Orthodox fasting - what can you eat? Lenten products: what and where to buy for fasting

Orthodox fasting is those days when people are purified in spirit. But at the same time, the body is also cleansed, because everything in every person should be pure - soul, body, and thoughts. On fasting days, you need to be attentive to your psychophysical state. A person who has decided that he is ready to limit his diet, in principle, knows which foods are allowed to be consumed in a given period and which are not.

Basic canons of nutrition during fasting

You need to figure out what you can still eat on fasting days, and what foods you need to exclude from your diet. So, the following are subject to mandatory exclusion:

1. Meat products;
2. Milk, as well as butter, cottage cheese and cheeses;
3. Eggs and mayonnaise;
4. Fatty sweets and baked goods;
5. Fish and vegetable oil (on strict fasting days);
6. Alcohol and tobacco.

These foods should not be eaten during Lent. There is an opinion that if a person does not eat meat, eggs, or drink milk, then he is deprived of protein, which is so necessary for the body. But with the right approach to a lean diet, this is absolutely not the case.

There are many foods that are rich in protein. If you diversify your lean diet with mushrooms, eggplants, legumes and soybeans, you can get the required amount of protein. After all, even nutritionists have proven that soy can easily replace fish and meat.

And yet, before fasting, you should find out whether it will become dangerous for the body, because not everyone may benefit from abstaining from certain foods.

What is allowed to eat during strict fasting?

In Christianity, fasting days vary in severity. On one day one thing may be allowed, on the second - another. And there are days when you can’t eat at all. The strictest fast for Christians is Lent.

It lasts 40 days, during which any entertainment activities are prohibited. In addition, there are some canons that must be adhered to:

1. It is forbidden to eat any food on Fridays, as well as on the day of the beginning of Lent;
2. The first and last weeks are marked by the permission to eat vegetables, fruits and bread. Water is allowed as a drink.
3. On other days, honey, nuts and any plant foods are allowed.

What can you eat during fasting on non-strict days:

1. Eggplant;
2. Zucchini;
3. Fish;
4. Lentils;
5. Oatmeal;
6. Any fruit salads, of course, without dressing them with sour cream.

Plant products become the main food during fasting. These are mainly cereals (the best of course are buckwheat, wheat, barley and oatmeal, since these are native Russian types of cereals, and they are also rich in fiber and minerals).

Of course, you shouldn’t forget about the vitamins contained in vegetables and fruits. The main thing is that fasting does not cause a violation of the diet. You should not skip breakfast, and you also need to remember that it is advisable to snack more often during Lent.

Due to the fact that the Lenten diet does not contain animal protein, which gives the feeling that a person is full for a long time, you want to eat something substantial, especially in the first days. But in this case, you can forget about cleansing.

The best option here is regular nutrition, as well as the inclusion of whole grains in the diet, and of course beans.

It is important to remember that you need to prepare your body for any food restriction. For him, it will be the most severe stress if a person overeats every day and suddenly suddenly stops eating. There will be no benefit from such an attempt at cleansing.

Features of nutrition after fasting

Some people think that if the fast is over, then they need to make up for all the days and eat everything at once, and even more.

At the same time, without thinking at all that in this case there will not only be no benefit from abstinence, but even, on the contrary, only harm. How to eat after the end of fasting?

The first days should be like a gradual “fading” of fasting. It is not recommended to eat these days:

1. Meat (except perhaps chicken, turkey or fish);
2. Mushrooms, especially pickled ones;
3. Don't get carried away with baking;
4. High-calorie sweets such as cake, pastries with butter or butter cream;
5. Sausages and smoked meats.

Since the body, during the period of fasting, becomes weaned from animal food, you need to start eating it little by little, as if re-accustoming yourself. You should not eat fried meat or fish. It is advisable that the food be boiled and should be eaten in small portions, little by little.

It is better to limit salt in the first days after fasting. Do not get carried away with flour products made with butter and eggs. Much healthier will be dishes made from cereals (rice, buckwheat, millet or oatmeal - it doesn’t really matter) with fruits, to which it is advisable to add more greens. After all, the body needs vitamins during this period.

The Sacrament of Communion - how to prepare for it, what can you eat?

