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.
It happens that culinary delights are a little tired, and I want something simple but delicious. This lean dish is a table variety. You can also eat it if you are on a diet. Feel free to cook for dinner, lunch or morning.
Hummus is a nutritious delicious aromatic lean dish of boiled chickpeas with the addition of sesame paste from fried sesame seeds and spices, in general, it is the most delicate pate. Since chickpeas are cooked and sesame is fried (if not, there are links at the bottom of the recipe), let’s cook a fashionable and delicious hummus!
A lean snack with a creamy texture, colored by a palette of flavors. Cooking is very simple. A cheerful and bright spring dish! It looks great on a festive table. Try to cook this snack and surprise your guests.
I tried it for the first time in an Arabic restaurant. Since then, he has not found peace until I learn how to cook myself. Interesting taste, will appeal to both adults and children. And besides – also very useful – solid vegetable protein! Feel free to cook and spread on bread.
Where East meets West. A new interpretation of the Middle Eastern classics. Less calories, more flavor! Cooking this hummus is a pleasure. eating is doubly enjoyable. You can prepare this snack for a festive table, it will look great.
A favorite dish of Arabs and Jews. Today I want to present you an absolutely amazing Mediterranean dish “hummus”! It is not difficult to prepare, but, however, some unfamiliar ingredients may be required. I will try to tell you what each ingredient gives separately and how it can be replaced so that each of you can cook this miracle.
This snack is just great. Its taste is delicate, mushroom and light. Great for black rye bread. I often cook for a festive table, it looks enchanting. Having prepared this snack, your guests will definitely ask you for a recipe.
To be honest, I didn’t think that something sensible would come out of a minimum of products. But the cupcakes turned out just delicious! Honey, moderately sweet, high and airy.
