The main meaning of fasting is not a restriction in food, but a cleansing of the soul. However, the health of the soul and the health of the body are closely related.
Therefore, you should not go to extremes and create your Lenten menu for every day from water and bread.
We offer a menu that excludes foods prohibited during Lent. Recipe ingredients does not include meat and meat products, milk and dairy products, fish, eggs.
At the same time, the diet remains varied and healthy: it contains a lot of vegetables, fruits, legumes, and cereals. The menu even includes Lenten baked goods, but if you decide to do without sweets during Lent, you can exclude them. All links are clickable and lead to pages with Lenten recipes. At the very end there is also a list of menu items for each day.
Monday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.
Dinner.
Nutritionist's comment:Wheat porridge. Wheat is an excellent source dietary fiber, gives a feeling of satiety. It also contains vitamin E, F, B1, B2, B6, C, PP, carotene, niacin, choline, biotin, folacin and trace elements (potassium, magnesium, sulfur, selenium, chromium, zinc). Pea soup. Legumes as a source of protein are an essential component of the Lenten menu. Fruit basket cake is a fairly high-calorie dessert, but if you active image life, then you can pamper yourself. If you have a sedentary lifestyle, then this dessert can be transferred to the second breakfast. Sauerkraut salad with potatoes and mushrooms. In order not to dial overweight, it is preferable not to eat more than 50 g of potatoes in the evening. |
Tuesday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack. Fruits of your choice
Dinner.(without butter and eggs) +
Wednesday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.Fruits of your choice
Dinner.
Thursday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.
Dinner.
Friday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.
Dinner. +
Saturday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.
Dinner.
Sunday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.
Dinner. +
The proposed menu must be supplemented with fresh vegetables and fruits in sufficient quantities.
List of necessary products for the Lenten menu
Vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, greens
Zucchini - 3 pcs.
Zucchini - 1 pc.
Onions - 1 kg
Tomato - 2 kg
Garlic - 3 heads
Chili pepper - 1/2 pod
White cabbage - 1 kg
Sauerkraut - 200 g
Potatoes - 2 kg
Carrots - 500 g
Sun-dried tomatoes - 15-20 pieces
Cucumber - 3 pcs.
Eggplant - 1 pc.
Sweet pepper - 4 pcs.
Banana - 1 piece
Apple - 3 pcs.
Orange - 3 pcs.
Lemon - 3 pcs.
Pomegranate - 1/2 pcs.
Pear - 3 pcs
Strawberries - 100 g
Raspberries - 100 g
Blueberries - 100 g
Fruits - according to taste and availability for baskets
Parsley - 4 bunches + to taste
Mint - 1 bunch
Cilantro - 1 bunch
Dill - 2 tbsp. l. + to taste
Basil - 1 bunch
Forest mushrooms - 550 g
Champignons - 12 pcs. (large)
Dry mushrooms - 30 g
Any fruit - as much as you want for snacks
Cereals, pasta, legumes
Wheat - 350 g (coarsely ground, medium-ground wheat, bulgur will also work)
Peas - 1 tbsp.
Oat flakes - 160 g
Rice - 0.5 tbsp.
Bulgur - 0.5 tbsp.
Pearl barley - 200 g
Noodles - 40 g (or vermicelli, or other small pasta)
Chickpeas - 200 g
Pasta - 300 g
Buckwheat - 1 tbsp.
Nuts, dried fruits, seeds
Dried apricots - 6-8 pcs.
Almonds - 70 g
Pine nuts - 30 g
Walnuts - 50 g
Cashew nuts - 190 g
Pumpkin seeds - 3 tbsp. l.
Groceries and other products
Tomato paste - 300 g
Tomatoes in own juice- 150 g
Brown sugar - 200 g
Sugar - 250 g
Powdered sugar - for sprinkling
Vegetable oil - 600 g
Olive oil - 500 g
Oil grape seed- 150 g
Honey - 125 g
Wheat flour - 1 kg 750 g
Whole grain flour - 140 g (wheat)
Flaxseed flour - 1 tbsp. (ground flaxseed)
Baking powder - 1.5 tsp.
Dry yeast - 10 g
Live yeast - 20 g
Vinegar - 1 tsp.
Apple cider vinegar - 1 tsp.
Red wine vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.
Balsamic vinegar - 1.5 tbsp. l.
Canned beans - 650 g
Soda - 0.5 tsp.
Coconut flakes - 40 g
Black tea - 1 tbsp.
Capers - 1 tbsp. l.
Rye bread for croutons and sandwiches
Coconut milk - 1 dessert spoon
Vegetable broth - 2.5 l
Dry white wine - 70 g
Apple juice - 420 ml
Soy milk - 255 ml
Condiments, spices
Salt – 15 g + to taste
Cinnamon - 2 tsp. ground + 2 sticks
Cumin - 1 tsp. (seeds)
Bay leaf - 3 leaves
Black pepper - to taste
Star anise - 1 star
Ground nutmeg - 1 tsp.
