What can and cannot be eaten and drunk on fasting and fasting days? Nutrition calendar for Lent by day: what is possible, what is not.

In the modern world, fasting is already much easier than before. Now many manufacturers offer a huge amount of lean products that are allowed to be consumed during fasting.

But first, let's look at the benefits and harms of certain products, as well as what will really apply to lean products.

Soy and its products

There are entire stores specializing in the sale of semi-finished soy products. And what kind of lean products are not made from soybeans: cutlets, chops, goulash, and even the entire list of dairy products, from milk to cheese.
This is very healthy, because soy is rich in various vitamins, it is quickly prepared and contributes to the saturation of the body with proteins. Also, soy products are useful for blood vessels, brain function and comprehensively improve the functioning of our body.

There is, perhaps, only one risk - most of the soybeans are grown using transgenes. Those. to abuse soy, albeit lean products, is still not worth it.

lean sausage

Sausage. Once it was impossible to dream about this product in a post. Now, even during the fasting period, it turns out that you can treat yourself to such a lean product as sausage. But here is its composition: dyes, thickeners, flavors, etc., alas, except to worsen your well-being, they are unlikely to be able to do anything else.

lean bread

To be honest, we already eat lean bread. After all, in its manufacture do not use eggs and butter.

But what kind of bread is healthier is still worth mentioning. The most useful bread is a product made from malt. The second most useful can be considered bran bread. It is not very beautiful, but very useful, because. in its manufacture, wholemeal flour is used.

And, of course, bran and bread from grain, of course, can also successfully and with the greatest benefit replace ordinary bread. They are rich in vitamins and microelements.

But for sweet lovers, confectionery factories significantly expand their range of lean products in the post, and sweet pastries appear in stores, which everyone can enjoy.

Macaroni and dumplings

Pasta is another product that can be consumed without restrictions during fasting. As we all know, they are made using only water, flour and salt. True, you can’t add butter to them in a post, but it’s quite possible to drop a little vegetable oil.

The main thing is to pay attention to pasta without the addition of egg powder and from durum flour. This information can be found in the description.

Dumplings are in composition, in fact, the same pasta, only with filling. You can use them in fasting or not, it depends only on what they put in them. Those. also carefully read the composition.

Margarine and spread

Both margarine and spread are substitutes for butter. They are made from herbal ingredients. True, manufacturers sometimes add animal fats to spreads. A completely vegetable spread, allowed as a lean product or not, can be understood from the name. If the name is “vegetable fat spread”, then there are no animal fats in it. If it is “vegetable-creamy”, then animal fats are present in the composition and it is no longer possible to call such a product lean.

Lean mayonnaise

Theoretically, mayonnaise cannot be a lean product in principle. The main ingredient for making mayonnaise is eggs. That is, "lean mayonnaise" is a sauce with the taste of mayonnaise. It's best to make your own sauce. It will be both healthier and better for the figure.

Lenten pastries and sweets

During the fasting period, in the confectionery departments, you can find pastries specially made for fasting people. The main thing is to pay attention to the composition so that there are no eggs and milk.

Also, a lean product is dark and bitter chocolate. It is important that there is no milk in the composition. But this applies to white and milk types of chocolate. Here they can not be used in the post.

Marmalade, gozinaki and halva. Well, where without these sweets during the fasting period! They do not contain any fats of animal origin, so they can be enjoyed with pleasure.

The most important thing during the fasting period is not to replace the usual food with something the same, only different in composition. The main thing is the purification of the soul through the ability to think through one's actions and refrain from temptation. Therefore, when compiling a menu, the main thing is to remember the purity of the soul.

Well, so that it doesn’t take you a lot of time to plan lunches and dinners, we offer a list of allowed products.

List of lean foods

I decided to write an article about what you can eat in fasting, what dishes you can cook on a fasting table.

After all, you want to eat tasty, varied, healthy and not boring, so that every day you don’t eat the same thing, right?

I want to offer you some delicious ideas on how to feed yourself and your family during the fasting period.

From this article you will learn:

What can you eat in the post - menu for lean nutrition

So, many people know that fasting can be strict and not strict.

Moreover, during the same fast there are certain differences in the daily diet.

Accordingly, the dishes that are consumed are different.

Strict fasting and not strict - what is the difference between them?

All posts vary in their degree of severity.

• Strict post:

during strict fasting, only plant foods (vegetables, fruits, cereals) are allowed, and all animal products are completely excluded. Food can be thermally processed or raw (these are days of dry eating).

• Less strict post:

when allowed on some days vegetable oil in dishes from plant foods.

• Not a strict post:

fish and vegetable oil are allowed these days. Otherwise, all food is plant-based, meat, milk and eggs are not consumed at all.

Lent is considered the strictest. The rest are less strict.

What can be cooked in the post?

Many people think that fasting is only carrot cutlets, sauerkraut and “empty” rice… But, in fact, everything is not so scary at all, friends!

How do you like lasagna, spaghetti, pizza, various pancakes, dumplings, pancakes, pies and pies? It is not necessary to cook with white wheat flour if we do not want to get better! You can cook from buckwheat, corn, oat, pea, etc.

And how about various delicious sandwiches with hearty pates, vegetable and mushroom caviar, jelly, mushroom aspic, sweet cereals, dumplings with various fillings and “lazy” dumplings (gnocchi, dumplings, dumplings), julienne, various salads with such a hearty composition, that they fit to call the main dish and dumplings?

Borscht, cabbage soup, soups, mushroom and nut dishes, and even “scrambled eggs” without eggs!

And how many sweets you can cook, it's generally incomprehensible to the mind!

And sweets, and kozinaki, and pies, and cookies, and even cakes with cream!

Including - cakes without flour, without eggs and without sugar, this is already "aerobatics", but you can also learn this!

And this is not a complete list of those dishes that are called lean ...

And if fish is allowed, it’s generally a holiday: it’s fish soup, cutlets, meatballs with rice, fish pastes (pates), steamed, fried, grilled and oven fish.

