The Lenten menu is delicious. Lean food: recipes
A traditional Belarusian dish - potato pancakes - is loved by everyone and always reminds of childhood. Hearty, fragrant potato pancakes can also be prepared during fasting. Lenten potato pancakes differ from non-skimmed ones only by the absence of eggs and serving without sour cream. But this circumstance does not in any way impair their taste! Lenten pancakes can be served with mushroom sauce, lean mayonnaise from beans or peas, as well as just fried onions and garlic - it will be delicious anyway. ›
Beans, like all legumes, are the primary source of protein for the body during fasting. Lenten bean dishes should be frequent guests on our table. Beans can be used to prepare both first and second courses, as well as snacks, pie filling and even mayonnaise! ›
The tradition of baking dough birds goes back to the ancient times. The day of the vernal equinox was a significant event, because it was from this day that the Slavic New Year, and with it new worries and joys. Be that as it may, we all will bake lean larks on this day, and all together we will spend the winter in her chambers and we will finally meet spring! It is better to cook lean larks with the kids, because they love to sculpt little birds so much! Plus it's not difficult at all. ›
Over the centuries, the cuisine of many peoples of the world has collected a great variety of recipes for lean buns from different types flour, with various additives and fillings. Our site will share with you only a part of these recipes. Lenten buns will be a pleasant sweet addition to your table during fasting. ›
Lenten table can and should be varied! Otherwise, fasting turns not just into a rejection of animal products, but a mockery of oneself. Lenten potato dishes, the recipes of which we have selected for you, prove that even from simple ingredients you can cook many of the most different dishes... These are the first and second courses, and salads, and snacks - in general, there is plenty to choose from. ›
Great post in 2019 runs from March 11 to April 27, marking a dramatic change in the diet of all believers. Lent is one of the strictest fasts in the church calendar, starting seven weeks before Easter and lasting 48 days. ›
It's a fast in the yard, and we, as if it were a sin, remember pancakes, and our family members ask us to cook them, and we really want to please them. delicious pancakes... And, it seems, well, what pancakes without eggs and milk, however, exist lean pancakes, in which these important ingredients are replaced by others, as a result, they turn out to be no worse than the pancakes we are used to and beloved. ›
Almost every morning begins with the ringing of the alarm clock, and the time of Great Lent is no exception, we are still in a hurry to work, in between times we manage to jump into the shower, get ready and even have breakfast. But if we can usually get by with an omelet or a sandwich with sausage or cheese, then during Lent breakfast should not contain animal products. ›
Fasting is not the time to give up your favorite foods. Want some cutlets? Let's cook lean cutlets, fortunately, there are so many recipes that the eyes just run wide. ›
Lent is not only a time for spiritual, but also for physical cleansing. Many people worry that they will have to eat tasteless dishes, but this is not entirely true, because today it is simply known great amount delicious recipes lean dishes without oil. ›
The upcoming post gives our body a great opportunity to take a break from mayonnaise and other dressings based on it and eat up live vitamins that are so necessary in spring. ›
As you know, Great Lent introduces a number of food restrictions into our lives. You will have to give up many familiar products, and it may seem that there is simply nothing to cook delicious dishes from. However, housewives need to prepare even lean dishes so that they please the household. great taste and variety. ›
With sour cream and jam, the time of Great Lent comes. Much has been written and said about what can be eaten during fasting and what is not, but I still want to quote the words of Hieromonk Oleg, priest of the Ascension Caves Monastery, about the observance of fasting by the laity: "... first of all, we must think about spiritual fast ...". For those who are not confident in their abilities, the hieromonk advises to start small. Fasting first on Wednesdays and Fridays. Do not eat eggs, meat and dairy products these days. Then gradually observe other restrictions on fasting.
