Delicious Lenten menu for every day. Cooking a Lenten dinner: seven simple recipes

If you are fasting, this does not mean at all that you have to eat only noodles and rolls. On the contrary, this is a great chance to improve your gastronomic skills and learn how to cook something new. That's why today I offer you a large selection of wonderful Lenten dishes on every day. This can be useful not only for those who are fasting. In my recipes you will find a lot of original simple side dishes that can diversify any diet. And lenten soups after fasting can be prepared with meat.

With me you will find the real thing Lenten menu- salads, soups, main dishes and even baked goods. Delicious recipes for Lent and beyond.

It is clear that fasting is not a time to indulge in gluttony, but this is not a reason to indulge in laziness and eat anything. When there is a lot healthy recipes- despite the fact that the food remains simple and ordinary.

One indisputable advantage of Lenten dishes is that they are cheap, easy to prepare and easy on the body. And at the same time very interesting and tasty. All these recipes are based on the most simple products that everyone has - cabbage, carrots, potatoes, frozen vegetables, tomato paste, green pea.

For those who also want to make their dishes more dietary, you can completely replace vegetable oil with lemon juice in salads, and fry for baking in the oven without oil (you can add a little water), or stew with water.

What you will find in this article

Lenten salads

Lettuce and green pea salad

Light and tasty salad.

Products:

Lettuce leaves (lettuce packaging in pots), or can be replaced with Chinese cabbage, and ideally - Iceberg lettuce - two-thirds of a head of cabbage
half a pepper

half an onion
carrots - 1 pc.
garlic - one or two cloves
Vegetable oil (for a dietary option, you can replace it with lemon juice)
salt pepper
Cut the onion and pepper into small pieces. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Cut the salad. Place the peas and squeeze out the garlic. Salt, pepper, season with vegetable oil or lemon juice! You can also chop some greens here.

Cabbage salad with cucumbers and peppers

We've all tried this salad, but not everyone is familiar with the art of preparing tender, vinegary cabbage!

Products:

Cabbage - one kg,
Sweet pepper - one large

cucumbers - two pieces
sugar - one tbsp. heaped spoon
salt - one tsp. With a slide,
nine percent vinegar - one or two tbsp.
Fresh dill
vegetable oil

Slice the cabbage very thinly. To do this, you need to slide a knife along the surface of the cabbage, cutting off very thin strips.
Salt, pour in vinegar, sprinkle with sugar. Add chopped dill. Press lightly with your hands to release liquid, but not too much.
Cut the pepper into small squares. Cucumbers - into strips. Add vegetables to cabbage, add oil and stir.

Lenten soups

Lenten vegetable soup

A simple and very tasty Lenten soup!

Products:

Cabbage - one kg
Carrots - three pieces
Potatoes - five pieces
Onions - two pieces
Garlic - six cloves
vegetable oil
Greenery
salt
1. Chop 1 kg of cabbage into square pieces. Fill with two and a half liters of water and salt. Let simmer for 30 minutes on low heat.
2. Cut the potatoes into cubes.
3. Cut the carrots and onions into small pieces.
4. Fry the garlic for a couple of minutes, then add carrots and onions to it. Fry for about fifteen minutes until golden brown.
5. When the cabbage broth has cooked for 30 minutes, throw the potatoes into the pan and cook for another ten minutes.
6. After this, add the rest of the vegetables. Bring to a boil and remove from heat after five minutes.
7. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and dill. Cover with a lid for about fifteen minutes and you are ready to eat!

Lenten soup with vegetables and rice

Products:

Pepper - one piece
bulb
carrot (large) - one piece
garlic - four cloves
rice - 4 tbsp. l. with top
potatoes - three pieces
broth or water - two liters

Bay leaf, dill
vegetable oil

Cut the potatoes into cubes,
put in two liters of broth or water, add salt and bring to a boil. Cook for 15 minutes when it boils.