The shortest duration of fasting before Communion is three days. It happens that a person cannot withstand these restrictions due to illness or even hard, exhausting work, while the body requires a lot of calories.

In this case, at confession, which necessarily takes place before communion, the priest must repent of this sin as well. What you cannot do is tell the priest that you have been fasting if the fast is not maintained.

So what can you eat during this fast? Almost the same things are allowed as on other fasting days:

1. You can eat vegetables and fruits;
2. Cereal porridge;
3. Boiled or baked fish;
4. Bread;
5. Nuts.

You can also eat sweets, such as dark chocolate, kozinaki, but it is better to limit the consumption of these products. The main thing is to remember that when consuming even those foods that are allowed, you need to know when to stop and not overeat.

The benefits of fasting for a person or “why fast”

Eating according to all the rules during fasting is very beneficial for human health. Allowed foods will provide the body with the necessary substances, and the absence of foods that are prohibited will prevent the body from wasting energy fighting toxins, etc.

Lenten nutrition inherently normalizes the functioning of the entire body, but its main benefit is this:

1. Improved digestion;
2. Getting rid of dysbacteriosis;
3. Cleansing the liver and normalizing its work;
4. Complete cleansing of the body. Slags and toxins are completely removed;
5. Eating every day will prevent you from gaining excess weight.

Some people, fearing excess weight, do not touch, for example, pies with potatoes fried in oil, even vegetable oil. If you pay attention to fasting days, then on weekends this food is completely permissible and is not at all harmful to health.

Why is this happening? It's simple. Even if you allow yourself to enjoy your favorite pies on a day off, all the substances the body does not need will be eliminated from the body over the next five weekdays.

Little joys after fasting

Only those people who actually observed Lent, after its end, can fully experience the pleasure of everyday food. In the first days, after forty days of abstinence, ordinary food tastes unusually “sweet.”

Those foods that seemed ordinary before fasting seem like the most delicate nectar. Not everyone can experience such sensations. Only those few who truly abstained from forbidden food are capable of this.

After all, you no longer need to ask yourself the question: can I do this today, now? After all, no matter how hard a person tries, there is not always enough time for cooking, and on fasting days tomorrow you won’t be able to eat what you ate today.

That’s why it turns out that all food often consists of water, nuts and dried fruits.

To fast or not?

In any case, regardless of whether a person fasts or not, one must know moderation in everything. After all, if you exhaust yourself with constant hunger, the body will not receive the substances it needs and will use internal resources that are not endless.

But in the end, it will simply “get tired” of working and stop. Are there any benefits from such fasting? The answer is obvious - no. The same can be said about overeating. Excess will be deposited in the body, and as a result - obesity, heart disease and other internal organs.

So whether to fast or not is everyone’s business. The main thing is not to go to extremes.

One of the strictest in the church calendar, Lent lasts seven weeks. In 2019, fasting should be observed from March 11 to April 27. Sputnik talks about acceptable and prohibited foods in the diet, as well as the rules of eating.

Fasting symbolizes a difficult path: in order to get to Easter, believers must overcome its strict restrictions. By the way, fasting is intended to cleanse both the body and the soul, so you will have to abstain from fun.

What not to eat during Lent 2019

It is worth noting that the clergy advise ordinary people to take into account their health status, activities and eating habits, avoiding the strictest prohibitions. During Lent, food should be simple, but maintain a person’s physical strength.

Basically, anyone who decides to fast is prohibited from eating food of animal origin on these days. This category includes any meat, milk, eggs and, of course, other products in which they may be found.

Fast food is strictly prohibited, and those with a sweet tooth will have to do without treats and baked goods.

It is also not recommended to use a lot of sugar, salt and spices - if you are not ready to give them up altogether, add them in small quantities. It is also not recommended to fry food - you should prefer other cooking methods.

What can you eat during Lent?

The list of acceptable food products during Lent seems insufficient only at first glance: in fact, you can prepare a variety of dishes from these products every day.

It is acceptable to eat such foods as black bread and cereal crispbreads, various cereals, all legumes, mushrooms in various forms, seasonal vegetables (in particular in the form of pickles), seasonal fruits, dried fruits, berry jam, nuts and honey.