What can you eat in the post
Lent 2016 starts on March 14th and ends on April 30th. It is supposed to eat during the fast lean food, this one, which is of plant origin. All kinds of pickles are allowed (pickled and pickled cucumbers, sauerkraut), as well as mushrooms, nuts, tea, crackers, gray or black bread, you can cook compotes, fruit jelly and various cereals in water with the addition of raisins, prunes and dried apricots.
How to eat properly during Lent
- On Mondays- dry eating (water, black bread, fruits and vegetables)
- On Tuesdays- food is hot without vegetable oil
- On Wednesdays- dry eating (vegetables, fruits, black bread, water, compotes)
- On Thursdays- hot food cooked without vegetable oil
- On Fridays- dry eating (water, black bread, vegetables and fruits)
- On Saturdays- food with vegetable oil, grape wine is allowed
- On Sundays- food cooked in vegetable oil, wine It is supposed to eat once a day, in the evenings, with the exception of Saturday and Sunday, when it is allowed to eat twice, at lunchtime and in the evening.
Meals for Great Lent on holidays
- March 14th- complete abstinence from any food
- April 7 (Annunciation) - you can eat fish dishes
- April 23 (Lazarev Saturday) - you can eat dishes with fish caviar
- April 24 (Palm Sunday) - fish and seafood dishes are allowed
- April 29 (Good Friday) - no food should be taken before taking out the shroud during the church service
- May 1 (Easter)- Moderate food allowed
Lenten dishes
A very tasty lean dish made from pumpkin, potatoes, onions and tomatoes. Vegetables seasoned with spices are baked in the oven. See detailed step by step recipe ...
Beans are not only tasty and nutritious, they are also famous for the fact that they contain indispensable for human body vitamins, proteins and amino acids ...
The perfect dish during fasting, tasty and nutritious, contains vegetable protein and vitamins. Preparing this dish is quite simple, and if available canned beans and lecho is generally done instantly ...
This dish is simply irreplaceable during fasting, it is tasty and nutritious, it contains vegetable protein (mushrooms). At the same time, these zrazy contain neither meat, nor milk, nor eggs ...
During the fast, only lean food is allowed. In order for the body to get the proteins it needs, you should consume proteins vegetable origin... And the leader among such plants is beans ...
Despite the fact that this borscht is cooked without meat, it turns out to be so rich, tasty and aromatic that many meat soups pale against it ...
This pate turns out to be very tender, tasty and nutritious. Great recipe for those who are fasting. Also this recipe lean pate will be very useful for vegetarians, as well as for everyone who adheres to proper nutrition ...
This dish needs no introduction, everyone knows it. The vinaigrette is healthy, nutritious and tasty. You can cook with beans, you can without them, and most importantly, even without the addition of oil, it remains delicious ...
Cook this delicious and healthy soup with mushrooms and pearl barley. Natural protein of plant origin will fill the body with strength and energy, only during fasting it should be eaten without sour cream ...
Eating tasty and varied food during fasting is not so difficult, just show a little imagination and boring potatoes turn into real delicacy... Try it, tasty, fast and affordable ...
Beans are a source of very valuable vegetable protein, vitamins and amino acids. During the fast, it is very important to have a balanced diet, soup with beans will help you with this ...
The most delicious mushrooms are pickled. Moreover, you can pickle mushrooms yourself at home. I suggest a very simple and quick recipe, just a few hours and the treat is ready!
Delicious and inexpensive lean dish. In addition to buckwheat, you will need any edible mushrooms(champignons, porcini mushrooms, etc.), onions, carrots, grows. butter. The Perfect Lent Dish ...
Surprising but true: dough without milk and eggs can be delicious! And not just tasty, but very tasty. Preparing lean dough quite simple, you can make any filling ...
Fast, tasty and healthy dish, suitable for both daily menu and for the post. Rather, these are even two lean dishes, because this recipe allows you to cook delicious boiled fish and jellied ...
Ideal for vegetarians and fasting people. Green bean is full of vitamins and minerals, mushrooms supply vegetable protein, and pasta is carbohydrates - a source of energy ...