Sweet paprika - 1 pinch
Khmeli-suneli - 1/2 tsp.
Sesame paste - 1 tbsp. l. (Tahina)
Zira - to taste
Thyme - 0.5 tsp. dried
Oregano - 0.5 tsp. dried
Rosemary - 2-3 sprigs
Grain mustard - 1 tsp.
Soy sauce - 2 tbsp. l.
Set of spices - to taste
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The fast of the Holy Pentecost is called Great Lent due to the special importance of its establishment. Traditionally, Holy Pentecost and all services begin with Vespers of Maslenitsa (cheese day) week. During the evening service on Forgiveness Sunday, when there is a rite or ritual of general forgiveness in the church.
Lent established mainly in memory of the forty-day fast of Jesus Christ, who soon after His baptism withdrew into the desert and fasted there (Matthew 4:2), as well as in memory of the forty-day fast of Moses (Exodus 34:28) and Elijah (3 Kings . 19, 8).
There is evidence from ancient times that the fast was established by the apostles and lasted forty days almost from the beginning of its establishment, and the name “Quentary Day” itself is often found in ancient written monuments.
However, the fast of the Holy Pentecost (lasting 40 days everywhere) was observed in ancient Church not at the same time. This depended on the unequal calculation of the days of fasting and the days when it was allowed. In the Eastern Churches, the order of observance of Lent that exists to this day was established in the 4th century.
Great Lent consists of a forty-day fast (Four Days) and the fast of Holy Week “for the sake of the saving passions” of Christ. The Apostolic Decrees on Great Lent say: “Let this fast (Four Day) be accomplished before the fast of Easter (Holy Week)” (Book 5, Chapter I).
Ancient Christians observed Lent with particular strictness, abstaining even from drinking water until the ninth (third in the afternoon) hour of the day. They ate food after the ninth hour, eating bread and vegetables. Meat, milk, cheese, eggs were prohibited.
The rules for observing Great Lent are also reflected in Church Charter. First and Holy Weeks Orthodox Church requires special storage strict fast. On Monday and Tuesday of the first week, it is prescribed to observe the highest degree of fasting: “It is not appropriate to eat at all.” During the remaining weeks of Lent, except Saturdays and Sundays, there is dry eating. On Saturdays and Sundays, cooked food with oil (vegetable oil) is allowed. And only on the Feast of the Annunciation, if it does not fall on Holy Week, eating fish is allowed.
The Church strictly condemns those who violate Lent, but, acting in the spirit of God’s love and mercy, does not impose the rules of fasting in its entirety on children, the sick, the infirm and the elderly, and does not exclude them from participating in the joy of communion and Easter. But those who are weak in body, like those who are healthy, are obliged to perform deeds of love and mercy during Lent and, just like during other fasts, to keep a spiritual fast from sins.
In numerous stichera and troparions of the services of the Holy Pentecost, the Church explains the essence of true fasting as a means of spiritual rebirth: a time of spiritual achievement, strengthening oneself in self-denial, and mortifying sinful desires. Therefore, in her hymns, the Church calls the Holy Pentecost a joyful time of fasting.
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Great Lent is 40 days of both spiritual and dietary abstinence. However, this is not the only post of the year. There are also Peter's Fast, the Assumption Fast, and the Nativity Fast. And each of them requires certain dietary restrictions.
During the weeks of fasting, many housewives are happy to limit themselves in food, following a diet for the sake of losing weight, but at the same time they are seriously worried about the diet of the rest of the family members. And for good reason - after all, many men and children resist the Lenten table and may reject another lunch consisting of porridge and boiled beets.
Contrary to the established opinion about crackers and water, meals during fasting can and should be varied and nutritious. To do this, meat, eggs and dairy products should be replaced with lean counterparts, and then lunch will no longer look unappetizing.
Here are 15 delicious dishes that you can prepare during Lent.
1. Oatmeal jelly - a replacement for yogurt
Oatmeal jelly Not everyone loves it, and almost no one prepares such a dish during Lent. Because of this, few people know that sour jelly is very similar to yogurt.
To prepare, you need to take a standard package of oatmeal (400 g) and a crust of rye bread. Place the ingredients in a two-liter jar, pour cold water. The jar should be left for 12-24 hours, stirring occasionally.
Then strain the oatmeal through a sieve, pour the liquid into a saucepan and cook over low or medium heat. The mixture must be stirred constantly to prevent it from burning. Pour the hot jelly into jars and place in the refrigerator.
2. Rice with honey and nuts with lean milk
Lenten porridge can be made very tasty and nutritious without adding sugar to it. You can also cook porridge in water - the taste will not suffer much from this. If you are used to cereals with milk, you can take soy or peanut milk.
