During Great Lent, the Orthodox world observes the rules prescribed by the Church, limiting itself in food and entertainment. This is a time for prayers and abstinence, which helps souls to free themselves from the accumulated negativity.

Great Lent precedes the feast of Bright Easter, the main event in the Orthodox world. Many for the first time try to stick to the lenten menu, which is recommended by the clergy. In 2018, Lent will begin on February 19 and will last until April 7. Do not equate abstinence prescribed by the church with a regular diet, otherwise your efforts will be in vain. These days, pay attention to your emotions and try to bring them into harmony, ask for forgiveness from everyone you offended, and let go of your own grievances.

Menu during Lent

Do not forget that only physically healthy people can adhere to such a menu. Children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with chronic illnesses can be relieved. The purpose of fasting is not to harm your body, but to cultivate fortitude, to fight temptations and negativity.

The first week of Lent, like the last, are the most stringent. These are the days of abstinence and prayers, with the help of which everyone purifies the soul.

On Monday, Wednesday and Friday you can eat foods that are not subjected to heat treatment. These are fruits, vegetables, bread, herbs, nuts.

Tuesday and Thursday eat food in the evening. After the traditional prayer, hot food is allowed, but without the addition of oil.

On Saturday and Sunday the church allows concessions. Believers can sip dry red wine, add vegetable-based oil to food, and the use of dried fruits and nuts is also allowed.

Last week of fasting, nicknamed Holy Week, is as strict as the first week. On Friday, believers refrain from eating, using only yesterday's bread and water. On Saturday, eating is prohibited at all.

Every day you can use a new combination of products so that abstinence is not too difficult for you. You can use the suggested recommendations, as well as supplement the menu with your own recipes for lenten dishes.

1 Week

Monday: food refusal time.

Tuesday: black bread, preferably yesterday's or dried, kvass, water, fruit drink or compote. Sugar should not be consumed.

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: meal time without cooking. Fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts, dried fruits, herbs, bread or crackers. On Saturday, you can add grape juice to the menu, which contains a reduced sugar content.

Sunday: you can cook porridge or a light soup with cabbage, vegetable-based oils are allowed, as well as a glass of dry red wine.

2-6 weeks

IN Monday for breakfast, you can cook buckwheat porridge in water, for lunch, cook soup with cabbage, potato cutlets, eat any fruit. For dinner, you should drink only tea without sugar or water.

In Tuesday in the morning, prepare oatmeal, a salad of fresh vegetables. For lunch, treat your loved ones with vermicelli soup, and for the second - barley porridge seasoned with mushrooms. For dinner, it is recommended to abstain from food.

IN Wednesday the first meal may consist of rice porridge, lunch may consist of hodgepodge with mushrooms and coleslaw with carrots, and dinner should be skipped.

IN Thursday start the day with corn porridge, adding dried fruits to it. For lunch, cook sauerkraut soup with rye bread, prepare a vegetable or fruit salad, and for dinner, make mashed potatoes with homemade preparations.

IN Friday housewives can try barley porridge, cook pea or lentil soup, prepare a fruit salad with vegetables. For dinner, enjoy buckwheat with mushroom sauce.

Saturday you can start your meal with a vitamin vinaigrette, then cook millet porridge with rice for lunch. Use the oven and earthenware to cook it, add dried apricots, raisins or prunes. For dinner, cook pasta and season it with homemade preparations, such as tomato and pepper lecho.

IN Sunday cook oatmeal in water, and then add fresh fruit there, for lunch - lean borscht with fried potatoes, and for dinner - boiled rice with onions and carrots.

7 week

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday- days of eating food without cooking. For snacks, use your favorite fruits, vegetables, dry foods, such as nuts.

IN Thursday it is allowed to cook lean porridge on water with the addition of dried fruits. One meal.

IN Friday Of the products, only bread is allowed, which can be washed down with water.

IN Saturday food intake must be abandoned.

IN Sunday you can cook a low-fat variety of fish, for example, pollock, add vegetable oil to food. It is allowed to drink half a glass of church wine - Cahors.

What foods are allowed during fasting

In the modern world, the abundance of products allows housewives to diversify the menu for the entire time of Lent. Excluded are only products of animal origin, which include eggs, dairy products, meat, fish.

Among the allowed products you can use the following:

• cereals;
• egg-free pasta;
• fruits and dried fruits;
• vegetables;
• greenery;
• nuts;
• homemade pickles and other preparations.

Despite the fact that many are accustomed to using animal products, during fasting, you can easily do without them. So, ordinary milk can be replaced with soy milk, and ketchup can be made from tomatoes with spices.

During fasting, you can try all the variety of cereals that your household will surely like. Boiled in water, cereals do not lose their beneficial properties. Add a handful of nuts and dried fruits to it for a complete meal that is loaded with vitamins.

Housewives can turn to the original Russian menu, cook cabbage soup from fresh or sauerkraut not in the usual way, but after steaming them in the oven. A rich and fragrant broth with the addition of herbs will be a great substitute for meat soup.

Do not forget about mushrooms, which can be compared with meat in terms of satiety. These products will be a great alternative and addition to hot meals. Mushrooms can be added both to soups and porridges, besides, they can serve as an independent dish.

If you decide to fast for the first time, then seek help from a clergyman. He will tell you all the rules and indulgences that are allowed for those who are just starting to master the religion. Do not forget that fasting is a time of prayers, purifying the soul and helping to cope with difficulties. We wish you happiness, and do not forget to press the buttons and

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Working housewives are familiar with the annoying thought boring their heads: what to cook for dinner today? So that thoughts do not drill into your head, but soar, waving culinary excitement like a flag, we offer an approximate lenten menu for a week - only ideas, no exact proportions and recipes, one solid inspiration that you can use at your own discretion.

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Monday

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BREAKFAST

Lean coffee pancakes

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Pancakes in the post - a very real story with the aroma of home comfort, grandmother's hands and memories of a sweet childhood. All that is needed for this delicacy to appear on the table during Lent is to replace milk with any other drink (mineral water, fruit juice, or even ordinary strong tea), and instead of eggs, add a little more flour or starch. Let the dough brew, and then bake the most ordinary thin pancakes. Delicious, tender and lean.

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This time, try to take strong freshly brewed coffee as a base - pancakes with it will turn out with a very unusual flavor, the color is caramel-cream. The drink should be warm - it will brew the flour, so that the dough will come out elastic and strong. Fragrant Lenten Delight!

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Alternative: lean pancakes on tea

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DINNER

Lenten borscht with mushrooms
Thick and rich vegetable broth, thinly sliced ​​beets, finely grated carrots, diced bell peppers, tender strips of cabbage and many, many thin slices of mushrooms - only for the sake of such borscht one can dream of Lent!

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So, take out your proven borscht recipe, instead of meat broth, take vegetable broth, cook as usual, and at the end add a couple of handfuls of finely chopped and fried in vegetable oil champignons or pre-boiled and then fried forest mushrooms to the pan. Amazing result! By the way, such borsch is much tastier on the second day.

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Alternative: lean borscht with prunes

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The vinaigrette
An undeservedly forgotten dish in Lent will come in handy. To make your vinaigrette as tasty as possible, do not forget to buy unrefined sunflower oil, which smells like seeds and contains much more nutrients than its refined “relative”.

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Alternative: "white" vinaigrette without beets (potatoes, beans, sauerkraut, onions, sunflower oil).

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AFTER SNACK

Lean Banana Smoothie
A peeled banana, some berries (raspberries, strawberries, blueberries or cherries from the freezer), half a glass of any fruit juice or compote, a pinch of cinnamon, a minute with a blender - and you have an amazingly delicious lean smoothie in your glass! Thick smoothies without cream, milk or yogurt are just what you need to make the Fasting enjoyable.

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Alternative: mango or pineapple smoothie

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DINNER

Pilaf with seafood
Lightly fry the carrots and onions in vegetable oil, add the mussels and squid rings, then add rice, add water and simmer until the cereal is cooked - here's a great lenten dinner for you.

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Alternative: spinach or beetroot risotto (do not forget to exclude cheese and cream from the recipe).