You are allowed to treat yourself to fish twice during the entire fast. It can be eaten on holidays - for example, on Palm Sunday and the Annunciation.

Among the cooking methods, you should choose stewing, baking, boiling or steaming. Porridge can only be cooked with water and without adding oil. We recommend that you carefully consider the fact that, without wanting to harm the body, you need to replace the animal protein prohibited during fasting with vegetable protein - it is found in acceptable legumes, peanuts, soybeans and eggplants. At this time, soups are cooked exclusively in vegetable broth.

Nutrition rules for Lent 2019 by day

On most days of Lent, you are allowed to eat only one meal a day. The only exceptions are weekends - on Saturday and Sunday you can eat twice a day. The strictest restrictions will have to be adhered to in the first four days and in its last week - Holy Week right before Easter.

You will have to completely give up food on Clean Monday, as well as on Good Friday. Another strict day is the first Friday of Lent, which allows only wheat with sugar or honey.

By the way, each day has its own rules: on Monday, Wednesday and Friday you should stick to dry eating (drink water and compotes, eat bread, as well as raw fruits and vegetables). On Tuesday and Thursday you can eat hot food, but without oil. On weekends, you can add vegetable oil and wine to this list of products.

What to drink during Lent 2019

Drinking alcohol during Lent is prohibited (except on weekends when wine is permitted). Despite the fact that drinking tea and coffee is not prohibited for a strict seven weeks, it is recommended to significantly reduce their consumption and prefer drinks based on fruits and herbs.

By the way, coffee fans should think about the fact that fasting involves the renunciation of pleasures: this restriction will probably be a real humility of the flesh for you.

Some foods, such as fish and vegetable oil, can only be eaten on those days of fasting that are considered non-strict, although vegetable oil does not have animal origin. The ban also applies to chocolate and fast food, which are high in fat. During fasting, you should not drink alcoholic beverages, including beer.

Post by day of the week

You should not go hungry while fasting, especially if you have not denied yourself food before. This is fraught with problems with bile secretion and erosive processes in the gastrointestinal tract.

Hot dishes can be eaten on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but on these days it is prohibited to add oil to them. But Saturday is the day of relaxation, when you can finally fry fish or vegetables in vegetable oil and add it to salads.

Proper nutrition during fasting

Remember that while observing religious fasts, you should not immediately fall into the sin of gluttony upon completion; this is harmful not only to the soul, but also to health.

Mayonnaise, which contains both butter and eggs, is not allowed as a sauce, so it is best to season salads with soy sauce or lemon juice.

It is forbidden to drink any alcohol, despite the fact that in natural recipes it must contain vegetable matter. This is due to the fact that fasting is primarily a cleansing of the soul, and not, and alcohol for a person is an excess, not a necessity.

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The exception regarding fish concerns only Palm Sunday and the Annunciation. Fish is allowed on these days.

The diet of a nursing mother should be complete, including foods high in vitamins and microelements that are vital for a newborn baby. However, there are a number of restrictions in the mother’s diet, since not all foods will benefit her and her newborn baby.

Reasons for refusal

Most strict dietary restrictions apply to the first month of a child’s life. Over time, new products can be gradually introduced.

First of all, keep in mind that each baby has its own individual reaction to foods in the diet. What is well tolerated by one will cause problems for another.

Dairy and fermented milk products

If you like to drink tea with herbs, you should not get carried away with sage, it reduces lactation.

Confectionery

A pediatric nutritionist or breastfeeding specialist will help clarify the situation regarding the effect of foods on a particular child.

Products that cause allergies

Avoid drinking too much carbonated drinks and coffee.

Alcohol abuse during lactation

Medicines and breastfeeding

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• Products prohibited during breastfeeding

There is no fish on this list - those observing the strict rules of Lent should not eat it. There are no seafood either: although there is no official ban on them, whether to eat sea reptiles or not is a matter of personal choice. In addition, we are not talking about delicious and rare products: the essence of Orthodox fasting is abstinence, in every sense.

1. Chickpeas and mung beans

Legumes come in handy during Lent. For example, it's time to master mung beans and chickpeas. You can make falafel, hummus and soup from chickpeas, and Indian dal from mung beans. Before cooking, chickpeas should be soaked for four hours, and then cooked for two hours. It’s the same with whole mung bean: it’s better to leave it in water for the whole night, and then cook for an hour and a half. But peeled mung bean does not need to be soaked before cooking - and it does not cook for long, only 20-30 minutes.