With vegetables, stuffed, stewed with mushrooms and onions, various fillings with fish for pies and pancakes ... You can’t list everything!

What products can be used in the preparation of lenten dishes?

• Cereals:

millet, wheat, barley, barley, rice of all varieties,. Also buckwheat, bulgur, couscous, spelled, corn grits. As well as oatmeal, and cereal from several types of cereals.

• We prepare from them:

porridge, add to vegetable dishes, make cutlets, zrazy, fillings for pies and pies, prepare cereal soups and various casseroles.

From buckwheat, oatmeal, rice, barley, corn flour, rye flour, spelled flour we prepare our pastries and bread.

• Vegetables - absolutely everything

We prepare from them:

soups, vegetable stews, vegetable purees, puree soups, various fillings, vegetable sauces and meatballs.

We add them to pates, make salads from raw and boiled vegetables, casseroles, stew, bake, boil, fry, steam them.

We add cereals, mushrooms to them, pour them with all kinds of delicious sauces and eat just like that, cut into pieces.

Berries, fruits and dried fruits - absolutely everything

We prepare from them:

fruit purees, marshmallows, compotes, fruit drinks, kissels, jams and jams for tea. We twist and freshly squeezed juices, add to pastries, prepare fillings for pancakes and pies, add to cereals. We eat just like that, whole or cut into beautiful pieces.

• Greens - any

From it we prepare:

“green” salads, add to smoothies, cut into salads from boiled and raw vegetables, sprinkle generously on our prepared dishes, make “green” toppings for our pancakes and pies.

• Legumes:

peas, beans of all kinds, beans, chickpeas, mung beans, lentils.

• Cooking from beans:

soups, mashed soups, add to salads, boil and mash, add to vegetable stews, cook bean pastes, fillings, etc.

• Nuts - whatever you like

We cook from nuts: nut sauces (sweet and salty), nut muffins, nut cutlets, make gozinaki and halva, prepare delicious nut milk, add to pates and fillings, sprinkle our cereals with chopped nuts and add to any other dishes, pastries.

We make cheese from nuts. Cooking nut pastes and nut urbechi. We bite just like that

• Seeds:

sunflower, sesame, flax, poppy, chia seeds, hemp seeds.

We prepare from them:

we add to pastries, make gozinaki, sauces for dishes (sweet and salty), sprinkle our cereals with crushed seeds and add to other dishes.

We prepare vegetable milk (sweet and unsweetened), urbechi from seeds, cheese from seeds, tahina (takhina, tahini) from sesame seeds and a mix paste for sandwiches from various seeds.

• Mushrooms are everything

We fry them, stew them, bake them, cook them on the grill, steam them.

We cook them with various fillings, make pates out of them, cook julienne, add them to vegetable dishes, soups, prepare mushroom soups, mushroom fillings, add them to cereals, salads.

• Vegetable oil - any you want

For salads, cold dishes and snacks, and in ready-made dishes, it is best to use vegetable oils of the first cold pressing. They have both taste and aroma - just divine!

Choose the ones that you like: olive, linseed, camelina, and hemp, grape seed oil and walnut oil, sesame.

As well as mustard oil, coconut, rice, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.

For frying-cooking-stewing, 100% oils and refined ones are suitable, they are odorless and can be cooked on, as well as coconut oil.

Where to get protein in a lean diet?

Mushrooms are our "meat" for the period of lean nutrition. This includes legumes, nuts, herbs and seeds.

All of these foods are highly nutritious, high in protein, healthy fats (nuts and seeds), and vitamins and minerals.

During fasting, all these products are MANDATORY in the daily diet. In this case, you will not have any "protein starvation".

What kind of cereals are prepared for fasting?

Our Russian porridge is not just food, it is a whole "philosophy"! This, of course, is not about quick, instant cereals, which “filled in and ate right away.”

Although, this is also an option: simple oatmeal or a mixture of cereals, filled with boiling water or vegetable milk, and with the addition of berries, nuts, fruits and seeds - why not a hearty, delicious breakfast?

And porridge with vegetables, mushrooms - why not a wonderful and hearty dish for dinner?

The main idea here is this: porridge is never NOT tasty. The porridge just needs to be cooked properly.

Here's an example: barley. Do not love? You just don't know how to cook it!…

Here you need to know the secret of delicious barley. Try to do this: rinse it, pour enough boiling water over it, wrap it in a warm blanket and let it brew all night, 8-10 hours. If all the water is not absorbed, then drain it, fill it again with a small amount of water and boil it for 10 minutes.

Fry separately the onion, cut into beautiful rings and grated potatoes, add spices and mix with the finished barley.

You can also add mushrooms if you like.

No one will refuse such porridge!

A similar story with buckwheat porridge. Do you like it with milk? Please: grind seeds or nuts with water in a blender, strain, and you will have the healthiest milk in the world! Any porridge is good with vegetable milk, and buckwheat is especially good. Make it sweet or savory, whichever you like.

An excellent option for buckwheat porridge is buckwheat with onions, carrots and other fried vegetables.

Buckwheat with mushrooms and onions - who would refuse it, right?

Very tasty buns, pancakes are prepared from buckwheat flour and “Grechaniki” are fried.

In stores, look for spaghetti or any other pasta made from buckwheat flour. It is very tasty and unusual!

Prepare sweet pilaf from rice: add steamed raisins, nuts, seeds, any fresh berries or fruits to boiled rice, pour over with sweet nut sauce or honey. This is a meal!

And rice with mushrooms and vegetables? Why not swim? A very tasty and satisfying dish, the absence of meat and you will not notice ...

Any porridge can be served with a sauce prepared by yourself. It's easier than ever - to prepare the sauce from the same seeds or nuts. You can make vegetable sauce, tomato sauce, sweet fruit and berry sauce.

Be sure to add spices to any cereal. This will enrich the taste of your cereals, give them an incredible flavor and make them healthier and easier to digest.