During the fast, make a delicious and nutritious soup. Gazpacho is made from fresh tomatoes, cucumber, garlic and salad peppers. During Lent, instead of white bread put gray ...
Diversify your menu while fasting with delicious sauerkraut... She prepares very quickly. Just three days and vitamin dish ready. You can eat it sour, or you can stew and stick dumplings ...
On Saturdays and Sundays, when hot food cooked in vegetable oil is allowed, you can make it tasty and healthy stew... To prepare it, you need carrots, zucchini ...
A very tasty and healthy lean dish. First, boil the eggplants or bake them in the oven, then cut them together with onions and salad peppers. A little salt and a little oil, and our dish is ready ...
During fasting, when the menu is not so varied, ferment cauliflower... This simple, lean dish will not only decorate the table, but also bring an element of novelty to your diet. Try it, very tasty cabbage ...
Simple and delicious recipe lean dishes. For cooking pickled eggplant you will need eggplants, carrots, onions, garlic and quite a bit of vegetable oil ...
This a traditional dish fasting people and vegetarians. It cooks very quickly and always turns out delicious. With the appropriate decoration, it turns into a lenten holiday dish ...
The ascetic and often bland taste of lean dishes can pleasantly complement spicy carrot prepared according to Korean recipe, which is so loved by our people ...
Ratatouille, although it is a lean dish, but in its own way taste and outward appearance worthy festive table... Therefore, in holidays post, remember this dish ...
A very tasty and satisfying lean dish. Mushrooms are a 100% vegetable protein that can more than replace animal proteins during fasting ..
Boiled rice very useful and nutritious dish, it helps to cleanse the body. Complement boiled rice stewed vegetables for a great lean, healthy lunch ...
In those days of Great Lent, when it is allowed to eat fish, you can cook this beautiful appetizer avocado, shrimp, fried fish and cherry tomatoes. Kebabs are being prepared in the oven ...
There are many different recipes cooking potatoes. Among the simple and lean recipes, I recommend this one. Using paprika powder will give the dish a special golden color, and the garlic will give it a delicious aroma ...
Old recipe from the origins folk cooking... A very simple dough without eggs or milk that molds well. Delicious filling and delicious fried onions ...
Stew with potatoes and vegetables is very quick and easy to cook, and so that the potatoes boil quickly and the stew turns out thick, use simple advice on how to cut potatoes correctly ...
Roast potatoes with mushrooms it is very high in calories hearty dish... Prepare it for lunch and you will have energy for the rest of the day, which is very important for the modern business person ...
Do not be intimidated by the tricky overseas name Brava sauce. In fact, making the sauce is not difficult at all. We take tomato sauce, garlic, paprika, flour and a little spicy sauce Tabasco...
You can't eat during fasting meat soups and broths, however, liquid cooked food is necessary for the body. Here, we are all helped out by the fish soup, which can be cooked on those days when it is allowed to eat fish ...
Silver carp is very common and available fish, the meat is tender and juicy. Cooks quickly and can be sautéed with a minimum of oil. It's humble but tasty dish will expand your diet while fasting ...
By eating lean foods, a person will not feel weakened, since such food fully satisfies the needs of the body. A person adheres to the restrictions while fasting, and feels cheerful and light. A person who adheres to the restrictions during fasting feels cheerful and light, and not weak and drained, as some believe. Many people follow a similar diet all their lives and feel very good about it. In order to lean food was delicious and looked beautiful on the table, and we created this section on the site. It is important to know the history of fasting and the importance of lean cuisine in Russia.
- Great Lent begins 49 days before Easter.
- His goal is to prepare for Easter within 7 weeks.
- The first 40 days are considered to be a type that Jesus fasted in the wilderness for 40 days after his baptism.
- Subsequent: 1 day is Lazarev Saturday, the second day is Palm Sunday and Holy Week - the final 6 days.