As for other legumes, you can experiment with unusual types of beans And lentils: They behave very differently in cooking. If you don’t want to learn something new, then Italian pasta with legumes is also very good.

Chickpeas and roasted bell peppers

2. Olive oil

You will use olive oil for salads and for dressing pasta, rice, and couscous. A simple breakfast, like the Greeks, would be good: pour olive oil into a bowl and dip a Lenten flatbread into it. You can pepper and season to taste.

Olive oil and olives

3. Couscous

One of the foundations of Maghreb cuisine. In fact, couscous is not a grain, but a type of pasta (by the way, there is an Italian analogue of couscous - “fregola sarda”). Couscous is made from semolina and water, without eggs. Modern industrially produced couscous is steamed and dried, making it very easy to prepare. Enough brew with boiling water for 5 minutes.

Couscous

4. Vegetables from the Chinese market

If there is a Chinese or Vietnamese market in your city (we know one in Moscow, near the Lyublino metro station), most likely you can find interesting vegetables there - hairy potatoes tarot, vegetable bananas - plane trees, sweet potatoes, yams and much more. All these are the simplest, most ordinary products, not delicacies at all, something like our potatoes. This is how you should treat them. Yes, and it’s worth cooking in the same way - peel, and then either boil, bake, or fry. There are some nuances: the peel of vegetable bananas must be cut off with a knife (it is not removed as easily as that of sweet bananas), and the finished taro must be kept in cold water before serving, otherwise excess starch will color the tubers a mysterious, but not very appetizing purple color .

Sweet potato

5. Nuts

Nuts, as well as beans, are very filling foods, and in this regard they successfully replace meat. Separately and as a mixture, they will be useful to you for salads and hot dishes. You can make satsivi with walnuts (for example), and with cashews.

Walnuts

6. Vegetable oil

In addition to olive, sunflower and some refined oil for frying, you can explore other options.

Dark pumpkin seed oil usually sold in green or brown glass bottles. Be careful: it spoils instantly in the light and in the open air, so open the bottle, season the salad, quickly close the oil and put it in a dark place. The best pumpkin oil comes from Austrian Styria: there it is made from the seeds of a certain type of pumpkin. In Russian stores you can often find pumpkin oil from Slovenia: it is a little cheaper because it is not so famous, but it is made using the same technology, from the same seeds and tastes no worse.

Very helpful grape seed oil. Don't be put off by the "refined" label on the bottle: it is always refined because in its raw form it has a very bitter taste. Accordingly, it has no smell, the taste is not strong, but very subtle and elegant. Therefore, if you want to truly appreciate the taste of this oil, you should try it simply with bread or with herbs of a more or less neutral taste.

For salads, flaxseed, sesame oil and walnut oil.

Very inexpensive (compared to all previous ones) oil from Sarepta — mustard And camelina. Their taste is as bright as sunflower; They are also quite suitable for seasoning hot dishes - for example, potatoes and buckwheat.

Sunflower oil

7. Chinese sesame oil

It’s exactly Chinese - you can buy it in an oriental food shop or at some Chinese market. Unlike European sesame, it is dark in color and very spicy in taste. You cannot use it to season dishes - you will not feel anything except the taste of overcooked sesame seeds. However, two or three drops of this oil, added together with soy sauce to a ready-made dish, will give it that same easily recognizable taste by which Chinese cuisine is unmistakably identified. This will allow you to greatly diversify your dishes from vegetables and legumes.

Sesame oil

8. Milk substitutes

Milk substitutes - coconut, soy, almond, oatmeal, rice - are useful for both coffee and smoothies. You can make oriental soup with coconut and almond milk, and vegetable puree or pasta sauce with soy milk.

Almond milk

9. Eggplant

The bright taste of eggplant on a Lenten table will come in handy. In many dishes, eggplant, by the way, successfully replaces meat: in pilaf, stuffed peppers, and satsivi.

