What to cook for lean. Delicious and simple lean recipes for every day

I decided to write an article about what you can eat during the fast, what dishes you can cook on the lean table.

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

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

In this article, you will learn:

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

So, many people know that fasting is strict and not strict.

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

Accordingly, the dishes that are used are different.

Strict fasting and not strict - what are their differences?

All posts vary in their severity.

• Strict post:

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

• Less strict post:

when vegetable oil is allowed on some days in plant foods.

• Not a strict post:

fish and vegetable oil are allowed on these days. For the rest, all food is vegetable, meat, milk and eggs are not consumed at all.

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

What can you cook in Lent?

Many people think that fasting is only about carrot cutlets, sauerkraut and "empty" rice ... But, in fact, it's not that 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 don't want to get better! Can be cooked from buckwheat, corn, oatmeal, pea, etc.

And how do you like various delicious sandwiches with hearty pate, vegetable and mushroom caviar, jelly, mushroom aspic, sweet porridge, dumplings with different fillings and "lazy" dumplings (gnocchi, dumplings, dumplings), julienne, various salads with such a hearty composition, what can we call them a main course and dumplings?

Borsch, cabbage soup, soups, mushroom and nut dishes, and even "scrambled eggs" without eggs!

And how many sweets you can cook, this is 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 this can also be learned!

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

And if fish is allowed, then in general - a holiday: this is fish soup, cutlets, meatballs with rice, fish pastes (pates), steamed fish, fried, grilled and in the oven.

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

What foods can be used in preparing lean meals?

• Cereals:

millet, wheat, pearl barley, barley, rice of all sorts,. More buckwheat, bulgur, couscous, spelled, corn grits. As well as oatmeal, and flakes from several types of cereals.

• We prepare from them:

we add cereals 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 own baked goods and bread.

• Vegetables - everything is absolutely

We prepare from them:

soups, vegetable stews, vegetable purees, pureed soups, various fillings, vegetable sauces and cutlets.

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

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

Berries, fruits and dried fruits - everything is absolutely

We prepare from them:

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

• Greens - any

We prepare from it:

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

• Legumes:

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

• We cook from legumes:

soups, mashed soups, add to salads, boil and make mashed potatoes, add to vegetable stews, prepare bean pâtés, fillings, etc.

• Nuts are everything you love

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

Making cheese from nuts. Cooking nut pastes and nut urbechi. We gnaw just like that

• Seeds:

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

We prepare from them:

we add to baked goods, make kozinaki, sauces for dishes (sweet and salty), sprinkle our cereals with chopped seeds and add to other dishes.

We prepare vegetable milk (sweet and unsweetened), seed urbechi, seed cheese, tahina (tahini, tahini) from sesame seeds and a mix of pasta for sandwiches made from various seeds.

• Mushrooms - absolutely everything

We fry them, stew them, bake them, grill them, steam them.

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

• Vegetable oil - whatever you want

It is best to use cold-pressed vegetable oils for salads, cold dishes and snacks and ready-made meals. They have both taste and aroma - just divine!

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

And also mustard oil, coconut, rice, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.

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

Where to get protein in a lean diet?

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

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

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

What cereals are cooked in Lent?

Our Russian porridge is not just food, it is a whole "philosophy"! We are, of course, not talking about quick, instant cereals, which "poured in and immediately ate."

Although, this is also an option: simple oatmeal or a mixture of cereals poured with boiling water or vegetable milk, and with the addition of berries, nuts, fruits and seeds - why not a hearty, tasty 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. Porridge just needs to be cooked correctly.

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, fill it with a sufficiently large amount of boiling water, wrap it in a warm blanket and let it brew all night, for 8-10 hours. If all of the water is not absorbed, then drain it, fill it again with a small amount of water and boil it for 10 minutes.

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

You can add mushrooms if you like.

Nobody will refuse such porridge!

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

Buckwheat flour is used to prepare delicious buns, pancakes and "grechaniks" are fried.

Look for spaghetti or any other buckwheat pasta in stores. 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 with sweet nut sauce or honey. This is delicious!

And rice with mushrooms and vegetables? Isn't it pilaf? A very tasty and satisfying dish, you won't even notice the lack of meat ...

For any porridge, you can serve your own sauce. It's easier than ever to make a 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 cereals. This will enrich the taste of your cereals, give them an incredible aroma and make them healthier and easier to digest.

Dried fruits in fasting

Of course, dried fruits are eaten during the fast.

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

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

They are available for sale, they are not that expensive in price, especially since there are a lot of them and you cannot eat them. Of course, it is better to buy those that have not been processed, that have been dried and stored without being subjected to "chemical attack".

They are not as beautiful and glossy as those that were first poured with sugar syrup and dried under a high temperature, and then also processed with sulfur dioxide, etc., but you know 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 acquire juiciness and softness, and will look like fresh.

You can make a delicious dessert delicacy from any dried fruit.

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

Need red berry juice. If it's not the season, then feel free to get your blanks off the shelves and start! Add these spices to the juice: vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper and sugar. Add dried fruits cut into large pieces, stir and boil it all over 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 for the syrup to become thick.

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

The use of dried fruits is not limited only to this.

Many amazing things are done with dried fruits: for example, they are added to the filling 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 fasting?

If we do not take into account the "newfangled" soybeans, then mushrooms are just that "meat" that will be on our table during the entire fast.

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

All this, of course, can be completely prepared from dried mushrooms and from frozen ones. Not only fed up mushrooms and oyster mushrooms are suitable. Honey mushrooms, chanterelles, aspen mushrooms, porcini mushrooms - everything is good!

Recently, you can also find Japanese shiitake mushrooms. 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 quite often sold in regular supermarkets, take an interest!

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

Here are some options:

1. You can make tapenade sandwiches from wild mushrooms: grind capers with olive oil, add lemon juice, season with salt and pepper. The result is a paste that perfectly spreads on toasted slices of bread, and between two slices - slices of mushrooms fried until crisp.
2. And from the good old oyster mushrooms a salad "arises" by itself: mushrooms, apples, celery stalks, lettuce leaves and large berries of dark grapes fried to a beautiful ruddy. Everything is sprinkled with a lemon juice dressing with crushed pine nuts, salt, pepper and a little cinnamon. Mmm ...
3. And the mushrooms fried with soy sauce, honey, sesame seeds and green onions? Served hot right now, they're incredible!