- The last week is the most important, as it helps to refresh the memory of the last week of our Lord's life. These are the resurrection of Lazarus, the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on the donkey and the Last Supper and the sermons of Jesus.
According to the rules, during fasting, you must adhere to rather strict restrictions on food, and not everyone can withstand this, so you can start small, for example, fast on Wednesday or Friday. It is worth remembering that on such days you cannot eat any dairy products, meat and eggs, it is also advisable to refuse vegetable oil, since it is allowed to be consumed only on weekends.
But even taking into account such strict restrictions, you can eat not only healthy, but also tasty food, because today it is known quite a large number of a variety of simple meatless dishes.
Vegetarian borscht
During Great Lent, it is forbidden to eat meat, but you can cook no less tasty vegetarian borscht... The recipe for such borscht is very simple, besides, it cooks much faster, and the ingredients practically do not change. However, for the preparation of this borscht, vegetable oil is used, which, according to the rules of the fast, is allowed to be eaten only on weekends. But this recipe is also suitable for those who are not very strict in fasting.
Ingredients:
50 g cabbage
200 g tomato juice,
1 bunch of dill
1 tsp mustard (if desired, can be replaced with wasabi),
1 tbsp. l. flour,
2 garlic cloves
1 medium beet
1 medium carrot
1 onion
4 medium potatoes
spices and salt - a little, to taste,
vegetable oil - a little, for frying.
Preparation:
First, take a saucepan and pour 2 liters of water into it, put it on the stove. Using this lean recipe, you can easily cook delicious vegetarian borscht in a multicooker.
While the water is boiling, let's start preparing other products. We take the potatoes, peel them and cut them into relatively small cubes. After the water boils, put the chopped potatoes in a saucepan, tighten the fire to a minimum and cook for a quarter of an hour.
Now we are preparing the frying. Peel the garlic and onion, wash well and chop finely. We peel carrots, wash, three per coarse grater... We put a frying pan on the stove, pour a little vegetable oil (about 2 tablespoons). As soon as the oil is hot, put the onion, garlic in the pan, and then fry until the vegetables acquire a pleasant golden hue.
Then add carrots to the onion with garlic, cover the pan with a lid and fry the vegetables over low heat for about 5 minutes. Now we take the beets, peel them, wash them and grind them on a coarse grater. Put the prepared beets in a pan for vegetables, mix everything well and simmer under closed lid another 5 minutes (it is important that there is a minimum fire).
After about 5 minutes, remove the lid and sprinkle the whole mass with a small amount of flour, and then add mustard (you can use wasabi) and mix everything again.
Now add to the pan tomato juice, season the frying with salt and a little pepper, cover the pan with a lid again and leave for 10 minutes.
By this time, the potatoes should be half cooked. Now lightly add water in a saucepan with potatoes and put all the frying in the broth, mix well and let it boil for about 10 minutes.
We wash and grind fresh dill... Put chopped cabbage into a saucepan with borscht. Cook the dish for about 3 more minutes, then turn off the stove, cover the pan with a lid and leave for half an hour so that the borscht can brew well.
Vegetarian borscht is completely ready, we can pour it into portioned plates, add a little fresh herbs and sour cream, serve it to the lean table.
Cabbage with mushrooms 
On Saturday and Sunday, when it is allowed to eat vegetable oil during fasting, you can prepare not only a tasty, but also quite satisfying dish, besides, it is not only very quick and easy to prepare, but also contains minimal amount calories, that is, it is dietary. That is why it can be cooked not only during fasting, but also on any day, if there is a desire to lose a little weight.
Ingredients:
1 large onion
300 g of mushrooms
500 g sauerkraut,
1 kg of fresh cabbage,
pepper and salt - a little, to taste,
vegetable oil - a little, to taste.
Preparation:
Thanks to the use of fresh cabbage, the dish is tender and juicy, and sauerkraut adds a little piquancy, making the taste more interesting and savory.
