Not everything is tasty as meat. Without it, meals can also be delicious and nutritious, not to mention the benefits. We suggest trying recipes for hearty meat-free dishes that will appeal to both vegetarians and convinced meat eaters.

Pea happiness

Do you think that you won't be full of salad? Add chickpeas and avocado to it and it turns into a great filling meat-free dish. Fry 400 g of canned chickpeas seasoned with turmeric. Cut the pulp of 2 avocados into cubes, pour over with lemon juice or lime juice. Cut a fresh cucumber into strips, cut in half 400 g of cherry tomatoes, tear lettuce with your hands, cut 300 g of tofu into cubes, fry. Put all the ingredients in a bowl on the lettuce leaves, salt and pepper to taste, season with low-fat sour cream or Greek yogurt. If you are considering a dietary menu, this salad should be in it.

Cheese crescent

Cheese is an unmatched ingredient for nutritious meat-free meals. Especially if you make it out of it and do not regret the greenery. We knead an elastic dough from 650 g of flour, 250 ml of kefir, 1 tsp. sugar, ½ tsp. soda and a pinch of salt. Cover it with a towel and let it rest for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, rub 300 g of suluguni, chop a bunch of cilantro and green onions. Roll out 6 round tortillas from the dough, put cheese and herbs on half of each, splice the edges and roll out thin tortillas again. Fry them until golden brown and serve immediately. This dish will always help out if you need to figure out something satisfying and tasty in a hurry.

Vegetarian cutlet

Vegetable cutlets can give odds to meat ones. The main thing is to be creative in their preparation. Cut 10 peeled potatoes into several parts and boil in salted water. At this time, grind 300 g of champignons and sauté with onions until golden brown. Knead the finished potatoes with a crush, add 100 ml of milk, 3-4 tbsp. l. flour and beat with a mixer into the dough. Divide it into 6-8 tortillas, put mushrooms and onions on each and form cutlets. It remains to fry them properly in a hot frying pan with oil. This hearty vegetarian dish will interest even those who only accept meat patties.

Broccoli for everyone

Recipes for hearty vegetarian dishes are also presented with baked goods. Such as our author. Such a rainbow cake will satisfy and cheer up the whole family.

Which ones do you know? How unusual do you make your vegetarian friends and capricious home gourmets happy? Share proven recipes with the Eat at Home! Club readers.

There can be several reasons to exclude meat products from the diet. Ideological considerations not to eat their own kind lead people to vegetarianism. Temporary refusal of meat in order to improve your health. Observance of church fast or crisis and lack of money, which is especially important now. What, then, to cook?

Vegetarian soups are particularly light and simple. The ingredients can be very varied, but they are mainly vegetables. In addition to standard onions, carrots, cabbage, and potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, greens, and celery root are perfect. To add satiety to the soup, you can add mushrooms, beans, any cereals, noodles or dumplings. Meat is a protein, and so that the body does not suffer, it must be replaced with an equivalent product. Any legume dishes will make up for the missing element. In addition to the usual cereals, you can cook something more original. Bean lobio, chickpea porridge or lentils with vegetables - there are many options, you just have to choose to your taste.

Mushrooms are also protein foods. They create a certain heaviness in the stomach, giving a feeling of fullness. Creamy mushroom sauce is a great addition to any side dish. Fried mushrooms with onions will make a hearty meal by themselves. Buying them will not be difficult. Frozen mushrooms and honey mushrooms are sold in every supermarket. There you can also find sets of noble forest mushrooms.

Potatoes have been the main part of the menu of Russians since the time they were brought in by Peter I. It is included in almost all soups. As a ready-made dish, potatoes can be used boiled with fresh herbs, fried with mushrooms, baked with cheese, stewed with vegetables. And also pancakes, mashed potatoes or potato salad will delight any gourmet. Like potatoes, pasta has a wide variety of recipes. Pasta can be added to soup, made into an egg casserole, cold vegetable salad, or simply boiled and eaten with grated cheese. There are many variations of meat-free pasta. Moreover, such a dish is no less tasty and nutritious. Also, pasta delights with its variety: horns, bows, spaghetti, noodles, nests, pasta, lasagna and others. Cereals are not only a nutritious side dish, but can also be a delicious stand-alone meal. Paella or risotto with vegetables or seafood, lean pilaf and mushroom-stuffed bell peppers are just some of the dishes that can be prepared without meat. Sometimes banal boiled buckwheat or millet groats with butter can be a great breakfast or lunch.