At this time, chop the onion into rings and rings into quarters. Grate the carrots (coarsely). Cut the pepper into squares. Garlic cloves - round.

Fry the onion and carrots for about five minutes until they change color a little. Move the fry to the edges of the pan and add to the center Bell pepper.

Fry the pepper for about 5 minutes until it changes color, then stir in the onion and carrots. And again move the mass to the sides. And put chopped garlic in the middle and fry for a minute. Then stir the vegetable mixture and remove from heat.

Place the roast in the soup and also add 4 tablespoons of rice. Let it boil, cook for no more than 5 minutes.
Remove from the burner, add bay leaf and chopped dill. Do not stir yet, leave to sit for 20 minutes, covered. During this time, the rice will be perfectly cooked.

You can also season the soup with paprika.

Lenten soup with green peas

Red lentils - two hundred grams
carrots - two hundred gr
onion - one hundred gr
garlic - one or two cloves
sesame - one tbsp. with a slide
sunflower oil
Boil lentils in two and a half liters of water. Add 1 tbsp. salt.
Finely chop or grate the carrots. Chop the onion into small pieces. Fry the onions and carrots on low power while the lentils are cooking. Until golden but not brown.

When the lentils are almost ready, add the roasted vegetables. Cook for another 5 minutes. Heat the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan until they darken a little. Remove soup from heat and add sesame seeds. Let it sit for fifteen minutes.

Lenten pea soup

We all see bags of frozen Brussels sprouts in the store. But we don’t know many options on how to cook them deliciously. All I knew before was to fry it with meatballs. But here is another very tasty recipe that will diversify the Lenten menu.

Products:

Frozen packaging Brussels sprouts(four hundred gr.)
soy sauce - two tbsp. l.
mustard seeds - one tsp.
Tomato paste - one tbsp.
Garlic - three cloves

Place the cabbage in water, bring to a boil and let it simmer for fifteen minutes.
Chop the garlic and crush the mustard seeds a little.
Place the cabbage in a frying pan with hot oil, along with everything else - garlic, tomato paste, soy sauce, mustard seeds. Add 0.5 tbsp. water, cover with a lid and heat for about five minutes. No salt is required as there is soy sauce.
There is no need to salt the dish.

Rice with peas and beans

Very tasty Lenten dish

Here’s another basic recipe that not every housewife knows how to cook. Because there are tricks! But if the potatoes are fried correctly, then McDonald's fries can rest!
Peel the potatoes.
Take a thick-bottomed frying pan, such as cast iron. First, turn the hot burner to high for a couple of minutes to warm up the pan.
At this time, cut the potatoes into rounds. When the frying pan is hot, pour in the vegetable oil and place on medium heat (4 out of six). Let the oil heat up for another minute.
Place all the potatoes to fry, close the lid and leave undisturbed for ten minutes.
Attention, do not stir the potatoes! Using a spatula, carefully pry it under the fried layer of potatoes in the middle. And turn the entire layer over as much as you can. Also carefully turn the potatoes over in layers on the sides of the pan.
Again, time exactly ten minutes. And fry again under the lid. Again, carefully turn the entire layer of potatoes over.

And one more time - ten minutes, fry under the lid. Then add salt. Turn over again carefully in the same way as before. This time you can literally wait a couple of minutes, or ten if you want it browner. This is delicious!

Mushroom rice

I advise everyone to try this recipe, not just those who are fasting!

Products:

Potatoes - one and a half kg,
mushrooms, preferably fresh - two hundred gr. (you can use a pack of frozen ones)
breadcrumbs
onion - two pcs.
Boil the potatoes in salted water (you can cut them into cubes to speed up the process).
Throw out the water. Mash the puree. Let cool to room temperature.
Chop the mushrooms into small pieces. Fry for about fifteen minutes...
Divide the mashed potatoes into 8 lumps (so as not to stick, wet your hands). Make cakes from the puree. Add mushrooms. Roll the zrazy so that the filling is inside.
Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and place on a sheet that has been sprayed with oil. Place in a hot oven at 180 degrees and cook for half an hour.
You can garnish with fried onion rings. And for those who are not afraid of calories, pour each ready-made immediately with the oil in which these rings were fried.