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Tuesday

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Yeast pancakes
Lush, thick, soft pancakes accompanied by amber apricot jam and a cup of chamomile tea… yes, only for such a breakfast you can fast!
We remind you the recommended proportion for the preparation of lean yeast pancakes - 250 ml of warm water will require 1 tsp. dry yeast and 2 cups flour. Do not forget that you need to add sugar, salt and a little vegetable oil to the dough.
Alternative: lean oatmeal.

DINNER

White bean soup
Up to 10 g of protein is hidden in 100 g of beans - it is for this reason that legumes are indispensable in fasting. It's great if you have a supply of young beans in the freezer - it is very convenient to add it to any vegetable broth and cook the soup in just 20 minutes. If you are unlucky, you can go two ways: soak and boil dry beans in advance, or use canned ones.
Alternative: lentil soup.

stuffed tomatoes
Not the most budgetary dish, however, if you do not give yourself regular small pleasures, Lent will be a very difficult test. So - take a couple of tomatoes, cut off the “cap” and remove the core, put inside the stuffing from boiled rice until half cooked, finely chopped and fried mushrooms, onions, carrots, herbs, spinach, celery and bake until done. Very juicy, tasty and flavorful!
Alternative: stuffed eggplant (you just need to omit the cheese from the recipe).

AFTER SNACK

Pumpkin-orange juice
Take out a juicer, and preferably two: a classic one (on which you can make pumpkin juice) and a citrus juicer (for orange juice). Mix two drinks, add a drop of olive oil and enjoy the taste, color, smell, life!
Alternative: vitamin pumpkin drink.

DINNER

Spaghetti with champignons
A little onion, cut into half rings - in a frying pan, fry until golden. Striped champignons - there too. A couple of tablespoons of soy sauce - to mushrooms and onions. Salt, pepper, parsley, add spaghetti boiled al dente ... magical! Allow yourself half a glass of wine for today's dinner, and then the feeling of a fairy tale will be complete and comprehensive.
Alternative: pasta with chickpeas and tomatoes.

Wednesday

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BREAKFAST

Lavash with vegetables
Unroll a sheet of thin pita bread bought in the evening on a board, grease with any lean mayonnaise (for example, apple or walnut). Put vegetables on one edge - tomatoes, Korean-style carrots, fried or pickled champignons, lettuce leaves, greens. Roll up and have a tasty and healthy breakfast.
Alternative: instead of pita bread, you can take corn tortillas tortillas.

DINNER

Mushroom cream soup
Mushrooms are what gives any dish a special touch of satiety and solidity, so soup prepared with butter or mushrooms will be especially appropriate in Lent, when the calorie content of the diet to which you are accustomed is reduced. Do not spare vegetables - thanks to them, the first course will be even more fragrant.
Alternative: dried mushroom soup (just replace the butter with vegetable oil).

Seaweed Salad with Celery Root
Useful, vitamin and simple. Pickled celery root goes well with the specific taste of seaweed, and this is something worth trying.
Alternative: tapenade.

AFTER SNACK

sesame milk
Pour a couple of handfuls of sesame seeds with hot water and leave to infuse for 3-5 hours, then finely chop the mass with a blender and pass through a piece of linen fabric. Add honey, cinnamon or vanilla - a delicious drink is ready!
Alternative: almond milk.

DINNER

Stuffed bell pepper
You definitely have a supply of frozen bell peppers, don't you? Boil some rice, mix with sautéed onions, carrots, parsley root and celery, salt, stuff peppers and lightly stew in the oven or double boiler. Don't be bored, dinner is ready!
Alternative: ratatouille.

Thursday

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BREAKFAST

Nutella fruit toast
Place lightly dried nuts and pitted dates in equal proportions in a blender bowl, add a little citrus zest for flavor, if desired, a couple of tablespoons of cocoa powder and sugar. Grind everything into a homogeneous, rather thick, lumpy mass, after which, without turning off the blender, add a little vegetable milk (sesame, pumpkin, poppy, almond or any other), achieving a smooth structure and the desired consistency. Such a paste is an excellent spread on dried slices of toast bread. In the company of a cup of coffee - an elegant lenten breakfast that will energize you for the whole day.
Alternative: baked apples.

DINNER

Assorted vegetable soup
We take a voluminous capacious saucepan, heat a small amount of vegetable oil in it (olive oil would be great!), Pass the onions, carrots, parsley root, add diced bell pepper, cauliflower and broccoli divided into inflorescences, do not forget about peeled tomatoes , pour a handful of green peas, do not be greedy and add a little corn. We pass, pass ... and then - op, a little bit of white wine and ordinary boiling water, spices and spices, salt and pepper. When serving, be sure to sprinkle with herbs. Overeating!
Alternative: tomato soup (do not forget to replace the meat broth with vegetable).

Bean pate
We mix boiled beans with onions, carrots, dried walnuts, fried until golden, grind with a blender into a homogeneous paste. Hearty lean pate is ready! Fast and very thorough.
Alternative: hummus.

AFTER SNACK

Cranberry jelly
Good old jelly that smells of childhood and naivete... Why not? All you need is sugar, starch and some cranberries.
Alternative: nut milk cocktail.

DINNER

Potato dumplings
Unleavened dough, mashed potatoes with fried carrots, pot-bellied dumplings, golden onion gravy ... Beware: so tasty that you can burst!
Alternative: lentils with sun-dried tomatoes.

Friday

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BREAKFAST

Salad with tofu
Isn't it time for some salad for breakfast? Inspect the fridge: send some cucumbers, tomato, iceberg leaves or Chinese cabbage into a bowl, an apple or pear will go, then chop the onion and herbs, add a little vegetable oil and be sure to put a few cubes of tofu. Bright, juicy and nutritious. Breakfast is ready!
Alternative:"winter salad.
DINNER

Lean pickle
A simple science is to take a thick vegetable broth, boil pearl barley in it, add diced potatoes, striped carrots and finely grated pickles. Hearty, rich, delicious.
Alternative: gazpacho.

Chinese vegetables in sweet and sour sauce
In a wok, fry coarsely chopped carrots, onions, bell peppers, pumpkin, celery root, add a little soy sauce, garlic, salt, pepper, and then pour in half a glass of a weak solution of starch mixed with sugar and lemon juice. A couple more movements - and the magnificent vegetables in sweet and sour sauce are ready.
Alternative: pickled pumpkin

AFTER SNACK

Fruit salad
That's where the expanse! Finely chopped mother-of-pearl apple cubes, velvet banana slices, peeled orange slices oozing amber, emerald kiwi slices, full-breasted grapes, tender canned peach halves - all in a plate, mix and realize that life is beautiful and amazing!
Oh, and don't forget to get a few strawberries out of the freezer - they make a great salad dressing.
Alternative: pears in syrup.

DINNER

Vegetable cutlets
Grind boiled broccoli, cauliflower, sauteed carrots, fried onions in any way convenient for you, add herbs, spices, sun-dried tomatoes, add a couple of tablespoons of starch, form cutlets and fry them until golden brown. Appetizing!
Alternative: vegetable stew.

Saturday

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BREAKFAST

Lean potato pancakes
A couple of potato tubers on a grater, a little dill, a spoonful of flour, salt, pepper and a frying pan with vegetable oil - that's probably all you need to get a wonderful and tasty Saturday breakfast. Of course, lean.
Alternative: lean zucchini pancakes.

DINNER

Thick rice soup
The basis of all lean soups is vegetable broth. If you take care in advance to cook a large amount of such a useful workpiece and freeze it in portions, the process of preparing the first course will be reduced to a minimum. Pass the vegetables, add rice and potatoes, dilute everything with broth, do not forget about spices and salt - the soup is ready. When serving, crush a clove of garlic into a plate - you will not regret it!
Alternative: lentil soup.

Rice with vegetables
Fry the onions, carrots, bell peppers, asparagus beans, celery stalk and everything else that you have in the refrigerator and freezer in a deep saute pan, then add a glass of rice and simmer until tender. A colorful lunch is uplifting!
Alternative: bulgur with vegetables.

AFTER SNACK

candied pumpkin
Snacking is, of course, evil, however, if we agree to them, they should be tasty and healthy. Give preference to candied pumpkin today: it is not only very bright and positive, but also very vitamin.
Alternative: apple chips.