How to eat nuts and seeds during fasting?

Nuts play an important role in our lean diet.

You can sprinkle them not only on cakes and add them to a salad of beets and garlic ...

During a fast, when almost every protein counts, nuts are simply irreplaceable!

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

Nuts are just so nice to gnaw and make nut pastes from 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 a controversial product ...

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

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

Use the same principle to make a paste from raw nuts:

• Want some sweet stuff? No problem: add honey and cinnamon.
• Do you want something unusual? Please: add pepper, just a little honey and spices. A very original taste is obtained from nut butter!
• Want something a little more satisfying? Then combine the nuts slightly fried in the oven in a blender (walnuts are perfect for this appetizer, but you can from any, be guided by your taste), fried onions, salt, pepper and water. Very, very tasty, hearty and aromatic appetizer! It smells so that you immediately need to spread it on a loaf of bread and eat until the homemade ones are "grinded", otherwise you will not get it, believe me!
• If you want to make something "more impressive" for a snack, you can add boiled beans and a little 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 - make a pasta, and every morning spread a thin layer on a piece of bread, crispy toast, biscuits (you can sweet or salty) or whole grain bread. Hearty, tasty, healthy, what else is needed, right?

Make sweet pastes, make salty ones you want!

Who said that tahini should be salty?

Aren't you afraid to experiment? Then prepare sweet tahini: sesame seeds (you can raw, or you can fried in a dry pan, with fried seeds it turns out many times more aromatic) + honey + cinnamon + salt.

This is such a funky thing, friends! To say that it is delicious is to say nothing! Therefore, as soon as you cook it, grab yourself a spoon on a loaf of bread, and only then call your family, although you won't need to call them, I'm sure: the aroma of fried sesame seeds is such a thing that they themselves will resort to, believe me!

Here's 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 - 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 need.

Then you take apples, carrots, celery stalks, cucumbers and whatever else you come up with, cut into pieces and eat them, dipping them in the prepared sauce.

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

I really love to cook various pastes and pates from seeds and nuts, it helps 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, cannot eat a lot, it's very satisfying!

Such pastes can not only be spread on bread, they can be used both as fillings, and add your own porridges, and in 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 fast period, honestly!

How about the idea of \u200b\u200bkharcho soup, gazpacho, pickle? You can continue the list. All this can be cooked without meat, and all this is quite tasty and nutritious!

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

If you liked the ideas from this article, then share with your friends in social. networks, girlfriends and coworkers at work.

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

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

See you, my dears!

Alena Yasneva was with you, Health and Tasty Fast to everyone!

Lent is a period of spiritual and physical cleansing. During the fast, it is necessary to refuse any meals that contain meat, milk, and eggs. However, if you know the recipes for lean meals for every day during fasting, you can provide yourself and your family with a complete and balanced diet. In this article, you will find delicious and original recipes for lean dishes with photos.

Lenten borsch

Borsch is a traditional and one of the most delicious first courses. Borscht is most often cooked on the basis of pork, however, during the fasting period, you can prepare a vegetarian borscht, which in taste will not differ much from a meat-based dish.

Components:

• Potatoes - 5 pcs.
• Tomatoes - 2 pcs. or tomato juice - 1 glass.
• Onions - 1 pc.
• Carrots - 200 g.
• Beets - 2 pcs.
• Cabbage - 300 g.
• Sunflower oil.
• Salt, sugar, vinegar, garlic and other spices to taste.

Peel and chop the vegetables. Finely chop the cabbage. Remove the skin from the tomatoes and chop with a blender. Cut onion and garlic into small cubes.

Put potatoes in a saucepan, add water and put on fire. After 10 minutes add cabbage to the potatoes.

Preheat a frying pan, pour in vegetable oil. When it is hot, put the onion in a saucepan, fry for 2 minutes, adding the carrots. Fry until tender. At the end of cooking, add the twisted tomatoes and bring to a boil.

Grate the beets, squeeze out the juice. Fry the beets, sprinkle with lemon juice or vinegar to maintain a rich color. Pour the juice into a saucepan, add a little vinegar. This juice must be poured into borscht at the very end of cooking.

Add beets, roast, salt, sugar and spices to the pan. Cook until tender. Turn off the borscht by adding garlic, herbs and beetroot juice with vinegar. Serve with black bread, fresh onions, garlic and herbs.

Lean cabbage rolls

If you can't decide what to cook in Lent before Easter, recipes can be taken from the classic ones, only by cooking them without meat. Cabbage rolls are an excellent recipe for fasting, in which vegetables should be put instead of minced meat. Lean cabbage rolls are not inferior to classic cabbage rolls, but they contain fewer calories and can be used even during the Great Settlement period.

Components:

• Large cabbage - 1 pc.
• Rice - 150 g.
• Onions and carrots 200 g each.
• Tomato juice - 200 ml.
• Dill, green onions - to taste.
• Sunflower oil, garlic, sugar, spices.

Divide the cabbage into sheets, and boil until soft. For small sheets, it will take about five minutes. Boil rice until cooked and let cool. It is best to use round rice to provide the necessary stickiness.

Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots. Fry vegetables until tender. Combine rice, stir-fry, minced or dry garlic and dill. Add spices and salt.

The finished mixture must be laid out on sheets. Wrap the filling. Fry on both sides for 1-2 minutes. Transfer the cabbage rolls to a saucepan, pour over the juice, add spices and simmer for half an hour.

Serve cabbage rolls with green onions, dill and any lean sauce. As a side dish, boiled potatoes with dill are suitable for such a dish.

Mushroom stew

Vegetables are the basis of nutrition during Lent. Mushroom stew is a great option for lunch or dinner. It contains fresh mushrooms, vegetables, herbs and spices. The dish turns out to be tasty, nutritious and aromatic.

Components:

• Champignons or other mushrooms - 500 g.
• Onions and bell peppers 300 g each.
• Tomato paste - 50 ml or tomato juice - 200 ml.
• Flour - 1 tbsp. l.
• Spice.