Lenten pancakes

Yeast lean stuffed pancakes

Products:

Flour - one and a half cups,

water - two glasses,
activated yeast - one tsp.
Sugar - one tbsp.
half a spoon of salt
vegetable oil

Filling:

about a glass of boiled buckwheat
onion - one pc.
dry mushrooms - a handful

Let's do yeast dough for pancakes. Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Leave for fifteen minutes. Next, add salt, sift the flour, stir so that there are no lumps. Add 2 tbsp. sunflower oil. Let the dough sit for about forty minutes.

Grease the frying pan with a thin layer of oil. Wipe off excess with a tissue. Fry pancakes.

While the dough is resting, make the filling. Boil dry mushrooms and chop.
Fry with buckwheat, chopped onion and carrots. Or simmer in the oven.
Fill the pancakes with minced meat. You can also fry the prepared pancakes in vegetable oil until golden brown, but I don’t do this for calorie reasons. Read the step-by-step recipe for lean pancakes with photos.

Yeast-free lean pancakes with potato filling

Products:

Yeast dough (store-bought or homemade, it doesn’t matter) - one kg
Potatoes - four pcs.
onion - 1-2 pcs
salt, pepper, sunflower oil

Slice the potatoes and onions very thinly, potatoes into slices, onions into rings. Stir, pour 1 tbsp. sunflower oil, 1 tsp. salt without a slide, a little ground pepper, stir.
Divide one kilogram of dough into ten pieces. And each of them is two more, one of which is twice as large as the second.
Roll out the larger one thinly and place it on a small saucer, with the edges curled down.
We also divide the potato mixture into about ten parts. Spread one onto the dough. Now we roll a smaller circle from a small piece and place it on top of the potatoes. Fold the edges up. Turn over and roll out the cake a little again.

Then fry at low temperature for five minutes, turn over - and another five.

Famous breadsticks

Very simple brine cookies, delicious!

Products:

One glass of brine
One glass of vegetable oil,
one glass of sugar,
two packs of coconut flakes (you can also use lemon zest, dried berries, dried fruits, etc.)
two to three glasses of flour

Place butter, sugar, brine and one packet of chips in a bowl and mix. Add flour until the dough is as thick as shortbread (two to three glasses), that is, so that you can roll it out.
Roll out and sprinkle with remaining shavings.
Use cookie cutters or a glass to cut out the cookies.
Bake on a floured baking sheet at a temperature of one hundred and eighty degrees for about ten minutes.

Poppy cookies

Products:

Poppy - two hundred gr.
Brown (or regular) sugar - one tbsp.
half a teaspoon of soda
Apple vinegar- two tbsp.
salt - half tsp.
Half a glass of water
flour - one or two tbsp.
cinnamon - 1-2 tsp.
Sunflower oil - four tbsp. l.
Mix dry ingredients: sugar, poppy seeds, cinnamon, salt. Add water and sunflower oil, soda and apple cider vinegar. Knead the dough, similar to shortbread (so that it rolls out).
Cover with film and leave for one hour.
Then roll out the dough into a layer of about half a centimeter. Cut out cookies using cookie cutters or a glass. Place on baking paper or a floured baking tray. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about half an hour.

Lenten Coconut Banana Cookies

Products:

Bananas - 2 pcs.
coconut flakes - two hundred and fifty gr.
Half a glass of sunflower oil
sugar (preferably brown, but regular is fine) half a glass
water and flour
Mix sugar, butter, chopped banana and beat, adding coconut and flour. Until you get a thick dough.
To prepare the dough, mix sugar and butter together, add chopped banana. Using a whisk, turn everything into a homogeneous mass, gradually adding coconut flakes and flour. The dough should not be liquid, but slightly thick, like thick sour cream.
Place small and not thick cookies on a baking sheet lined with baking paper or sprinkled with flour.
Bake at 180 degrees for twenty minutes, then minimum temperature dry until the cookies become golden.