DINNER

Rustic potatoes in the oven
Well, who can think of something more appetizing than oven baked potato slices sprinkled with fragrant herbs and seasoned with garlic? Do not forget to get a jar of pickles from the pantry - you will have a great dinner.
Alternative: lean potato zrazy with mushrooms.

Sunday

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BREAKFAST

Homemade lean buns
Take as a basis any yeast dough recipe that you always succeed in, put the dough, wait for it to grow. Knead lean dough, add dried fruits and herbs, poppy seeds and nuts, berries and candied fruits, form balls - and delight the family with hot homemade breakfast buns.
Alternative: carrot buns.

DINNER

Minestrone
The classic Italian minestrone is made with vegetable broth, so it's perfect for a Lenten menu. Translated from the original language, this is “big soup” or “soup with a lot of vegetables” - so you should make sure that there is a sufficient selection of products in the refrigerator.
First, onions or shallots are simmered in olive oil, then carrots, celery, fennel, zucchini, pumpkin, garlic are put into the same pan - all in turn and each time simmering the next ingredient until soft. Sometimes cauliflower, bell peppers, tomatoes, asparagus beans, corn are added to the famous Italian soup.
The key to a successful minestrone is slow cooking, so Sunday - a day when you don't have to rush anywhere - is ideal for this dish.
After the vegetables are ready, add vegetable broth, aromatic herbs and spices to the pan, salt, bring to a boil, reduce heat, boil at a minimum for about 10 minutes and turn off. The lean minestrone is ready!
Alternative: minestrone with noodles.

eggplant caviar
Peel the baked eggplants, add some nuts and garlic, herbs and bell peppers, chop into a paste with a blender - you have an excellent vegetable snack on your table.
Alternative: roasted pepper paste.

AFTER SNACK

rice ice cream
You will be surprised to know what ordinary rice porridge is capable of. If you mix it with sugar and apple marshmallow, add some lemon zest and vanilla, and then grind everything with a blender, freeze, stirring occasionally, you will get an amazing ice cream that melts on the tongue, leaving a delicate aftertaste. And yes, it is absolutely lean!
Alternative: oatmeal smoothie.

DINNER

Lean vegetable pizza
The classic pizza dough is prepared lean, that is, without the addition of milk and eggs. Great, this suits us! Everything else is the same as always, except for one moment: we remove the cheese, but add a lot of different vegetables, mushrooms, herbs, onions. Bake and enjoy with a glass of dry wine.
Alternative: fast Greeks.

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SNACKS

We are all people, weak and mostly greedy for goodies, and therefore it is worth taking care that small treats for snacks are always at hand during Lent.

The easiest option is a secret jar with your favorite dried fruits: fill a beautiful container with nuts, dried apricots, raisins, prunes, dried cherries and open it when there is a very strong desire to “break loose” from the chosen diet and eat a cake with butter cream or buy three kilograms of “Doctor’s” and make yourself such a sandwich.

Lenten cookies help: a little sweetness and everything seems simple and real again.

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Study carefully the composition of the chocolate offered in stores- among the tiles of "black joy" there are often those that are made without milk and dairy products.

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Many caramel candies are also suitable for the lenten menu, and therefore they can cheer you up and help you resist the imminent temptation.

Easy and delicious Fasting to you!

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Culinary community Li.Ru -

A selection of 100 recipes for Lenten dishes, now you will always know what you can cook and eat in Lent.

Lean kharcho soup includes rice, potatoes, onions, garlic, nuts, and tomatoes. Kharcho is richly decorated with greenery. It just smells like sour tomatoes and spicy garlic. Lick your fingers!

Lean cabbage soup in a slow cooker is very easy to cook. The peculiarity of the slow cooker is that the vegetables in it do not boil soft, remain dense and filled with taste. We will cook cabbage soup from fresh vegetables.

Lenten dumplings are a versatile dish that can be served in broth, fried and served as an appetizer or side dish. I will fry the dumplings and it will take me 30-40 minutes to cook the whole dish.

Lenten salad with mushrooms is prepared from champignons, blue onions, spinach, pine nuts. Dressed with olive oil. The salad is fresh, fragrant, satisfying and healthy. Try it!

Lenten borsch with sprat is prepared very quickly and simply. For him, you need to cut all the vegetables, fry, throw them into the pan, add the sprat in the tomato and cook until tender. Lick your fingers!

You can cook a lean pickle with barley in less than an hour. Rassolnik turns out to be rich, satisfying, with sourness. Barley will need to be pre-soaked for half an hour. And then - simply.

Lenten borsch with mushrooms is a fragrant and bright first course that will please homemade with an abundance of vegetables and various tastes. This includes not only beets and mushrooms, but also cabbage, beans, bell peppers, etc.

Lean potato pancakes are easy to prepare. It is very tasty to serve such pancakes with smoked salmon and a sprig of dill. The dish turns out hearty, beautiful and should appeal to all potato lovers.

Lean crab salad can be prepared from crab meat or lean crab sticks, add greens, vegetables, light yogurt to them. It will turn out tasty, satisfying, bright, beautiful and original. Let's try!

Shchi is a national Russian dish, tasty and loved by everyone. Lean cabbage soup with mushrooms is good for a fasting day. They will restore strength, fill the body with vitamin C, which is abundant in cabbage.

Cooking lean gingerbread can turn into an exciting activity. The dough is easy to prepare, they are baked quickly, and I advise the whole family to color the gingerbread cookies, children will especially like it.

As you know, avocado is a very nutritious fruit. Therefore, in Great Lent, when there are not enough nutrients for fasting people, I suggest preparing a lean avocado salad. Both tasty and satisfying.

Lenten squid salad is prepared from canned squid, fresh vegetables, herbs and spices. This salad is not only tasty, but also healthy. Plus, it's light and fresh.

Lean borsch in a slow cooker is cooked from vegetables for two hours. It turns out a very tasty thick borscht, filled with the aromas of vegetables. In the slow cooker, they are remarkably revealed and retain their shape.

If during fasting you want chebureks, do not despair - they can be prepared with both lean filling and lean dough. I used lentil filling - it turned out very tasty.

Lean strudel is prepared without oil. It turns out fragrant pastries with a lot of apple filling, which is ideal for tea drinking. Such a lean strudel is being prepared for about two hours.

Use this recipe and cook such lean bean patties that no one will distinguish from meat. Very tasty and satisfying.

Bright, tender and fragrant carrot lean meatballs will diversify and decorate your table on fasting days. Delicious and healthy at the same time. I share the recipe.

Very appetizing lean cakes that can be served with almost any dish instead of bread. A simple recipe for lean cakes is relevant not only for fasting people, but also for vegetarians.

During fasting, you also sometimes want to treat yourself to fragrant pilaf - and this is quite possible if you replace meat with mushrooms! The recipe for lean pilaf with mushrooms is for fast days and not only.

Lean kale salad is very refreshing and light. A find for those who are losing weight is a minimum of calories due to cucumber and vinegar. It is good to include it in a complex side dish for poultry or fish.

If you decide to fast, or just want a light, low-fat meal, then you should pay attention to this simple recipe for lean cabbage cutlets. Tasty and healthy!

Lean dumplings with two types of turnip and sauerkraut fillings are a budget dish that can satiate a whole horde of hungry adults. Fantastically tasty dish, despite its cheapness.

Great Lent is the time to cleanse the body. But what if the stomach persistently requires rich soups? The simple answer to this question is lean hodgepodge. Well, how to cook it - read on.

Do everyone's favorite and well-known lean dumplings with potatoes need to be introduced? Despite the cheapness of the ingredients, potato dumplings are always a success. I share the recipe.

If you decide to cook pies during Lent, then a simple recipe for lean dough for pies will definitely come in handy. Kneading lean dough for pies is quite easy - I'll tell you how.

Lenten pies with potatoes - pies that defy the laws of physics. They can be eaten more than physically fits into a person. Verified personally. A simple recipe for lean potato pies - for you!

Lenten pies with cabbage are classic Russian pies that are usually cooked during Lent, although, in principle, you can successfully cook all year round. The recipe is very simple, worth a try.

Lenten cabbage soup is a great hot soup for those who are fasting or just want to have a fasting day. Shchi is prepared simply and from available ingredients, but it turns out - just delicious.