First, we prepare fresh cabbage - finely chop it. Then wash the mushrooms thoroughly with cold running water, and then cut them into thin slices. In the event that pickled mushrooms are used, they must also be cut into wedges.
Now we take the onion, peel and chop finely. Put a frying pan on the stove, pour a little oil and simmer the onion over low heat until it becomes translucent and soft. Next, add the prepared mushrooms to the onion.
Fry the mushrooms and onions until they are half cooked, then season with a little salt and pepper (if desired ground pepper you can not add at all, then the taste of the dish will turn out to be more delicate and soft). Transfer the mushrooms and onions to a separate plate.
Then we take new frying pan, add literally a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil and wait until it gets hot. Now put fresh cabbage in a frying pan and fry over medium heat, season with salt, cover with a lid (so the cabbage will let juice much faster). Periodically, so that the cabbage does not burn, it must be stirred. Simmer cabbage in this way for 5-7 minutes.
After the specified period of time has elapsed, put all the sauerkraut in the pan, and simmer again for 7 minutes (now you do not need to cover the pan with a lid). Then add to the pan with cabbage and mushrooms, mix everything well and simmer for about 5 minutes, turn off the stove.
It is very important not to overexpose the cabbage on the fire, since only in this case it will be juicy and crispy enough, and will not decay. The advantage of this recipe is not only its taste and minimum calorie content, but also the fact that, under the condition of moderate heat treatment all are preserved in cabbage beneficial features and vitamins.
Lean stuffed pepper
Having prepared this simple and very tasty dish, you can diversify the lean table and pleasantly surprise your loved ones. The advantage of this dish is that it is not necessary to use vegetable oil, so it can be prepared on any day of Lent.
Ingredients:
1/3 part of a small head of cabbage,
100 g of rice
5 large mushrooms,
1 small carrot
3 large bell peppers,
pepper and salt - a little, to taste.
Preparation:
Before proceeding with the preparation of this dish, we take rice and soak it in advance in cold water... Thus, all excess starch will be removed from the rice much faster and easier, making the rice more tasty, tender and crumbly.
Then we take the mushrooms and cut them into small pieces. It is worth remembering that during the frying process, the pieces of mushrooms will curl up, as a result of which they will become several times smaller, so they must be cut into such pieces so that they can be felt in the filling.
Now we take onion, peel and chop it finely. In a frying pan for 20 minutes under a closed lid, simmer onions with mushrooms (vegetable oil can be omitted).
Rice can be cooked in a skillet or double boiler. If we cook rice in a frying pan, it is important to remember that the lid must not be lifted until all the liquid has completely evaporated (water must be poured just enough so that it is only one finger above the rice level).
Chop the cabbage finely, as it should not be too long, otherwise it will be very difficult to mix it with the rest of the filling ingredients. We clean the carrots, wash them and three on a coarse grater. In a skillet, simmer cabbage with carrots for about 20 minutes under a closed lid.
While the cabbage is stewing, let's prepare the pepper for stuffing. First, carefully cut off the top of each pepper, after which I wash them not only from the outside, but also from the inside. We do not discard the cut off hats, as they will still come in handy. Now we take a knife and carefully remove all internal membranes, wash out the remaining seeds with water.
As soon as all the ingredients for the filling are ready, mix them, lightly season the filling with a small amount of pepper and salt. We take a teaspoon and stuff each pepper, then cover each pepper with caps and boil them in water for about half an hour, until full readiness.
Lean stuffed pepper is ready, and this dish can become worthy of respect for any table, not only during fasting, but also on any other day. If desired, the stuffed peppers can be served with herbs and lean mayonnaise.
Lean pea cutlets with rice
Fasting is easy perfect timing to cleanse your body by excluding products of animal origin from your own diet, therefore, you should give up fish, meat, eggs, milk, and also minimize the use of a variety of sweets. You can try making delicious and very healthy lean pea cutlets with rice.