Lenten cakes

Lenten carrot cake

Very tasty, tender, aromatic carrot cake made from simple ingredients.

Products:

One hundred and fifty grams of flour
100 grams of carrots
a handful of raisins or other dried fruits (optional)
a handful of walnuts (one hundred grams) (optional)
six tablespoons of vegetable oil
one hundred grams of sugar
a packet of vanilla sugar or vanillin
three teaspoons baking powder

Sprinkles:
fifty grams of flour
two tablespoons of vegetable oil
thirty grams of sugar

Make topping from the indicated products. Mix and rub with your hands until crumbly. Place in the refrigerator.

Let's make the dough. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder. Add vegetable oil and water. Beat. Three carrots on a coarse grater, put them in the dough, add raisins and chopped nuts if desired.
Baked in a small form - eighteen centimeters. Place baking paper on the bottom. Pour out the dough. Sprinkle with crumbs. Bake in a hot oven (one hundred and eighty degrees) - about one hour. Check for doneness with a match. The cake can then be sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Lenten chocolate coffee cake

Products:

one glass of sugar,
a third of a glass of sunflower oil
one third cup cocoa powder
vanillin
one and a quarter cup of flour
teaspoon of soda,
teaspoon vinegar
glass of coffee (or water)

PREPARATION:

In a bowl, mix dry ingredients: flour, vanillin, sugar, cocoa, soda and salt. Add water or coffee, vegetable oil and vinegar.
Whisk everything.
Place in a hot oven at 180 degrees. Bake for about half an hour.
Grease the finished biscuit with jam or melted dark chocolate (if you find one without milk). You can also decorate with vegetable cream.

Super-healthy, super-dietary raw food (no baking) Lenten persimmon and blackcurrant cake

For a mold 18 cm.

Products:

The basis:
¾ cup (80g) walnuts
12 pcs. (100g) dates
A pinch of cardamom

(if you are afraid to make it on such a basis, then you can make shortbread lean - like brine cookies or poppy seed cookies, the recipes are given above. You can make such a cake in parallel with the cookies)

Filling:
persimmon - 2 pcs
dates - 20 gr
cinnamon - 0.5 tsp.
Water - 150 ml
agar-agar or pectin 1 tsp.
frozen black currants - 100 g (or any other berry)
agar-agar 1 tsp.
Sugar
Defrost the berries
Grind the walnuts in a blender. Grind the dates too. Stir with nuts, add a little cardamom, mix with a blender into a homogeneous mass. Line the bottom of the mold with parchment and spread the mixture over the bottom.

Place in the refrigerator for an hour and a half, then in the freezer.

If you are confused by such a base, then make shortbread lean dough, like in brine cookies or poppy seeds cookies, and bake the base.

Making persimmon jelly. Peel the persimmons, beat with a mixer or blender into a homogeneous puree. Add cinnamon and sugar to taste (you can use two dates instead of sugar).
1 tsp Add agar-agar to 150 ml of water. Bring to a boil with constant stirring.
Pour agar into persimmon puree. Remove the base from the freezer and pour the puree and agar on top. Place in the freezer.

Fill
Take 150 ml of juice from frozen berries, which appeared during defrosting. Add sugar, but a little, so that it is sweet and sour. Pour 1 tsp of agar with fruit drink, bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Remove the cake from the freezer, place the berries on top, and pour currant jelly over it.
Place in the refrigerator for three hours.

For Orthodox Christians, the time of fasting is considered a time of working on oneself, both in the spiritual and physical sense. Refusal of entertainment, empty talk, forgiveness of past grievances, and observance of religious rituals are an integral part of fasting. You can find an example of a Lenten menu in this article.