Eggplants with vegetables

10. Sun-dried tomatoes

Sun-dried tomatoes are an essential ingredient in Mediterranean cooking. They are used to prepare main dishes and salads, and various sauces and gravies are made from them. In Italy and Greece, sun-dried tomatoes are added to the dough when baking white bread and to the filling for pies. Pre-made sun-dried tomatoes are relatively expensive, but they can be made in a regular oven.

Sun-dried tomatoes

11. Mushrooms

At this time of year, frozen mushrooms, pickled mushrooms, dried mushrooms, plus fresh champignons and oyster mushrooms will come in handy. With mushrooms you can cook pilaf and paella, Lenten pies and pickle, fried potatoes and buckwheat, cabbage rolls and zrazy. They are a good substitute for meat in many dishes.

Mushrooms in oil marinade

12. Soy products

Soy products become especially popular during fasting - they are an excellent source of easily digestible protein. The main thing is to choose those that contain less flavoring and monosodium glutamate.

Soy itself is practically tasteless, so it can be passed off as almost any product. Among the soy products there is the mentioned soy milk, kefir, cream, and sour cream; eat tofu, fresh or dry; there is miso paste (more about it below); soy sauce (available in varying degrees of saltiness, you can choose the appropriate option).

Soy cheese (curd) tofu

13. Rice paper

What is called “spring roll” in Europe and America, and “nem” in Vietnam, is prepared with rice paper. It is sold in the form of solid sheets. To make them soft, you need to lower these leaves one by one into water at room temperature for a few seconds. Then you can lay the sheet out on a flat surface, lay out the filling (mushrooms, vegetables, herbs) and roll it into a roll. These rolls can be served either cold or quickly fried.

Spring rolls

14. Sweet pepper

Without the bright taste of sweet (bell) pepper, like without eggplant, there is no way to Lent. Peppers are useful for stews and salads, as well as for various stuffed dishes - both as a shell and as a filling.

Stuffed bell peppers

15. Algae

We mean both seaweed and dried nori seaweed. You can make rolls with them; Less obvious (to us), but equally interesting, is using them to make soup or pasta.

Nori

16. Avocado

Delicate Mexican sauce is prepared from avocado guacamole- quite filling and nutritious, so we highly recommend it for Lent. There are quite a few - with onions, sweet peppers, tomatoes, herbs, garlic, olive oil. But they always have the same base - mashed avocado pulp with the addition of salt and lime or lemon juice. When choosing an avocado, you should first of all pay attention to its softness. The pulp of a good, not “oaky” avocado can be cut into the fruit and removed with a regular spoon.

Avocado smoothie

17. Hercules

Rolled oats can be used to make excellent oatmeal for breakfast. Pour boiling water over the flakes overnight, add salt in the morning, season with olive oil and herbs to taste.

Hercules (oatmeal)

18. Miso paste

Miso is a thick paste made from fermented soybeans with a little salt and water. Light miso is lighter and sweeter, not too salty, it is used to make salad dressings, sauces, and added to various vegetable dishes. Dark miso (such as red) is the base of miso soup. This soup is very good for Lent: essentially lean, but very high in calories and with a rich taste.

Miso paste

19. Grape leaves

Grape leaves are needed for cooking dolma— stuffed with rice and mushrooms or vegetables. Now you can buy either canned leaves(they began to produce them in Russia), or find homemade pickled leaves on the market.

Grape leaves

20. Pumpkin

And you can bake it; and stew with vegetables or mushrooms; and prepare various manti-dumplings with pumpkin filling; it is suitable for both, and.

Pumpkin soup

Humility of the body is considered the first step towards humility of the spirit, according to Christian beliefs. When starting to fast, it is also necessary to abstain spiritually. In this way, a Christian cleanses himself of bad emotions and learns to restrain negativity. Without observing spiritual rules of behavior, fasting becomes a common diet.

What to eat from cereals during Lent

Porridge is one of the most important components of the Lenten table. Of course, cereals should be cooked in water without adding butter. However, such a restriction does not mean that the porridge will be tasteless. First, there are many different grains that can add variety to your menu. Take a closer look in the supermarket: on the shelves with cereals you will find many more options than the usual buckwheat, rice, and pearl barley.