Dried fruits in post

Of course, dried fruits are eaten in fasting.

The amount of vitamins in them, of course, falls, but the amount of sugar increases.

But, despite this, the benefits of dried fruits are still all in doubt, because all trace elements are stored there in the necessary and sufficient quantity.

They are commercially available, they are not so expensive in price, especially since there are a lot of them and you can’t eat them. Of course, it is better to buy those that have not been processed, that have been dried and stored without being exposed to "chemical attack."

They are not as beautiful and glossy as those that were first soaked in sugar syrup and dried at high temperature, and then treated with sulfur dioxide, etc., but you know for 100% that you do not harm yourself by using them.

You can eat dried fruits and just like that, say, with tea. To do this, it is better to pre-soak them in water. They will become juicy and soft, and will look like fresh ones.

From any dried fruit you can make a delicious dessert-delicacy.

Especially good in this dessert will be: figs, cherries, large prunes.

Need juice from red berries. If it’s not the season, then feel free to take your blanks off the shelves and get started! Add the following spices to the juice: vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper and sugar. Add dried fruits cut into large pieces, mix and boil it all over a very low heat: first without a lid for 50-60 minutes, then under the lid for another 40 minutes. Look, it may take less time. The main thing is that the syrup becomes thick.

Such a dessert can be served with tea, served with porridge, and just cracked with a spoon ...

The use of dried fruits is not limited to this.

Many amazing things are done with dried fruits: for example, they are added to the stuffing for stuffing tomatoes, sweet bell peppers and eggplant. They are stewed with red beans and fried onions.

It turns out unusual, original and piquant.

How to cook mushrooms in the post?

If we do not take into account the “newfangled” soybeans, then mushrooms are exactly the “meat” that will be on our table during the entire post.

Mushroom soup, potatoes with mushrooms and onions, vegetable stew with mushrooms, mushroom julienne, mushroom caviar, potato cutlets stuffed with mushrooms with mushroom sauce (zrazy), mushroom risotto and dumplings with mushrooms…

All this, of course, can be prepared quite calmly from dried mushrooms and from frozen ones. Not only bored champignons and oyster mushrooms will do. Honey mushrooms, chanterelles, aspen mushrooms, porcini mushrooms - everything is good!

Recently, Japanese shiitake mushrooms can also be found. He is the "world champion" in the fight against cancer. In addition, they are incredibly tasty, the Japanese know a lot!

And the huge, just giant portobello mushrooms? It tastes like pure chicken! And they are often sold in ordinary supermarkets, ask!

Mushrooms have a fantastic variety, and this is a great occasion for daily "mushroom experiments" in order to cook mushrooms often, cook a lot and tasty.

Here are some options for you:

1. Wild mushrooms can be used to make tapenade sandwiches: grind capers with olive oil, add lemon juice, season with salt and pepper. It turns out such a paste that is perfectly smeared on toasted slices of bread, and between two slices - slices of mushrooms fried to a crisp.
2. And from the good old oyster mushrooms, a salad “emerges” by itself: mushrooms, apples, celery stalks, lettuce and large berries of dark grapes fried to a beautiful ruddy. Everything is drizzled with a dressing of lemon juice with crushed pine nuts, salt, pepper and a little cinnamon. Mmm…
3. And champignons fried with soy sauce, honey, sesame seeds and green onions? Served hot, immediately, they are incredible!

How to use nuts and seeds in fasting?

Nuts play an important role in our lean diet.

They can not only sprinkle cakes and add to a salad of beets and garlic ...

During fasting, when almost every protein counts, nuts are simply an irreplaceable thing!

If the nuts are fresh, then this is, consider that “almost a panacea” in the autumn-winter period, when all sorts of colds and SARS pester us.

Nuts are just so nice to nibble on and make nut pastes out of them. It does not have to be peanuts, very tasty pastes are obtained from absolutely any nuts! It is even better to make from nuts, moreover, from raw ones. Still, peanut butter is an ambiguous product ...

Although, if you really want to, then you can, but not much. It is very easy to cook at home: roast peeled peanuts in the oven, twist it in a meat grinder twice, add salt and water to the desired consistency.

Or immediately twist everything in a blender - peanuts + salt + water.

The same principle is used to make raw nut paste:

• Do you want something sweet? No problem: add honey and cinnamon.
• Do you want something unusual? Please: add pepper, quite a bit of honey and spices. A very original taste is obtained from nut paste!
• Want something more satisfying? Then combine in a blender lightly roasted nuts in the oven (walnuts are perfect for this appetizer, but you can use any, be guided by your taste), fried onions, salt, pepper and water. Very, very tasty, hearty and fragrant snack! It smells so that you immediately need to spread it on your bread and eat it until the homemade “grind”, otherwise you won’t get it, believe me!
• If you want to make something “more impressive” for a snack, then you can add boiled beans and a little bit of garlic to this recipe. Again: we scroll everything in a blender with the addition of water to the desired pasty consistency.
• You can do the same with seeds - cook a paste, and every morning spread a thin layer on your slice of bread, crispy toast, cookies (you can sweet or salty) or whole grain bread. Hearty, tasty, healthy, what else do you need, right?

Make sweet pastes, make salty ones, whatever you want!

Who said tahini has to be salty?

Are you afraid of experiments? Then prepare sweet tahini: sesame seeds (can be raw or fried in a dry frying pan, with fried seeds it turns out many times more fragrant) + honey + cinnamon + salt.

This is such an amazing thing, folks! To say it's delicious is an understatement! Therefore, as soon as you cook, grab yourself a spoonful of bread, and only then call your family, although you won’t need to call them, I’m sure: the aroma of roasted sesame seeds is such a thing that they themselves will run to, believe me!

Here is another very, very original idea for a snack: raw almonds, lemon juice, a little honey, fresh basil leaves, salt, a little garlic and ginger (proportions are arbitrary, to your taste) scroll through a meat grinder or in a blender, adding so much water, to get a paste of the consistency you want.

