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The potatoes pictured in this post were baked, cooled, cut into squares then sautéed with a tablespoon of coconut oil and seasoning. This is a very simple meal to prepare and the results are delicious!

Ingredients
2 medium baked Yellow Potatoes
1-2 cups sliced Mushrooms
1 medium Tomatoes
5 stems Green Onion
1 tbsp. Coconut Oil

Seasoning
Garlic Powder
Salt
Pepper

Instructions

After the potatoes, mushrooms, tomatoes, and green onions are cut and sliced, add the coconut oil to a sauté pan with the potatoes and mushrooms. Sautee in medium heat. After five minutes or when the mushrooms are tender, add the tomatoes and green onions. Next, add the seasoning and sauté for another three minutes.

The potatoes were baked and refrigerated the previous day but they don’t need to be prebaked. You can use raw potatoes instead.  Cook them separately in high heat before adding other ingredients. You can substitute the coconut oil with half a cup of water or 1-2 tbsp. of olive oil.

Here is a Perfect Sautéed Potatoes Recipe that includes olive oil. Only natural oils are allowed on the Daniel Fast. Keep in mind that processed oils and deep fried foods are not allowed.

Note:
The image doesn’t display the entire quantity cooked.  There were leftovers for lunch the next day that were reheated with a cup of peas.

Click here for the permissible foods list.
Click here a our Daniel Fast grocery list.

Don’t forget to schedule some extra time to pray for your needs and for the salvation of your friends and family.

Pasta is permissible during the Daniel Fast, just make sure the package says whole grain.  There should be no additives or preservatives listed in the ingredients, so please read the labels. Tonight’s dinner was made with Ultragrain Elbows with Quinoa.  A product made by Hodgson Mill.  You can find this at your local Save Mart supermarket.

Ingredients as listed on package:

Whole Wheat Flour, Durum Flour, Quinoa Flour

This is not your usual breakfast.  Salad is not the first thing that most people think about in the morning, but the New Life Prayer and Fasting Journey is an unusual time, requiring us to do unusual things. Whatever your prayer and fasting goals are they will require a change. Change demands us to stop doing what we normally do by replacing our old habits with new ones.

The word fast in Hebrew means to abstain from food.  The purpose of fasting is to demonstrate repentance and making supplication to God through self-denial, allowing the Spirit of God to predominate.   It is a time to prioritize the Spirit over the flesh.

Don’t worry, I’m not advocating that you have salad for breakfast but in preparing for the Daniel Fast I wanted to give this a try.  I took the baked sweet potato recipe from the previous day and modified it.  Baked sweet potatoes were already in my refrigerator so I peeled and cut one up into squares, then I sautéed the squares with 2 tsp of coconut oil while adding salt, pepper, garlic and Kirkland Organic No Salt Seasoning.

For the salad I added Organic Spring Mix, tomatoes, avocado, peas and walnuts.  I drizzled a tiny bit of extra virgin olive oil over the salad and with fresh lemon juice.  Lemon is a quick and easy dressing for salads anytime.

Honesty the savory sweet potatoes with the salad was delicious.  I almost wish I ate this way all the time.  All it takes is a little bit of planning.