Secondly, during fasting you are allowed to eat many foods that can improve the taste of any porridge. For example, you can add raisins, dried apricots, nuts, carrots, and mushrooms. In this matter, you can safely rely on your imagination and experiment with tastes.

Also don't forget about prosers. This is the name given to sprouted grains of wheat, oats, and corn. These products contain over 30 percent vegetable protein, as well as many macro- and microelements. Regular consumption of prosers, even not during fasting, will provide the body with the necessary amount of vitamins and nutrients and prevent the development of a large number of diseases.

You can prepare a huge number of delicious lean dishes based on cereals:

• Vegetable pearl barley porridge. You will need pearl barley, carrots, onions, salt, and spices to taste. We wash the cereal, add water in a ratio of 1:3 and cook until soft. In the process, add chopped carrots, onions, salt, and seasonings.
• Fruit pilaf with nuts. Take two glasses of steamed rice, some raisins, dried apricots, dates, prunes, some walnuts, a couple of tablespoons of honey, and salt. Cook rice in slightly salted water. Halfway through cooking, add scalded raisins, chopped dried fruits and roasted nuts to the porridge. Cook the porridge and add honey after cooling.
• Semolina porridge with cranberry juice. Take a glass of cranberries and pour 6 glasses of water, bring to a boil and add half a glass of semolina and the same amount of sugar. Cook the porridge until tender, cool and serve with honey.
• Smolensk porridge with fruit drink. Prepare the fruit drink by analogy with the recipe described above. Add half a glass of rice cereal and the same amount of sugar to the prepared broth. Cook until done and serve cooled.
• Pilaf with dried mushrooms. To prepare, you will need several large dried mushrooms (preferably wild mushrooms), one glass of rice, three onions, one carrot, three tablespoons of sunflower oil, one and a half glasses of mushroom broth, tomato paste, salt. We sort the mushrooms and soak them in water for three hours. We cook them in it until done. Cut the boiled mushrooms into strips, fry them together with carrots and onions, add tomato paste and a little “mushroom water”. Add rice to the mixture and cook over low heat until tender.
• Mash porridge. We mix two types of cereals, for example, millet and barley, rice and wheat, corn and rice, and so on. In this case, one of the cereals should be crushed, and the other whole. We grate a couple of types of any vegetables. For a glass of cereal mixture, take a glass of vegetable mixture. Place 1/3 of the vegetables on the bottom of the pan, a layer of cereal on top, then again vegetables, and so on all the products in layers. Pour in hot salty water to cover the entire mixture. Place in the oven for 10 minutes.

What can you eat from vegetables during Lent?

Various varieties of cabbage (white cabbage, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts), potatoes, celery, pumpkin, bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs (parsley, dill, basil, cilantro, sorrel) should take their rightful place on your Lenten table.

You can prepare salads from fresh vegetables, as well as eat pickled and pickled foods.

Let's look at a few popular lean vegetable dishes:

1. Cabbage salad with prunes. Take a quarter of a small head of cabbage, a handful of prunes and half a lemon, one carrot and salt and sugar to taste. Chop the vegetables and pour in lemon juice, season with salt and spices to taste.
2. Salad with carrots and pickled cucumber. You will need 800 grams of carrots, a couple of pickled cucumbers and 200 grams of tomato juice. Cut the cucumber into small cubes, add juice, and add black pepper to taste. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater and add to the cucumber mixture. Mix and serve.
3. Potato salad with pomegranate and walnuts. Boil a couple of potatoes in their skins. Peel and cut into cubes. Prepare the dressing: crush the chopped nut kernels together with garlic in a mortar, add salt and pomegranate juice. Pour the mixture over the potatoes and sprinkle with herbs.
4. Vinaigrette with champignons. We take about 300 grams of mushrooms, 4 tomatoes, one apple, a few tablespoons of vegetable oil, a tablespoon of mushroom broth, lemon juice from half the fruit, a tablespoon of apple juice, an onion, mustard seeds, salt, sugar, spices, herbs. Chop the mushrooms and simmer in oil until tender. Cut tomatoes and apples and mix with champignons. Add grated carrots and onions to the broth remaining after cooking the mushrooms. Pour this dressing over the prepared vinaigrette and sprinkle with herbs.
5. Lenten cabbage soup. To prepare this dish we will need 50 grams of white cabbage, three onions, one carrot, a couple of potatoes, parsley and celery roots, spices, herbs, garlic. Finely chop the potatoes and roots. Shred cabbage with herbs. Fill the vegetables with water and add spices. Cook for about 15 minutes. Grate the carrots, mix with chopped garlic, and add to the semi-finished cabbage soup. We bring it to readiness.
6. Vegetable soup. Prepare about a dozen pods of green beans, a couple of stalks of green onions, a clove of garlic, a couple of carrots, parsley, spices, salt, a couple of drops of vinegar. Pour about five glasses of hot water into the container, adding vinegar. Add beans, chopped carrots, and greens. Cook for about ten minutes over high heat, then reduce it and cook for another half hour.
   Before serving, sprinkle the soup with herbs.

