Lenten menu table for June. Lent: meals by day with recipes and a complete list of lean foods

Every day, those who fast have to figure out what to cook from lenten dishes for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

The Lenten table is interesting and varied both now and two centuries ago.

I decided to make this task easier for them and offer a menu for each day of Lent.

So that you don't get confused, detailed menu the days and dishes are scheduled for the first two weeks. There will be a continuation a little later.

And one more thing... This schedule is not a dogma, everyone chooses for themselves how to fast, the main fast is not in the stomach, but in the head.

Therefore, I suggest normal Lenten dishes and do not limit yourself to only tea or decoction all day.

Lent 2017 first week:

This is one of the strictest weeks of Lent.

Monday, February 27– complete abstinence from food.
You can only drink tea, preferably from herbs (chamomile, mint, St. John's wort).
Light vegetable salads, lean cookies.

Tuesday, February 28
For a day - 200 g of bread, a decoction of dried fruits, herbal tea and water.
Lenten porridges and vegetable soups.

Wednesday, March 1– dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Per day - 250 g of bread and herbal tea
Vegetable stew, vegetable salads.

Thursday,March 2– dry eating (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Fruits and vegetables in fresh, salads. Preferably – grapes, apples, nuts, greens.
Vegetable soup.

Friday, March 3- dry eating. Vegetable oil is prohibited on this day. Cooking is not recommended; everything should be consumed raw.
A decoction of dried fruits or tea throughout the day. Vegetables and fruits. Fruit salads.

Breakfast- a glass of juice or tea.
Dinner- boiled vegetables: beets, carrots or potatoes, a glass of red, natural wine.
Dinner– Celery root salad. Compote and Lenten cookies or bread.

Breakfast- Vinaigrette and coffee or tea.
Dinner - Lenten soup, potatoes with onions and mushrooms. Wine or compote.
Dinner- Boiled cauliflower with apple and carrot, tea.

Lent 2017 second week:

Monday, March 6– dry eating (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).

Breakfast- Oatmeal porridge with water. Tea.
Dinner – Vegetable salad. Fruits. Coffee or dried fruit compote.
Dinner- Tea

Breakfast- Rice porridge. Cucumber and tomato salad. Tea.
Dinner- Vegetable soup. Vermicelli with mushroom sauce. Tea with jam.
Dinner- Carrot steak. Tea

Breakfast- TOAsha buckwheat. Tea or coffee.
Dinner – Fresh cabbage soup. Cabbage salad. Compote.
Dinner- Tea.

Breakfast- Porridge from oatmeal. Fruits. Tea or coffee.
Dinner - Lentil soup. Vegetable salad. Compote.
Dinner- Mashed potatoes with eggplant caviar. Tea.

Breakfast- Millet porridge. Tea or coffee.
Dinner- Lenten pickle. Vinaigrette. Vegetables. Compote.
Dinner- Boiled vermicelli with lecho. Tea.

Breakfast- wheat porridge. Tea or coffee.
Dinner- Lenten borscht. Fried potatoes. Compote.
Dinner- rice porridge with onions and carrots. A glass of dry wine.

Sunday, March 12

Breakfast- rice porridge. Nuts. Tea or coffee.
Dinner– potato soup with beans. Vegetable salad. Compote.
Dinner– buckwheat porridge with onions and mushrooms. Tea.

Lent 2017 third week:

Monday, March 13– dry eating
Tuesday, March 14
Wednesday, March 15- dry eating.
Thursday, March 16– boiled plant food no oil.
Friday, March 17- dry eating.
Saturday, March 18– boiled food with added vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, March 19– boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.

Lent 2017 fourth week:

Monday, March 20– dry eating
Tuesday, March 21– boiled vegetable food without oil.
Wednesday, March 22- dry eating.
Thursday, March 23– boiled vegetable food without oil.
Friday, March 24- dry eating.
Saturday, March 25– boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, March 26– boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.

Lent 2017 fifth week:

Monday, March 27- dry eating.
Tuesday, March 28– boiled vegetable food without oil.
Wednesday, March 29- dry eating.
Thursday, March 30– boiled vegetable food without oil.
Friday, March 31- dry eating.
Saturday, April 1– boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, April 2– boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.

Lent 2017 sixth week:

Monday, April 3- dry eating.
Tuesday, April 4– boiled vegetable food without oil.
Wednesday, April 5- dry eating.
Thursday, April 6– boiled vegetable food without oil.
Friday, April 7 –Annunciation Holy Mother of God - It is allowed to eat fish.
Saturday, April 8 – Lazarev Saturday- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine, caviar is allowed.
Sunday, April 9 – Palm Sunday It is allowed to eat fish.