There are dishes that are hard to imagine without meat, but as soon as you find a worthy replacement for it, this food will sparkle with new tastes. Vegetable stew with mushrooms, dumplings with cabbage, pasties with cottage cheese, dumplings with shrimps, buckwheat meatballs, broccoli and cheese pie. It is enough just to put a little imagination, not to be afraid to experiment and try something new. If we assume the fact that the rejection of meat was not due to religious reasons and the onset of fasting, and if we consider that fish is not meat, then the range of possible dishes becomes much wider. When you get tired of salted, boiled, fried and baked fish, use more sophisticated recipes. Fish cakes or meatballs, fish pie, soufflés, croquettes, rolls, zrazy. And of course, don't forget about the traditional Russian ear. The right fish can be selected not only by taste, but also by fat content, presence of bones, tenderness of fillets and price.

Eating or not eating meat products is everyone's personal business, unless, of course, it concerns health. But the exclusion of this product from the diet does not mean at all that now the menu will become meager and bland. You need to treat your diet as part of your lifestyle. Try to make the food healthy, nutritious and aesthetically pleasing.

A wonderful lunch or dinner for the whole family - rice casserole with fish and vegetables. Fish casserole turns out to be very tasty and satisfying, such a dish can please all family members. Fish casserole in the oven is a popular dish, but it was this recipe that won me and my loved ones many years ago. Very often I cook such a casserole, and it always turns out incredibly tasty.

fish fillet, rice, onions, carrots, sour cream, eggs, hard cheese, vegetable oil, lemon, spices, salt

A popular American dish is macaroni and cheese. The combination of delicate pasta with a creamy cheese flavor makes this dish a favorite among adults and children on all continents.

pasta, cheddar cheese, cheese, mozzarella cheese, wheat flour, butter, milk, salt, ground black pepper, nutmeg, ground paprika, olive oil ...

Oven baked potatoes with meatballs are a hearty meal for the whole family! Thanks to this recipe, you will have a complete lunch - meatballs with rice and a side dish of potatoes under a melted cheese crust. Convenient, affordable and delicious!

potatoes, minced meat, rice, onions, carrots, sunflower oil, hard cheese, water, sour cream, salt, ground black pepper

Cooking buckwheat soup with mushrooms, but not simple, but with a twist - with potato dumplings! The soup according to this recipe turns out to be hearty, rich and very tasty. The unusual shape of the potato dumplings makes the soup very appetizing. This first course will surely surprise anyone!

chicken meat, potatoes, buckwheat groats, fresh mushrooms, onions, carrots, eggs, flour, sunflower oil, dill, bay leaves, salt ...

Heart-shaped meat casserole is a hearty and elegant dish for Valentine's Day! Such a casserole is quite enough for two persons, respectively, one heart is obtained for two, which is very symbolic for February 14. :)

minced meat, fresh champignons, hard cheese, red bell pepper, onion, salt, ground black pepper

Stewed potatoes with mushrooms in a slow cooker are a simple and hearty homemade dish for a family dinner. Cooking potatoes according to this recipe will take you a minimum of time, since the main work will be taken over by your kitchen assistant - a multicooker!

potatoes, fresh champignons, onions, sunflower oil, water, salt, ground black pepper, parsley

A bright and light Peking cabbage salad with salted herring, bell peppers, beans and onions will surprise you with an unbroken combination of ingredients and, as a result, a new and very original taste! Such a salad is suitable for both a festive menu and a regular lunch.

Peking cabbage, red onion, red bell pepper, salted herring, boiled beans, sunflower oil, salt, ground black pepper

Oven Chicken with Potatoes - Baked chicken thighs with potatoes, onions and cheese - a simple but delicious dish!