What can you eat from fruits during Lent 2017?

You can eat both raw and heat-treated fruits, add them to salads and prepare desserts from them. Fruits go well with various nuts.

You can prepare the following quick fruit dishes:

• Apple salad with pumpkin. Take three sour apples, two hundred grams of pumpkin and half a glass of berry jelly. Peel apples and pumpkin and grate them on a coarse grater, add jelly and mix.
• Cranberry salad. Grind two or three glasses of cranberries with sugar. Add a couple of grated carrots and the same amount of chopped turnips. Finely chop one celery root and mix with the salad.
• Lingonberry salad. Grind a couple of glasses of lingonberries with sugar, add peeled and chopped two carrots and a piece of rutabaga. Mix thoroughly.
• Salad with dried fruits. Thoroughly wash 250 grams of prunes in warm water, cut into strips, mix with 50 grams of sugar, add a pinch of cinnamon, cloves and pour over lemon juice. Salad with dried apricots is prepared in the same way. Only instead of cinnamon, vanilla is added to it.
• Baked apples. To prepare, take four large apples, a couple of tablespoons of sugar, a little thick jam, cinnamon and nuts to taste. We wash the fruits, remove the core and stuff the fruits with a mixture of nuts, spices, sugar and jam. Bake in the oven for about twenty minutes.

What can you eat during Lent 2017 from sweets?

During Lent it is allowed to eat marmalade, Lenten marshmallows, halva (on certain days), oatmeal cookies, dark chocolate, sugared cranberries, honey, Turkish delight, and lollipops. These products are classified as meatless, but please read the label carefully before purchasing them.

You can prepare a Lenten sweet dish for dessert yourself. Choose the appropriate recipe:

1. Rice with lemon jelly. To prepare you will need one hundred grams of rice, three sugars, one tablespoon of agar, a couple of glasses of water, six lemons. Cook the rice until tender with 1.5 cups of sugar. Pour the agar with two glasses of water, heat until dissolved, add a glass of sugar, pour in the juice of three lemons. Place the rice in a deep container, fill it with hot jelly, and put it in the refrigerator. You can use oranges instead of lemons.
2. Cranberry mousse. Take three glasses of water, half a glass of cranberries, half a glass of semolina, half a glass of sugar. We wash the berries and squeeze the juice out of them. Boil the “dry” berries and strain. Add sugar and semolina to the liquid and cook until tender. Cool the porridge, add juice and beat with a mixer. Place into bowls and decorate with cranberries.
3. Orangeade. This sweet drink will be a great addition to dessert. You will need eight oranges, a couple of lemons, half a kilogram of sugar, 2.5 liters of water. Wash the citruses and remove the peel. Place the zest in a container with water and add sugar. Place on low heat and cook, stirring and pressing on the zest until the oil comes out. Cover the broth with a lid and cool. Cut oranges and lemons in half and squeeze out the juice. Pour it into a decoction of zest. Cool the drink before serving.

What to eat during Lent by day from seafood

As for other seafood, opinions differ regarding their intake during fasting. Some believers claim that sea creatures are akin to fish and can only be eaten on strictly designated days. Others believe that fish is not comparable to shrimp or squid, so you can eat the latter on other days of Lent.

Even if the opportunity arises to eat fish, it is better to cook it not by frying. The optimal method of heat treatment would be stewing, boiling, baking.