If you love beans, then you will surely like this recipe for stewed beans with tomatoes and come in handy. An easy way to deliciously cook such a trivial product as beans.

Beetroot cutlets are a great low-calorie recipe for anyone who follows a healthy diet. They can be served at the table simply with sour cream as an independent dish, or with any side dish.

Prepare a light snack of zucchini! I offer Algerian zucchini. Zucchini are spicy with a sweet and sour taste. All my friends love it, highly recommended!

The recipe for cooking potatoes in Greek will please all lovers of vegetables. This bright, beautiful and tasty dish will fit perfectly into a vegetarian menu, but it will also be quite appropriate on the table of meat-eaters! :)

Fried potatoes, mushrooms... Yes, even sour cream, and onions, and fresh herbs.. Well, salivating? Then let's try to cook champignons with potatoes - millet, fast, very tasty!

The easiest and fastest way to make beetroot salad is in this recipe. Minimum ingredients and many benefits!

Borscht with mushrooms and beans is a real storehouse of proteins for vegetarians and a very satisfying dish for those who are fasting. The classic recipe for borscht with mushrooms and beans - from our table to yours!

Rice with corn in a slow cooker will be a great side dish for meat or fish, or a completely independent dish on your everyday table. It's easy to cook with a slow cooker, but it's nice to eat!;)

This beautiful and bright salad can rightfully be considered an off-season salad, but in the fall, when tomatoes have not yet lost their summer flavor, it turns out to be especially tasty. White bean salad recipe - for you!

This is a simple, but bright, beautiful and very tasty salad that does not conflict with the requirements of Lent, is suitable for diet food and a vegetarian menu. Try it! :)

In fact, this wonderful salad is very similar to a vinaigrette, so this wonderful combination of sauerkraut, peas and beets is not only very tasty, but also healthy.

A wonderful tasty and healthy side dish that is perfect for meat or fish, but at the same time can be an independent dish for every day.

The classic recipe for lenten gingerbread will come in handy not only for Orthodox believers, but also for everyone who tries to limit themselves in the consumption of pastry. Details are in the recipe!

A simple recipe for lean bread in a bread machine is relevant not only on fasting days - it will come in handy for everyone who monitors their health and weight, regardless of the time of year!

A simple recipe for breaded broccoli will enrich your menu with another easy and delicious vegetable side dish. With sesame seeds and soy sauce - it's just magical! :)

A light, tasty and very healthy carrot dish is suitable for lovers of vegetarian food, as well as for those who fast or watch their figure.

Stewed cabbage with carrots is a versatile dish that can be cooked both on holidays and on ordinary days. In addition, stewed cabbage with carrots can be served as a side dish.

Korean-style potatoes are not a hot dish and not a side dish, but a delicious spicy salad. Fans of everything "spicy" should definitely learn how to cook potatoes in Korean!

I think this recipe for making lean bean soup can be useful not only for those who fast. First of all - to the attention of vegetarians, but you are also welcome to our table! :)

The recipe for making a lean pie with jam without eggs and dairy products is useful to everyone who observes fasts, and also monitors their health and weight.

A wonderful seasonal side dish made from fresh vegetables, which is perfect for any meat. You can use it as an independent dish, in any case it is very tasty.

Vegetable cutlets can't be delicious? In fact, this is far from the case. Try to cook cabbage zrazy and you will be surprised how appetizing vegetables can be.

A simple, but no less tasty vegetable salad, which will be a great addition to meat and poultry dishes. So, the recipe for a salad with cabbage and corn is a delicious, light and healthy dish!

Dedicated to lovers of tasty and healthy food - a simple salad recipe with champignon mushrooms with a photo!

Beet cutlets are a wonderful alternative to meat cutlets. Moreover, they are much more useful than the latter!

I offer you a simple recipe for Armenian bean soup lobahashu - delicious, healthy and completely vegetarian! At the same time, so satisfying that even inveterate meat-eaters will appreciate;).

I suggest you learn how to cook bell peppers with vegetables, and another tasty and healthy dish will appear on your summer menu!

Carrot with cheese and garlic is a wonderful salad with excellent taste and useful properties. In addition, this salad is very easy to prepare.

Solyanka is not only a delicious soup, but also a wonderful cabbage side dish, the preparation of which, in the presence of a slow cooker, turns into a real pleasure!

Probably every housewife has her own recipe for eggplant rolls. What they don’t wrap in them - carrots, cottage cheese, cheese, herbs, tomatoes! - but I love these rolls with nuts the most. Try it!

Young potatoes in a slow cooker are prepared easily and simply. This is the first dish that I mastered when I bought a slow cooker. It turned out great - delicious golden potatoes and all in one bowl!

Mushrooms are an indispensable product during fasting. There are many recipes for meatless champignon dishes, and I want to offer you one more - a delicious and nutritious soup. Read the recipe!

For a light dinner or a diet lunch, you can cook stewed celery with vegetables - a simple and very tasty dish.

Beet cutlets are very healthy, tasty and satisfying. This dish will please everyone: from lovers of delicious food to people who want to lose a couple of extra pounds.

Many people love Korean asparagus. But usually the price for this salad on the market bites decently. Let's make it ourselves! And as many as we want.

I bring to your attention a delicious, fragrant potato with vegetables in a pot. You can cook this dish from what is in the refrigerator, the ingredients in this option can be replaced with others.

Salads with beans are always appetizing and satisfying. I suggest you prepare a bright salad that will impress any gourmet. I promise it will be beautiful and delicious!

When you want not only healthy, but also tasty vegetables, try cooking spicy carrots under the marinade. This dish will be a great side dish for meat.

Salad with boiled potatoes is great for a side dish. You can serve it with meat or fish dishes. Or as an appetizer.

I suggest you cook carrots in a tomato at home. A universal appetizer - both for sandwiches, and as a dressing for first courses, and as a sauce for side dishes. Moreover, it is very tasty, healthy and fast!

Most vegetarians understand vegetables, their beneficial properties, better than ordinary meat-eaters. This vegan broccoli soup recipe was given to me by a vegan friend. Very tasty.

White Bean Pate is one of the most delicious and healthy snacks I make for my family. The composition of the pate includes fresh herbs and lemon juice.

I personally cook porridge with carrots at home very often, it turns out to be a painfully simple and satisfying dish, so I advise you to try it too. Great with all salads and meatballs!

Of course, the main goal of fasting is the spiritual growth of a person, the correction of sins, the purification of the soul from passions. No wonder there is such a saying - fasting is not in the belly, but in the spirit. Therefore, before talking about the “food” component of fasting, I will cite one wonderful saying of St. Basil the Great: “Do not limit the benefits of fasting to one abstinence in food, because true fasting is the elimination from evil deeds ... Forgive your neighbor an insult, forgive him his debts. You do not eat meat, but you offend your brother... True fasting is the removal of evil, the abstinence of the tongue, the suppression of anger in oneself, the excommunication of lusts, slander, lies and perjury. Refraining from this is true fasting.”

Thus, fasting should not be considered as a diet for weight loss. This article will talk about how to rationally compose your menu so that you do not violate the rules of food abstinence in fasting, and do not harm your health.

Speaking about proper nutrition in fasting, it is worth noting that each person has his own measure of abstinence in food. Someone is healthy, and someone has chronic diseases that require a therapeutic diet. Someone studies, someone performs hard physical labor. For pregnant and lactating mothers, fasting is also usually relaxed. The measure of abstinence in food during fasting is best discussed with your confessor.

Now Great Lent is underway, which implies the exclusion of meat, fish, poultry, dairy products, and eggs. There are days of dry eating, days of eating food without oil. In less strict multi-day fasts - Christmas and St. Peter's fast, fish and fish caviar are blessed on some days.

Among fasting people, there is a controversial attitude towards the use of soy products and seafood (bloodless marine reptiles) in fasting, as well as eating foods such as lean mayonnaise, lean sweets and cakes, etc. Again, if there are doubts and questions, all controversial points are better decide with your confessor. If eating squid and soy cheese is a delicacy and temptation for you, of course you should refuse such food. However, one should not condemn one's neighbor in the use of such products - perhaps a person has the blessing of a confessor for eating certain products.