Lent 2017 seventh week:

Holy Week– strict week of Great Lent 2016.

Monday, April 10 (Holy Monday) – dry eating.
Tuesday, April 11(Holy Tuesday) – dry eating.
Wednesday, April 12(Holy Wednesday).
Thursday, April 13(Holy Thursday).
Friday, April 14 (Good Friday) – complete abstinence from food.
Saturday, April 15(Holy Saturday) – dry eating.

The Nativity Fast 2017-2018 (see the article for the daily nutrition calendar) is dedicated to preparing for the celebration of the birth of Christ on January 7th.

Nowadays everything more people turn to God. It is not at all necessary to strictly follow the church rules in order to feel His presence in your soul. Feel like an Orthodox part of a big Christendom means to feel involved in a great culture, to realize the connection of times

We all strive for peace in this harsh world. At the very basis of Christianity lies a feeling of love, for the sake of which the Great Teacher did not spare himself and was crucified in the name of the human race.

What does the Nativity Fast mean?

One of the most revered fasts in Orthodoxy was canonized in ancient times, described by John Chrysostom in the Old Testament. In those ancient times the fast lasted only seven days, but since 1166 the Church of Constantinople made changes regarding its duration. Since then, the fast lasts 40 days and takes place annually at the same time, it begins on November 28 and ends on January 6.

A wide variety of foods that can be eaten during the Advent Fast

As all Orthodox Christians know, the Nativity Fast also has another name, the Philipp Fast. The fact is that the day of remembrance of this saint, one of the twelve disciples of Christ, falls exactly on November 27, i.e. just before the beginning of the Nativity Fast.

Like everyone else Orthodox posts established by the church so that humanity does not lose moral guidelines.

Since ancient times, church ministers have been concerned with ensuring that people correctly place life priorities and did not replace turning to God with other worldly joys. This is the main meaning of the established fast.

The imperfections of human nature plunge him into base passions and the fall that are destructive for himself.

During the Nativity Fast 2017-2018. need to devote more time to prayers

Orthodoxy teaches that the soul should only have good feelings towards one’s neighbor, such as love, forgiveness and compassion. You cannot create idols and fetishes for yourself, there is only God, with whom nothing in this life can compare.

The Nativity Fast 2017 - 2018 (and the daily nutrition calendar) was established by the church in order to realize the power of the approaching event, the Nativity of Christ. It is for this that you need to prepare yourself, cleanse both body and soul from filth and sinful thoughts.

The concept of sin was introduced into the Orthodox good and peace-loving religion not at all in order to punish a person for anything, but only in order to save him from inevitable death. After all, excessive consumption of food, anger, envy, hatred, adultery, recognized by the church not just sin, but mortal sin, they destroy a person. We are well aware of the numerous diseases associated with this and base feelings leading to premature death.

Modern man, unlike ancient people, is aware harmful influence the above sins and still often cannot cope with them. Orthodoxy comes to his aid, calling him to come to his senses, look inside himself, cleanse himself and become truly happy and a free man, who knows no vices.

General rules of nutrition on fasting days

As you know, the Nativity Fast in 2017-2018. not as strict as Lent; in addition, the church makes concessions for the laity and establishes completely different nutritional standards compared to the church ones.

If you look at dietary restrictions in general outline, then this will be a refusal of animal products: meat, milk, eggs, etc.

If you decide not to strictly adhere to the nutritional standards established by the church for the Nativity Fast, you must ask permission from your confessor, giving him good reasons.

The clergy try not to burden too much modern man with its many problems of excessive strictness in compliance food standards. On the contrary, for beginners or weakened people, concessions are readily given.

When observing the Nativity Fast and following the nutritional calendar, you need to be careful. A sudden transition to a low-calorie diet for 40 days can seriously harm the body.

If a person feels unwell while fasting, then his desire to observe the Nativity Fast 2017-2018, with an established daily nutrition calendar, will be in vain. With such a development of events, a person, especially a beginner, may waver in faith, which the church cannot allow and tries to support such people by giving them relief.

It should be noted that the most stringent restrictions are imposed on the days of fasting, namely on Wednesday and Friday. For the Orthodox, these are special days, the day of betrayal and the day of the crucifixion of Christ, therefore, even outside of fasting on these days, more modest eating behavior and cancellation of entertainment events.