Chicken thighs, potatoes, onions, garlic, milk, hard cheese, vegetable oil, onion powder, garlic powder, ground paprika, thyme (thyme ...

Cabbage with beans and sausages according to this recipe turns out to be simply unrealistically tasty. This is a rich, hearty first course with the aroma of smoked sausages. And if you soak and boil the beans in advance, then cooking will take very little time.

beans, sauerkraut, sausages, onions, wheat flour, vegetable oil, garlic, tomato paste, ground paprika, bay leaf, salt, herbs, water

Don't know where to put the pasta left over from the previous meal, or want to diversify the assortment of pasta dishes? Make a pasta casserole with bacon and cheese! Such a pasta casserole will be a godsend for those who love tasty and satisfying food, but cannot spend a lot of time in the kitchen!

pasta, onion, bacon, hard cheese, garlic, cream, sunflower oil, salt, ground black pepper

Pork kidneys are second-class offal. And all because of the specific smell and taste that are inherent in the kidneys. But it is quite possible to get rid of all this! Today we will cook kidneys stewed in sour cream with vegetables. And at the same time, we will find out what measures need to be taken to properly process and prepare the kidneys.

pork kidneys, onions, carrots, garlic, sunflower oil, sour cream, soda, salt, ground black pepper

We all know that the liver is a healthy product that must be included in the diet of both adults and children. Today we will cook turkey liver pancakes in sauce. At first glance - ordinary liver pancakes, but no - creamy onion sauce works wonders. It is due to him that the pancakes are very soft, juicy and incredibly tasty. I recommend to everyone!

liver, eggs, onions, flour, bread crumbs, sunflower oil, salt, ground black pepper, onions, flour, water, cream, sunflower oil, salt ...

Today I will demonstrate a recipe for cooking chicken in Georgian or chkmeruli (shkmeruli), which is a real classic of Georgian cuisine! On my own behalf, I will say that until the moment I tried to cook chkmeruli in my kitchen, I could not even imagine that chicken could be cooked so deliciously in a short period of time. However, I decided to complicate the task a little and cook chkmeruli in a cauldron. What I got from this, see the recipe!

chicken legs, cream, garlic, parsley, cilantro, ground paprika, hops-suneli, black peppercorns, ground pepper, salt, butter ...

The recipe for a simple everyday dish is potatoes, stewed with onions, in sour cream. Stewed potatoes with onions are prepared without much difficulty and in a fairly short time. Success and standing ovation are guaranteed! This recipe deserves to be included in the list of your favorite potato dishes!

potatoes, onions, sour cream, dill, vegetable oil, salt, ground black pepper, water, dill

I didn’t think that you can be so surprised at a dish of ordinary herring! Dill seeds and baked fish in tomato juice make herring taste like a cross between boiled crayfish and shrimp! The appearance of the fish also deserves attention - the rolls look very appetizing and much more advantageous than if we baked whole fish. Of course, you will have to tinker with removing the bones, but it's worth it!

herring, tomato juice, dill seeds, salt

Turkey meatballs baked with vegetable sauce is a juicy and tasty dish that any housewife can easily prepare for lunch or dinner.

minced meat, eggs, white bread, milk, garlic, onions, spicy herbs, salt, ground black pepper, flour, zucchini, Bulgarian pepper, onion, garlic, tomato juice ...

Layered salad "Two hearts" is distinguished not only by the original serving, but also by its convenience, because it will satisfy the taste of both meat-eaters and people who prefer fish dishes. Of course, you have to tinker a little, but you will get two salads at once in one - meat and fish. And this is already a great reason for a romantic dinner or lunch.

beef, pink salmon, carrots, pickled cucumbers, canned beans, eggs, rice, onions, vinegar, sugar, mayonnaise, salt, pomegranate

Appetizing baked wings in a spicy honey sauce, with a bright spicy taste, will be an excellent appetizer or main course to your table.

chicken wings, salt, ground black pepper, ground paprika, baking powder, honey, sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil

Soup with seaweed and rice is an original first course that will appeal to all lovers of unusual and light dishes. Cooking such a rice soup with seaweed will take you very little time, try it.

canned sea cabbage, potatoes, onions, carrots, long-grain rice, vegetable oil, salt, ground black pepper, water, eggs, sour cream

The thick, rich garlic puree soup is the perfect lunchtime dish. Its rich garlic-potato flavor and aroma will leave no one indifferent. Such a dish will warm you up and perfectly saturate you in the cold season. Try to cook.

pork bones, pork, potatoes, onions, garlic, cream, vegetable oil, salt, ground black pepper, herbs

Cheese soups are a great way to spice up your list of homemade first courses. The delicate creamy taste of the soup will be a great alternative to the soups already available in the assortment. And funny cheese balls will attract children not only to the process of eating, but also to cooking - after all, doing everything together is much more fun!

chicken fillet, potatoes, processed cheese, hard cheese, carrots, onions, pasta, eggs, wheat flour, salt, ground black pepper, green onions

The recipe for the delicious kharcho soup. Prepare kharcho on beef broth. For this, a brisket, a shank, a shoulder blade are suitable, and I even took a carbonade with a bone.

beef, rice, sour plum, tomato, walnut, onion, garlic, hot pepper, ground red pepper, hot pepper, petiole celery, parsley root ...

We try something new every day! Sometimes you want a lazy recipe, but in order for everyone to have enough, it would be beautiful and tasty! Today we are preparing one large and very tasty cabbage roll in the oven. It is easy to prepare, and you can feed the whole family! Cook for health!

Peking cabbage, minced pork, onion, rice, garlic, tomatoes, Bulgarian pepper, parsley, vegetable oil, caraway seeds, salt, ground black pepper, water ...

Wonderful homemade baked goods for a snack - savory curl buns made from yeast dough with aromatic filling of crab sticks, cheese, eggs and herbs. These snack buns are especially good when warm, they fly out in no time! This original bun recipe is definitely worth your attention!

flour, milk, butter, dry yeast, sugar, salt, crab sticks, eggs, hard cheese, green onion, dill, mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper

The chicken breast fillet prepared according to this recipe turns out to be juicy and incredibly tasty. First, the chicken meat is fried and then stewed in a creamy sauce with mushrooms. This sauce will become a wonderful gravy in the future to the side dish with which you will serve chicken!

chicken fillet, fresh champignons, butter, sunflower oil, water, cream, flour, salt, ground black pepper, green onion

Pollock fish soup with potatoes is a tasty, easy and healthy first dish for the whole family. This soup is very easy to prepare, it has a pleasant aroma thanks to sea fish and fresh herbs!

pollock, water, potatoes, onions, carrots, sunflower oil, garlic, bay leaves, dill, green onions, salt, black peppercorns

Easy to prepare, very aromatic and delicious chicken soup.

Chicken thighs, potatoes, carrots, celery root, onions, pasta, vegetable oil, dill, black peppercorns, bay leaves, salt, water

A very simple and quick recipe for the first course for lunch - vegetable soup with beans and corn. Corn soup with beans turns out to be light and tasty. Try to cook!

canned corn, canned beans, carrots, butter, salt, water, parsley

Homemade pork roast with sauerkraut is a simple, incredibly tasty and satisfying dish for lunch or dinner, which even a novice cook can easily cope with. In addition, work in the kitchen for no more than 15-20 minutes - mixed all the ingredients, put them in the oven and you can rest. Try it!

pork, sauerkraut, Bulgarian pepper, onion, vegetable broth, cream, tomato paste, ground paprika, sugar, caraway seeds, oregano, salt ...