Peanut milk is easy to prepare – grind the nuts into very fine crumbs, add water, mix and strain.
Rice porridge needs to be salted (after cooking) and add honey and your favorite nuts. So useful and delicious dish You can please your loved ones on holiday.
Even Lenten cookies can be tasty, healthy and satisfying.
Cookies require oatmeal, frozen cranberries or jam, and vegetable oil. Oatmeal should be fried in sunflower or coconut oil, then placed in a sieve and allowed to drain off excess fat.
Grind the oatmeal in a blender (you don’t have to grind everything, depending on your taste), mix with the berries. Form the dough into flat cakes, place on a baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven until golden brown.
4. Broccoli stew with peas and avocado
This “green” stew will come in very handy during Lent. It will help replenish energy, as well as vitamins.
Take fresh broccoli, you can also add it to the dish cauliflower. To add variety to the stew, add green beans.
When broccoli, beans and green peas Once boiled, you can add avocado and season the dish with garlic sauce. Serve hot.
5. Nutella
What would breakfast be without Nutella? Classic version This delicacy is not lean, as it contains milk powder. We offer an alternative recipe without the use of animal products.
To prepare, you will need whole hazelnuts, honey, cocoa powder and coconut oil. Hazelnuts need to be soaked overnight in cold water. In a blender, grind the hazelnuts into fine crumbs, add cocoa powder to taste, a little butter, just a little honey (or maple syrup) and vanilla if desired.
Grind to a paste and add to lean pancakes mixed with soy milk, or spread on a loaf. Yummy! Try it!
6. Sandwich with lean bean mayonnaise
Let's get back to our sandwich. A meatless sandwich should be satisfying to satisfy your hunger for a long time.
For the sandwich we need lettuce, rye or whole grain bread, canned beans, cucumber, tomato to taste. Cut the vegetables into small slices, mash the beans in a plate and add butter and salt. Now the beans will act as lean mayonnaise.
Grease the bun itself with bean mayonnaise, and place all the vegetables evenly on top. Cover with the second part of the bun (or bread). Bon appetit!
7. Kale chips
Lent has begun and you want some chips? Regular potato chips are considered lean, but they have little benefit.
From white cabbage you can make chips that you can eat without worrying about your health. To do this, you need to disassemble the head of cabbage into sheets, cut into pieces and grease with oil. Season the future chips with salt and pepper and place on a baking sheet. Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven and dry the chips until done.
This idea is popular not only during fasting, but also during weight loss. These candies are very sweet, they are perfect for tea, and will not harm your figure.
The easiest option is to grind nuts and dried fruits, and then roll the balls in coconut flakes. There is another option, no less tasty.
Take a dried fruit without a pit (for example, dried tangerines will not work, but prunes are just right) and cut a hole with a knife. Place a small nut like hazelnut, almond or peanut inside. The future candy should be coated with honey and then rolled in coconut flakes, sesame seeds or poppy seeds.
Such Lenten sweets will appeal to both adults and children. Be careful - the candy is too sweet!
In Rus', they cooked a lot during Lent. various pies. The peasants added to the filling everything that was left from the meal: porridge, pickles and mushrooms. Pies were eaten instead of bread with soup and main courses.
Salty pies can be prepared with cucumbers, fresh stewed or sauerkraut, mushrooms, potatoes, buckwheat or rice. To make the pies tastier, the filling should be fried in a frying pan with vegetable oil.
Apples, pumpkin, carrots with honey, jam or frozen berries go great in sweet pies. Pumpkin pies are especially delicious, even though many people don’t like this vegetable.
Pie dough should be yeast: Put a teaspoon of yeast in a bowl, grind it with sugar, add a glass of water and knead into a thin dough. When it rises, you can add salt and flour to the desired thickness.
10. Lenten borscht
Lent is a time of restrictions, and many, especially men, want hearty food. Unfortunately, the classic borscht recipe contains meat and is not suitable for Lent. But what happens if you replace meat with mushrooms?
Borscht with mushrooms looks more like mushroom soup, and therefore it is necessary to add beets, parsley and beans to it. You need to prepare borscht in the same way as classic, removing only the stage of cooking the beef.
11. Dumplings
Meat and completely non-lean dumplings can be replaced with dumplings. They can be with anything: potatoes, mushrooms, cranberries or raspberries. On some major holidays, fish is allowed, so on such days you can cook dumplings with fish.
For the dumpling dough you only need flour, water, oil and salt. This dough does not require yeast.
All ingredients must be mixed carefully and thoroughly, gradually adding flour to salt water. You need to mix flour into the resulting dough until it stops “absorbing” it.
This dish came to us from Lithuania. It has a very unusual taste and fills you up quickly. Be sure that you will like this porridge!
First you need to boil the pearl barley. Before cooking pearl barley soak overnight. In the morning you can drain the water and cook it. Please note that this process will take a long time.