To make it easier for you to maintain dietary restrictions during the Nativity Fast without harming your health, you need to follow some tips:

at the beginning of the fast, some relaxation is necessary, which later, when the body gets used to such a diet, can be removed, and you will continue the fast, adhering to general norms for the laity;
given the unusual reduction in caloric intake for such a long time for the body, it is necessary to slightly increase the amount of food at one time;
You can increase not the amount of food, but the frequency of food intake, for example, every two hours;
Have regular snacks with fruits and vegetable salads;
drink more clean, unboiled water, without replacing it with juices and compotes.

During the Nativity Fast 2017-2018 (with its daily nutrition calendar) you should not try to outsmart God himself and use animal product substitutes that the industry offers in large quantities. Avoid consuming milk, meats made from soy, as well as mayonnaise and other “lean” foods that can harm your health.

The most correct way would be to eat simple traditional foods, for example:

legumes (lentils, peas, beans), especially since these products are the supplier vegetable protein, similar in composition to meat;
vegetables, especially eggplants, in addition, all types of cabbage and other vegetables;
mushrooms, but not pickled, but fresh or dried;
fruits and dried fruits;
cereals should definitely be consumed daily;
fish and other seafood;
vegetable oil;
homemade bread.

Meals according to fasting days

As already mentioned, the Nativity fast is not strict and it is quite possible to endure it and even receive health benefits.

The general requirements for creating a menu for each day are as follows:

from November 28 to December 19. During this period of fasting on Mondays you can consume hot food, but without adding oil, these can be porridges and soups. On Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, you can add fish or seafood to hot food during the day. Wednesday, Friday – dry food;
from December 20 to January 1. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, hot food without oil, previously allowed fish on Tuesday and Thursday, is canceled, but on these days you can eat hot food with oil. Wednesday, Friday – dry food, writes the website C-ib.ru. Saturday, Sunday – hot food without oil, fish or seafood;
January 2 to January 5. The strictest period of the Nativity Fast 2017 - 2018, you should adhere to the daily nutrition calendar. So, Monday, Wednesday and Friday are dry food. On Tuesday and Thursday, hot food without oil is allowed. On Saturday and Sunday - hot food without oil.

As for Christmas Eve, January 6, you will have to abstain from eating for the whole day and only after the appearance of the first star is it possible to taste kutia or sochivo, this is a dish of boiled rice or wheat with the addition of honey and dried fruits.

Separately, you should pay attention to what you eat on dry-eating days.

Dry eating means eating food that does not require cooking over fire, but it does not mean refusing to drink liquids, as many people think.

On dry food days, you can eat vegetable salads without oil, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts, bran, and flat cakes instead of bread.

Meals according to calendar days of fasting

For the convenience of familiarizing yourself with what can be consumed on each specific day of the Nativity Fast, we will describe the nutrition in more detail:

November 28, Tuesday – in addition to hot food without oil, you can eat fish;
November 29 Wednesday – drying;
November 30 Thursday - hot food without oil and fish;
December 1st Friday – dry diet;
December 2 Saturday – hot food without oil and fish allowed;
December 3 Sunday – hot food without oil and fish;
December 4, Monday, holiday of the Entry of the Virgin Mary into the temple - hot food without oil and fish;
December 5, Tuesday – hot food without oil and fish;
December 6 Wednesday – dry diet;
December 7 Thursday – hot food without oil and fish;
December 8 Friday – dry diet;
December 9 Saturday – hot food without oil and fish;
December 10 Sunday – hot food without oil and fish;
December 11 Monday – dry eating;
December 12, Tuesday – hot food without oil and fish;
December 13 Wednesday – dry diet;
December 14 Thursday – hot food without oil and fish;
December 15 Friday – dry eating;
December 16 Saturday – hot food without oil and fish;
December 17 Sunday – hot food without oil and fish;
December 18 Monday – dry eating;
December 19, Tuesday, the memorial day of St. Nicholas - for the Nativity Fast 2017 - 2018 according to the daily nutrition calendar, hot food without oil and fish are allowed;
December 20 Wednesday – dry diet;
December 21 Thursday – hot food with butter;
December 22 Friday – dry eating;
December 23 Saturday – hot food without mala and fish;
December 24 Sunday – hot food without oil and fish;
December 25, Monday – hot food without oil;
December 26, Tuesday – hot food without oil;
December 27 Wednesday – dry diet;
December 28 Thursday – hot food with butter;
December 29 Friday – dry eating;
December 30 Saturday – hot food without oil and fish;
December 31 Sunday – hot food without oil and fish;
January 1, Monday – hot food without oil;
January 2, Tuesday – hot food without oil;
Wednesday, January 3 – dry diet;
January 4 Thursday – hot food without oil;
January 5 Friday – dry eating;
January 6th Christmas Eve - dry eating; for the Nativity Fast 2017 - 2018, according to the nutrition calendar, kutya is allowed by day in the evening, after the appearance of the first star.