A quick recipe for canned pink salmon soup. Fish soup with melted cheese, spinach and vegetables turns out to be very tasty, thick and rich. Ideal for lunch.

canned pink salmon, processed cheese, spinach, potatoes, carrots, red bell pepper, onions, salt, ground black pepper, vegetable oil

Potatoes "Boulanger" or baker's potatoes ("boulangerie" in French - bakery) has its own history of the name. In the old days, French housewives traditionally gave potatoes prepared according to this recipe to a baker to place in an oven for bread to simmer and soak in the aroma of spices. Cooking baked potatoes did not give any trouble to either the hostess or the baker. Currently, this French recipe has conquered the whole world with its simplicity and extraordinary taste of the dish.

potatoes, onions, garlic, chicken broth, vegetable oil, rosemary, thyme (thyme, Bogorodskaya grass), butter, salt, ground black pepper

Easy to prepare, but very festive and unusual dish. The combination of chicken meat with quince, prunes and rosemary is simply amazing! Cook such a baked chicken in the oven, and there will be no indifferent among your family and guests!

chicken legs, Chicken thighs, quince, prunes, rosemary, soy sauce, spices

Today is a great recipe for stuffed potatoes baked in the oven. Tasty and simple, but what else is needed! We stuff the potatoes with filling, which after baking becomes like a soufflé, and at the same time very tasty! I recommend trying to cook potatoes for real!

potatoes, brisket, mozzarella cheese, eggs, green onion, vegetable oil, butter, salt, ground black pepper

Here's how to easily and deliciously cook pasta and meat in a pan for lunch or dinner. Although the preparation will take some time, you will get a rather hearty dish that can feed a couple of people. The recipe is simple, and anyone can cook it. We just cook everything in a pan, periodically adding ingredients and stirring.

pork, onions, carrots, bell peppers, tomato juice, water, pasta, vegetable oil, salt, ground black pepper, parsley

Chicken pasta is a very simple and budget-friendly dish available.

pasta, Chicken thighs, onions, carrots, celery root, garlic, tomato paste, flour, salt, ground black pepper, vegetable oil, green onions

Experiments with first courses are simply necessary, because most of the time we repeat the same recipes for soups, tired of the family with the monotony of food. I recommend making a light soup with mushrooms, carrots and chicken fillet dumplings. Such chicken soup is prepared simply and quickly, and the result is beyond praise: delicious and tender meatballs-dumplings in broth, slightly sweet carrots and springy mushrooms.

chicken, fresh champignons, carrots, salt, ground black pepper, parsley, water, chicken fillet, white bread, eggs, cream

This cold soup with smoked herring is more suitable for the hot season, when, first of all, you want not to get enough, but to cool down. The taste of the original fish soup resembles okroshka, light and dietary. The soup contains a lot of fresh herbs, the basis is kefir with carbonated water. But smoked fish brings its own differences to the taste of the dish and to its aroma!

kefir, sour cream, dill, green onions, fresh cucumbers, smoked herring, carbonated water, mustard, salt, ground black pepper

Whoever said that fasting cannot be tasty and healthy, he was very mistaken. After trying the meat-free dishes below, you will understand how fast days can be a joy.

WICKETS

"Gates" is a dish that came to us from Korelia. They are very similar to cheesecakes as they are also made with cottage cheese.

What we need:

• Rye flour 500 g.
• Potatoes 500 g.
• Kefir or yogurt 150 - 250 ml.
• Sour cream 200 g.
• Butter 100 g.
• Milk 100 ml.
• Salt to taste.

BEAN CUTLETS

Cutlets that can be cooked with or without an egg. If we replace the egg with starch, then this dish will help you out in Lent!
Ingredients:

• 2 cups cooked beans
• 2 onions
• 1 egg 1 tsp
• salt 1 tsp
• pepper or to taste 1 tbsp. l. ghee, vegetable oil, bread crumbs.

POTATO FRITTERS

Potato pancakes are the same pancakes, but in this case they turn out to be quite light and beautiful.

For cooking you will need

• Potatoes
• Vegetable oil
• Use onions, asafoetida, black pepper - to taste

LAYERED CHAPATI

Chapatis are non-yeast cakes made from wholemeal flour. We have unusual chapatis, but puff ones.

Chapatis are very popular in India and are used instead of bread. Such tortillas can be seasoned with various sauces and filling, making a kind of sandwich.