Nutrition rules during fasting

Before deciding to fast, you should think about your readiness for restrictions. Pregnant women, pensioners, people with stomach problems should limit themselves to following spiritual fasting. The main thing in this process is to be honest with yourself and count on your strengths. A hungry stomach should not distract from eating spiritual food.

During fasting, the consumption of meat, dairy and seafood is limited. Sometimes it is allowed to eat fish. It all depends on how strict the fast you decide to observe.

The strictest option is to completely refuse food for the whole day. It only fits completely healthy people not exposed to physical stress.

IN Orthodox calendar There are days of fasting on which the consumption of hot and oily foods is prohibited. Residents of northern cities should think several times before deciding on such an experiment.

Most easy option Fasting is well suited for beginners in this matter. It consists of limiting meat, fish, and dairy products, including eggs. As for the rest, you can indulge yourself when creating a Lenten menu. There are a great many delicious recipes, meat is replaced with beans or soy products, nori leaves are suitable instead of fish, and eggs are replaced by banana.

Preparation for fasting

A week before fasting, it is customary to give up meat dishes. This will allow you to get used to the new way of eating a little and not put your body into a stressful state. At this time, believers celebrate Maslenitsa and bake pancakes using fish, eggs, cottage cheese, honey, and jam as fillings.

The menu must be maintained on the last day Maslenitsa week. On this day, it is customary to ask for forgiveness from loved ones and let go of grievances.

Leaving the post

During fasting, the stomach adapts to a new rhythm, so new foods can cause harm to it. That is why you need to return to your usual food gradually, expanding the Lenten menu. Delicious meat dishes, sweets, baked goods and alcohol should be consumed in small quantities.

On the first day of Easter, you should not load your stomach with heavy food. It’s better to start by adding dairy products to your diet, then fish and meat.

The Lenten menu for everyone can include a simple, hearty and uncomplicated salad with beans, chickpeas and vegetables. Before cooking, soak the beans in water overnight.

Ingredients:

• a glass of beans;
• a glass of chickpeas;
• three hundred grams of green beans;
• greenery;
• two cucumbers;
• cherry tomatoes;
• 45 ml olive oil;
• spices;
• lime or lemon juice to taste.

Recipe for vegetable salad with beans:

1. Cook beans and chickpeas.
2. Cut green beans in half and cook for 20 minutes.
3. Slice cucumbers and tomatoes.
4. In a bowl, combine legumes, vegetables, oil, lemon juice and herbs.

Vegetables, like legumes, can be anything in this dish. Don't be afraid to experiment.

Couscous is used to prepare many oriental dishes. It is famous for its soft and delicate taste. Like many cereals, it contains useful material and minerals, has a positive effect on digestive system, leaves a feeling of fullness in the stomach for a long time. Couscous can often be found in Lenten menu recipes. During fasting, one should not forget about the correct and balanced diet. Couscous with vegetables is suitable for both breakfast and lunch.

Required components:

• a glass of cereal;
• bulb;
• carrot;
• two bell peppers;
• three tomatoes;
• chili pepper;
• zucchini;
• glass of water;
• a couple of cloves of garlic;
• olive oil;
• greenery;
• spices.

Cooking steps:

1. Wash the vegetables well. Peel carrots, onions and zucchini.
2. Cut carrots, onions, tomatoes, garlic into small layers and heat them in a frying pan.
3. Cut the zucchini and pepper into larger pieces and place with other vegetables.
4. Chop the chili pepper as much as possible and put it in the pan.
5. After stirring for five minutes, add seasonings.
6. Pour in water and add couscous.
7. Simmer for five minutes with the lid closed.

To add freshness and juiciness to the dish, add herbs and a drop of lemon juice.

This dish can be prepared using other vegetables you like. For example, eggplants, cabbage, and beets are suitable for them. Mushrooms will perfectly complement couscous with vegetables.