If you are not too closely connected with the church, but are a believer and want to join the Nativity fast, then you can only adhere to the meal schedule described above.

The main thing is not to forget to pray intensely these days and not allow yourself to fall into a sinful state.

Sample menu for fasting days

During the Nativity Fast, it is necessary special attention pay attention to variety and balance in your diet. From this important internal work, depends not only on the successful observance of fasting, but also on the preservation of your health.

Chowder and salad are the main dishes of the menu for the Nativity Fast

On days when hot food is allowed (butter is added only on allowed days), you can create the following menu:

breakfast. Dried fruits, porridge from any cereal crops with the addition of a small amount of jam or honey, a handful of nuts, tea;
dinner. Salad from any vegetables, legume soup with vegetables, bread, compote;
afternoon tea Any fruit, bread, water;
dinner. Boiled vegetables (potatoes, pumpkin, turnips, carrots, parsnips, beets), tea.

So, with the beginning of Lent, which begins on February 27 in 2017, our entire diet changes radically. So let's look at the menu at Lent by day for 40 days 2017 for the laity, to make it easier for you to navigate and tune in to certain foods for all days of fasting. By the way, don’t be afraid, if you approach the problem of nutrition rationally and thoughtfully during fasting, you won’t have to go hungry. You can plan your meals in such a way that the food will not only be varied, but also satisfying, nutritious and tasty. And don’t forget - nutrition is only a part of fasting, the main thing is to strengthen prayers, acts of mercy, visit the temple and train in love for others, then food restrictions will benefit the soul and body.
Just a small clarification, fasting actually lasts not 40, but 48 days (plus Holy Week).

During Lent 2017, you are allowed to eat the following foods:

1. Cereal bread and plain black bread made from coarse rye flour.
2. Any cereals and porridges made from them, cooked in water.
3. Summer preparations, namely salted, pickled and soaked vegetables and salads made from them, preserves, marmalades and jams.
4. Mushrooms prepared in all possible ways.
5. Beans, peas, beans and lentils - boiled.
6. Nuts, honey and dried fruits.
7. All vegetables, both fresh and boiled. Fruits and berries.
8. Seafood (squid, shrimp, mussels) and fish.
9. Tea, coffee, mineral still water, herbal decoctions.
10. In between meals, you need to drink water - 2.5 liters of mineral water and always without gas. Food should be taken three times - 1. morning (breakfast), 2. day (lunch), 3. evening (dinner). The size of each serving is 200 – 400 grams.
Look, it will be easier to make dietary changes.

The beginning of Lent 2017 - the strictest first week(like the last one, Passionate).

02/27/2017, Monday - abstain from food, only tea is allowed - chamomile, mint, St. John's wort.

02/28/2017, Tuesday – during the day you are allowed to eat 200 g of bread, a decoction of dried fruits, herbal tea and water.

03/01/2017, Wednesday: per day - 250 g of bread and herbal tea.

03/02/2017, Thursday: fresh, unprocessed fruits and vegetables. Preferably - grapes, apples, nuts, greens.

03/03/2017, Friday: decoction of dried fruits or tea throughout the day. Eating any food is prohibited.

03/04/2017, Saturday – 1. A glass of juice or tea.
2. Boiled vegetables - beets, carrots or potatoes, a glass of red, but only natural, wine.
3. Compote and Lenten cookies.

03/05/2017, Sunday – 1. Vinaigrette and coffee.
2. Any lean soup, potatoes with onions and mushrooms. Wine and compote.
3. Boiled cauliflower with apple and carrots, tea
Can be baked for borscht or soup, take a look step by step recipe, it's very tasty. Besides, they can be made sweet for tea.

The 2nd week of Lent in 2017 in nutrition may look like this:

03/06/207, Monday. 1. Oatmeal with water, tea.
2. Vermicelli soup with carrots. Potato cutlets, fresh vegetables, jelly.
3. Apple and tea

03/07/2017, Tuesday. 1. Buckwheat on water, coffee.
2. Cabbage soup made from sauerkraut (lean), vermicelli (pasta) with mushroom sauce, vegetable salad with fresh vegetable oil, compote.
3. Apples, baked with honey and tea.

03/08/2017, Wednesday. 1. Rice porridge, coffee.
2. Soup - vegetable hodgepodge. Potatoes with mushroom sauce with onions, herbs and tomatoes. Fresh cabbage salad with apple, carrots and cucumber, sauced with berry (grape) vinegar and butter. Compote.
3. Tea with lemon and jam.

