Langafasta

Lent

On Shrove Monday, people in Iceland celebrate "bolludagur", on this day people traditionally eat balls made of yeast dough, sponge dough or choux pastry filled with cream, jam or chocolate.

On “Sprengidagur“, Shrove Tuesday, you eat your fill again, with lots of meat and fatty foods.

While in the past people ate their fill mainly on Hangikjöt, since the end of the 19th century the traditional dish for Shrove Tuesday has been Saltkjöt og Baunir .

And on Ash Wednesday, “öskudagur”, Lent, “langafasta”, begins. It used to be a time of inner contemplation; people did not eat meat during Lent until Easter, and some people also fasted on fish or milk/dairy products.

My Skyr diet

This year I decided to eat as consciously and as protein-rich as possible during Lent - this year I want to try a Skyr diet, i.e. Skyr as an essential ingredient in my dishes.

Due to our spontaneous trip to Iceland to buy a house, I'm not quite on schedule, so I'll gradually add the dishes here to the list in the near future!


Breakfast

- Bláberjaskyrdrykkur
- Skyrdrykkur með spinati og berjum
- Hafragrautur með skyri
- Skyr cream
- Skyr Lummur
- Vöfflur með skyri

Main courses

- Nuðlur með skyrsósu
- Bankabygg með grænmeti
- Rófusúpa með skyri
- Blómkálssúpa með skyri
- Gulrótarsúpa með skyri
- Skyr með bökuðum tómötum
- Kínakál með laxi
- Kartöflur með ídýfu
- Kartöflusalat með skyri
- Steiktar kartöflur með skyri
- Grillað lambakjöt með skyrsósu
- Hakkterta
- Kjúklingasúpa með sveppum
- Bygotto með gulrótum og skyri  
- Lagsalat með skyri
- Lagsalat with skinku
- Hrásalat með skyri
- Kjúklingasúpa með vanilluskyri
- Skyrídýfa með fersku grænmeti

Breads

- Piparostabrauð
- Runnstykki með skyri
- Bananabrauð með skyri

Desserts

- Eftirréttir í glasi
- Skyr cream (see above)
- Hindberja-skyr-ís
- Sitronuskyr
- Avax tobacco
- Súkkulaðiskyr með myntu




[Translated from here.]