Next you need to grate the raw potatoes. Place barley and grated potatoes in a hot frying pan greased with vegetable oil. Fry the glass porridge until golden brown.
The Lithuanian dish must be served warm, first garnished with fresh herbs.
13. Salad with mushrooms and pine nuts
To prevent vitamin deficiency from taking away all your strength during fasting, you need to fortify yourself with a vitamin salad. The mushrooms in its composition will be saturated with healthy and high-quality vegetable protein.
To prepare the salad you will need blue onions, mushrooms, spinach and pine nuts. Finely chop the onion, pour boiling water over it and place in a bowl. Finely chop the spinach and mushrooms, add pine nuts. The salad can be dressed with garlic sauce or olive oil. You can also garnish it with arugula or basil.
14. Potato pancakes (cutlets)
Potatoes have long been used to prepare the most different dishes: chips, fries, casseroles. You can make cutlets from this product during Lent.
To prepare the cutlets you will need potatoes, flour, onions and carrots. Carrots need to be fried together with onions in a frying pan. Please note that these ingredients must be chopped very finely so that whole pieces of onion do not end up in the cutlets.
The fried mixture must be mixed with either mashed potatoes(make sure there are no lumps in it), to which no water has been added, or with finely grated raw potatoes. In the first case you will get pancakes (cutlets), in the second - classic potato pancakes.
From this “dough” you need to make small cutlets, then place them in a hot frying pan and fry until golden brown.
15. Salad with crab meat and corn
On some days, a fasting person can afford fish. Mostly such days are Sundays and holidays.
And as you know, crab sticks made from surimi - minced white fish meat. Corn and sweet peppers are ideal for this product. The salad is perfect for a second course and will fill you up for a long time.
To prepare the salad you need crab meat or sticks, canned corn, red or yellow pepper and greens. You can season the salad with mashed ripe avocado paste.
If you have long wanted to try fasting, but the thought of a bland and monotonous Lenten menu stops you, then you are simply unfamiliar with our step-by-step recipes for Lent. After all, if you approach the preparation of meals for fasting rationally and at the same time with imagination, then you can get a varied and very delicious set dishes for every day. Of course, it cannot be said that such food will not be very different from what you are used to, but even gourmets will definitely like the taste of properly prepared lean food. And do not forget that in addition to traditional monastic recipes for Lent, literally every day new options for healthy Lenten dishes appear, more adapted to taste preferences modern man. So, next you will find simple and delicious recipes in fasting for lay believers with step by step instructions and photo. Also from our article you will learn what you can cook and eat during Lent, and what foods you absolutely cannot eat.
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Basics of the diet during Lent 2017 for the laity by day with examples of recipes
Before we begin the description specific examples recipes, it is worth saying a few words about the basics of the diet of lay believers during Lent 2017. To begin with, we note that Lent lasts 47 days and the heaviest (with days of hunger strike) are only the first and last week. In the remaining weeks, the diet is divided into 3 groups:
- dry eating, when you are allowed to eat only uncooked dishes without oil (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
- boiled vegetable food without oil (Tuesday, Thursday)
- boiled food with butter (Saturday, Sunday)
Based on these basic rules, a Lenten menu is drawn up for the entire week. It is also worth noting that the basis of the diet during Lent for the laity by day (examples of recipes below) should be exclusively natural products nutrition. It is advisable to consume as much as possible fresh vegetables and fruits, homemade preparations for the winter, home-made fermented products. The latter, by the way, are very rich in vitamins, in particular C, which is very important in conditions of reduced immunity in early spring. Below you will find examples of delicious, healthy and fairly easy-to-prepare dishes for every day for the menu during Lent. We are sure that their taste will pleasantly surprise you, and these recipes themselves will definitely be included in your cookbook.
Delicious and simple salad for every day of Lent, step-by-step recipe with photos
First, we present to your attention a step-by-step recipe with photos of delicious and simple salad for every day of Lent. It is based on affordable products - vegetables and fruits, so this salad can be prepared every day. But with one amendment - on all days except weekends, the dressing should be made only from lemon juice without oil. Find out how to prepare a delicious and simple salad for every day of Lent from the step-by-step recipe below.
Required ingredients for delicious salad for every day of Lent
- potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
- pomegranate - 1 pc.
- walnuts(peeled) - 200g.
- red onion - 1 pc.
- cilantro - 1 bunch
- pepper
- vegetable oil
- lemon juice
Instructions for a delicious and simple salad recipe for every day of fasting
A simple recipe for the first course for the Lenten menu, step by step
Hot dishes must be present on the Lenten menu to ensure normal work stomach during Lent. As a rule, cabbage soup and lungs serve as first courses. vegetable soups. The simple recipe for the first course for the Lenten menu, which we offer you below, belongs to the second category. The basis for this first dish for the Lenten menu is a simple recipe for vegetable broth. The quantity and type of vegetables in this recipe can be changed at your discretion.