Basic principles of proper nutrition in fasting

1. During fasting, most of the diet of a fasting person is carbohydrate food, and very little protein is consumed. Meanwhile, protein is essential for human health, it is the "building material" of our body. Animal protein is excluded during fasting, but vegetable protein is allowed. Sources of vegetable protein - nuts, seeds, legumes, mushrooms, cereals, bread, soy products. Marine reptiles - shrimp, squid, mussels, etc., are also very rich in protein.
2. If a person leads an active lifestyle, foods that are a good source of energy and give a feeling of satiety for a long time are mandatory - these are pasta, potatoes and cereals. But keep in mind that instant porridge is "fast" carbs! Such porridge quickly saturates, but also “burns out” quickly, and after a couple of hours you can feel hungry. Choose hercules with a cooking time of 15-20 minutes. If there is no time for cooking in the morning, you can fill the oatmeal with cold water in the evening, and in the morning just warm up the porridge.
3. It is useful to season salads with olive oil, for your serving - 1 tablespoon of oil.
4. Useful moderate consumption of dried fruits in the post - dried apricots, prunes, dates, and nuts. They can be added to morning porridge, take with you for a snack. Dried fruits and nuts have a high calorie content, so they quickly saturate.
5. Use honey instead of sugar - you can add it to morning porridge, tea, use honey as a natural sweetener in baking. Bitter chocolate, marmalade and dried fruits in moderation are preferable to sweet lean flour products that can be found on store shelves. These foods tend to be high in fat, and their consumption can lead to weight gain.
6. A very important principle of proper nutrition in fasting is the daily use of fresh and / or thermally processed vegetables and fruits. Vegetables and fruits are great for a snack - for example, if it is a vegetable salad (you can diversify it by adding mushrooms, legumes, squid, nuts, crackers if you wish), seasoned with olive oil and 1 fruit.
7. It is important not to starve and try to plan your meals so that there are no long breaks between meals. In this case, the digestive system quickly and better adapts to a plant-based diet and the risk of such "troubles" as gastritis, constipation and indigestion will decrease. For those people who observe the monastic rule, eating no more than 2 times a day, observing the days of complete refusal of food, it is better to prepare in advance. Even before fasting, you should gradually reduce the frequency of meals so that the body can more easily adapt to the new regimen.
8. If you have excess body weight, it is important to follow the following rules so that you do not gain weight during fasting.

• First of all, it is necessary to reduce the amount of carbohydrate food in the evening meal as much as possible. Since carbohydrates provide a lot of energy, and in the evening after school or work, energy is usually not spent, it will be stored in the form of fat "in reserve". Therefore, in the evening it is better to give up pasta, potatoes, rice, cereals, flour products, bread and sweets. For dinner, you can eat a variety of vegetable dishes and legume dishes. These can be vegetable and bean salads, vegetable casseroles and cutlets, stews, vegetable caviar, baked and stewed vegetables, grilled vegetables, vegetable and bean soups (without potatoes, cereals and pasta). Dinner is recommended no later than 3-4 hours before bedtime! If you consider it obligatory for yourself to have a snack after dinner (for example, if dinner took place 5-6 hours before bedtime), then have a snack no later than 2 hours before bedtime.
• If the use of marine reptiles and soy products is acceptable for you, you can also include them in your menu in the evening.
• On days when fish is allowed, an excellent dinner option would be fish + any vegetables (except potatoes).
• In the evening with tea (not sweet), you can eat a few nuts. Sweets for dinner should be excluded.
• Eating potatoes is acceptable for lunch or breakfast, but not every day. Rice and pasta are preferred over potatoes. Cereals are best consumed for breakfast, fruits and dried fruits - before 7 pm. Diversify your diet with frequent consumption of vegetables, both raw and thermally processed.
• Pay attention to the moderate consumption of vegetable oil - the most high-calorie product known!
• The use of a variety of soups is welcome, both for lunch and dinner (for dinner, vegetable / bean soups without cereals, pasta and potatoes).
• Further, in the examples of the Lenten menu, you will see the mark (dietary breakfast/lunch/dinner), this means that this dietary option is suitable for overweight people. On days of dry eating, there is no such mark, since the diet of such days is dietary in itself.

RECIPES for LENTEN BREAKFAST / LUNCH / DINNER on dry days

Oatmeal and fruit smoothies: Fill the hercules with cold water overnight. In the morning, add 1-2 teaspoons of honey and diced fresh fruits - banana, kiwi, orange. Blend with a blender, adding water as needed. You can use other fruits and any berries to make smoothies. If desired, you can add dried fruits, nuts.

Fruit and nut salad: 1 apple, 1 banana, 1 orange cut into pieces, mix, season with lemon juice, cinnamon and 1 tsp. honey. If desired, add any dried fruits and nuts. If desired, any fruits and berries can be added to such a salad.

Oatmeal muesli with soy milk: pour muesli with soy milk, wait 10 minutes until the flakes swell.

Carrot and apple salad: grate apple and carrot, mix, season with lemon juice, 1 tsp. honey, garnish with nuts if desired.

Strawberry-Pear-Carrot Salad: Grate 2 carrots on a coarse grater, add strawberries and pear cut into large cubes (peel the pear and remove the core), add 1 tsp. honey and 1 tsp. lemon juice. Mix.

Vegetable salad: chop the tomato, cucumber, radish, corn, leek, lettuce, dill, parsley, sesame, mix. In such a salad, you can add grated celery root, young zucchini, crackers. Fill with lemon juice.

Salad "hearty": mix canned beans, corn, green peas and diced tomato. You can add crackers, avocado and garlic if desired.

Cabbage and Pea Salad: chop white cabbage, mash with salt with your hands, add diced fresh cucumber and green peas, sprinkle with lemon juice, mix.

Salad with wheat: chop lettuce leaves, add wheat germ, diced avocados, corn, pine nuts, olives. You can add crackers. Mix.

Avocado Salad 1: cut the avocado into cubes, mix with chopped lettuce, croutons and sprinkle with lemon juice.

Avocado salad 2: cut the avocado into cubes, mix with chopped fresh cucumber, dill and corn, sprinkle with lemon juice.

Carrot and Pumpkin Salad: grate carrots and pumpkin, season with 1 tsp of granulated sugar or 1 tsp. honey. Sprinkle with lemon juice.

Sandwiches with avocado and tomato: Grease black bread with crushed garlic, put sliced ​​​​avocado on top, and sliced ​​\u200b\u200btomato on top of the avocado.

Sandwiches with avocado pate: Mash the avocado with a fork, add a little lemon juice, dried basil, a pinch of salt and paprika. Mix until smooth and spread on bread. Top with sesame seeds or toasted pine nuts.

Examples of lenten breakfast on dry days:

— Any salad/smoothie from the list of dishes + tea/coffee/cocoa with dried fruits/nuts.

— Oatmeal muesli with soy milk + tea/coffee/cocoa with dried fruits/nuts.

- Corn flakes with soy milk + tea / coffee / cocoa with dried fruits / nuts.

- Vegetable salad from the list + fruit salad / smoothie from the list + tea with lemon.

- 2 avocado sandwiches + tea with dried fruits / nuts.

- Vegetable salad from the list + fresh fruit 1-2 pieces + tea with honey and lemon.

Examples of fasting meals on dry days:

- Any salad / smoothie from the list of dishes + 1-2 avocado sandwiches + tea with honey and dried fruits / nuts.

- Any salad / smoothie from the list of dishes + 1-2 slices of bread + 1-2 fruits.

Examples of fasting dinner on dry days:

- Vegetable or bean salad from the list of dishes + 1-2 avocado sandwiches + tea with lemon and nuts.

- Vegetable or bean salad from the list of dishes + bread + tea with lemon and nuts.

- Vegetable or bean salad from the list + bread + fresh fruit 1 pc + tea with lemon.

RECIPES for LENTEN BREAKFAST / LUNCH / DINNER on oil-free days

Oatmeal, boiled in water with 1 tsp. honey, a handful of fresh berries / fruits or dried fruits (prunes, dried apricots, raisins, dates) or nuts.

Baked apples with oatmeal, berries and nuts: Take out the middle of the apples, put oatmeal in the middle, 1 tsp. honey, berries and nuts. Put in a mold, bake in the oven at 200g. 15 minutes.