But the beauty of this dish is that it is absolutely dietary and lean!

Ingredients:

• Coarse flour or Atta flour - 250 gr.
• Warm water - 150 ml.
• Salt to taste
• Olive oil for lubrication 50 - 100 ml.

Vegetable stew in pots with wild mushrooms

This amazing forest mushroom and potato stew will delight your whole family! This amazing dish is not only fragrant and pleasant to the taste, but also very healthy.
Ingredients

• Potatoes 3 pcs.
• Carrots 2 pcs.
• Cauliflower 1 head of cabbage
• Onions ½ pc.
• Fresh chanterelles 125 g.
• Frying oil
• Greens

You can watch how to cook such a miracle for dinner, which we have specially prepared with a detailed description and video.

Potato pancakes with mushrooms

Excellent lean pancakes for those who like to cook deliciously and keep the fast. They turn out to be very tasty, but cooking will take very little time.
Ingredients:

• Champignons 200 g.
• Potatoes 700 g.
• Crackers 2 tbsp
• Salt ½ tsp
• Frying oil.

You can see the preparation method and description in ours. And we move on to the next recipe, which is also very interesting and tasty.

Funchoza

A very appetizing dish with exotic roots. Glass rice noodles are paired with a variety of spices, vegetables and soy meat for an incredible palate. This is the perfect dish for those who find it difficult to give up meat.

Ingredients:

• Rice noodles 100 gr.
• Eggplant 300 gr.
• Carrots, grated with straws 100 gr.
• Cucumbers, grated with straws 100 gr.
• Soy meat 50 gr.
• Olive oil 4 tbsp l
• Dry basil 1 tsp - to taste
• Hot red pepper or paprika 2 tsp
• Black pepper - to taste
• Salt 2 tsp
• Soy sauce 3 tbsp l
• Garlic 3 cloves
• Ground coriander 2 tsp
• Lemon juice or vinegar 4 tbsp l or to taste Cilantro or parsley leaves 10-15 sprigs

Now, when vegetarian food is becoming relevant for many for ideological reasons, it is worth remembering that it can be very tasty. Dinner without meat does not mean that you have to be content with porridge or steamed vegetables - there are many dishes that will please even those who are not fasting. We will tell you how to diversify your table so that you do not have to cook for yourself separately, because dishes according to our recipes will pleasantly surprise even meat-eaters.

Sometimes it is worth giving up meat in favor of cereals and vegetables so that the body can take a break from such a difficult-to-digest product. Of course, if you leave fish in the diet, the main questions will be removed, but what if you remove both?

At first it seems that there is simply nothing, but this is only the first impression. In the cuisine of different nations, you can find lean dishes that you will surely like.

One of the classic recipes in the post. If you have not tried them yet, be sure to cook them, the combination of cabbage and buckwheat only seems strange, but on the plate it looks very tempting, and the taste is excellent!

Filling

• Boil a glass of washed buckwheat in salted water. Add spices or seasoned salt if desired.
• We clean and cut the onion, three carrots on a grater.
• We fry in vegetable oil and, when the buckwheat is cooked, put it in the pan.
• Let's sweat with vegetables so that the cereals are properly soaked. Set aside to cool.

Cabbage

We put a large pot of water on the fire - we will boil a small head of cabbage in it. As soon as the water boils, dip the cabbage into it. It is important that it is completely covered. We hold for at least 5 - 7 minutes and take out.

Carefully cut off the top leaves from the stump, trying not to damage them, we will wrap the filling in them. Put the head of cabbage again, cook for a short time and cut off the leaves. We do this until there are 10 - 12 boiled cabbage leaves on the plate.

If too thick veins interfere, cut them off with a knife.

We form cabbage rolls

Now we wrap 1 - 2 tbsp in each sheet. fillings and spread the cabbage rolls on a deep baking sheet with the fold down.

We put them more densely - so they definitely will not turn around, and they will be saturated better.