Solyanka with mushrooms is an unusual, original and tasty dish. It will undoubtedly become a highlight in your Lenten menu. During fasting, hodgepodge can be consumed on any day, as it is eaten both hot and cold.

This is the kind of dish that can be prepared when guests are on the doorstep. It will surprise them with its aroma and pleasant sour taste.

The ingredients in this dish are interchangeable. You can use whatever vegetables you find in your refrigerator. There is also a version of the dish using sauerkraut.

Necessary ingredients for making solyanka:

• pickled cucumber;
• bulb;
• five potatoes;
• two hundred grams of mushrooms;
• one hundred grams of pickled mushrooms;
• small spoon tomato paste;
• 45 grams of vegetable oil;
• spices to taste.

Preparation:

1. Fill a bowl with water and place it on the stove.
2. Wash, peel and cut the potatoes. Place into boiling water.
3. Make a fry. Chop carrots and onions. Fry in vegetable oil.
4. Fry mushrooms in another bowl.
5. Combine the prepared mushrooms with frying.
6. Place the pickled cucumber cut into small pieces into the frying pan.
7. Stir for a couple of minutes, add pickled mushrooms.
8. Keep the frying on the fire for another minute and throw it into the pan with the boiled potatoes.
9. Add seasonings, bay leaf, chopped dill or parsley.
10. Cook for a couple of minutes and turn off.

Place a slice of lemon on top of the soup in a plate; you can replace it with olives or capers.

Peppers stuffed with vegetables and couscous

Stuffed pepper usually prepared using minced meat. In this version, the meat is replaced with couscous and vegetables. This dish can be safely included in your Lenten menu for every day. Instead of this cereal, you can use rice or buckwheat.

Recipe ingredients:

• bell pepper(about 7 pieces);
• 30 grams of couscous;
• 30 grams of pumpkin;
• half a red onion;
• half a small spoon of soy sauce;
• 300 ml filtered water;
• a little olive oil;
• a sprig of cilantro;
• a sprig of parsley;
• a clove of garlic;
• spices to taste.

Cooking steps:

1. Heat one hundred milliliters of water in a container, and when it starts to boil, add the cereal into it.
2. Close the container with a lid. After five minutes, the couscous is ready.
3. Peel the pumpkin, chop the pulp and mix with the prepared cereal.
4. Finely chop the onion and fry it in a well-heated frying pan. Once ready, transfer to a bowl with pumpkin and couscous.
5. Add chopped parsley and cilantro and spices. Mix well. The filling is ready.
6. Wash the peppers and cut out the cores. Fill with the resulting filling.
7. Pour the remaining 200 ml into the bowl clean water. Spread the pepper evenly into it.
8. Simmer the dish with the lid closed.

After 20 minutes, the pepper is ready to eat.

There are a large number of Lenten menu recipes with the addition of lentils. This type of bean is a storehouse of vitamins, beneficial minerals and substances. Eating dishes with lentils has a beneficial effect on the digestive and cardiac systems.

Before preparing the dish, lentils must be soaked in water overnight.

Required ingredients for curry:

• 220 g legumes;
• 200 g boiled rice;
• bulb;
• 460 g tomato paste;
• 150 ml coconut milk;
• a couple of cloves of garlic;
• a large spoon of olive oil;
• one large spoon of curry spices;
• small spoon of garam masala;
• a small spoon of turmeric and ginger.

Cooking steps:

1. Boil the beans.
2. Heat oil in a hot frying pan, add chopped onion and garlic. Fry until golden brown.
3. Add pasta, milk and spices to them. Cook for about six minutes.
4. Add beans and stir. In 20 minutes your dish will be ready.

Serve the curry along with rice.

It's hard to believe that cabbage rolls can be lean. The menu during Lent can be replenished with this dish made from mushrooms and rice.

Ingredients for vegetable cabbage rolls:

• a glass of filtered water;
• cabbage;
• half a glass of rice;
• 300 grams of fresh champignons;
• carrot;
• tomato paste to taste.