Millet porridge on the water with pumpkin and / or prunes: Rinse the millet, pre-soak the prunes in warm water. Cut pumpkin pulp into cubes. Put everything together in boiling water, cook until viscous. At the end of cooking, salt the porridge to taste. Before serving, add 1 tsp. honey and garnish with nuts if desired.

Borsch lean thick: Pour water into a large saucepan, add spices: bay leaf 2-3 pcs, cloves 4-5 pcs, allspice 2-3 pcs, black pepper 1-2 pcs. and 1-2 medium-sized peeled potatoes, boil over medium heat. Pour 2-3 ladles of water into a separate small saucepan, add the onion chopped into small cubes and grated carrot, cook over medium heat. Grate 1 large beetroot, sprinkle it with 1-2 tsp. lemon or 1 tsp vinegar, mix and put in a small saucepan 10 minutes after the carrot, without stirring. Beets should be slightly covered with water. Remove spices and boiled potatoes from a large saucepan. Mash the potatoes in a separate container with a pestle and return to the pan. Separately, cut 3-5 tubers of raw potatoes into cubes, put in a large saucepan. When the beets turn opaque, put the contents of the saucepan into a large saucepan. Cabbage can be taken both sauerkraut and fresh. Rinse sauerkraut lightly with water, put in a saucepan. Shred raw cabbage, put in a saucepan. Add 2-3 tablespoons of tomato paste, mix thoroughly. Salt the borscht to taste and cook until tender. 5 minutes before readiness, add chopped parsley and dill.

Mushroom soup with potatoes: Soak dry mushrooms in hot water. Pour water into a saucepan, add spices: bay leaf 2-3 pcs, allspice 2-3 pcs, cook with spices for 5-10 minutes, remove the spices. Cut 4-5 potato tubers into cubes, put in a saucepan, salt the soup. Cut the onion and carrot into cubes, put in a pan with 2 tbsp. water, simmer for 5-10 minutes. Grind mushrooms as desired, put in a pan with onions and carrots, simmer for another 10 minutes. Put the contents of the pan into a saucepan with soup, mix, cook until tender. 5 minutes before readiness, add chopped parsley and dill.

Bean soup with potatoes: Soak the beans overnight in cold water with 1 tsp. baking soda. In the morning, drain the water, rinse the beans, put them in a pot of water and cook until almost cooked. When the beans become almost soft, cut 4-5 potato tubers into cubes, put in a saucepan, salt the soup. Dice the onion, grate the carrots, put in a pan with 2 tbsp. water, simmer for 5-10 minutes and put in a pot with soup. Salt the soup, add spices to taste and cook until tender. 5 minutes before readiness, add chopped parsley and dill.

Vegetable stew: Mushrooms cut into large pieces, fry in a pan with a non-stick coating. Vegetables (you can take a frozen mixture of vegetables, you can use any of your own, diced, if desired) put in a pan with mushrooms, salt, add spices, 1 tbsp. tomato paste and some water. Simmer under a lid over low heat until tender.

Mashed potatoes with mushrooms: Boil potatoes and puree with a small amount of potato broth. Mushrooms chop, salt, stew in a pan. Serve the dish sprinkled with chopped dill.

Potatoes with pumpkin and mushrooms in the sleeve: Cut potatoes, pumpkin, fresh mushrooms randomly, salt and add spices / herbs to taste, mix. Put the mass in the sleeve. Pierce the sleeve in several places with a toothpick (so as not to burst during cooking). Bake in the oven at 180g for 40-50 minutes. Serve sprinkled with fresh herbs.

Examples of a lean breakfast on oil-free days:(dietary breakfast).

- Oatmeal porridge on the water + green salad + tea with lemon / coffee.

— Baked apples with oatmeal, berries and nuts + vegetable salad + tea / coffee.

— Millet porridge on water with pumpkin and/or prunes + green salad + tea/coffee.

Examples of fasting meals on oil-free days:(diet lunch).

– Lean borscht + 1 slice of bread + vegetable salad + tea with lemon + nuts + tangerine.

— Mushroom soup with potatoes + sandwich with avocado pate + tea with lemon and nuts + apple.

- Bean soup with potatoes + 1 slice of bread + green salad + tea with dried fruits.

Examples of a fast dinner on oil-free days:

— Rice with vegetable stew + vegetable / bean salad + compote.

— Mashed potatoes with mushrooms + vegetable salad + tea with lemon and nuts.

— Potatoes with pumpkin and mushrooms in the sleeve + bean salad + tea with lemon and nuts.

— Vegetable stew + bean salad + tea with lemon and nuts. (diet dinner).

RECIPES for LENTEN BREAKFAST / LUNCH / DINNER on oil days

Apple fritters: Sift flour 1.5 cups, mix with 0.5 tsp. baking powder, 4 tbsp sugar, a pinch of salt, vegetable oil 2-3 tbsp. whisk or mixer until smooth, adding water to the consistency of thick sour cream. Peel and core 1 large apple, grate on a fine grater and add to the dough, mix. Heat the pan, grease with vegetable oil and bake pancakes over medium heat on both sides. You can serve with honey, fresh berries and fruits, jam.

Lean yeast pancakes. Put a dough of 1 tbsp. flour, 1/2 cup water, 1 tbsp. granulated sugar and a bag of dry yeast (1-2 teaspoons, depending on the final amount of dough). Put the dough in a warm place (you can put a bowl of dough in a bowl of hot water and cover with a dry towel) for half an hour. Opara should fit well. Next, add 2-3 cups of sifted flour, a pinch of salt, 1 tbsp to the dough. granulated sugar, 3-4 tbsp. vegetable oil and a glass of water. Beat the mixture with a mixer, adding water to the consistency of liquid sour cream or fermented baked milk. Put the finished dough in a warm place for 20 minutes, covered with a dry towel. When the dough rises, check it. If it becomes too thick, add some water and mix thoroughly. Heat the pans well, and periodically lubricating them with vegetable oil, bake pancakes. Serve with honey, fresh berries, fruits, jam.

Granola: 1.5 cups of hercules, a handful of hazelnuts, almonds, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, coconut flakes, diced dried fruits (optional) mix thoroughly with 2 tbsp. honey, 2-3 tbsp. r oil. Put parchment paper on a baking sheet, spread the mixture and bake at 160g for 40 minutes. Stir every 5 minutes. The mixture should take on a nice golden brown color. Don't overdry! Cool, add coconut and raisins, mix. Can be stored in the refrigerator for several days. Serve with soy milk.

Pea soup: Soak peas overnight with 1 tsp. baking soda. Drain the water in the morning. Boil the peas in new water until half cooked. Cut the potatoes into cubes, fry the carrots and onions in vegetable oil. Roast and potatoes lay out the soup. Salt and add spices to taste. Cook until ready. Serve with crackers.

Lenten soup - kharcho with mushrooms: Soak dry mushrooms in boiling water for half an hour. Fry onions and carrots in a pan. When the onion turns golden, add mushrooms and a little water. Simmer covered for 10 minutes. Put the contents of the pan into boiling water and add rice, cook for 10 minutes. Salt the soup to taste, add 2 tbsp. tomato paste and chopped dill with parsley. Cook for another 5-7 minutes, bringing to a boil.

Baked eggplant with tomato: cut the eggplant into rings, pour salted water for 1 hour (to remove the bitterness). Cut the tomatoes into slices. Squeeze the eggplant from excess water, lightly fry in a pan with vegetable oil. Grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil, put eggplant mugs, tomato mugs on top, a drop of lean mayonnaise on top (can be replaced with mushroom caviar). Bake in the oven at 200gr. 15 minutes.

Pots with vegetables and mushrooms: Cut the eggplant into cubes, soak in salted water for half an hour to remove the bitterness. Cut the tomato and onion into cubes. Cut mushrooms into large slices. Fry the onion in a pan, when the onion is browned, add the mushrooms, fry for 5-7 minutes, add the eggplants with tomatoes and fry lightly. Carrot cut into circles. Drain water from canned beans. We put all the ingredients in pots and pour salted water so that the water slightly covers the vegetables. We send the pots to the oven and cook at a temperature of 200 degrees for about 1 hour.