Ingredients:
1 slice of plain bread
4 tbsp. l. flour,
1 tbsp. peas,
1 tbsp. rice,
bread crumbs or semolina - a little,
spices - a little, to taste,
Preparation: 
First, we take two saucepans, since we will cook peas in one, and rice in the second. So, take the peas, put them in a saucepan, fill them with water (cold!) And move them to the stove. Simultaneously set to cook and rice. As soon as the rice and peas are completely ready, pour them into one container and make mashed potatoes. Now add a small amount of pre-chopped greens to the rice and pea puree and mix everything well.
Spices play one of the main roles in the preparation of delicious lean dishes, since, thanks to their addition, the dish acquires more bright taste and rich aroma. Add a small amount of your favorite spices to the rice and pea puree, as well as flour, as it gives the mass additional stickiness. Next, add a slice of plain bread.
Stir the mass until it acquires a homogeneous consistency, and then you need to wait a little, since the finished rice and pea puree should cool completely. Now we proceed directly to the formation of the cutlets themselves. Then each cutlet is rolled on both sides in semolina or bread crumbs.
It is worth remembering that you need to fry the pea cutlets in vegetable oil, so it is advisable to cook this dish on weekends, since it is on these days during Great Lent that you are allowed to use vegetable oil.
Pea cutlets are fried in a pan with hot vegetable oil on both sides until fully cooked (cutlets should be fried over medium heat). It is recommended to serve this dish hot with any side dish.
Diet potatoes
Diet potatoes are not only allowed to be eaten during fasting, but also if there is a desire to get rid of a couple extra pounds as it contains the minimum amount of calories. To cook potatoes according to this recipe, you need to add vegetable oil, so this dish suitable for those who are not very strict about fasting.
Ingredients:
1 kg of potatoes,
2-3 garlic cloves,
salt - a little, to taste,
vegetable oil - a little, for lubrication,
fresh herbs - a little, to taste.
Preparation:
We clean the garlic and potatoes. In the event that a large potato is taken, then we cut it into several pieces. Now squeeze the garlic into the potatoes. We wash the fresh herbs and tear them with our hands, as this way it will retain all its aroma.
Season everything with salt and mix well, grease with a small amount of vegetable oil and transfer the potatoes to a prepared baking sleeve.
Tie the sleeve tightly on both sides and place in a preheated oven. We bake the potatoes until they become soft (we check the readiness of the potatoes with a fork).
Ready diet potatoes shifting to beautiful dish, decorate with a few leaves of fresh mint, you can add tomatoes, and serve.
Such dietary potatoes are not only suitable for fasting, but also become worthy decoration any festive table.
Now you know how to make simple lean meals.
Lenten dishes: what are they like? Do I need to stock up on recipes for delicious lean dishes if fasting is the time to limit oneself in bodily pleasures in order to grow spiritually?
There is a time of the church year when the Orthodox are allowed to cook and eat only lean food. Of course fasting imposes certain restrictions... But the Church does not forbid trying to diversify Lenten menu via simple recipes delicious lean dishes. Many fasting people (such as children) may not be able to fast unless they have a delicious fasting menu. It is important not to forget that the main thing in fasting is prayer, dialogue with God and an attempt to get closer to Him. Lenten meals are usually very light and easy to prepare, this helps to think less about the physical and more about the spiritual during the fast.
Many secular establishments, cafes and restaurants, start a special menu of lean dishes during the period of fasting, but vegetable cutlets, dishes from a variety of vegetables and lean borscht can be prepared at home. Also, food lean table usually refers to the number dietary meals... And for many, these recipes can be useful outside of fasting. After all, they are made up of available ingredients will become great side dish and diversify your usual menu.
Do not forget that God does not require us to harm ourselves, and if for health reasons you cannot observe a strict fast, then before switching to lean meals, it is better to consult with your doctor and confessor. In such cases, a relaxation of the fast is allowed.
The portal "Orthodoxy and Peace" has prepared for you an extensive list of recipes and information on cooking during Lent.