Try treating yourself to these fish dishes during Lent:

1. Jellied pike perch. To prepare you will need about one kilogram of pike perch, a couple of onions, two carrots, black pepper, bay leaf, salt, agar (instead of gelatin), a couple of lemons, pickles, green peas, bell pepper, parsley. We remove the scales from the fish, take out the entrails, remove the fins, bones, and head. We put the latter in a container and fill it with water (one and a half liters). Add peeled onions and carrots. Bring to a boil, skim off the foam and add pepper and bay leaf. Cook the broth for an hour. At the same time, pour cold water over the agar-agar. Let it brew for an hour and strain. Add the liquid to the broth and add salt. Place the pre-boiled pike perch fillet on a large dish, pour in a small amount of agar mixture and place in the refrigerator. After hardening, decorate the top with slices of lemon and pepper. Fill the dish again and cool until completely solidified.
2. Fish okroshka. Fry any fish in vegetable oil, remove the bones, cut into pieces and place in a deep plate, add pickles, green onions, dill, tarragon and pour in kvass. If desired, you can salt the dish.
3. . Take half a kilogram of any fish, three potatoes, one carrot, one onion, parsley root, half a glass of green peas, four tomatoes, a little vegetable oil, herbs, salt, spices. Boil the fish until cooked. Add chopped potatoes, pre-fried vegetables, and roots to the hot broth. Five minutes before complete readiness, add tomatoes and peas. When serving, sprinkle with herbs.
4. Fish pie. For the filling you will need fillet of pink salmon, pike perch, onion, a little sunflower oil, salt, and spices. Take the finished puff pastry and roll it onto the pie. Place the pink salmon fillet, salt and pepper, and place the fried onion on top. Place pike perch on top of pink salmon and salt it. Cover the top with another layer of dough and form a “fish”. You can draw a pattern of scales with a knife. Bake the pie in a hot oven.

What can you eat during Lent from fats by day?

These days you can eat any oil: sunflower, flaxseed, olive, sesame. It is advisable not to fry food with them, but to add them to salads and ready-made dishes.

Palm Sunday and the Annunciation are considered days of relaxation.

But animal fats (lard, lard, butter) cannot be eaten on any days during Lent. Moreover, they are prohibited even as part of various dishes and products. For example, even bread should be prepared without them.

What can you eat from flour products during Lent?

Of course, all kinds of baked goods that are prepared on dough cannot be eaten during Lent.

Flour products also include various pasta. You can eat spaghetti, vermicelli, pasta, noodles.

For example, in many Italian recipes you can find lean pasta dressings. Vegetable sauces and spices will help diversify dishes.

You can experiment with these lean dishes:

• Pasta with vegetables. Take half a kilogram of pasta, a couple of carrots, 50 grams of parsley root, three onions, a glass of canned peas, a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste, one hundred grams of sunflower oil, and herbs. Chop the onion, carrots and greens finely and fry in tomato paste in vegetable oil. Add peas to the vegetables and mix them. Boil the pasta, drain the water and combine it with the vegetables. Serve the dish hot, sprinkled with herbs.
• Noodle soup. To prepare, you will need one onion and one carrot, parsley root, a couple of tablespoons of sunflower oil, spices, salt, a glass of flour, and a little water. Sauté the onions, carrots and parsley with the addition of salt and spices. For the noodles, prepare the dough in water. Roll it out thinly and cut into narrow strips. Boil the noodles until tender and add the prepared vegetables to the water. Before serving, sprinkle with herbs.

What not to eat during Lent

1. Meat, poultry, and products based on it. These are sausages, sausages, broths and more.
2. Dairy. This category also includes fermented milk products, as well as butter and ice cream.
3. Eggs. You should not eat raw or cooked eggs or foods that contain them. For example, baked goods, confectionery, mayonnaise, etc.
4. Gelatin. It is made from cartilage tissue, which means it cannot be eaten. Agar-agar can replace it on the fasting table; jelly is also made from it. It is worth remembering that many sweets, marmalade, and chewing gum are made from gelatin.
5. Alcohol. Strong alcoholic drinks are especially prohibited. On relaxation days, you can drink red wine, for example, Cahors in small quantities.

According to strict rules, only one meal a day is allowed on weekdays. On weekends - twice a day.

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