Mushrooms must be washed, cut into large pieces. If champignons are used, then the medium mushroom must be cut into four pieces. The onion must be peeled, cut into large slices. Peel the bell peppers, cut into large cubes. Cut the garlic into wedges.

Fry the garlic and onion in olive or vegetable oil. After 2-3 minutes, add bell pepper and fry for a few more minutes. Then add the mushrooms and fry for 10 minutes.

It remains only to put tomato paste, a little flour, 300 ml species and bring to a boil. When the stew is boiling, add the spices and salt. Simmer for 15 minutes over low heat. Serve with parsley, dill, or other herbs to taste.

Pilaf with pumpkin, dried apricots and raisins

Slov is a fragrant and satisfying dish, for the preparation of which it is not necessary to use meat. In addition, dried apricots and other dried fruits give the dish an incredible taste. This lean dish will appeal even to those who love pilaf with meat.

Components:

• Brown rice - 300 g.
• Onions - 1 pc.
• Carrots - 300 g.
• Pumpkin - 300g.
• Garlic - 2 heads.
• Seasoning for pilaf and salt.
• Raisins, dried apricots and other dried fruits - a handful.

Pumpkins and carrots should be peeled and cut into strips. Dice the onion. Fry the vegetables in turn in vegetable oil. Pour into a cauldron, adding dried fruits, garlic and spices to it.

Rinse brown rice and fry in vegetable oil for a few minutes. Pour into the rest of the ingredients. It remains to add water or vegetable broth in such an amount that the liquid covers the components by 3 cm.

Cover and cook for 50-60 minutes. Brown rice takes longer to cook than usual, so if you are cooking pilaf from regular rice, the time should be reduced to 30 minutes.

Serve ready-made pilaf with fresh herbs. A fresh salad or vegetable cuts are best to complement this dish. Dried fruits give the dish a rich taste and aroma, so this pilaf is not inferior to a traditional dish with meat.

Barley porridge with olives and vegetables

Barley porridge is a fairly simple side dish. However, if you add vegetables, olives, bright spices and herbs to it, you can turn pearl barley porridge into a full-fledged dish that can be consumed even during Lent.

Components:

• Pearl barley - 200 g.
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Onion - 150 g.
• Olives - 100 g.
• Sesame - 10 g.
• Water - 1 liter.
• Vegetable oil - 60 ml.
• Salt, pepper and other spices to taste.

The pearl barley should be washed and allowed to drain. Fry in a dry frying pan until a pleasant pearl barley aroma appears. Sesame seeds should also be fried in a dry frying pan for a pleasant crunch.

Cut the carrots into thin slices and finely chop the onion or cut into large cubes. Fry.

Place fried vegetables, sesame seeds, pearl barley in a saucepan and cover with water. Cook until tender, adding salt, black pepper and other spices at the end of cooking.

Olives should be cut into thin slices and added to the porridge 10-15 minutes before the end of cooking. On average, porridge cooking takes 50 minutes. Serve porridge with fresh herbs or slices of fresh cucumbers.

Vegetarian curry

If you are looking for original meatless meals for every day during Lent, look at the vegetarian curry. This is a spicy savory dish that will become the highlight of your Lenten menu. An original combination of vegetables and spices will surprise your friends and acquaintances with your taste.

Components:

• Frozen Vegetable Mix - 800 g
• Almonds - two grains.
• Onion - 100 g.
• Ginger root - 20 g.
• Coconut milk - 1 glass
• Garlic to taste.
• Vegetable oil - 80 ml.
• Coriander, hot pepper, saffron, turmeric - to taste.

To prepare this dish, you can use any set of vegetables. It can include bell peppers, potatoes, squash, broccoli, carrots, asparagus, and peas. The most important thing in this dish is the right set of spices. For those who like spicy food, you can use more hot peppers.

Fry the vegetable mixture in vegetable oil, add finely chopped onion. Additionally add thinly sliced \u200b\u200bgarlic and ginger. Add almonds, coriander, saffron, turmeric, chili, black pepper and other spices to taste to this mixture.

It remains only to add coconut milk, salt and simmer for 10-15 minutes. This dish is served hot. You can additionally garnish the curry with dill and parsley, or serve with fresh vegetables.

Cabbage, orange and apple salad

A fresh salad is the best dish for those who are fasting or addicted to healthy eating. A salad based on red cabbage, apples and oranges - a delicious combination and benefits. Its preparation takes a minimum of time. In addition, this salad can be both a main course and an excellent addition to porridge or boiled potatoes.

Components:

• Red cabbage - 400 g
• Apple - 200 g.
• Orange - 200 g.
• Olive or sunflower oil - 30 ml.
• Apple or grape vinegar - 30 ml.
• Black pepper and salt to taste.

Peel the apples and oranges and cut into thin slices. Chop the cabbage. Mix all the ingredients, seasoning the salad with any vegetable oil and fruit vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. This salad is perfect as a main meal or addition to other dietary meals.

Lean cutlets

Great Lent is a test for every Orthodox person. Of course, meat cannot be substituted with vegetables, but delicious and crunchy vegetarian cutlets will become a favorite dish during the fast.

Components:

• Cabbage - 1 pc.
• Semolina - 50 g.
• Onion - 100 g.
• Flour - 30 g.
• Garlic - ½ head.
• Salt, spices, dill - to taste.
• Breadcrumbs.
• Sunflower oil.

Boil the cabbage for 10 minutes. Take it out of the water and let the water drain. Grind with a blender or meat grinder, and additionally squeeze out the liquid.

Chop the onion and garlic with a blender or chop finely. Chop the dill with a hatchet or chop. Combine all components, salt and pepper. Add semolina and flour. Let stand for 10 minutes so that the semolina swells.

Form cutlets from the resulting mass, roll in breadcrumbs and fry in vegetable oil. Serve with vegetable salad or pickles.

Lean cookies

If you're looking for delicious lean recipes for every day, check out lean cookies. It will be a wonderful dessert or snack during Lent. In addition, the cookies do not contain sugar, so they can be part of diet meals and children's meals.