Then you take apples, carrots, celery stalks, cucumbers and whatever else you can think of, cut into pieces and eat them, dipping them in the prepared sauce.

Very tasty, unusual, nutritious and mega-healthy snack! Be sure to cook, you will definitely like it!

I really like to cook various pastas and pates from seeds and nuts, it helps out so much when there is no time, but you need to eat something quickly, preferably healthy!

And do not be afraid of the calorie content, you, even if you want, will not be able to eat a lot, it's very satisfying!

Such pastes can not only be spread on bread, they can be used as fillings, and add to your own porridges, and spaghetti instead of sauce.

Store nut or seed paste in the refrigerator.

Lenten first courses

Friends, try to do this, and buckwheat soup will become your “favorite” for the lenten period, honestly!

And how do you like the idea of ​​kharcho soup, gazpacho, pickle? You can continue the list. All this can be cooked without meat, and all this is quite tasty and nutritious!

So, friends, this is what I wanted to tell you today. I really hope that you will take some ideas for yourself and apply them.

If you liked the ideas from this article, then share with your friends on social. networks, friends and co-workers at work.

Write in the comments what you can eat in the post, your ideas for lean nutrition. What are you cooking? I will be very interested, I'm always looking for something new and cool.

And other readers will also be interested to know, write!

See you soon, my dears!

Alena Yasneva was with you, Health and Delicious Lent to everyone!

Great Lent is approaching, which helps to cleanse the body and soul of a person. During it, believers consume only lean foods. Before you start fasting, consider the following tips.

What not to eat while fasting

The main condition that fasting people must observe is to give up meat products (pork, chicken, beef, fish, lamb). And also you can not include the following components in your diet:

Candies;

Dairy cheeses, butter, sour-milk and, in fact, milk).

So, what should be the food and what lean foods are best used in the diet during Lent?

Grocery list

As you know, products of animal origin cannot be consumed during fasting, but only on the shelves of supermarkets, markets, you can find a large assortment of such products. Before you go shopping, bring a list of lean foods with you:

Groats (oatmeal, buckwheat, rice, bulgur, barley, corn, wheat, barley);

Vegetables (beets, spinach, potatoes, asparagus, carrots, peppers, cabbage, garlic, onions);

Mushrooms (porcini, champignons, mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, chanterelles) can be consumed in any form - fresh, dried, and frozen.

Legumes (peas, asparagus and green beans, lentils, mung beans, chickpeas);

Vegetable fats olive, linseed, sunflower, pumpkin);

Pickles (cucumbers, apples, cabbage, tomatoes);

Greens (basil, dill, mint, leek, parsley) are used dried and fresh or as a spice;

Dried fruits (raisins, candied fruits, dried apricots, figs, prunes);

Nuts (cashews, walnuts, forest, hazelnuts);

Fruit can be any, even exotic;

Sweets (jams, kozinaki, preserves, halva, honey);

Black and green olives;

From durum wheat;

Bread malt and bran;

Drinks (green tea, fruit drink, cocoa, compote, juices, jelly);

Soy products (milk, cottage cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream).

These are the foods you can eat. The list is quite wide. We advise you to stick to it during fasting.

Soy Lean Products

The stores still sell ready-made meat and dairy products that are made from soy. They are enriched with vitamins, Omega-3 acids, trace elements, isoflavones. These lean products have many advantages:

1. They do not need to be stored in the refrigerator.

2. They cook quickly.

3. Soy can be attributed to a complete source of protein.

4. Reduce the risk of breast tumors and cardiovascular diseases.

5. Regulate blood cholesterol.

6. Improve brain activity.

But doctors still advise to be careful with these products. After all, most of the soybeans are grown using transgenic technologies. When choosing soy products, consider whether these simulants are necessary.

Lenten menu example

Before you start cooking, get provisions. As mentioned above, lean products for fasting can be bought in supermarkets, markets. So, here are a couple of menu options where components that are prohibited in the post are excluded.

For breakfast: wheat porridge cooked exclusively in water. Add finely chopped pumpkin to it. The drink is green tea.

Lunch: vegetarian borscht, light fresh cabbage salad with finely grated carrots.

Afternoon snack: cook potato rolls with mushrooms in the oven. Drink - compote from apples.

Dinner: stew a turnip with carrots. As a dessert - cranberries, which are mixed with honey.

Here is another option.

Breakfast: potato pancakes, radish salad. The drink is green tea.

Lunch: broccoli soup, celery root salad, apples, swede.

Afternoon snack: vegetable stew. Drink - apple-cranberry mousse.

Dinner: stewed cabbage rolls with rice and carrots. Drink - tea with jam. Dessert - candied fruits.

Now you are convinced that it can be varied and, most importantly, useful. All dishes are balanced and include a sufficient amount of vitamins, proteins, trace elements.

Benefits and contraindications

For some people, dietary restrictions are extremely contraindicated. The following categories of persons are released from office:

Anyone who has recently undergone a complex operation or a serious illness;

Elderly people;

Pregnant women, nursing mothers;

Patients with diabetes;

Suffering from high blood pressure, kidney failure, serious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, stomach ulcers, gastritis;

People who are engaged in heavy physical labor.

As for the rest, doctors welcome their desire to fast. After all, at least once a week you need to arrange a fasting day.

Fasting is also beneficial for the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. When eating lean food, harmful toxins and slags are removed from the body. The intestinal microflora is restored. The level of cholesterol and sugar decreases, excess fluid is excreted. During fasting, many lose weight. Many people dream about it. After all, excess weight puts a strain on the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems. The lenten menu is rich in fruits and vegetables, which saturate the body with vitamins.