03/09/2017, Thursday. 1. Corn porridge, tea.
2. Lenten cabbage soup, vinaigrette, cranberry juice.
3. Mashed potatoes with zucchini. Salted or pickled vegetables. Tea, maybe with lemon or apples.

03/10/2017, Friday. 1. Barley porridge, tea with jam (honey).
2. Lenten pea soup, vegetable salad and apple compote.
3. Potato salad with mushrooms, tea.

03/11/2017, Saturday. 1. Vinaigrette with mushrooms, coffee.
2. Buckwheat soup, rice cutlets, beetroot caviar, a glass of wine, pumpkin jelly.
3. lean pasties, tea.

03/12/2017, Sunday. 1. Millet-pumpkin porridge, coffee.
2. Lenten borscht, potatoes stewed with mushrooms, wine, lemon juice.
3. Vegetable caviar, pea cutlets, tea.

3rd week of Lent 2017, menu for every day

03/13/2017, Monday. 1. Millet, tea with honey.
2. Beetroot soup with pearl barley, potato zrazy stuffed with onions and mushrooms, pea salad with pickles, wine, fruit, cranberry lemonade.
3. buckwheat pie, tea with honey.

03/14/2017, Tuesday. 1. Boiled potatoes with garlic, coffee.
2. Bean soup, pasta with mushroom sauce, lingonberry juice.
3., tea with honey.

03/15/2017, Wednesday. 1. Semolina porridge with strawberry jam, coffee.
2. Lenten solyanka, cauliflower casserole with peppers and tomatoes, coffee.
3. Fried squid with boiled potatoes and tea.

03/16/2017, Thursday. 1. Oatmeal with fruit and tea.
2. Lenten cabbage soup, canned pickles with barley, compote.
3. Vegetable ratatouille, tea.

03/17/2017, Friday. 1. Rice porridge, coffee.
2. Pea soup, boiled potatoes with brown mushroom sauce, rosehip compote.
3. Squash caviar with buckwheat, tea.

03/18/2017, Saturday. 1. Semolina porridge with raspberry jam.
2. Pumpkin soup, stuffed squid with rice, wine, cranberry juice.
3. Open Lenten pie with apples, tea.

03/19/2017, Sunday. 1. Custard oatmeal with dried fruits, coffee.
2. Lenten borscht, pilaf with mushrooms, wine and compote.
3. Buckwheat with lecho, tea with honey.

4th week of Lent in 2017

03/20/2017, Monday. 1. Bean porridge, fruit, coffee.
2. Vegetable soup, lean pilaf, nuts, orange juice.
3. Stewed cabbage, tea.
03/21/2017, Tuesday. 1. Pearl barley porridge, coffee.
2. Lentil soup, pea puree with pickles, compote.
3. potatoes with garlic and mushroom caviar, tea

03/22/2017, Wednesday. 1. Lenten cabbage rolls, coffee
2. Mushroom pickle, cauliflower casserole, pineapple juice.
3. Nuts, fruits, tea

03/23/2017, Thursday. 1. Brewed rice, coffee.
2. Bean soup, rice with mushroom sauce, lingonberry juice.
3. Mashed potatoes with zucchini, tea.

03/24/2017 Friday. 1. Oatmeal, coffee
2. Pea soup, baked vegetables, compote.
3. Pumpkin salad with honey,

03/25/2017 Saturday. 1. Custard buckwheat, coffee.
2. Cabbage soup on sauerkraut, squid baked with carrots and onions, compote
3. Potato cutlets, tea.

03/26/2017 Sunday. 1. Apples baked with honey, coffee.
2. Lenten borscht, fried potatoes with boiled fish, fruit drink
3. Barley with tomatoes, nuts, or.

5th week of fasting, menu

03/27/2017, Monday. 1. Vinaigrette, coffee.
2. Lentil soup, pasta with mushroom sauce, squash caviar, compote.
3. Boiled potatoes with sauerkraut, tea.

03/28/2017, Tuesday. 1. Oatmeal, coffee.
2. Vermicelli soup with mushrooms, boiled fish with rice, berry jelly.
3. beets with prunes and tea.

03/29/2017, Wednesday. 1. Barley, coffee
2. Lean shea, vegetables, compote.
3. Apples baked with honey, tea.