Components:

• Oat flakes - 200 g.
• Rye flour - 2 tbsp. l.
• Green apples - 400 g.
• Carrots - 60 g.
• Walnut - 50 g.
• Cranberries - 40 g.
• Dates - 5 pcs.
• Freshly squeezed carrot or apple juice - 60 ml.
• Cinnamon and vanilla to taste.
• Sesame - 2 tbsp l.

Chop nuts and dates. Grate carrots on a coarse grater. Grind the apple with a blender or grate it on a fine grater. Mix all ingredients, adding spices, juice, cranberries, oatmeal and flour.

The resulting mass must be left for 20 minutes so that the flour and oatmeal will absorb the juice. Form a cookie from the resulting mass, roll it in sesame seeds. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment.

Bake for half an hour at medium temperature. Ready-made biscuits can be eaten hot or cold.

Lenten okroshka

Despite the fact that okroshka is considered a summer dish, it can be cooked throughout the year. During the fasting period, okroshka can be cooked with salted or pickled mushrooms. It is best to cook such a dish with salted milk mushrooms or mushrooms.

Components:

• Fresh cucumbers - 400 g.
• Pickled apples - 2 pcs.
• Salted mushrooms - 150 g.
• Kvass - 1.5 liters.
• Green onions - 1 bunch.
• Dill - 1 bunch.
• Mustard, apple cider vinegar, salt - to taste.

Mushrooms must be thoroughly rinsed under running water and finely chopped. Peel fresh cucumbers and cut them into small cubes. Chop the greens. Peel and core the apple, and also cut into small cubes.

Mix all the ingredients and cover with kvass. To add a spicy taste and aroma to okroshka, add a little apple or grape vinegar, mustard and black pepper. Salt to taste. Additionally, you can add boiled potatoes and fresh radishes to okroshka.

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Great Lent is 40 days of both spiritual and food abstinence. However, this is not the only post of the year. There are also Peter's Fast, the Assumption Fast, the Nativity Fast. And each of them requires certain food restrictions.

During the weeks of fasting, many housewives happily limit themselves to food, dieting for the sake of losing weight, but at the same time, they are seriously worried about the diet of the rest of the family. And not just like that - after all, many men and children oppose the lean table and can reject the next dinner, consisting of porridge and boiled beets.

Contrary to popular belief about crackers and water, fasting meals can and should be varied and complete. To do this, meat, eggs and dairy products should be replaced with their lean counterparts, and then the dinner will no longer look unappetizing.

Your attention 15 delicious dishes that can be cooked in Lent.

1. Oatmeal jelly - a substitute for yogurt

Not everyone likes oatmeal jelly, and practically no one prepares such a dish during fasting. Because of this, few people know that sour jelly is very similar to yogurt.

For cooking, 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, while 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 constantly stirred so that it does not burn. Pour hot jelly into jars and refrigerate.

2. Rice with honey and nuts in lean milk

Lean porridge can be made very tasty and nutritious without adding sugar to it. You can also cook porridge on water - this will not affect the taste much. If you are used to cereals with milk, you can use soy or peanut.

Peanut milk is easy to prepare - nuts need to be ground into very fine crumbs, add water, mix and strain.

Rice porridge should be salted (after boiling) and honey and your favorite nuts should be added. You can please your loved ones on a holiday with such a healthy and tasty dish.

Even lean cookies can be delicious, healthy, and satisfying.

Cookies require oatmeal, frozen cranberries or jam, and vegetable oil. The oatmeal should be fried in sunflower or coconut oil, then put on a sieve and let the excess fat drain off.

Grind oatmeal in a blender (you may not grind everything - to taste), mix with berries. Form cakes from the dough, put on a baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven until golden brown.

4. Broccoli stew with peas and avocado

Such a "green" stew will be very useful in fasting. It will help replenish energy and vitamins.

Use fresh broccoli or add cauliflower to the dish. To add variety to the stew, add green beans to it.

When the broccoli, beans, and green peas are boiled, you can add the avocado and season the dish with garlic sauce. Serve hot.

5. Nutella

What's breakfast without Nutella? The classic version of this delicacy is not lean, as it contains milk powder. We offer an alternative recipe without the use of animal products.

For cooking, you will need whole hazelnuts, honey, cocoa powder and coconut oil. Hazelnuts should be soaked in cold water overnight. In a blender, grind the hazelnuts into small 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 go back to our sandwich. A lean sandwich should be satisfying to satisfy your hunger for a long time.

For a sandwich, we need a salad, rye or whole grain bread, canned beans, cucumber, and tomato to taste. Cut the vegetables into small slices, mash the beans in a bowl and add oil and salt. The beans will now act as a lean mayonnaise.

Grease the loaf itself with bean mayonnaise, and put all the vegetables evenly on top. Cover with a second piece of roll (or bread). Bon Appetit!

7. Cabbage chips

Fasting started, and you want chips? Regular potato chips are considered lean, but they are of little use.

White cabbage can be used to make chips that can be eaten without concern for health. To do this, you need to disassemble the head of cabbage into sheets, cut into pieces and grease with oil. Salt and pepper the future chips and put on a baking sheet. Send the baking sheet to the preheated oven, dry the chips until tender.

This idea is popular not only in fasting but also during weight loss. These sweets are very sweet, they go well with tea, and at the same time they will not harm the figure.

The easiest option is to grind the nuts and dried fruit and then roll the balls in the coconut. There is another option, no less tasty.

Take a pitted dried fruit (for example, dried tangerines will not work, but prunes are just right) and cut a hole with a knife. Place a small nut like hazelnuts, almonds or peanuts inside. The future candy should be coated with honey, and then rolled in coconut, sesame or poppy seeds.

Such lean sweets will appeal to both adults and kids. Be careful - candy is too sweet!

In Russia, many different pies were prepared during Lent. The peasants added everything that remained from the meal to the filling: porridge, pickles and mushrooms. Pies were eaten instead of bread with soup and main courses.

Salty pies can be made with cucumbers, stewed fresh or sauerkraut, mushrooms, potatoes, buckwheat or rice. To make the pies tastier, the filling must be fried in a pan with vegetable oil.

Apples, pumpkin, carrots with honey, jam or frozen berries are perfect for sweet pies. Pumpkin pies are especially tasty, despite the fact that many do not like this vegetable.