Necessary ingredients for the first course recipe for the Lenten menu
- potatoes - 4-5 pcs.
- champignons - 0.5 kg
- carrots - 2 pcs.
- onion - 1 pc.
- flour - 2 tbsp. l.
- vegetable oil
- dill
- parsley
- bay leaf
- ground black pepper
Instructions on how to prepare the first dish for the Lenten menu using a simple recipe
Cabbage cutlets for the Lenten menu, step-by-step recipe
Cabbage cutlets for the Lenten menu, a step-by-step recipe for which awaits your attention below, great option delicious snack. Such cutlets can be either an independent dish of Lenten cuisine or a good addition to porridges and boiled potatoes. Even though these meatless cutlets are made from cabbage, they are just as filling and flavorful as their meat counterparts. See for yourself by following our next step-by-step recipe.
Necessary ingredients for cabbage cutlets for the Lenten menu
- cabbage - 500 gr.
- onion - 1 pc.
- semolina - 30 gr.
- flour - 30 gr.
- garlic - 2 pcs.
- dill
- vegetable oil
- breadcrumbs
- pepper
Instructions for a step-by-step recipe for cabbage cutlets for the Lenten menu
Vegetable stew with lentils - step-by-step recipe for the menu during Lent
Another option for a tasty and healthy second course for the menu during Lent is vegetable stew with lentils. In general, lentils are very underrated legume in our everyday kitchen. In the meantime, it is very useful and can greatly diversify the Lenten menu. Find out how to cook vegetable stew with lentils from the step-by-step recipe for the menu for Lent.
Necessary ingredients for vegetable stew with lentils in Lent
- potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
- tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- onion - 1 pc.
- carrots - 1 pc.
- lentils - 1/3 cup
- cabbage - 1/2 pcs.
- pepper
- vegetable oil
- spices to taste
Instructions for a step-by-step recipe for vegetable stew with lentils in Lent
Recipe for raw date dessert for every day of Lent, step-by-step instructions
Probably the most common misconception regarding nutrition during Lent is the idea that sweets are completely excluded from the Lenten menu. In fact, you can and even need to eat sweets during Lent, but only natural ones and without eggs. Of the most simple options healthy and allowed desserts - honey and dried fruits. But for those who prefer desserts with more complex flavor combinations, we offer a recipe for raw date sweets for every day of Lent. The recipe for raw date dessert for each day of fasting is very simple to prepare and can be easily repeated using the following step-by-step instructions.
Essential Ingredients for Raw Date Dessert for Lent
- dates - 300 gr.
- walnuts/peanuts/cashews - 150 gr.
- cinnamon - 1 tsp.
- cocoa
- kerob
Instructions for a raw date dessert recipe for each day of fasting
Note! If the variety of dates is dry and they do not give much liquid, you can add a little water or liquid honey for stickiness.
Delicious “Minutka” cookies - a step-by-step recipe for simple baking during Lent
Lenten baking can also be delicious, such as the simple Minutka cookie recipe below. The cookie dough is prepared from three simple ingredients, and you can choose absolutely any filling to suit your taste. But the best thing is the delicious Minutka cookies from the step-by-step recipe for simple baking in the post below, made with homemade thick jam. Read on to find out how to prepare this simple, quick and delicious delicacy.
Necessary ingredients for fasting delicious cookies"Just a minute"
- flour - 300 gr.
- sparkling water - 1/2 cup
- vegetable oil - 1/2 cup
- jam for filling
Instructions for simple recipe delicious Minutka cookies for Lent
Lenten food: recipe for meatless meatballs for Lent 2017, video
As you can see, Lent recipes can be simple and delicious at the same time. And in general, Lenten food, like all meals during Lent 2017, is rich in salads, baked goods, and second and first courses. Our next video recipe for Lent - meatless meatballs, also applies to Lenten food and is sure to please the lay faithful. Such lean food (recipe for meatless meatballs for Lent 2017), although not a monastery recipe, is perfect for an every day menu.
If you are fasting, this does not mean at all that you have to eat only noodles and rolls. On the contrary, this is a great chance to improve your gastronomic skills and learn how to cook something new. So today I offer you large selection wonderful Lenten dishes for every day. This can be useful not only for fasting people. In my recipes you will find a lot of original simple side dishes that can diversify any diet. A lean soups After fasting, it is quite possible to cook with meat.
Here you will find a real Lenten menu - salads, soups, main dishes and even baked goods. Delicious recipes for Lent and beyond.
It is clear that fasting is not a time to indulge in gluttony, but this is not a reason to indulge in laziness and eat anything. When there is a lot healthy recipes- despite the fact that the food remains simple and ordinary.