Preparation:

1. Cook the rice until it is half cooked.
2. Wash the cabbage and divide it into leaves. Place them in boiling water and cook for just under a minute.
3. Place hot sheets under cold water to cool.
4. Chop carrots and mushrooms and mix. Combine the resulting mass with rice.
5. Distribute the filling among the leaves. Wrap carefully. If the sheet opens, secure it with a toothpick.
6. Pour water and tomato paste into a cooking vessel. Place the cabbage rolls.
7. Simmer for 20 minutes over medium heat.

This dish can be decorated with herbs.

Buckwheat cutlets

Lenten menu recipes are full of options for preparing buckwheat cutlets. You can use regular cereal, but if you see green buckwheat on the shelves in the store, then opt for it. This type of buckwheat is a more natural product; when cooked, it also becomes more sticky than regular cereal.

For buckwheat cutlets you will need the following products:

• 300 grams of cereal;
• bulb;
• 12 grams of garlic;
• greens to taste;
• spices to taste.

1. Place the boiled porridge in a blender and blend until it forms a paste. Transfer to a bowl.
2. Finely chop the greens, onion and garlic. Combine with buckwheat mass. Mix.
3. Form circles. If the cutlets fall apart, you need to add breadcrumbs.
4. Fry in a hot frying pan.

If you want to make the cutlets lighter and more dietary, then bake in the oven until golden crust.

The dish can be supplemented vegetable salad or boiled potatoes.

Pancakes are one of the favorite treats of both children and adults. They can act as a main dish and as a dessert.

By filling pancakes with squash caviar or hummus, you will create a hearty lunch dish that will fit into the Lenten table menu. Filled with jam, marmalade or honey, pancakes become a delicious dessert.

To prepare lean pancakes we will need:

• glass of water;
• a glass of sifted flour;
• 100 grams of sugar;
• 50 ml vegetable oil;
• 5 grams of soda;
• 2 grams of vanillin.

1. Gradually combine flour with water. Stir frequently to prevent lumps from forming. You can use a blender.
2. Add sugar and vanillin to the flour mixture. If you are making savory pancakes, do not add sugar.
3. Add oil and lastly soda. Stir until bubbles appear.
4. Pour the resulting mixture onto a hot frying pan. To prevent the pancakes from falling apart, use more batter.
5. Fry on both sides.

The dish is designed for eight people.

Black currants can be replaced with any other berries. This recipe makes twelve cupcakes. By adding this recipe to your Lenten menu, you will delight yourself and your loved ones with a delicious dessert.

For cupcakes we will need:

• a glass of berries;
• cup wheat flour;
• a glass of oatmeal cereal;
• a tablespoon of flaxseed flour;
• half a glass of sugar;
• a tablespoon of baking powder;
• 250 ml soy milk;
• three tablespoons applesauce;
• three tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Cooking steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. In a bowl, mix milk, puree and butter.
3. In another bowl, combine the cereal, both flours, sugar and baking powder.
4. Mix the contents of the first bowl with the contents of the second.
5. Divide the resulting mass into molds.
6. Bake for 25 minutes.

The finished baked goods take on a golden brownish hue.

A berry smoothie will be a great addition to the Lenten menu. Instead of berries, kiwi, apple or other fruits are also suitable. Since in winter time It’s hard to find fresh berries this year; you can use frozen ones.

Required components:

• a glass of cherry juice;
• 60 grams of ripe banana;
• 100 grams of frozen strawberries;
• 100 grams of frozen cherries.

Combine all ingredients in a blender and beat well. The drink can be consumed both warm and cold, adding a little ice.