The pie dough must be yeast: put a teaspoon of yeast in a bowl, mash with sugar, pour a glass of water and knead a thin dough. When it rises, you can add salt and flour to the desired thickness.

10. Lean borscht

Fasting is a time of restraint, and many, especially men, crave hearty food. Unfortunately, the classic borscht recipe contains meat and is not suitable for fasting. But what happens if the meat is replaced with mushrooms?

Borscht with mushrooms is more like mushroom soup, and therefore it is necessary to add beets, parsley and beans to it. You need to cook borscht in the same way as the classic one, removing only the stage of boiling beef.

11. Vareniki

Meat and completely non-lean dumplings can be replaced with dumplings. They can be with anything: potatoes, mushrooms, cranberries or raspberries. On some big holidays fish is allowed, so on such days you can make dumplings with fish.

For dumplings dough, you only need flour, water, oil and salt. Such dough does not require yeast.

All ingredients must be carefully and thoroughly mixed, 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 satiates quickly. Be sure you will like this porridge!

First you need to boil the barley. Before cooking, pearl barley is soaked overnight. In the morning, you can drain the water and boil it. Please note that this process will take a long time.

Next, you need to grate raw potatoes. Barley and grated potatoes should be put in a hot frying pan greased with vegetable oil. Fry the glass porridge until golden brown.

The Lithuanian dish must be served warm and decorated with fresh herbs.

13. Salad with mushrooms and pine nuts

So that during fasting vitamin deficiency does not take away all your strength, you need to fortify yourself with a vitamin salad. Mushrooms in its composition will saturate with useful and high-quality vegetable protein.

To prepare the salad, you will need blue onions, mushrooms, spinach and cedar nuts. Chop the onion finely, pour boiling water over it and put in a bowl. Finely chop the spinach and mushrooms, add pine nuts. The salad can be seasoned 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 a wide variety of dishes: chips, French fries, casseroles. In the post, cutlets can be made from this product.

To prepare cutlets, you will need potatoes, flour, onions and carrots. Fry carrots with onions in a pan. Please note that these ingredients must be very finely chopped so that whole pieces of onion do not come across in the cutlets.

The fried mixture must be mixed either with mashed potatoes (make sure that 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 pancakes.

From this "dough" you need to mold small cutlets, then put on 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. Basically, these days are Sundays and holidays.

And as you know, crab sticks are made from surimi - this is minced meat from white fish. Corn and bell peppers are ideal for this product. The salad is perfect for the second course, it will saturate for a long time.

To prepare a salad, you need crab meat or sticks, canned corn, red or yellow peppers, and herbs. You can season the salad with a paste of mashed ripe avocado.

What is the characteristic of the time allotted by the Orthodox Church for fasting? This is the time of abstinence and limitation, the time when a person torments his body so that the soul can “nourish”.

The main rule (without going into subtleties) is - the absence of animal products in food. Which refers to this:

1. meat,
2. bird,
3. butter,
4. milk and fermented milk products (kefir, fermented baked milk, sour cream ...),
5. eggs,
6. fish (allowed on some days).

If you limit your diet like this, you will be fasting. A true pastor of souls will tell you that even without delving into the subtleties and daily prohibitions and permissions - you are walking the path of abstinence and humility of your flesh.

Practically if we analyze the “lean” cuisine, then it is 99% the same as the vegetarian one.

In this collection, we have collected for you recipes for lean (or otherwise vegetarian) dishes that you can cook during the fast. And believe me - it's delicious!

At the beginning of each recipe, there is an exact list of the ingredients from which this dish is prepared. But a detailed cooking process with step by step instructions and nuances, you can find by clicking on the link on the word "HERE". All recipes are tried and tested. The final photo of the actually prepared dish, then what will happen with you.

Lenten menu delicious recipes while fasting

Lean recipes (main course)

Saute vegetables

Required:

1. 4-5 pcs. small eggplants;
2. 4-5 pcs. small tomatoes;
3. 5-6 pcs. bell pepper;
4. 2 pcs. large carrots;
5. ½ teaspoon of ground black pepper;
6. ½ teaspoon of allspice ground pepper;
7. 1 teaspoon dried basil, crushed
8. 100 ml of vegetable oil;
9. salt to taste.

In this cooking option, eggplants are the main ingredients. Vegetable sauté is easy to cook in a short time, but the end result is a rich, aromatic and, most importantly, delicious dish. It will be both a good side dish and an excellent independent dish. For details on the process of making sautéed vegetables and photo instructions, see.

Escalivada

Required:

1. 2 eggplants;
2. spinach (can be substituted with arugula);
3. 4 red bell peppers;
4. 1 clove of garlic;
5. 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil;
6. parsley;
7. ground black pepper;
8. salt.

This dish is originally from Catalonia (Spain). The Escalivada is not difficult to prepare, but the dish turns out to be wonderful! It is preferable for him to cook vegetables on a wire rack - then they will acquire an irreplaceable aroma, and not just baked, and your Escalivada will turn out to be really wonderful! For details about the cooking process of this dish with photo instructions, see.

Buckwheat porridge with mushrooms

Would need:

1. 1 tbsp. buckwheat;
2. 300 grams of mushrooms;
3. vegetable oil;
4. salt.

Simple and tasty - this is the motto of this dish! Many people have already liked the combination of these products, and how could it be otherwise? It takes a little time to cook, but the result is a delicious and aromatic meal. In addition, it is very nutritious, because there are many useful substances in buckwheat. You can find out in detail how to cook buckwheat porridge with mushrooms.

Vegetable stew with zucchini

Would need:

1. 300 g cabbage;
2. 1 PC. medium-sized zucchini;
3. 1 PC. medium-sized carrots;
4. 2 onion heads;
5. 500 g potatoes;
6. 1 PC. bell pepper;
7. vegetable oil;
8. salt.