Fill

Now we are preparing the sauce-filling: mix 3 tbsp. tomato paste, 2 tablespoons water, 3 tbsp. vegetable oil and 1 tbsp. mustard. Stir well, add pepper, add salt and evenly fill the cabbage rolls. If desired, replace vegetable oil with lean mayonnaise.

We put the baking sheet in a hot oven (220 ° C) for 30 - 40 minutes. If it seems that the top is burning, cover with a lid from a baking sheet or foil. We serve stuffed cabbage rolls hot for dinner.

The same recipe can be slightly changed by making, for example, a filling of stewed mushrooms with rice or mushrooms with buckwheat. The taste will be even richer, and the fast will not be broken.

If we are talking about mushrooms, then how not to remember an excellent alternative to any pies - zraz? We will make them from potatoes, because these products are perfectly combined with each other, not only during fasting.

First, prepare the filling

• Fry finely chopped onion (1 pc.), And then, as soon as it becomes transparent, add 500 g of chopped mushrooms (champignons or oyster mushrooms) in portions.
• Salt, season with spices - nutmeg, allspice and black pepper.
• Bring to readiness and set aside to cool.

Boil 1 kg of peeled potatoes, cutting them into slices. When ready, drain the water completely. Knead the slices with a crush or mixer, salt and add a little sugar - this will make the dough much tastier.

Stir in about 5 tbsp. flour, always focusing on the consistency - the dough should be plastic. If you overdid it with flour, add water. Also, a little by teaspoons, stirring all the time.

How to sculpt zrazy

As soon as everything is ready, we moisten the palm with water - this greatly facilitates the process, we collect 2 tablespoons. dough and make a pancake on your hand. We put a couple of teaspoons of the filling on it and close it with our palm, covering it with the other hand.

The trick is that this is not an ordinary dough and you shouldn't expect to be able to make something tricky like dumplings. The main thing for us is that the resulting pie does not fall apart.

Fry a portion zraz in a heated frying pan in vegetable oil until golden brown on both sides. Serve hot, sprinkled with herbs. Lenten dinner is ready!

But if you prefer something a little more European for dinner, the Italian recipes will love it. It also has lean dishes.

The dinner will be hearty, but not heavy.

• We put water on spaghetti and, as soon as it boils, salt it and send pasta to cook.
• Cut a couple of medium eggplants (400 g) into small slices and fry in a pan in olive oil along with 1 chopped garlic clove.
• Salt, season with dried basil and rosemary.
• While they are cooking, peel 3 tomatoes and, when the vegetables in the pan are browned, transfer them to another dish, and in the same pan fry the chopped tomatoes along with another clove of garlic.
• Season them with spices. If the sauce turns out to be too runny, keep them on fire to remove excess moisture.
• Drain the spaghetti and immediately mix with the eggplants - let them stand. In the meantime, the tomato dressing will also be prepared.

We spread the spaghetti on plates and pour the tomato-garlic sauce on top. Sprinkle with herbs if desired.

This dish will brighten up any dinner without meat and fish, and it will not be difficult to prepare it.

1. Fry in a deep frying pan in olive oil, first 2 chopped garlic cloves, then, when they are browned, send 1 bell pepper, 1 fresh carrot and, if desired, onion, chopped into cubes - without it, the taste will be different, but no worse.
2. Meanwhile, rinse a glass of rice with water. Remember that it should become completely transparent, as a rule, this requires 8 - 9 rinses.
3. Pour rice into a frying pan with vegetables and pour 1 cup of boiling water or hot vegetable broth into it.
4. Salt, add a mixture of Provencal herbs and, stirring occasionally, cover with a lid. We will need about 2 glasses of liquid, but in order not to get porridge, we need to add it gradually.

After 5 - 6 minutes, open and pour in another ½ cup and keep it under the lid for the same time. We check again and, if the rice is not yet ready, add the remaining liquid, if it is already soft, remove from heat, let stand for a couple of minutes and serve.

A wonderful Mediterranean lean dish is ready!

Lean Dinner Snacks

When you do not want serious food, light vegetable snacks come to the rescue.

The fillings can be varied indefinitely, guided only by your imagination and tastes!