Fasting Mistakes

In no case should you eat once or twice a day. The body ceases to receive a sufficient amount of energy sources. In this regard, the work of the immune system may worsen, and the hormonal background will be disturbed. In the diet, be sure to include not only carbohydrate foods, but also protein. Otherwise, it will lead to the accumulation of adipose tissue. Abundant consumption of raw fruits and vegetables, nuts can provoke colic, bloating, and even exacerbation of intestinal disease. Be sure to include the first course in the lenten menu for every day.

The main thing in fasting is not limiting oneself in food, but a complete purification of the soul. And do not go to extremes and make your menu only from water and bread.

Doctors do not advise entering a multi-week fast without preparation. This can lead to nervous breakdowns and health problems. All this arises from the feeling of hunger. It is best to prepare yourself throughout the year. Arrange once a week unloading. Meals should be frequent and fractional. Eat five times a day. Avoid fried foods. Steam, boil, stew and bake.

After reading the article, we hope you understand that lean foods are nutritious, healthy and appetizing, and not at all tasteless.

During this period, it is customary to strictly monitor nutrition and not consume fatty, meat and alcohol. However, there are days when you can treat yourself to fish. At the same time, many fasting too diligently tame their flesh, and instead of improving their health, they bring themselves to exhaustion and gastritis. It is also worth leaving the post gradually, gradually diversifying the diet a little daily.

HOW TO FAST CORRECTLY: 7 RULES

1. There are small portions 6-7 times a day.

2. Drink more water to keep your body hydrated.

3. As a substitute for meat, include in the diet mushrooms rich in protein, vitamins D and PP, as well as legumes - beans, lentils, peas, which are also a source of protein.

4. Don't forget about another protein supplier - nuts - which also contain calcium, phosphorus, zinc, selenium, folic acid, vitamins E and A. An additional plus of nuts in a low glycemic index, which protects against spikes in blood sugar and does not play out appetite.

5. Include cereals in the diet, as they contain many different vitamins, minerals, trace elements and biologically active substances.

6. Remember that during fasting, the most useful vegetables are potatoes, eggplant and cabbage: white, Beijing, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli and kohlrabi. You can eat vegetables in any form, but the less heat treatment, the better.

7. From sweets, limit yourself to fruits, dried fruits and honey.

WHAT NOT TO EAT IN LENT

• It is not allowed to eat meat and any meat products, including poultry, eggs, milk and dairy products - butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, kefir, cheeses, yogurt, etc. You can not eat dishes where these products are included as components, such as mayonnaise.
• Fish and fish products, as well as vegetable oil, are allowed only on non-strict fast days.
• Fatty sweets, chocolate, pastries and any fast food are banned.
• It is forbidden to drink alcohol.

WHAT YOU CAN EAT IN LENT

• seaweed;
• Korean salads;
• seeds;
• nuts;
• pasta that does not contain eggs;
• flour products made from flour, water and salt;
• bread (without the use of milk and eggs), unleavened lavash, crisps; sauces (ketchup, lean mayonnaise, adjika, soy sauce, tomato paste);
• balsamic, apple, table vinegars.

FEATURES OF GREAT LENT

• In the first and last week of Great Lent in 2017, fasting is observed with particular strictness. All products of animal origin should not be eaten.
• Eating is allowed only in the evening; on Saturdays and Sundays, only the morning meal can be excluded.
• On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, only cold food is eaten, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, hot food is allowed without oil.
• On Saturdays and Sundays, in addition to vegetable oil, moderate use of grape wine is allowed (this does not apply to the Saturday of Holy Week).
• On Good Friday, it is better to refrain from eating all day.
• Many Christians also abstain from food until Easter.

GREAT LENT: FOOD MENU BY DAY

February 27 - Clean Monday. Refrain from food.
February 28 - Tuesday. Refrain from food.
For those who have health problems, as well as for the elderly, bread and kvass are allowed on Tuesday after Vespers. You can eat bread with salt and drink water or kvass (optional) /
March 1 - Wednesday. Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (one dish to choose from).
Infusion of dill or decoction of berries / fruits with honey.
Food is taken once a day, during the day.
March 2 - Thursday. Refrain from food.
March 3 - Friday. Baked or boiled hot food without oil once a day, in the afternoon.
March 4 - Saturday. Baked or boiled food with vegetable oil twice a day. Olives and black olives are allowed. Grape wine without alcohol and sugar, diluted in hot water, is allowed in small quantities, but abstinence from wine is recommended.

First week of Great Lent (first Sunday of Lent). Triumph of Orthodoxy
On the week of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the victory of Orthodoxy over the iconoclastic heresy is celebrated. Iconoclasts believed that the veneration of icons was idolatry. Thanks to the patronage of the emperors, the persecution of icons continued for almost a hundred years. The veneration of icons was finally restored in the 9th century by Empress Theodora on the first Sunday of Great Lent, on which the Triumph of Orthodoxy has been celebrated ever since.

March 6 - Monday.

March 7 - Tuesday.

March 8 - Wednesday.
Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 9 - Thursday.
Finding the head of John the Baptist (first and second acquisition) - an Orthodox holiday in honor of the most revered part of the relics of John the Baptist - his head.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one bowl 200g). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
March 10 - Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 11 - Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.

March 12 - Sunday.
Second Sunday of Great Lent (Second Sunday of Lent). Memorial Day of St. Gregory Palamas.
St. Gregory Palamas lived in the 14th century. According to the Orthodox faith, he taught that for the feat of fasting and prayer, the Lord illuminates the faithful with His grace-filled light, which the Lord shone on Tabor. For the reason that St. Gregory revealed the doctrine of the power of fasting and prayer and it was established to celebrate his memory on the second Sunday of Great Lent.
March 13 - Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 14 - Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 15 - Wednesday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 16 - Thursday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 17 - Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 18 - Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
On Saturday of the third week, during Matins, the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord is brought to the middle of the temple for veneration by believers, therefore the third week and the next, fourth, week are called the Adoration of the Cross.