Usually stews are cooked with meat and all ingredients are stewed in a rich sauce or fried. This version of the stew is exactly vegetable, without meat, and all vegetables will be stewed in their own juice, so it is suitable for people who observe fasting and vegetarians. You will find a detailed recipe with a photo step by step

Pearl barley porridge with vegetables

For cooking you will need:

1. 1 tbsp. pearl barley;
2. 1 PC. carrots;
3. 1 onion;
4. 300 grams of cabbage;
5. 150 grams of mushrooms;
6. 2 tablespoons of Krasnodar sauce;
7. 100 grams of refined oil.

Barley porridge, like buckwheat, is a Russian national food. Together with vegetables, this porridge acquires a pleasant taste, moreover, it is good for the body to absorb and, in general, is very beneficial for it. And the carrots and the sauce give the dish a beautiful color. To find out a step-by-step recipe for barley porridge with vegetables, click.

Lenten rice dishes

Rice with frozen vegetables

Required:

1. 1 tbsp. rice;
2. 100 g of corn;
3. 100 g asparagus;
4. 100 g sweet pepper (better than red);
5. garlic;
6. vegetable oil;
7. spices to taste.

Because of the frozen food, this dish is good to cook in the winter when the choice of fresh vegetables is rather scarce. But our body needs vitamins even more in winter, so lunch will turn out to be healthy. This rice will win you over with its fragrant aroma and excellent taste! Click to learn the recipe step by step.

Vegetarian pilaf (with mushrooms)

You will need:

1. 600 g long grain rice;
2. 400 g of mushrooms;
3. 1 piece of large carrots;
4. 200 g raisins;
5. 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
6. 2 onion heads;
7. lean oil (that is, vegetable).

This recipe is just for those other than the mainstream who are fasting and for vegetarians. Pilaf turns out to be crumbly and with a pleasant aroma. Raisins add an unusual but pleasant sweetness, and they are also rich in nutrients. This dish will not leave anyone indifferent. And for details about the cooking process of this dish with photo instructions, see.

Sweet pilaf

You will need:

1. 1 tbsp. long grain rice;
2. 70 g dried apricots;
3. 70 g raisins;
4. 70 g prunes;
5. ½ tbsp. refined oil.

Most often, pilaf is cooked salty, and sweet pilaf is not typical on our tables. Children will love this recipe and will not need to be persuaded to eat their lunch. In addition to this, it is healthy and nutritious. See how to cook sweet pilaf step by step.

Fasting salads every day

Salad - vegetable noodles

You will need:

1. daikon;
2. cucumber;
3. carrot;
4. bell pepper;
5. lemon;
6. parsley;
7. sesame;
8. olive oil.

This salad looks bright and sophisticated, so it will also find a place on the festive table. This dish is suitable for raw foodists because all salad products are used raw. How to cook this wonderful salad step by step with a photo, you will learn by clicking.

salads in post recipes with photos

Classic vinaigrette

Required:

1. 200 grams of lettuce beets;
2. ½ cup beans;
3. 100 grams of sauerkraut;
4. 2 pieces of medium-sized carrots;
5. 2 pieces of small potatoes;
6. 1 piece of pickled cucumber;
7. 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
8. salt;
9. greens.

Ordinary products, which are always in the house, are wonderfully combined in a salad that can be prepared both for a celebration and for an ordinary family dinner. A classic vinaigrette is not difficult to prepare, but you get a beautiful and satisfying salad. You will learn the step-by-step preparation of this salad.

Salted cabbage in Petrovsky style

Required:

1. 2 kg of cabbage;
2. 2 pieces of large onion heads;
3. 2 cloves of garlic;
4. 2 pieces of large carrots;
5. 1 glass of vegetable oil;
6. 100 grams of vinegar;
7. sugar;
8. salt.

The cabbage for this recipe comes out appetizing and crispy. Although the shelf life of Petrovsky salted cabbage is somewhat shorter than ordinary sauerkraut, as a rule, it is eaten very quickly - it is very tasty. For details about the cooking process of this dish with photo instructions, see.

Korean carrots

What products will you need:

1. 1 kg of carrots;
2. 6-7 large cloves of garlic;
3. 2 teaspoons without a top of ground coriander;
4. ½ cup vegetable oil;
5. 3-4 tablespoons of vinegar (9%);
6. salt, sugar, pepper - 1 teaspoon each.

This is a recipe for delicious-tasting Korean carrots! Bright carrots will decorate your table, and your family will be delighted, and guests will ask for a recipe! The dish turns out to be not very spicy and aromatic. You will learn how to prepare this salad step by step.

Korean beetroot

What is needed with a prescription:

1. 1 kg of maroon beets (table);
2. take 6 cloves of garlic;
3. 1 piece of white onion (average);
4. ½ teaspoon of ground black pepper;
5. ¾ a teaspoon of ground red pepper;
6. ½ teaspoon cinnamon
7. 1/3 teaspoon coriander
8. 5 pieces of cloves;
9. 2 tablespoons of vinegar;
10. salt;
11. vegetable oil.

A bright, spicy and aromatic salad that many people love. It can often be seen on our tables, although it was brought from distant Korea. Beetroot according to this recipe goes well with any side dish, having a spicy and special taste. This vegetable is rich in iron, which is another reason to make this salad. For details about the cooking process of this dish with photo instructions, see.

Vitamin Bomb Raw Salad

You will need:

1. 400 g Jerusalem artichoke;
2. 400 g carrots;
3. 400 g turnips;
4. 200 g of beets;
5. greens;
6. olive oil for salad dressing.

In this salad, products perfectly complement each other in taste and color. The dish turns out to be beautiful, in addition to this, all the ingredients have a beneficial effect on the body. The salad acquired this name due to its richness of vitamins - their quantity in one serving completely replenishes the required volume for the day. You will learn step by step how to make Vitamin Bomb salad by clicking.

Lenten recipes for a snack or snack

Fried pies with cabbage (very thin crust)

For a lean pie dough, take:

1. 4 tbsp. flour (with a slide);
2. 2 standard glasses of water;
3. 1 tablespoon sugar
4. 50 grams of fresh yeast;
5. 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
6. 1 teaspoon salt
7. vegetable oil for frying.

The filling is prepared from the following products:

1. 500 grams of fresh or sauerkraut (your choice);
2. 1 onion head (larger);
3. 1 carrot (medium size);
4. vegetable oil for frying;
5. allspice.

