 5 lenten dinners for 2 people
About 94,19 lei for the whole week at Lidl, with estimated prices. Your plan follows your budget, your shop and your tastes.
How Sprout handles fasting
Wednesdays and Fridays
Pick "Wednesdays and Fridays" and those days get lenten dinners. Fast-free weeks are respected.
The fasting periods
With "Wednesdays, Fridays and the fasting periods", Sprout follows the Orthodox calendar: Great Lent, the Apostles' Fast, the Dormition Fast and the Nativity Fast.
Every day
Every dinner in the plan is lenten, however long the week.
Fish allowed
Tick "Fish allowed on fasting days" and fish recipes can appear on fasting days too.
Questions
What is lenten ("de post") food?
Lenten food has no meat, milk, cheese, eggs or other animal products. It is cooked from vegetables, beans, lentils, chickpeas, peas, grains, mushrooms and oil. In Sprout, lenten recipes have no animal products, and fish only appears if you allow it.
Can I eat fish during a fast?
Some days of the fasting periods allow fish, for example the Annunciation and Palm Sunday. Ask your priest for the exact rule. In Sprout, tick "Fish allowed on fasting days" and fish recipes can appear on fasting days.
When does the Nativity Fast start?
The Nativity Fast starts on 15 November and lasts until 24 December 2026, 40 days in all. Sprout follows it for you if you pick "Wednesdays, Fridays and the fasting periods".
How much does a week of lenten dinners cost?
The menu above, 5 lenten dinners for 2 people, costs about 94,19 lei at Lidl, around 9,42 lei a portion, with estimated prices. The cost depends on the shop and on what you already have at home.