March 19 - Sunday.
The third week of Great Lent (the third Sunday of Lent) is the Adoration of the Cross.
On this day, they read legends, consecrate prosphyra, do not work, visit churches to worship the cross, reflect on the concept of "bearing one's cross", fast (with eating brew with oil and wine).
March 20 - Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 21 - Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 22 - Wednesday.
Memorial Day of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste are Christian soldiers who were martyred for their faith in Christ in Sebastia (Lesser Armenia, modern Turkey) in 320 under Licinia.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With wine (one cup 200g). One meal a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
March 23 - Thursday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 24 - Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 25 - Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.

March 26 - Sunday.
Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Fourth Sunday of Lent). Memorial Day of theologian John of the Ladder.
John of the Ladder was the abbot of the Sinai monastery, wrote the famous "Ladder of Virtues", where he showed the steps of ascent to spiritual perfection. ("Ladder" from the old Slav. "Ladder". Variants - Paradise Ladder, Spiritual Tablets). The image of the "Ladder" is borrowed from the Bible, which describes the vision of Jacob's Ladder, on which the angels ascend (Gen.28:12).
The calendar memory of John of the Ladder falls during Great Lent, it was moved to Sunday, and it was assigned to the 4th Sunday of Great Lent.
On the day of memory of John of the Ladder, “ladders” were baked.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
March 27 - Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 28 - Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 29 - Wednesday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
On Wednesday evening, a special service is performed in Orthodox churches - "Maria's Standing". At this service, for the only time in the year, the entire Great Canon of Andrew of Crete is read, which sounded in parts from Monday to Thursday of the first week of Great Lent, and the canon of St. Mary of Egypt.
March 30 - Thursday. Standing Rev. Mary of Egypt.
On this day, according to ancient custom, the following of the Great Canon is sung. Saint Andrew composed it at the same time that Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, wrote down the life of Mary of Egypt. Father Andrew first brought the great canon and the word about St. Mary to Constantinople when he was sent by Patriarch Theodore of Jerusalem to help at the Sixth Council.
On Standing Rev. Mary of Egypt - hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (200g). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Some statutes allow only wine, and oil (oil) is not allowed.
March 31 - Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
Before the feast of the Praise of the Most Holy Theotokos, some charters allow wine. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 1 - Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.

April 2 - Sunday.
Fifth week of Great Lent (fifth Sunday of Lent). Remembrance Day Mary of Egypt
The Monk Mary was born in Egypt in the middle of the 5th century. At the age of 12, she left her parents and went to Alexandria, where she spent 17 years living in sin. Once Mary arrived in Jerusalem for the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and tried to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, but some kind of force held her back. Realizing her fall, she began to pray in front of the icon of the Mother of God, which was in the porch of the temple. After that, she was able to enter the temple. The next day, Mary crossed the Jordan and went into the wilderness, where she spent the rest of her life, 47 years, in fasting and repentance. The Church gives in the person of St. Mary of Egypt an example of true repentance and shows in her an example of the inexpressible mercy of God to penitent sinners. The calendar memory of Mary of Egypt falls during Great Lent, it was moved to Sunday, and it was assigned to the 5th Sunday of Great Lent.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 3 - Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 4 - Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 5 - Wednesday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 6 - Thursday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 7 - Friday, the feast of the Annunciation.
The name of the holiday - the Annunciation - conveys the main meaning of the event associated with it: the announcement to the Virgin Mary of the good news about the conception and birth of the Divine Infant Christ by Her.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine. Fish are allowed. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 8 - Saturday. Lazarus Saturday.
On this day, Christians commemorate the miracle of the resurrection of the righteous Lazarus by Christ (John 11:1-45), which was performed to testify to the coming resurrection of all the dead. The celebration of Lazarus Saturday has been established since ancient times, it precedes the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
Fish caviar is allowed up to 100 gr. Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.

April 9 - Sunday. Sixth Week of Lent (Sixth Sunday of Lent).
Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday). - (the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem on a donkey, when the people greeted him, throwing palm branches onto the road - in Russia they were replaced by willow) - the last Sunday before Easter. Fish are allowed. Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 10 - Maundy Monday
On Good Monday, the Old Testament Patriarch Joseph, sold by his brothers to Egypt, is remembered as a prototype of the suffering Jesus Christ, as well as the gospel story about Jesus cursing a barren fig tree, symbolizing a soul that does not bear spiritual fruit - true repentance, faith, prayer and good deeds. Mt 21:18-22
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these).



April 11 - Maundy Tuesday
On Maundy Tuesday, we remember the sermon of Jesus Christ in the Jerusalem Temple. On this day He told the disciples about the second coming Mt 24, the parable of the ten virgins, the parable of the talents Mt 25:1-30. The chief priests and elders tempted him with questions, wanted to arrest him, but were afraid to do it openly because of the people who considered Jesus a prophet and listened to him attentively.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these).
From drinking: dill (hot infusion or decoction of herbs or berries, fruits) with honey.
Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
"Like in the 1st week of this holy Lent."
April 12 - Holy Wednesday
On Great Wednesday, the anointing of Jesus Christ with peace and the betrayal of Judas are remembered. Matthew 26:6-16
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these).
From drinking: dill (hot infusion or decoction of herbs or berries, fruits) with honey.
Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
"Like in the 1st week of this holy Lent."
April 13 - Maundy Thursday. Last Supper
On Maundy Thursday, we remember the Last Supper and the establishment by Jesus Christ of the sacrament of the Eucharist (Communion). Matthew 26:17-35, Mark 14:12-31, Luke 22:7-39, John 13-18
According to the usual (Palestinian) order, one dish is laid, but boiled food with vegetable oil is allowed.
According to the Studian charter, one boiled dish is supposed, but supplemented with sochi (any porridge) and legumes; without oil.
According to the charter of the Holy Mount Athos, two boiled dishes with oil and wine are required. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 14 - Great Heel. Good Friday. crucifixion of christ
On Good Friday, Orthodox Christians remember the arrest of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, the trial of the high priests, the trial of Pilate, the way of the cross of Jesus, the crucifixion, death and the signs accompanying it, removal from the cross and burial.
They don't eat anything. For the elderly, bread and water are allowed after sunset.
April 15 - Great Saturday. The Descent of Christ into Hell
Great Saturday is dedicated to the remembrance of the presence of Jesus Christ in the tomb and His descent into hell to free the souls of the dead.
On Great Saturday, many believers also refuse food until Easter. For the rest - 200-250g of bread, 6 pieces of figs or dates and a cup of wine, or kvass, or a honey drink. Or bread with vegetables. Once a day around 7pm.
End of Lent.