Lachanorizo: Fry onions and grated carrots in vegetable oil. Chop 300-500 grams of white cabbage, put it on carrots and onions and fry over high heat until caramelized, stirring constantly. Add 2-3 tbsp. tomato paste and spices. Salt to taste, stir and reduce heat.
Add ½ cup rice and 1 cup water to cabbage. Rice can be added more or less as desired. Simmer covered until the rice is done.

Examples of Lenten Breakfast on Butter Days:

— Apple fritters + green salad + tea with lemon.

– Lenten yeast pancakes + green salad + tea with lemon.

- Granola + green salad + coffee with soy milk. (dietary breakfast).

Examples of Lenten Meals on Butter Days:(diet lunch).

- Pea soup + green salad with butter + tea with lemon + apple.

– Lenten kharcho soup + raw vegetables + sandwich with vegetable caviar + tea with lemon.

- Lean thick borsch + green / bean salad + tea with 2-3 pieces of marmalade.

— Lachanorizo ​​+ sandwich with vegetable caviar + fruit salad + tea with lemon.

Examples of Lenten Dinner on Butter Days:

— Spaghetti with vegetable stew + bean salad + tea with lemon.

- Boiled potatoes with 1 tsp. fragrant oil + baked eggplant with tomato + vegetable salad + compote.

— Lachanorizo ​​+ vegetable salad + tea with lemon and nuts.

- Pots with vegetables and mushrooms + bean salad + tea with lemon and nuts. (diet dinner).

RECIPES for LENTEN LUNCH/ DINNER on days with fish

Potato soup with red fish: Pour water into the pan, put the potatoes, cut into cubes. In a pan with 1 tbsp. oil will fry grated carrots and diced onions. After 10 minutes of cooking the potatoes, add the frying and pieces of red fish to the soup. Add spices and salt to taste, chopped dill and parsley. Cook for another 10-15 minutes.

Potato soup with squid meatballs: Meatballs: Cook potato soup. When the soup is almost ready, we make meatballs with a teaspoon: we take squid puree in a spoon, form a ball the size of a walnut on a spoon. Gently lower the spoon with minced meat into the soup, hold for a few seconds to “grab” and turn the spoon over, our meatball will not fall apart. This is how we make all the meatballs. Bring the soup to a boil and the soup is ready!

Salad with rice and fish: Boil rice, cool, add pieces of boiled pink salmon (or canned food), green peas, green onions, dill, vegetable oil, salt to taste and mix.

Squid cutlets: These meatballs can be frozen ahead of time. We take squid carcasses. If with skin, remove it with a stocking, remove the insides. Using an immersion blender, or a meat grinder, we make mashed squid from squid. Salt, pepper to taste, add 2-5 tbsp. breadcrumbs (crackers are only needed so that you can form cutlets from the squid mass), chopped dill, mix. We form cutlets, roll them in breadcrumbs. Freeze for future use, or fry in a pan.

Fish cakes: pass the pulp of any fish through a meat grinder (or take ready-made minced fish), add 2-3 tbsp. Breadcrumbs, salt and pepper to taste. In a frying pan, fry the onion, diced and carrots, grated. Mix with minced meat. Form cutlets.

Tuna and Tomato Salad: Cut the tomatoes into cubes, add pieces of tuna (canned food), chopped lettuce leaves, dill and green onions. Drizzle with olive oil, stir.

Examples of Lenten Meals on Fish Days.(diet lunch)

- Potato soup with red fish + bean salad + 1 slice of bread + compote.

- Potato soup with squid meatballs + green salad + 1 slice of bread + tea with lemon.

— Boiled rice + baked fish + green salad + tea with lemon and nuts.

— Vegetable soup + salad with rice and fish + 1 slice of bread + compote .

Examples of Lenten Dinner on Fish Days.

— Buckwheat porridge + baked fish + raw vegetables + tea with lemon.

- Fish cakes + boiled rice + vegetable salad + tea with lemon.

— Tuna and tomato salad + lachanorizo ​​+ tea with lemon and nuts.

— Vegetable stew + fish cakes + slice of soy cheese + tea with lemon (diet dinner).

— Squid cutlets + vegetable stew + vegetable salad + tea with lemon. (diet dinner).

— Grilled vegetables + red fish steak baked in the oven + tea with lemon and nuts. (diet dinner).

Adhering to proper nutrition in fasting, it is important to know something else. Exclusion from the diet of certain foods can lead to a deficiency of important vitamins and minerals. For example, if you refuse milk and sour-milk products, the intake of calcium into the body, from which our bones are “built”, is significantly reduced. And if you refuse meat food, there may be a deficiency of iron, which is necessary for blood formation and oxygen "nutrition" of the body. Therefore, to compensate for this deficiency, you can supplement your diet with nutritional supplements and multivitamin complexes, the intake of which must be discussed with your doctor.

Do not forget that the end of the post should not be "sharp". Our body needs time to adapt to "heavy" food and rebuild metabolic processes. At the end of the fast, you need to include fast food in your menu as carefully as possible - first introduce dairy products and eggs, after a while - fish and meat. And it is very important not to overeat.

I wish the readers good health!

Endocrinologist Akmaeva G.A.

Lent is a period of spiritual and physical cleansing. During fasting, it is necessary to refuse any dishes that contain meat, milk and eggs. However, if you know the recipes for lenten dishes for every day during fasting, you can provide yourself and your family with a complete and balanced diet. In this article you will find delicious and original recipes for lenten dishes with photos.

Lenten borscht

Borscht is a traditional and one of the most delicious first courses. Borscht is most often prepared on the basis of pork, however, during the fasting period, you can cook a vegetarian borscht, which in taste will not differ much from a meat-based dish.

Components:

• Potato - 5 pcs.
• Tomatoes - 2 pcs. or tomato juice - 1 cup.
• Onion - 1 pc.
• Carrot - 200 g.
• Beets - 2 pcs.
• Cabbage - 300 g.
• Sunflower oil.
• Salt, sugar, vinegar, garlic and other spices - to taste.

Peel and cut vegetables. Finely chop the cabbage. Remove the skin from the tomatoes and chop with a blender. Onion and garlic cut into small cubes.

Place the potatoes in a saucepan, cover with water and put on fire. After 10 minutes, add cabbage to the potatoes.

Heat up a frying pan, pour vegetable oil. When it warms up, put the onion in the pan, fry for 2 minutes, adding the carrots. Fry until done. At the end of cooking, add the twisted tomatoes and bring to a boil.

Grate the beets, squeeze out the juice. Roast the beets, sprinkling with lemon juice or vinegar to preserve the rich color. Pour the juice into a saucepan, add a little vinegar. This juice must be poured into borscht at the very end of cooking.

Add beetroot, zazharka, salt, sugar and spices to the pan. Cook until ready. Turn off the borsch by adding garlic, herbs and beetroot juice with vinegar to it. Serve with black bread, fresh onions, garlic and herbs.

Lenten cabbage rolls

If you can't decide what to cook in the post before Easter, recipes can be taken from the classic ones, only by cooking them without meat. An excellent recipe during fasting is cabbage rolls, in which vegetables should be put instead of minced meat. Lenten cabbage rolls are not inferior in taste to the classic ones, but they contain fewer calories and can be consumed even during Lent.

Components:

• Large cabbage - 1 pc.
• Rice - 150 g.
• Onions and carrots 200 g each
• Tomato juice - 200 ml.
• Dill, green onion - to taste.
• Sunflower oil, garlic, sugar, spices.

Divide the cabbage into sheets, and boil until soft. For medium-sized sheets, it will take about five minutes. Boil rice until tender and let cool. It is best to use round rice - it will provide the necessary stickiness.

Finely chop the onion, grate the carrot. Fry vegetables until tender. Mix rice, fried, chopped or dried garlic and dill. Add spices and salt.

The finished mixture must be laid out on sheets. Roll up the filling. Fry on both sides for 1-2 minutes. Transfer the cabbage rolls to a saucepan, pour over the juice, add spices and simmer for half an hour.

Stuffed cabbage served with green onions, dill and any lean sauce. As a side dish, boiled potatoes with dill are suitable for such a dish.

mushroom stew

Vegetables are the basis of nutrition during Lent. Mushroom stew is a great option for lunch or dinner. It consists of fresh mushrooms, vegetables, herbs and spices. The dish is tasty, nutritious and fragrant.

