With the advent of fasting, any responsible cook thinks about making a menu. Do not assume that Orthodox food is tasteless. This is far from the case. The fast table is observed for a long time several times a year, in addition there are fast days, so recipes for cooking lean dishes are very necessary for many.
Selected recipes for a lean table will help to diversify the diet and improve your health, since vegetarian food helps to relieve the body. For greater comfort, make a specific list of dishes, making it easier to choose and prepare an alternative – every time you go into the kitchen you will not have to think about the menu for a long time.
With prolonged fasting, it is necessary to think over a set of products especially carefully, since not everyone can withstand it. The diet depends on the rigor of fasting. For example, abstinence in the period before Easter is especially strict, so these days you need to choose mediocre dishes, including cereals, vegetables and fruits. A relaxing fast allows the presence of fish, meat or dairy products. In any case, even from a limited list of ingredients, you can prepare nutritious and delicious food.
Here you will learn a lot of options for what you can cook during fasting without using prohibited products, such as meat, eggs, dairy products. In general, representatives of the church teach that in order to achieve the desired effect, it is not enough to observe a lenten menu: in addition, spiritual fasting is also needed. Fast food is good, but the meaning of fasting is not to limit the use of certain foods, but rather to spiritual purification through self—improvement.
As for food, traditionally simple recipes for lean dishes do not contain “fast” products, that is, meat, fat, eggs, milk and dairy products. If you follow the strict prescriptions of the Church Charter, then you need to change your fast table from day to day, from week to week: for example, on certain days it is even allowed to eat fish, on some it is prescribed to eat raw food, on some – boiled, etc. However, modern clergymen emphasize that it is not so important what they eat during lent.
Recipes for lean dishes on non-strict days allow you to cook fish and use vegetable oils. But even from a strictly limited list of lean foods, you can cook delicious dishes of lean cuisine, and sometimes they can be more interesting and more useful than meat or dairy products that we have known for a long time. We must not forget about the beauty of the design, because artfully decorated food is much more pleasant to eat. In addition, a lean menu does not necessarily imply a feeling of hunger. It simply does not contain excesses, since fasting is a time of abstinence and restrictions.
As a rule, we prepare lean dishes at home from the most ordinary products — all kinds of cereals, vegetables, mushrooms, sometimes fish.
This cookie will not spoil the shape – there is no sugar in it, but it is sweet thanks to bananas. It does not contain fat or white flour. Soft, delicious, fragrant.
Just a little bit of your work and time, and a festive portion of baked cod is on the table. Do not be lazy, we will please our dear guests during the New Year holidays.
I almost never stuff fish whole, but it happens that I come across such interesting recipes that only my hands itch. And then there was something to scratch – they drew a bullet at home (it’s also a pelengas)… why not?)
Hummus is an ancient oriental cold snack made from chickpeas and sesame paste, spices and olive oil. Chickpeas are a rich source of vegetable protein, as well as various minerals, vitamins and fiber. I suggest you prepare a version of this snack with broccoli, which will not only give hummus color, but also enrich it with many useful substances. Hummus with broccoli will be a great snack on your New Year’s table!
I present to your attention a chocolate-nut cake, not intended for the New Year’s table. This is a mega chocolate dessert framed with almonds, cashews, peanuts, walnuts, prunes, dried apricots and oranges. Very fragrant, delicious and healthy.
Cauliflower side dish with vegetables and mushrooms. It is prepared easily and quickly. It is good both in hot form, with heat from the heat, and in cold form it is very good. In my opinion, there should be simple dishes on the festive table. Try this!
Brussels sprouts can be served as an independent dish or as a side dish to many hot dishes. Nutty sprinkling makes the dish interesting and gives it a smoked flavor.
Delicious mackerel under a bright, juicy, slightly spicy marinade. A great snack for the festive table. I recommend cooking a double portion at once, because the fish diverges at lightning speed.
I collected this salad according to the tastes of my family, but realizing how consonant and bright it is, I decided to share it with you. Very tasty salad.