One indisputable advantage of Lenten dishes is that they are cheap, easy to prepare and easy on the body. And at the same time very interesting and tasty. All these recipes are based on the simplest products that everyone has - cabbage, carrots, potatoes, frozen vegetables, tomato paste, green peas.
For those who also want to make their dishes more dietary, you can completely replace vegetable oil with lemon juice in salads, and fry for baking in the oven without oil (you can add a little water), or stew with water.
What you will find in this article
Lenten salads
Lettuce and green pea salad
Light and tasty salad.
Products:
Lettuce leaves (lettuce packaging in pots), or can be replaced with Chinese cabbage, and ideally - Iceberg lettuce - two-thirds of a head of cabbage
half a pepper 
half an onion
carrots - 1 pc.
garlic - one or two cloves
Vegetable oil (for a dietary option, you can replace it with lemon juice)
salt pepper
Cut the onion and pepper into small pieces. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Cut the salad. Place the peas and squeeze out the garlic. Salt, pepper, season with vegetable oil or lemon juice! You can also chop some greens here.
Cabbage salad with cucumbers and peppers
We've all tried this salad, but not everyone is familiar with the art of preparing tender, vinegary cabbage!
Products:
Cabbage - one kg,
Sweet pepper- one big one 
cucumbers - two pieces
sugar - one tbsp. heaped spoon
salt - one tsp. With a slide,
nine percent vinegar - one or two tbsp.
Fresh dill
vegetable oil
Slice the cabbage very thinly. To do this, you need to slide a knife along the surface of the cabbage, cutting off very thin strips.
Salt, pour in vinegar, sprinkle with sugar. Add chopped dill. Press lightly with your hands to release liquid, but not too much.
Cut the pepper into small squares. Cucumbers - into strips. Add vegetables to cabbage, add oil and stir.
Lenten soups
Lenten vegetable soup
A simple and very tasty Lenten soup!
Products:
Cabbage - one kg
Carrots - three pieces
Potatoes - five pieces
Onions - two pieces
Garlic - six cloves
vegetable oil
Green
salt
1. Chop 1 kg of cabbage into square pieces. Fill with two and a half liters of water and salt. Let simmer for 30 minutes on low heat.
2. Cut the potatoes into cubes.
3. Cut the carrots and onions into small pieces.
4. Fry the garlic for a couple of minutes, then add carrots and onions to it. Fry for about fifteen minutes until golden brown.
5. When the cabbage broth has cooked for 30 minutes, throw the potatoes into the pan and cook for another ten minutes.
6. After this, add the rest of the vegetables. Bring to a boil and remove from heat after five minutes.
7. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and dill. Cover with a lid for about fifteen minutes and you're ready to eat!
Lenten soup with vegetables and rice
Products:
Pepper - one piece
bulb
carrot (large) - one piece
garlic - four cloves
rice - 4 tbsp. l. with top
potatoes - three pieces
broth or water - two liters
bay leaf, dill
vegetable oil
Cut the potatoes into cubes,
put in two liters of broth or water, add salt and bring to a boil. Cook for 15 minutes when it boils.
At this time, chop the onion into rings and rings into quarters. Grate the carrots (coarsely). Cut the pepper into squares. Garlic cloves - round.
Fry the onion and carrots for about five minutes until they change color a little. Move the roast to the edges of the pan and add the bell pepper to the center.
Fry the pepper for about 5 minutes until it changes color, then stir in the onion and carrots. And again move the mass to the sides. And put chopped garlic in the middle and fry for a minute. Then stir the vegetable mixture and remove from heat.
Place the roast in the soup and also add 4 tablespoons of rice. Let it boil, cook for no more than 5 minutes.
Remove from the burner, add bay leaf and chopped dill. Do not stir yet, leave to sit for 20 minutes, covered. During this time, the rice will be perfectly cooked.
You can also season the soup with paprika.
Lenten soup with green peas
Red lentils - two hundred grams
carrots - two hundred gr
onion - one hundred gr
garlic - one or two cloves
sesame - one tbsp. with a slide
sunflower oil
Boil lentils in two and a half liters of water. Add 1 tbsp. salt.
Finely chop or grate the carrots. Chop the onion into small pieces. Fry the onions and carrots on low power while the lentils are cooking. Until golden but not brown.
When the lentils are almost ready, add the roasted vegetables. Cook for another 5 minutes. Heat the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan until they darken a little. Remove soup from heat and add sesame seeds. Let it sit for fifteen minutes.
Lenten pea soup
We all see bags of frozen Brussels sprouts in the store. But we don’t know many options on how to cook them deliciously. All I knew before was to fry it with meatballs. But here is another very tasty recipe that will diversify the Lenten menu.
Products:
Frozen packaging Brussels sprouts(four hundred gr.)
soy sauce- two tbsp. l.
mustard seeds - one tsp.
Tomato paste - one tbsp.