In our rational and scientific age, with its abundance of information, shocking shocks of disasters and misfortunes, there is so much a good miracle that brings quiet joy and peace of mind. And we forget that this miracle is always with us, even within us, it is given by God through our repentance and striving for internal change your life, to align it with God's will for us. This miracle is the transformation of a person. Is it not a miracle when a person who is accustomed to living according to the flesh strives to the spiritual, who has never known prayer finds sweetness in church chants, comprehends the joy of goodness, the consolation of repentance in sins. Great Lent propels us to all of this with its entire structure: long biblical readings, prayers of repentance and hymns, the charter about food. During the days of Passion Week of Great Lent, the strictest fast is observed.
Great post. How do we fast?
We fast with a fast that is pleasing to the Lord. true fasting is evil alienation, abstinence of the tongue, rejection of rage, excommunication of lusts, derogation, lies and perjury. This impoverishment is a true fast and auspicious. (from the service of Great Lent)
It is said among the people: “ a good start- half the battle“. This is probably why many Christians fast more strictly in the first week of fasting. Lent implies the exclusion from the diet of meat, dairy, fish food and eggs, but the measure of your fast must be coordinated with your confessor, not forgetting to remind you about your state of health.
And the Orthodox hostess is responsible for how to make the fasting meal varied enough so that the fasting people do not lose heart, and at the same time do not awaken the passion for gluttony. Therefore, it is good if the food is cooked familiar and at the same time does not contain non-fasting components.
Lenten porridge
If you have cooked porridge for your family on a regular basis, then you can also cook it in Lent, just not in milk, but in water, and not season with butter, but serve sauce with it, or sweet: based on jam or jelly, berries, steamed and chopped dried fruits, nuts, honey, cocoa, vegetable corn cream, or unsweetened: vegetable, mushroom; in both cases the spice variations are very interesting. Do not forget about the variety of the main component - cereals: rice, buckwheat, pearl barley, oatmeal, semolina ... whole, crushed, flakes. Play also on the consistency of porridge: from a smudge close to a puree soup to a crumbly “grain to grain”. Additional components can not only be served in the form of a sauce, but also added during the preparation of porridge.
It's great if your family diet soups are common. Most of them are very pleasant lean options or easily adapt to the post. Technology highlight lean soup: timely laying of the components, so that by the end of cooking they are all ready at the same time, first harder, then more tender, for example, for borscht, beets and carrots are laid before potatoes and cabbage. Pleasantly improves the taste soup light toasting vegetables. Most lean vegetable soups acquires best taste and aroma when added at the very end of the minced clove of garlic. Do not forget about other spices, herbs, bay leaves. You can use and ready mix or cubes for broth, you just have to monitor their composition: are there any non-lean components added. It is also possible to separately cook vegetables, chop all or part of the components in a puree soup, serve with croutons or croutons, or even, in an oriental way, with unleavened rice (here it makes sense to cook a soup with a very pronounced taste, spicy or salty).
Thematic excerpt from the Prologue by Archpriest V. Guryeva:
Spiritual fasting
(A word about fasting, and about slander, and about condemnation)
Some of the common Christians think that fasting should consist of abstaining from food and drink, and nothing more. Not eating fish during fasting or not eating oil and wine - this, in their opinion, exhausts the whole commandment about fasting. But is it so? No. True, one must fast bodily, but spiritual fasting must also be combined with bodily abstinence. This is what the Holy Church teaches. "Fasting," she says, brethren, bodily, fasting and spiritually. "
What is this spiritual fast, and why is it necessary?
The Holy Fathers so defined it. “If you are fasting, show it from your deeds. Which ones? Seeing a beggar, have mercy; make peace with the enemy; do not envy a person who is in happiness; do not look at your wife, radiant with beauty. Fasting is unhypocritical; fast with your eyes, and heart, and ears, and hands, and with all your members ... Keep your hands from appropriating what does not belong to you, your feet from going to the games; keep your hearing from hearing slander and lies, and let your mouth also fast, refraining from condemnation ”(Prol., Apr. 9).