• Cut off the upper part of 3 medium tomatoes (1.5 - 2 cm) and take out the pulp with a spoon - we do not need it.
• Drain the liquid from canned white beans (200 g) and grind it in a blender along with a clove of garlic and 100 g of walnuts, salt.
• We fill the tomatoes with the resulting mixture and put in the refrigerator for an hour. Serve by cutting into quarters.

Similarly, you can make tomatoes stuffed with mushrooms, which in this case can be chopped and fried without chopping into a paste. We cook them with garlic or add it later separately raw - this will make the appetizer more spicy.

If you don't want to bother with further slicing, let's arrange the dish a little differently: immediately cut the tomatoes into rings, and put the filling on top with a teaspoon.

Also, tomatoes in fasting can be stuffed with a mixture of green peas, finely chopped boiled potatoes, carrots and lightly salted cucumbers. The filling is prepared separately and seasoned with vegetable oil - almost a vinaigrette turns out.

Now that we have figured out with hot dishes and snacks, let's remember the sweet tooth, who do not have to deny themselves goodies during the fast. It is enough just to cook them differently and baked goods for a lean dinner will be a pleasant surprise.

It is called so not only because it is very tasty with tea, it is on it that we will bake our cake!

1. We brew strong black tea - we need 300 ml of tea leaves. As soon as it is infused, add 2/3 tbsp. sugar and 2 tbsp. honey and stir until completely dissolved.
2. Grind ½ lemon and orange together with zest in a blender. Add the resulting mass to the tea leaves.
3. Put 300 g of chopped sweet candied fruits and 150 - 200 g of chopped walnuts there.
4. Pour in 1 glass of flour, 2 tsp. baking powder, add a little salt, and if the dough is thin (it should be thick!), add a couple more tablespoons of flour.
5. Put the dough in a greased pan and sprinkle with brown sugar on top - when baked, it will give a caramel crust.

If desired, 5 minutes before the end of cooking, we update the sugar topping - this will make the glaze a little thicker.

Bake the cake for 40 - 35 minutes at 190 ° C.

The taste of carrots is well emphasized by walnuts and dried fruits added to the dough.

• Soak 50 g of prunes and dried apricots in water - they should stand for at least half an hour.
• To make the nuts more flavorful, roast them in a pan for 10 - 15 minutes with continuous stirring - 100 g is enough.
• Grind them in a blender, or even better, chop them with a knife, since you should not bring them to the consistency of flour.
• Then mix 1 cup sugar with 8 tbsp. vegetable oil, add 1 cup of nectar (peach, orange juice - the main thing, it should be with pulp), add nuts, 150 g of grated carrots and mix.
• Drain the dried fruits, dry with a napkin, chop finely and add to the carrots.
• Mix 150 g of flour with a pinch of salt, 1 tsp. baking powder and vanilla on the tip of a knife, pour into the carrot-sugar mixture, mix with a mixer or spoon.
• Pour the resulting rather thin dough into a baking dish and place in a hot oven (200 ° C) for 35 - 40 minutes.

Let the finished cake cool and decorate as you wish. If it turns out to be high, you can cut it lengthwise and coat with fruit puree or jam, and sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon on top. Dessert for dinner is ready!

But what to do if there were no nuts at hand, but you want to observe the fast? Let's make a very simple orange manna.

• Mix 200 ml of orange juice (fresh or purchased) with 200 g of semolina.
• Add 200 g of sugar, 100 g of vegetable oil and 1 tsp. orange peel (you can use dry).
• Mix everything and leave for 25 - 30 minutes to swell the semolina.
• Then pour 200 g of flour in portions - it may take less, ½ tsp. soda and a pinch of salt.
• Mix again - the dough should be of a sour cream consistency, and pour it into a greased form. If desired, sprinkle with breadcrumbs on the bottom.

Bake at 190 ° C for 40 minutes. You can serve manna without decorating, because it turns out to be of an extraordinary bright color!

So our lean dinner is ready! As you can see, even without meat and fish, food can be very tasty, varied and healthy!