Components:

• Champignons or other mushrooms - 500 g.
• Onions and bell peppers 300 g each
• Tomato paste - 50 ml or tomato juice - 200 ml.
• Flour - 1 tbsp. l.
• Spices.

Mushrooms must be washed, cut into large pieces. If champignons are used, then the medium mushroom must be cut into four parts. Onions must be peeled, cut into large slices. Peel sweet pepper, cut into large cubes. Cut the garlic into slices.

Fry garlic and onion in olive or vegetable oil. After 2-3 minutes, add sweet pepper and fry for a few more minutes. Then add mushrooms and fry for 10 minutes.

It remains only to put tomato paste, a little flour, 300 ml species and bring to a boil. When the stew boils, add spices and salt. Simmer for 15 minutes on low heat. Serve with parsley, dill or other herbs to taste.

Pilaf with pumpkin, dried apricots and raisins

Slov is a fragrant and satisfying dish, for the preparation of which it is not necessary to use meat. In addition, dried apricots and other dried fruits give the dish an incredible taste. This lean dish will appeal even to those who love pilaf with meat.

Components:

• Brown rice - 300 g.
• Onion - 1 pc.
• Carrots - 300 g.
• Pumpkin - 300g.
• Garlic - 2 heads.
• Seasoning for pilaf and salt.
• Raisins, dried apricots and other dried fruits - a handful.

Pumpkin and carrots should be peeled and cut into strips. Onion cut into cubes. Fry the vegetables one by one in vegetable oil. Pour into a cauldron, adding dried fruits, garlic and spices to it.

Rinse brown rice and fry in vegetable oil for a few minutes. Pour over the rest of the ingredients. It remains to add water or vegetable broth in such an amount that the liquid covers the components by 3 cm.

Cover and cook for 50-60 minutes. Brown rice takes longer to cook than usual, so if you cook pilaf with regular rice, the time should be reduced to 30 minutes.

Ready pilaf served with fresh herbs. As an addition to this dish, a fresh salad or vegetable cuts are best suited. Dried fruits give the dish a rich taste and aroma, so this pilaf is not inferior to a traditional dish with meat.

Barley porridge with olives and vegetables

Barley porridge is a fairly simple side dish. However, if you add vegetables, olives, bright spices and herbs to it, you can turn barley porridge into a full-fledged dish that can be consumed even during Lent.

Components:

• Perlovka - 200 g.
• Carrot - 1 pc.
• Onion - 150 g.
• Olives - 100 g.
• Sesame - 10 g.
• Water - 1 liter.
• Vegetable oil - 60 ml.
• Salt, pepper and other spices to taste.

Pearl barley should be washed, let the water drain. Fry in a dry frying pan until a pleasant aroma of pearl barley appears. Sesame should also be fried in a dry frying pan for a pleasant crunch.

Cut the carrots into thin slices, and finely chop the onion or cut into large cubes. Fry.

Place fried vegetables, sesame seeds, pearl barley in a saucepan and pour water. Cook until tender, adding salt, black pepper and other spices at the end of cooking.

Olives must be cut into thin slices and added to the porridge 10-15 minutes before the end of cooking. On average, the preparation of porridge takes 50 minutes. Serve porridge with fresh herbs or slices of fresh cucumbers.

Vegetarian curry

If you are looking for original Lenten dishes for every day of Lent, pay attention to the vegetarian curry. This is a spicy spicy dish that will be the highlight of your Lenten menu. The original combination of vegetables and spices will surprise your friends and acquaintances with your taste.

Components:

• Vegetable frozen mix - 800 g.
• Almonds - two presses.
• Onion - 100 g.
• Ginger root - 20 g.
• Coconut milk - 1 cup.
• Garlic - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - 80 ml.
• Coriander, hot pepper, saffron, turmeric - to taste.

You can use any set of vegetables to prepare this dish. It may include sweet peppers, potatoes, zucchini, broccoli, carrots, asparagus and peas. The most important thing in this dish is the right set of spices. For those who like spicy dishes, you can use more hot peppers.

Fry the vegetable mixture in vegetable oil, add finely chopped onion. Additionally, add garlic and ginger, cut into thin slices. Add almonds, coriander, saffron, turmeric, chili, black pepper and other spices to taste to this mixture.

It remains only to add coconut milk, salt and simmer for 10-15 minutes. This dish is served hot. Additionally, you can decorate the curry with dill and parsley, and also serve with fresh vegetables.

Cabbage, orange and apple salad

A fresh salad is the best dish for those who fast or are fond of proper nutrition. Salad based on red cabbage, apples and oranges - a delicious combination and benefits. Its preparation takes a minimum of time. In addition, this salad can be both a main course and a great addition to cereals or boiled potatoes.

Components:

• Red cabbage - 400 g
• Apple - 200 g.
• Orange - 200 g.
• Olive or sunflower oil - 30 ml.
• Apple or grape vinegar - 30 ml.
• Black pepper and salt - to taste.

Peel apples and oranges and cut into thin slices. Shred the cabbage. Mix all the ingredients by dressing the salad with any vegetable oil and fruit vinegar. Salt and pepper. This salad is suitable as a main meal or addition to other dietary dishes.

Lenten cutlets

Great Lent is a test for every Orthodox person. Of course, meat cannot be replaced with vegetables, but tasty and crispy vegetarian cutlets will become a favorite dish during the fasting period.

Components:

• Cabbage - 1 pc.
• Semolina - 50 g.
• Onion - 100 g.
• Flour - 30 g.
• Garlic - ½ head.
• Salt, spices, dill - to taste.
• Breadcrumbs.
• Sunflower oil.

Boil cabbage for 10 minutes. Take it out of the water and let the water drain. Grind with a blender or meat grinder, and additionally squeeze out the liquid.

Grind onion and garlic with a blender or chop finely. Chop the dill with a hatchet or chop. Combine all ingredients, salt and pepper. Add semolina and flour. Let stand 10 minutes for the semolina to swell.

From the resulting mass, form cutlets, roll in breadcrumbs and fry in vegetable oil. Serve with vegetable salad or pickles.

Lenten cookies

If you are looking for delicious lean recipes for every day, pay attention to lean biscuits. It will be a wonderful dessert or appetizer during Lent. In addition, cookies do not contain sugar, so they can be part of diet food and children's menus.

Components:

• Oatmeal - 200 g.
• Rye flour - 2 tbsp. l.
• Green apples - 400 g.
• Carrots - 60 g.
• Walnut - 50 g.
• Cranberry - 40 g.
• Dates - 5 pcs.
• Freshly squeezed carrot or apple juice - 60 ml.
• Cinnamon and vanilla - to taste.
• Sesame - 2 tbsp. l.

Chop nuts and dates. Grate carrots on a coarse grater. Grind the apple with a blender or grate on a fine grater. Mix all the ingredients, adding spices, juice, cranberries, oatmeal and flour.

The resulting mass must be left for 20 minutes so that the flour and oatmeal absorb the juice. Form a cookie from the resulting mass, roll it in sesame seeds. Lay out on a baking sheet lined with parchment.

Bake for half an hour at medium temperature. Cookies can be eaten hot or cold.

Okroshka lenten

Despite the fact that okroshka is considered a summer dish, it can be cooked throughout the year. During the fasting period, okroshka can be prepared with salted or pickled mushrooms. It is best to cook such dishes with salted milk mushrooms or mushrooms.

Components:

• Fresh cucumbers - 400 g.
• Soaked apples - 2 pcs.
• Salted mushrooms - 150 g.
• Kvass - 1.5 liters.
• Green onions - 1 bunch.
• Dill - 1 bunch.
• Mustard, apple cider vinegar, salt - to taste.

Mushrooms must be thoroughly washed under running water and finely chopped. Peel the skin of fresh cucumbers and cut them into small cubes. Chop greens. Peel the apple from the peel and core, and also cut into small cubes.

Mix all ingredients and fill with kvass. To give okroshka a piquant taste and aroma, add a little apple or grape vinegar, mustard and black pepper. Salt to taste. Additionally, you can add boiled potatoes and fresh radishes to the okroshka.

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