03/30/2017, Thursday. 1. Stewed cabbage with carrots and herbs, coffee.
2. pea soup, baked vegetables, fried fish in lemon sauce, compote.
Dinner – sweet rice with fruit, tea
03/31/2017, Friday. 1. Oatmeal with jam, tea
2. Lenten borscht, boiled potatoes with herring and onions, rosehip jelly.
3.Vermicelli with mushroom caviar, tea

04/01/2017, Saturday. 1. Seafood, tea
2. Lenten solyanka, wine, raspberry juice.
3. Buckwheat with canned eggplant appetizer, tea

04/02/2017, Sunday. 1. Porridge with pumpkin, coffee
2. Cabbage soup with sour sauerkraut, boiled fish and chips, wine, coffee
Dinner – baked vegetables, tea

6th week of fasting 2017

04/03/2017, Monday. 1. Oatmeal with berries, coffee
2. Light soup with peas and corn, tomatoes with garlic and nuts, vermicelli, compote
3. Buckwheat with mushroom sauce, tea

04/04/2017, Tuesday. 1. lean vegetable pizza, with spicy tomato sauce, coffee
2. Lenten borscht, boiled squid, rice, juice
3. zucchini with boiled potatoes, tea

04/05/2017, Wednesday. 1. Semolina, coffee
2. Potato soup, raw vegetables, tea
3. Carrot cutlets with garlic and onions, tea

04/06/2017, Thursday. 1.beet cutlets, coffee
2. Lunch – lean cabbage soup, herring with vinaigrette, compote
3. Baked peppers stuffed with carrots and garlic, tea

04/07/2017, Friday. 1. Seafood, coffee
2. Vegetable soup, fried fish, rice, compote.
3. Beans baked with carrots and onions, tea

04/08/2017, Saturday. 1. Custard oatmeal with berries, coffee.
2. Buckwheat soup, boiled fish and potatoes, mushroom caviar, wine, compote
3. Sauteed eggplant with rice, tea

04/09/2017, Sunday. 1. Barley porridge, coffee
2. Mushroom puree soup, baked vegetables, boiled fish, wine, juice.
3. Roast mushrooms with potatoes, tea

The last, Holy Week of Lent, coming in 2017

04/10/2017, Monday, fasting day, bread and water.
04/11/2017, Tuesday. 1. Rice, coffee.
2. Cabbage cutlets, juice.
3. Baked apple, tea.

04/12/2017, Wednesday, 1. Fresh vegetables, coffee.
2. Cabbage salad with carrots and apples, coffee.
3. Fruits.

04/13/2017, Thursday. 1. Corn, tea
2. Cabbage soup green peas, vinaigrette, herring, compote
3. Korean baked squid with carrots. Tea.
We bake Easter eggs and paint them!

Look - simple and tasty.

04/14/2017, Friday. Hungry day, herbal tea, water, bread are allowed.

04/15/2017, Saturday – we don’t eat until the first star.
We have provided you with sample menu for Lent in 2017, and you see for yourself, you can replace some products with similar ones, the main thing is to follow the rules for every day. And don’t forget to do good deeds, help the poor, show love to your neighbors, attend worship services and pray for everyone. And give the money you save on food to the poor.
April 16, 2017 - Great Easter, congratulations to everyone, you have endured fasting, cleansed your soul and body before the Lord, and you can safely break your fast!

Orthodox Christians will celebrate the Holy Resurrection of Christ on April 28 in 2019. The holiday is preceded by Lent, which in 2018 begins on March 11 and will last seven weeks.

Lent is the strictest and longest of all four multi-day fasts established Orthodox Church. Therefore, it can be difficult to start fasting without any preparation, and it won’t harm your health for long if you don’t know how to eat properly.

The main goal of fasting is to achieve internal qualitative changes, as well as the desire of a Christian to follow the feat of Jesus Christ, who fasted for 40 days in the desert.

Compliance with fasting today is a voluntary act and is deeply individual character. In post free time you need to devote yourself to prayers, subdue your desires for food, excluding any excesses and idleness, and strive for a more secluded lifestyle.

For seven weeks you will have to give up meat, eggs, milk, cottage cheese and other animal products. At the same time, food intake per day is limited.

Lenten menu

Fasting is primarily abstinence from rich food, and not exhaustion of the body, therefore Lenten menu should be varied and rich in vitamins.

The Lenten menu can be quite varied - during Lent you can prepare various porridges, lean pilafs, pasta, soups, cutlets, salads and so on.

Porridges - corn, buckwheat, rice, oatmeal, millet, barley, peas, beans, pearl barley and others - can be cooked in water. For example, rice porridge You can diversify by adding pumpkin, mushrooms, raisins, dried fruits or jam.

You can and should eat any vegetables - at your service all types of cabbage, carrots, beets, radishes, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, green beans and others that exist in nature.

It is important to eat plenty of bell peppers and fresh herbs during this period, as they are rich in many vitamins and minerals necessary to maintain health.

You can also eat any fruit that is available this season - apples, pears, bananas, oranges, and so on. You can eat jams, dried fruits, pickles, honey, nuts and spices.