Well, a very good recipe! The pies are delicate and very tasty because the dough is thin and tender. Cooking does not take much time and the process is absolutely simple. And, of course, this dish is suitable for those who are fasting, as there are no animal products in the recipe. You will learn how to make these wonderful pies step by step by clicking.

Eastern snack - hummus

You will need:

1. 200 g chickpeas;
2. 5 tablespoons of sesame seeds;
3. 1 teaspoon coriander, ground
4. 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
5. 2 cloves of garlic;
6. 2 tablespoons sesame oil
7. 5 tablespoons of olive oil.

This appetizer was invented in the East. Peas are taken as the base product of hummus, so the dish turns out to be quite satisfying. One sandwich with this snack will keep you feeling full for a long time. For details on the preparation process of this oriental snack with photo instructions, see.

Stewed cabbage with turmeric

Required:

1. 500 grams of cabbage;
2. 200 grams of carrots;
3. 3-4 onions (use medium ones);
4. 1/3 teaspoon turmeric
5. mediterranean seasoning;
6. vegetable oil.

Such a common and uncomplicated, in fact, recipe, loved by many. Only in traditional cooking methods, due to the long stewing, does cabbage become extremely soft and lose all vitamins. According to the recipe we offer, the cabbage comes out juicy, fragrant, with a beautiful golden color, and the preparation itself will take about 30-40 minutes. Serve this dish with potatoes for a good combination. In addition, this cabbage is well suited as a filling for dumplings. For details about the cooking process of this dish with photo instructions, see.

Stewed cabbage with oyster mushrooms

You will need:

1. 200 grams of oyster mushrooms;
2. ¼ heads of cabbage;
3. 1 piece of small carrot;
4. 3-4 medium sized onions;
5. ground pepper;
6. bay leaf;
7. 50 grams of tomato paste;
8. vegetable oil for frying;
9. salt.

It will take a little time to cook, and besides, it will not be difficult to cook. Stewed cabbage with oyster mushrooms is quite satisfying and tasty, and the unique aroma will not leave anyone indifferent. For details about the cooking process of this dish with photo instructions, see.

Sweets and desserts during fasting

Banana ice cream (raw food)

Required:

1. 2 bananas.

Yes, that's all - 2 bananas. Despite the small list of ingredients, ice cream can really be made even at home. And it turns out very tasty! Once you've tasted it, you'll want to cook it over and over again. How to make banana ice cream step by step, you will learn by clicking.

Dried Fruit Energy Bar

You will need:

1. 1 cup nuts
2. 1 glass of dates;
3. 1 glass of cherries.

These dried fruit bars energize, tone up the body and saturate well. These delicious bars also have a positive effect on the body, because these dried fruits contain a large amount of vitamins. For details about the cooking process of this dish with photo instructions, see.

Oven baked apples with cinnamon and lemon

What we cook from:

1. 6 apples of the optimal size for baking;
2. 1 lemon;
3. honey 2-3 tablespoons;
4. cinnamon to your taste.

Apples according to this recipe are very juicy and tasty. The union of these products is incomparably beneficial for the body. And the fragrance spread leaves a lasting impression. For details about the cooking process of this dish with photo instructions, see.

Oatmeal with dried fruits

To prepare 100 grams of oatmeal, you need to take:

1. 100 g of prunes;
2. 100 g dried apricots;
3. 100 g raisins;
4. sugar;
5. salt.

One of the healthiest breakfasts is oatmeal combined with dried fruit. And, of course, in winter, when our body needs more nutrients than usual, such a meal will be very useful. It turns out to cook such porridge without wasting time and effort. From oatmeal, porridge turns out to be softer, and it cooks faster, so it is preferable to take them for cooking. How to cook oatmeal with dried fruits, see step by step

Caramel lean charlotte with apples

1. flour (1.5 cups);
2. sugar (4 tablespoons for caramel and 0.5 cups for dough);
3. butter (0.5 cups);
4. large apples (2 pcs.);
5. baking powder (1 teaspoon);
6. chopped cinnamon (0.5 teaspoon);
7. water (1 tablespoon).

Believe it or not, you can even bake an apple pie from lean foods. This is delicious. Detailed recipe and photos of the stages. And here is the miracle of lean pie in the photo.

Lean apple pancakes on the water

This recipe is very, very suitable for fasting, there is no milk in it, but softness due to a small amount of applesauce.

Ingredients:

1. wheat and whole grain flour - 3 tablespoons + 3 tablespoons;
2. medium-sized apple;
3. ordinary water - 1 glass;
4. vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon;
5. refined sugar - 2 tablespoons;
6. a little soda.

The recipe is incredibly simple. You probably already understood everything from the list of products, but it's still worth looking at the detailed instructions. Here is a link to step by step photos and descriptions.

The section contains interesting and simple meatless dishes, recipes for every day, on weekdays and weekends, salads, soups, desserts, main courses and, of course, pastries. A lean menu is by no means synonymous with boring. It's time to learn how to bake delicious homemade bread (with flour and water), custard potato tortillas and sweet lean muffins. Try unusual-tasting mashed soups, boil mushroom noodles and deliciously fine lean borscht. And, of course, make instant marinades. I would advise you to try all of the recipes featured in our Lean Recipe Collection every day, expanding your culinary collection and enriching your culinary experience.

Lean potato cutlets

Is it possible to cook potato cutlets without eggs so that they do not fall apart, have a neat shape, excellent taste and an appetizing crust? Give it a try, you will appreciate this lean recipe.

Lean gingerbread with jam

One of the simplest and most affordable recipes for lean baking is a gingerbread, for which you do not need honey or molasses. The dough is kneaded with regular jam and strong tea.

Cakes on water and flour

A great option for replacing white bread in fasting is flat cakes with water and flour. They are preparing elementary. And thanks to a simple secret, they remain soft and lush for a long time. The flatbreads are so delicious that many get hooked on them and include this lean recipe in their daily menu.

Simple Soup with Mexican Vegetable Mix

The simplest lean soup. It contains a ready-made frozen mixture of vegetables and legumes, roasted onions and carrots and cereals. Any one will suit your taste. Soup with bulgur is especially good.