Garlic - three cloves
Place the cabbage in water, bring to a boil and let it simmer for fifteen minutes.
Chop the garlic and crush the mustard seeds a little.
Place the cabbage in a frying pan with hot oil, along with everything else - garlic, tomato paste, soy sauce, mustard seeds. Add 0.5 tbsp. water, cover with a lid and heat for about five minutes. No salt is required as there is soy sauce.
There is no need to salt the dish.
Rice with peas and beans
Very tasty Lenten dish
Here’s another basic recipe that not every housewife knows how to cook. Because there are tricks! But if the potatoes are fried correctly, then McDonald's fries can rest!
Peel the potatoes.
Take a thick-bottomed frying pan, such as cast iron. First, turn the hot burner to high for a couple of minutes to warm up the pan.
At this time, cut the potatoes into rounds. When the frying pan is hot, pour in the vegetable oil and place on medium heat (4 out of six). Let the oil heat up for another minute.
Place all the potatoes to fry, cover with a lid and leave undisturbed for ten minutes.
Attention, do not stir the potatoes! Using a spatula, carefully pry the middle layer under the fried layer of potatoes. And turn the entire layer over as much as you can. Also carefully turn the potatoes over in layers on the sides of the pan.
Again, time exactly ten minutes. And fry again under the lid. Again, carefully turn the entire layer of potatoes over.
And one more time - ten minutes, fry under the lid. Then add salt. Turn over again carefully in the same way as before. This time you can literally wait a couple of minutes, or ten if you want it browner. It's very tasty!
Mushroom rice
I advise everyone to try this recipe, not just those who are fasting!
Products:
Potatoes - one and a half kg,
mushrooms, preferably fresh - two hundred gr. (you can use a pack of frozen ones)
breadcrumbs
onion - two pcs.
Boil the potatoes in salted water (you can cut them into cubes to speed up the process).
Throw out the water. Mash the puree. Let cool to room temperature.
Chop the mushrooms into small pieces. Fry for about fifteen minutes...
Divide the mashed potatoes into 8 lumps (so as not to stick, wet your hands). Make cakes from the puree. Add mushrooms. Roll the zrazy so that the filling is inside.
Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and place on a sheet that has been sprayed with oil. Put in hot oven 180 degrees and cook for half an hour.
You can garnish with fried onion rings. And for those who are not afraid of calories, pour each ready-made immediately with the oil in which these rings were fried.
Lenten pancakes
Yeast lean stuffed pancakes
Products:
Flour - one and a half cups, 
water - two glasses,
activated yeast - one tsp.
Sugar - one tbsp.
half a spoon of salt
vegetable oil
Filling:
about a glass of boiled buckwheat
onion - one pc.
dry mushrooms - a handful
Let's do yeast dough for pancakes. Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Leave for fifteen minutes. Next, add salt, sift the flour, stir so that there are no lumps. Add 2 tbsp. sunflower oil. Let the dough sit for about forty minutes.
Grease the pan thin layer oils Wipe off excess with a tissue. Fry pancakes.
While the dough is resting, make the filling. Boil dry mushrooms and chop.
Fry with buckwheat, chopped onion and carrots. Or simmer in the oven.
Fill the pancakes with minced meat. You can also fry the prepared pancakes in vegetable oil until golden brown, but I don’t do this for calorie reasons. Step by step recipe Read about lean pancakes with photos.
Yeast-free lean pancakes with potato filling
Products:
Yeast dough (store-bought or homemade, it doesn’t matter) - one kg
Potatoes - four pcs.
onion - 1-2 pcs
salt, pepper, sunflower oil
Slice the potatoes and onions very thinly, potatoes into slices, onions into rings. Stir, pour 1 tbsp. sunflower oil, 1 tsp. salt without a slide, a little ground pepper, stir.
Divide one kilogram of dough into ten pieces. And each of them is two more, one of which is twice as large as the second.
Roll out the larger one thinly and place it on a small saucer, with the edges curled down.
We also divide the potato mixture into about ten parts. Spread one onto the dough. Now we roll a smaller circle from a small piece and place it on top of the potatoes. Fold the edges up. Turn over and roll out the cake a little again.
Then fry at low temperature for five minutes, turn over - and another five.
Famous breadsticks
Very simple brine cookies, delicious!
Products:
One glass of brine
One glass of vegetable oil,
one glass of sugar,
two packs of coconut flakes (you can also use lemon zest, dried berries, dried fruits, etc.)
two to three glasses of flour
Place butter, sugar, brine and one packet of chips in a bowl and mix. Add flour until the dough is as thick as shortbread (two to three glasses), that is, so that you can roll it out.
Roll out and sprinkle with remaining shavings.
Use cookie cutters or a glass to cut out the cookies.
Bake on a floured baking sheet at a temperature of one hundred and eighty degrees for about ten minutes.