Xerophagy

According to church canons, you need to create a menu for Lenten cuisine according to the following principles - dry eating in the first and last (Holy) weeks of Lent, as well as on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

These days it is allowed to eat fruits, vegetables, dried fruits, nuts, that is, eating exclusively raw, thermally unprocessed food and lean bread. On this day it is not even recommended to drink tea or compote.

If desired, you can prepare vegetable or fruit salads; the latter can be seasoned with honey.

Salad "Exotic"

Place the shredded cabbage in a bowl, lightly sprinkle with salt and rub with your hands so that the cabbage softens and releases juice. The juice should be drained. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater and add to the cabbage. Finely chop an onion, a couple of cloves of garlic and a few sprigs of celery. Cut into cubes fresh cucumber, apple or orange. Pour lemon juice, salt, pepper and mix all ingredients. This unusual and spicy salad will energize you for the whole day.

Days without oil

On Tuesdays and Thursdays you can eat hot food plant origin no oil. These days you can treat yourself various cereals and soups, and you can also eat jams, pickles, herbs, and so on.

Bean soup with pasta

Boil red beans, add some pasta, finely chopped onion, garlic and a bunch of cilantro, spices to the pan and cook until tender. Then add salt and the soup is ready.

You can expand your menu these days by adding baked potatoes and other vegetables. You can also prepare lean spaghetti - boil the pasta in salted water and season it tomato paste. These days you can drink tea and compotes.

The second dishes on the menu during Lent can also be mushroom, potato, cabbage, and carrot lean cutlets, in which eggs as a fixative can easily be replaced with semolina. On days when oil consumption is prohibited, the cutlets can be steamed.

With butter

Saturday and Sunday (except last Saturday Lent) food with the addition of vegetable oil is allowed. Here you can give free rein to your imagination and cook various dishes- soups, salads, lean cutlets and pilaf, and so on.

Mushroom soup

Fry finely chopped onion and garlic in a saucepan and pour boiling water over the frying. As soon as the water boils, you need to pour a handful of rice into the pan, and after 10 minutes, put the mushrooms in the pan and cook a little. Then add a few cauliflower or broccoli florets, grated carrots and bell pepper(preferably red), chopped cilantro, dill and cook the soup until tender. Then add salt and start lunch.

Salad "Markitanka"

Boil potatoes and cut into cubes. Add shredded sauerkraut(preferably red), a can of canned corn, chopped green onions, parsley, cilantro, dill, celery, vegetable oil, lemon juice and mix everything well.

Fish day

During Lent, fish is allowed to be eaten only twice - on the Annunciation (April 7) and on Palm Sunday, which in 2017 falls on April 9. These days, fish can be eaten both boiled and fried, and if you are a fan Japanese cuisine- you can treat yourself to sushi.

Soup

Place a whole onion and chopped carrots in boiling salted water. Cook for five minutes over medium heat. Add potatoes and cook until tender. Very carefully, one piece at a time, add the fish (both red and white will do), without stirring, so as not to crumble. Bring to a boil over low heat, add bay leaf, allspice and finely chopped fresh herbs, and remove - the fish will be ready.

Fish baked in foil

You can bake any fish in foil - river, sea, both in pieces and whole (if it is small in size).

Cut the fish into pieces or leave it whole, place on foil, pepper and salt. Greens, preferably oregano or tarragon, can be placed in the belly of the fish, on its carcass or pieces. Then sprinkle with lemon juice, or cover with lemon slices, seal the edges of the foil and bake until done.

Treats

Of course, the main meaning of fasting is spiritual cleansing and refusal not only from certain products, but also from harmful passions, evil words and deeds, bad mood and irritability. But I want variety even during Lent.

To the delight of many fasting sweet tooths, recent years produce many Lenten sweets. You can also eat dark chocolate, nuts, fruit and berry preserves, jams, dried fruits, halva, natural marmalade, biscuits, and so on. The main thing is that desserts do not contain milk or its derivatives or animal fats.

Various delicacies can be prepared at home. For example, you can cook dessert salad.

Cut any fruits - apples, pears, oranges, add raisins, chopped nuts and dried apricots, and season the salad with liquid honey.

For cooking lemon ginger cookies you will need: 100 grams wheat flour; 100 grams of water; 40 grams of olive oil; 30 grams fresh ginger; one lemon; one full tbsp honey; one tsp baking powder for dough.