Lent food implies special, certain foods should be absent from the diet. This time is intended for good deeds, prayers, the search for measures to become better, a comprehensive cleansing of the soul and body. The beginning of Lent is a chance for spiritual improvement and rest from animal food.

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We celebrate Great Lent in 2018 with joy and special inspiration. This is a good chance to improve your spiritual life and learn how to eat right. This will help the menu by day with recommendations, it is given below. From February 28 to April 15 - these are the days when there will be Lent. Some dietary restrictions should not be taken as a priority. The spiritual part of fasting is mainly aimed at working on oneself, taking care of loved ones, refraining from condemnation, anger, lies, envy and evil deeds, and the food component is insignificant.

You should not limit yourself to food, practice diets and fasts if you are unhealthy, travel a lot, are weak, work hard, live in an unfavorable or cold geographical area, breastfeed a child, or are pregnant. You are allowed to eat everything according to the recommendations of doctors and your needs. Children also cannot be forced to fast food, they can abstain from some kind of food only if they themselves strive for this and are fully aware of the meaning of fasting. As an option, you can try to plan a children's fast before Easter so that the food is free of desserts, sweets and unhealthy foods, it contains less junk food. This is also a good way to cleanse.

You also need to say about how long Great Lent lasts, the total number of days in it is 48. Correct preparation is to smoothly lighten your diet, learn to analyze your inner world more deeply and learn more about Orthodox culture. Let's try to introduce this ancient tradition into our lives. Despite the fact that the essence of fasting is not a diet, the issue of proper and varied nutrition is still relevant. Every person who accepts Orthodoxy as their worldview and way of life, undergoes the rite of baptism consciously should understand the topic of fasting. One of the best nutrition calendars is presented in this article especially for your convenience.

Monastic lenten menu for every day

What foods can be eaten in fasting according to the charter of most Orthodox monasteries:

• different types of vegetables (including pickled and salted vegetables, sauerkraut);
• seasonal fruits;
• mushrooms;
• the whole range of dried fruits;
• porridge from cereals cooked in water;
• different varieties of nuts;
• compote based on dried fruits;
• natural kvass;
• homemade jelly.

What not to eat in fasting:

• meat products;
• milk products;
• eggs;
• bakery products;
• all alcoholic drinks;
• candies;
• fish;
• mayonnaise;
• White bread.

Food in fasting by day of the week:

• Monday - the day of dry eating (vegetable and fruit dishes, water, bread, compote);
• Tuesday - hot dishes without oils (stewed vegetable dishes, porridge on the water, first courses, for example, pickle soup);
• Wednesday - the day of dry eating (vegetable and fruit dishes, water, bread, compote);
• Thursday - hot dishes without oils (stewed vegetable dishes, porridge on the water, first courses, for example, pickle soup);
• Friday - dry eating (vegetable and fruit dishes, water, bread, compote);
• Saturday - dishes seasoned with oil (vegetable salads, stewed vegetable dishes, first courses);
• Sunday - products with oils (stewed vegetable dishes, vegetable salads and soups).

There are special days in Great Lent:

• Clean Monday (in the first week) - fasting;
• 2, 3, 4, 5 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) days of fasting - food with bread and water;
• Environment - the use of natural wines;
• day 40 of the Holy Martyrs - food with vegetable oil and wine;
• Palm Sunday - fish dishes, caviar, wine, vegetable oil.

Meals for Holy Week (the final week):

• Maundy Monday, Maundy Tuesday, Maundy Wednesday - a ban on processed food, raw food days;
• Maundy Thursday - dishes with vegetable oil, wine;
• Good Friday - fasting;
• Great Saturday - fasting or minimal nutrition with olives, bread, dried fruits;
• Easter holiday - on this day, all Lenten restrictions are removed, you can eat any food.

It should be noted that monastics do not eat meat even outside of fasting, but nevertheless, good food is provided in the monasteries and their diet is rich in nutrients.

Now you have an idea about what foods you can eat in fasting and when you should starve. In fact, there is nothing complicated in planning a diet; for daily nutrition control, you can buy a special calendar, where there are many monastic recipes. We urge you to take the food of Great Lent seriously and be sure to combine it with spiritual perfection, otherwise you do not need to fast.

List of Nutritious Lenten Foods for the Laity

Here are the best foods that fit into the framework of Great Lent and supply the body with many valuable substances for maintenance, health, vigor and good mood:

• different types of table vinegars;
• edible algae;
• lean bread (lavash or other bread products with a neutral composition);
• tomato paste and ketchup;
• lean mayonnaise;
• adjika and many other sauces;
• all kinds of nuts;
• all kinds of seeds;
• pasta and flour products without unnecessary ingredients;
• dried fruits;
• all types of cereals (a good option is cereals with dried fruits);
• mushrooms;
• legumes (eg lentils, peas, beans);
• fish and caviar (as well as shrimp, squid, all this is possible on certain days according to the calendar);
• seasonal and exotic fruits (the more variety of fruits, the better);
• seasonal vegetables (from vegetables you can cook a lot of healthy dishes, eat them pickled, salted, for example, cabbage, beets, carrots, celery);
• homemade sweets (fruit and berry jam, jam);
• lean chocolate;
• milk (coconut, soy and other types);
• drinks (decoctions and infusions of herbs, teas, coffee, jelly, compote, juices, fruit drinks);
• soy yogurt and cheese;
• lean marshmallows;
• marmalade;
• berries;
• Turkish Delight;
• halva and gozinaki;
• sugar and lollipops;
• Korean cuisine (salads).