Poppy cookies
Products:
Poppy - two hundred gr.
Brown (or regular) sugar - one tbsp.
half a teaspoon of soda
apple cider vinegar - two tbsp.
salt - half tsp.
Half a glass of water
flour - one or two tbsp.
cinnamon - 1-2 tsp.
Sunflower oil - four tbsp. l.
Mix dry ingredients: sugar, poppy seeds, cinnamon, salt. Add water and sunflower oil, soda and apple cider vinegar. Knead the dough, similar to shortbread (so that it rolls out).
Cover with film and leave for one hour.
Then roll out the dough into a layer of about half a centimeter. Cut out cookies using cookie cutters or a glass. Place on baking paper or a floured baking tray. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about half an hour.
Lenten Coconut Banana Cookies
Products:
Bananas - 2 pcs.
coconut flakes - two hundred and fifty gr.
Half a glass of sunflower oil
sugar (preferably brown, but regular is fine) half a glass
water and flour
Mix sugar, butter, chopped banana and beat, adding coconut and flour. Until you get a thick dough.
To prepare the dough, mix sugar and butter together, add chopped banana. Using a whisk, turn everything into a homogeneous mass, gradually adding coconut and flour. The dough should not be liquid, but slightly thick, like thick sour cream.
Place small and not thick cookies on a baking sheet lined with baking paper or sprinkled with flour.
Bake at 180 degrees for twenty minutes, then minimum temperature dry until the cookies become golden.
Lenten cakes
Lenten carrot cake
Very tasty, tender, aromatic carrot cake made from simple ingredients.
Products:
One hundred and fifty grams of flour
100 grams of carrots
a handful of raisins or other dried fruits (optional)
a handful of walnuts (one hundred grams) (optional)
six tablespoons of vegetable oil
one hundred grams of sugar
a packet of vanilla sugar or vanillin
three teaspoons baking powder
Sprinkles:
fifty grams of flour
two tablespoons of vegetable oil
thirty grams of sugar
Make topping from the indicated products. Mix and rub with your hands until crumbly. Place in the refrigerator.
Let's make the dough. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder. Add vegetable oil and water. Beat. Three carrots on a coarse grater, put them in the dough, add raisins and chopped nuts if desired.
Baked in a small form - eighteen centimeters. Place baking paper on the bottom. Pour out the dough. Sprinkle with crumbs. Bake in a hot oven (one hundred and eighty degrees) - about one hour. Check for doneness with a match. The cake can then be sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Lenten chocolate coffee cake
Products:
one glass of sugar,
a third of a glass of sunflower oil
one third cup cocoa powder
vanillin
one and a quarter cup of flour
teaspoon of soda,
teaspoon vinegar
glass of coffee (or water)
PREPARATION:
In a bowl, mix dry ingredients: flour, vanillin, sugar, cocoa, soda and salt. Add water or coffee, vegetable oil and vinegar.
Whisk everything.
Place in a hot oven at 180 degrees. Bake for about half an hour.
Grease the finished biscuit with jam or melted dark chocolate (if you find one without milk). You can also decorate with vegetable cream.
Super-healthy, super-dietary raw food (no baking) Lenten persimmon and blackcurrant cake
For a mold 18 cm.
Products:
Warp:
¾ cup (80g) walnuts
12 pcs. (100g) dates
A pinch of cardamom
(if you are afraid to make it on such a basis, then you can make shortbread lean - like brine cookies or poppy seed cookies, the recipes are given above. You can make such a cake in parallel with the cookies)
Filling:
persimmon - 2 pcs
dates - 20 gr
cinnamon - 0.5 tsp.
Water - 150 ml
agar-agar or pectin 1 tsp.
frozen black currants - 100 g (or any other berry)
agar-agar 1 tsp.
Sugar
Defrost the berries
Grind the walnuts in a blender. Grind the dates too. Stir with nuts, add a little cardamom, mix with a blender into a homogeneous mass. Line the bottom of the mold with parchment and spread the mixture over the bottom.
Place in the refrigerator for an hour and a half, then in the freezer.
If you are confused by such a base, then make shortbread lean dough, like in brine cookies or poppy seeds cookies, and bake the base.
Making persimmon jelly. Peel the persimmons, beat with a mixer or blender into a homogeneous puree. Add cinnamon and sugar to taste (you can use two dates instead of sugar).
1 tsp Add agar-agar to 150 ml of water. Bring to a boil with constant stirring.
Pour agar into persimmon puree. Remove the base from the freezer and pour the puree and agar on top. Place in the freezer.
Fill
Take 150 ml of juice from frozen berries, which appeared during defrosting. Add sugar, but a little, so that it is sweet and sour. Pour 1 tsp of agar with fruit drink, bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Remove the cake from the freezer, place the berries on top, and pour currant jelly over it.
Place in the refrigerator for three hours.