Remove seeds and skin from the lemon and grind the pulp in a blender. Grate the ginger on a fine grater, mix honey with warm water(a little to dissolve). Mix 100 ml of water, sifted flour, diluted honey, baking powder, olive oil, ginger and lemon - the dough should turn out thick, its thickness can be adjusted by the amount of water, or by additionally adding flour if the dough turns out watery.

Cover the kneaded dough and leave it for 10-15 minutes at room temperature. Heat the oven to 150 degrees, line a baking sheet with foil, make cookies of the desired shape from the dough and bake for 15 minutes.

The material was prepared based on open sources

Every day, those who fast have to figure out what to cook from lenten dishes for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

The Lenten table is interesting and varied both now and two centuries ago.

I decided to make this task easier for them and offer a menu for each day of Lent.

So that you don't get confused, a detailed menu by day and dish is scheduled for the first two weeks. There will be a continuation a little later.

And one more thing... This schedule is not a dogma, everyone chooses for themselves how to fast, the main fast is not in the stomach, but in the head.

Therefore, I offer normal lean meals and do not limit myself to only tea or decoction all day.

Lent 2017 first week:

This is one of the strictest weeks of Lent.

Monday, February 27– complete abstinence from food.
You can only drink tea, preferably from herbs (chamomile, mint, St. John's wort).
Light vegetable salads, lean cookies.

Tuesday, February 28
For the day - 200 g of bread, a decoction of dried fruits, herbal tea and water.
Lenten porridges and vegetable soups.

Wednesday, March 1– dry eating (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Per day - 250 g of bread and herbal tea
Vegetable stew, vegetable salads.

Thursday,March 2– dry eating (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Fresh fruits and vegetables, salads. Preferably – grapes, apples, nuts, greens.
Vegetable soup.

Breakfast- a glass of juice or tea.
Dinner- boiled vegetables: beets, carrots or potatoes, a glass of red, natural wine.
Dinner– Celery root salad. Compote and Lenten cookies or bread.

Breakfast— Vinaigrette and coffee or tea.
Dinner— Lenten soup, potatoes with onions and mushrooms. Wine or compote.
Dinner— Boiled cauliflower with apple and carrots, tea.

Lent 2017 second week:

Monday, March 6– dry eating (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).

Breakfast- Oatmeal porridge with water. Tea.
Dinner– Vegetable salad. Fruits. Coffee or dried fruit compote.
Dinner- Tea

Breakfast- Rice porridge. Cucumber and tomato salad. Tea.
Dinner- Vegetable soup. Vermicelli with mushroom sauce. Tea with jam.
Dinner- Carrot steak. Tea

Breakfast- TOAsha buckwheat. Tea or coffee.
Dinner – Fresh cabbage soup. Cabbage salad. Compote.
Dinner- Tea.

Breakfast- Oatmeal porridge. Fruits. Tea or coffee.
Dinner — Lentil soup. Vegetable salad. Compote.
Dinner— Mashed potatoes with eggplant caviar. Tea.

Breakfast- Millet porridge. Tea or coffee.
Dinner- Lenten pickle. Vinaigrette. Vegetables. Compote.
Dinner— Boiled vermicelli with lecho. Tea.

Breakfast- wheat porridge. Tea or coffee.
Dinner- Lenten borscht. Fried potatoes. Compote.
Dinner— rice porridge with onions and carrots. A glass of dry wine.

Sunday, March 12

Breakfast- rice porridge. Nuts. Tea or coffee.
Dinner– potato soup with beans. Vegetable salad. Compote.
Dinner– buckwheat porridge with onions and mushrooms. Tea.

Lent 2017 third week:

Monday, March 13– dry eating
Tuesday, March 14
Wednesday, March 15- dry eating.
Thursday, March 16– boiled vegetable food without oil.
Friday, March 17- dry eating.
Saturday, March 18– boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, March 19– boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.

Lent 2017 fourth week:

Lent 2017 fifth week:

Lent 2017 sixth week:

Monday, April 3- dry eating.
Tuesday, April 4– boiled vegetable food without oil.
Wednesday, April 5- dry eating.
Thursday, April 6– boiled vegetable food without oil.
Friday, April 7 –Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - It is allowed to eat fish.
Saturday, April 8 – Lazarev Saturday- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine, caviar is allowed.
Sunday, April 9 –Palm Sunday It is allowed to eat fish.

Lent 2017 seventh week:

Holy Week is the strict week of Lent 2016.

Monday, April 10(Holy Monday) – dry eating.
Tuesday, April 11(Holy Tuesday) – dry eating.
Wednesday, April 12(Holy Wednesday).
Thursday, April 13(Holy Thursday).
Friday, April 14(Good Friday) – complete abstinence from food.
Saturday, April 15(Holy Saturday) – dry eating.