When Great Orthodox Lent begins, there is no need to drastically change the diet and starve for a long time. As you already understood, by abstaining from all meat and dairy foods, the laity does not need to torture themselves and severely limit themselves during fasting. On the contrary, variety and lightness should reign in the home cooking of Lent. Severe restrictions are intended for highly spiritual persons carrying a feat.

this time is intended for good deeds, prayers, finding ways to become better, comprehensive cleansing of the soul and body, taking light meals, resting from animal products

How to keep an Orthodox fast?

Fasting in the monastery and in the world

We figured out what you can eat in fasting, and what to abstain from, and how to properly distribute your diet over the days. You understand that monastic food is significantly different from worldly food, since the monastery has a special charter and the most serious restrictions on food. We are ordinary people, a strict fast is not for us, we can observe fasting days at our discretion, because everyone has different opportunities. Thus, by eating right, you will be able to maintain and increase your health.

Leaving a post

It is important not only to start Great Lent correctly, but also to complete it with dignity. Everyone asks when you can eat after fasting. Usually, all Orthodox begin to eat normally when Easter comes. Ideally, a rich meal is arranged after the Liturgy. It is important not to overeat, but to switch to the usual diet gradually. After completing your post, you need to go to the Easter service. Before communion, the Orthodox experience special religious feelings, and after this sacrament they are overwhelmed with great indescribable joy, compensating for all the efforts made earlier.

Lenten recipes will be interesting for you, we will describe them below.

Recipes for meatless dishes without animal ingredients

Lenten first course - tomato soup

Components:

• water - liter;
• chopped tomatoes - 450 grams and tomato paste - 4 tablespoons;
• canned white beans - 420 grams;
• onions - 1-2 pieces;
• olive oil - 2 large spoons;
• chili pepper - a quarter of a small spoon;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• wine vinegar - 1-2 large spoons;
• Provence herbs - 2 small spoons;
• sugar - 1-2 large spoons, as much pepper and salt as you like;
• for croutons - ciabatta or baguette, salt, garlic - 3 cloves, olive oil - 3 large spoons.

In the oil heated at the bottom of the pan, sauté the onion for about 5 minutes, add pepper, garlic, fry for a couple of minutes, put the tomato paste, fry for another minute. Next, put the herbs and tomatoes, then pour water and wait for it to boil. Add the beans, draining the water from it, after cooking for a quarter of an hour, add black pepper, salt, sugar, vinegar. Cook under the lid for 10 minutes. Cook garlic croutons in the oven - fry the bread in oil with garlic.

Lenten second dish - stewed cabbage and mushrooms

Components:

• cabbage - up to 1 kg;
• champignons - 400 grams;
• vegetable oil - about 3 large spoons;
• salt, pepper, lemon juice - 2 small spoons.

Randomly cut the cabbage and mushrooms, heat the oil in a frying pan. Mushrooms are fried first, then cabbage is added to them. After pouring a small amount of water, simmer the dish under the lid until the food softens. If necessary, add water. The cooking time for mature white cabbage is about an hour, if it is Beijing or young cabbage, 20 minutes is enough. Season the finished dish with pepper, salt, lemon juice, leave on fire without a lid for 3 minutes to evaporate moisture.

The main dishes for fasting can be prepared quickly and tasty on those days when it is necessary, and with the right selection of products, the impression of an inferior diet will not be created.

lean salad

Components:

• carrots - 2 pieces;
• tomatoes - 2 pieces;
• cucumber - 1 piece;
• apple - 1 piece;
• onion - 1 piece;
• lemon - half;
• vegetable oil - a large spoon;
• herbs, salt, sugar.

Grate carrots with a Korean or simple grater. We cut onions, tomatoes, cucumbers. Grind the greens, cut the apple, removing the skin. Oil, salt with sugar, lemon juice squeezed out of a lemon - make dressing from these products, mix everything.

Lenten cookies

Components:

• water - 200 ml;
• flour - up to 400 grams;
• baking powder - half a small spoon;
• salt, sugar, nuts, dried fruits basil or other herbs;
• vegetable oil - 70 ml.

Pour oil into water. Mix flour, salt, baking powder, gradually combine the liquid with the dry component. Keep the resulting dough for 30 minutes in the refrigerator. From a layer of dough, with a thickness of 2 to 4 mm, make any shape - round, diamond-shaped, square, triangular. To make cookies sweet, dip them in sugar with chopped dried fruits and nuts. For salty cookies, use basil with salt. Bake cookies pierced with a fork in the oven for 15 to 25 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees.

Oatmeal cutlets

Components:

• oatmeal - a glass;
• onion - 1 piece;
• potatoes - 1 piece;
• carrot - 1 piece;
• spices, garlic and herbs.

Lean cutlets are easy to prepare. Soak the flakes in hot water for about 20 minutes. Grate onions, potatoes, carrots, crush the garlic with a garlic press, chop the greens. Mix vegetables, garlic gruel and herbs with oatmeal, add salt and pepper (you can add any spices). Using a spoon, fry the cutlets on both sides. In this recipe, we also recommend including mushrooms and eggs on non-fast days.

Lenten nutrition is unthinkable without potato dishes, mashed soups. For lunch, you can cook hearty cabbage soup, for dinner, serve pancakes, pilaf, pancakes without animal ingredients. To make the dishes more interesting, you can make lean mayonnaise or various sauces. For a sense of celebration on ordinary days, the best solution is a lean cake or lean pizza.

So, we talked about all the generally accepted features of the diet and the preparation of lean dishes. Let there always be light, healthy, tasty lean food on your tables. Do not forget to attend church services, come to the temple not only with your troubles and problems, but at any free time. It is not difficult to observe the Great Lent of Christians, the main thing is to tune in to it correctly.