Salad with beans, fried mushrooms and cucumbers

Hearty lean salad with an original taste. It contains canned beans, fried mushrooms with onions, pickled or pickled cucumbers and lots of fresh herbs.

Candied orange peels

A leisurely method of making candied fruits from a waste product - orange peels. Several days of soaking and boiling give an excellent taste result. Candied fruits are so bright and fragrant that they can be presented as sweet gifts during the fast.

Lenten recipe for old Russian cuisine - juicy, fragrant dough envelopes with mushrooms and buckwheat. They prepare slowly, with feeling, sensibly, with arrangement.

Barley cutlets

Recipe trick - how to cook cutlets from ordinary pearl barley, which look more appetizing than meat. Very tender, light, with fried onions, carrots and garlic. A find recipe for those looking for interesting and unusual lean dishes.

Lean oatmeal cookies with honey

For a delicious and varied fast, try these wonderful honey-cinnamon-spiced lean cookies. Amazing aroma, crispy, crumbly structure. The recipe is very simple and suitable for novice cooks.

Rustic potatoes in the oven

A very simple and delicious dish ideal for fasting. Potatoes are poured with vegetable oil, sprinkled with spices and sent to the oven to bake until cooked.

Simple brine cookies

The recipe is hello from the half-starved 90s. Vegetable oil, flour, baking powder and cucumber pickle, a little raisins, nuts or candied fruits - and now the dough is ready for wonderful crumbly cookies, which is called "out of nothing".

Lean apple pie

You have probably already wondered how tasty, varied and rich a lean menu can be. Among the meatless dishes for every day, an apple pie takes pride of place. And not some dubious, but supposedly useful pancake. And a lush, shiny braided yeast cake.

Lenten honey gingerbread

One of the most popular budget recipes for lean baking, which is suitable for beginners, because it is simple, clear and has a good composition of products. You can bake a gingerbread with water, tea, or apple juice.

Lean borsch with beans

A bright accent in the lean menu is rich borsch with beans. The recipe provides detailed instructions on how to achieve exactly the same color as in the photo. I hope you enjoy both the cooking process and the resulting result.

Stewed cabbage with mushrooms

A very tasty and simple lean dish for every day. Mushrooms, onions, cabbage and tomato are all you need to make a hearty, lean lunch.

Bean pate in Armenian

During the fasting period, it is extremely important to maintain the body with food containing plant-based protein. Legumes and nuts are considered ideal alternatives to dairy and meat foods. Lenten bean pate in Armenian will definitely add variety to the diet of fast days, as well as delight with its availability and nutritional value.

Lean cabbage rolls with rice and mushrooms

Lean cabbage rolls can perfectly fit into the lean menu for every day, if you go for one trick - make a lot of them and freeze some of them - this will not affect the taste of cabbage rolls in any way.

Classic red bean lobio

A hearty, lean dish made from beans, nuts and vegetables.

Lean mayonnaise

A recipe from the category of culinary miracles. Looking at the list of ingredients, you can't believe that they will turn out what you see in the picture - a delicate, thick, lean mayonnaise, which can be used, for example, for dressing salads or served as a sauce for lentil cutlets.

Lean manty with vegetable filling

You probably already realized how extensive a menu of lean recipes can be for every day. We expand the variety with a recipe for manti with vegetable filling. Try it, perhaps you will like this option more than usual.

Lentil and rice meatballs in tomato sauce

Dish-snag - minced lentil with rice is really difficult to distinguish from ordinary meatballs. Form holds perfectly without adding eggs and flour. If you steam them, you can do without even vegetable oil, which is extremely important during Lent.

Canned Bean Soup

A hearty, bright, cheerful quick bean soup - add to your lean recipe box.

Lenten pancakes on mineral water

Popular lean pancake recipe. Try it - it really tastes better than the meatballs. And baking them is much easier.

Lean Pea Soup

Peas are a great product for a lean menu. He is hearty, gives a lot of thick. Try this simple and delicious pea soup with potatoes, carrots and onions.

Indian samosas with vegetables

Samosas - a dish of Indian cuisine - fried pies made from a simple lean dough with a vegetable filling, the composition of which can be made at your discretion. Ideal for a lean table.

Fresh cabbage soup

Recipe, actual for fasting, for delicious cabbage soup on water, with vegetable frying, herbs and fragrant freshly ground pepper. The recipe is filmed in detail, step by step and is suitable for novice cooks.

Lean lasagna

During the fast, you have the opportunity to make sure that classic dishes can be just as tasty without using seemingly required ingredients. Try making juicy vegetable lasagna without cheese and with lean dough.

Green pea puree soup

The king of the lean menu is green as March grass emerging from the melting snowdrifts, and just as tender, brewed with four ingredients, including water.

Buckwheat noodles with vegetables

If you have never tried buckwheat noodles, then fasting is a very suitable time for this. The noodles are extremely tasty with a spicy vegetable sauce, which is made from the most common products - onions, carrots, bell peppers and green beans.

Potato cutlets with peas

A very funny lean recipe - at first glance, the most ordinary cutlets, and if you bite through them, inside there are tender mashed potatoes and funny peas. Try it!

Potatoes in a pot

A simple lean dish for every day that can be found in cookbooks called "church potatoes". Unremarkable in appearance, such potatoes taste delicious.

Classic vinaigrette recipe

A traditional Russian dish with a French name. It contains boiled beets, carrots, potatoes, onions, pickles and green peas. The perfect solution for a lean table.

Mushroom noodles

Very nourishing, rich, delicious soup, prepared elementary! You can cook it every day.

Homemade peanut butter

Psychologists have proven that any restrictions activate a person's creative abilities. Fasting is a good time to learn how to cook something unusual that you can't even think of doing at home. For example, hearty and delicious peanut butter with honey. I made a jar - put it in the refrigerator and eat it every day.

Korean beetroot

Learning how to cook homemade Korean-style salads is a great way to diversify the lean menu, make it rich and interesting. Making such a salad is not difficult at all. The volumes can be made large immediately, because it stands perfectly in the refrigerator for two to three weeks.

Korean cabbage

During the fast, please your household with delicious instant pickled cabbage. It gets its bright golden color thanks to the addition of turmeric.