Such is the spiritual fast, brethren. We need it, because without it bodily fasting loses all meaning. “What is the use, says to thin the body by abstinence, when the spirit is bursting with pride? What praise can we receive for being pale from fasting when we grow pale with envy? What virtue is it not to drink wine, but to revel in anger and hatefulness? " (Last 14, volume 2). - “There is nothing more, it says in the Prologue, - do not eat meat or fish, but eat the flesh of the brethren with slander” (Prol., Apr. 9). So, when we fast bodily, we fast also spiritually, i.e. the external actions of the post are consistent with the internal ones. Purifying the body with abstinence, let us purify both the mind from vain thoughts, and the heart from the crafty desires. Mortifying the body with fasting, let us also mortify passions: anger, evil lust, greed for profit, and the like evil. Adorning the body with bodily fasting, let us adorn the soul with virtues: mercy, meekness, humility, reconciliation with enemies, charity. This will be a true fast, both pleasing to God, and for us, therefore, salvific. Amen. (Archpriest V. Guriev, Prologue, April 9)
Lenten meals - the best recipes
Mushroom cutlets. Boil the mushrooms in water and chop finely. Cook rice in water with salt and parsley, mix with mushrooms and add nutmeg... It is advisable to grind the mass (for example, in a blender). Form cutlets, sprinkle them lightly with flour or dip each in batter, fry in oil. Pour the sauce well when serving.
Finely chop the cabbage, put in a saucepan, add water, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and simmer until half cooked. Pour into the boiling mass in a thin stream semolina, cook, stirring continuously, for 10-15 minutes
2-2.5 liters of water, 1/2 cup buckwheat, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 2 tbsp. spoons of oil, 3 pickled / lightly salted cucumbers, 2-3 potatoes, 1 glass cucumber pickle, Bay leaf, pepper, salt and herbs to taste.
2 tbsp. flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 2/3 st. sugar, 120 g margarine for baking (butter can be used on non-fasting days).
Pour sugar into a bowl, add water and vegetable oil, heat a little, add honey. Stir to dissolve the sugar and honey. Mix in separate dishes soda, cocoa or coffee, spices, then add this to a mixture of butter, water and honey and knead thoroughly so that there are no lumps.
The career of Holy Lent is drawing to a close, and Easter is already near. We live in anticipation of special days preparing us for this Great Holiday. And behind this expectation it is important not to get confused, not to lose the penitential attitude, not to forget to turn your thoughts inside your heart and check its arrangement by the commandment of God.
Sift flour with salt. Add sugar. Gradually pouring in water, knead the dough of the same consistency as sour cream. Cover the bowl with the dough with foil and leave in a warm place for 40 minutes. Preheat a frying pan. Add some vegetable oil. Pour in 1 ladle of dough.
We are all so used to them that we don’t even think that a hundred years ago they were not in the diet of our compatriots. Many of korean salads are quite suitable for a lean meal, but one must remember that, firstly, these are appetizers that increase the appetite, which is not always good, because during fasting, one should strive to limit the amount of food taken; secondly, it is spicy food
Finely chop the green leek into rings, fry in margarine with garlic and thyme. Add the white part of the stems. Pour white wine ...
The very first thing that comes to mind is the usual yeast dough, on the water (you can add vegetable cream), bake sweet rolls, pies or pies from the very varied filling... Gingerbread and rug dough can be considered no less traditional in Lent ...
What features does unleavened dough cooked in Lent? We cannot put an egg in it to strengthen it. Our actions because of this largely depend on the “nature” of the flour, on the strength of its gluten. If the flour is good, and you tried to make a very tight dough (the ratio of water: flour = 1: 3 by volume, and do not forget to salt - adding salt also strengthens the dough a little), then you will get excellent dough for dumplings.