If you adhere to fasting, the thought often comes to you that you would like to find new lenten dishes. It’s not for nothing that you came to this section and you were not mistaken - we offer a large selection of dishes that can be prepared during Lent.
The section “Dishes for Lent” is open precisely so that you can find interesting recipes and cook them at home. Almost all recipes have step-by-step photographs to make the cooking process as easy as possible for you.
Dishes during fasting do not contain meat. However, many people replace it with mushrooms or legumes as these foods are very nutritious. The section has different recipes from these and not only products.
On some days it is allowed to eat fish, so you can also prepare fish dishes during fasting if you like one of our recipes.
Recipes for dishes during Lent can please your family. Fasting does not mean not delicious dishes. Cooking delicious meals during Lent is actually simple.
Use recipes for Lenten dishes in Lent, Nativity Fast, Assumption Fast or Petrovsky Fast - see for yourself. Almost all recipes can easily fit into any post depending on the day. Dishes during Lent are more strict, but you will also find such recipes here.
Here are lenten dishes from vegetables (zucchini, pumpkin, cabbage, potatoes, eggplant, cauliflower, beans, etc.), mushrooms, fruits (apples, pears, berries, etc.), seafood (squid , mussels, shrimp, etc.), from cereals (rice, pasta, buckwheat, lentils, etc.), from fish. There are Lenten dishes for every day and for holidays. You will find meatless dishes without oil, eggs or dairy.
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19.07.2018

Pollock marinated with carrots and onions

Ingredients: pollock, carrots, onions, tomato paste, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, bay leaf

Recipe for fish lovers. We prepare a delicious hot appetizer - pollock with vegetable marinade. Simple, affordable, tasty and healthy for the whole family.

Ingredients:
- 1 kg pollock,
- 4 onions,
- 4 carrots,
- 3 tablespoons of tomato paste,
- 2 tablespoons table vinegar (lemon juice),
- pepper to taste,
- salt to taste,
- Bay leaf.

12.07.2018

Baked potatoes in the microwave (in a bag)

Ingredients: potatoes, salt, vegetable oil, dried paprika, ground black pepper, granulated garlic, Provençal herbs

Baking potatoes in the microwave will save you a lot of time. But the taste of the dish will not suffer at all. For a holiday or a family dinner - great option side dish

- 8-10 potato tubers;
- a little salt;
- 2-3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
- a pinch of ground paprika;
- a pinch of black pepper;
- 1/3 tsp. granulated garlic;
- a pinch of Provençal herbs.

17.06.2018

Fried potatoes with champignons

Ingredients: potato, onion, fresh champignons, salt, vegetable oil, seasonings, spices, dill, green onions

Fried potatoes- it's always delicious. And if you cook it with champignons, it will be doubly delicious. In addition, this dish can help you out if you are fasting and want something satisfying and interesting.
Ingredients:
- 5-6 potato tubers;
- 1 onion;
- 200 grams of fresh champignons;
- salt to taste;
- 5-6 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- seasonings to taste;
- spices to taste;
- dill if desired when serving;
- green onions - optional when serving.

05.06.2018

Dandelion salad

Ingredients: dandelion roots, carrots, soy sauce, vegetable oil

Did you know that you can make a very interesting Chinese-style salad from dandelion roots? This recipe is quite new for us, but it is already gaining popularity. Let's cook?

Ingredients:
- dandelion roots - 2 pcs;
- medium carrots - 0.3 pcs;
- soy sauce - 2 tbsp;
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp.

17.05.2018

Diet salad with avocado

Ingredients: avocado, tomatoes, lemon, garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper

Today I propose to prepare a very tasty dietary salad from avocados. The recipe is very simple and quick. You can prepare such a salad both for every day and for a holiday table.

Ingredients:

- avocado - 1 pc.,
- tomatoes - 180 grams,
- lemon juice - 2-3 tbsp.,
- garlic - 2 cloves,
- olive oil - 3-4 tbsp.,
- salt,
- black pepper.

16.05.2018

Lenten salad made from frozen green beans

Ingredients: frozen green beans, fresh champignons, carrots, onions, cherry tomatoes, ground coriander, salt, vegetable oil

Many people like green (asparagus) beans: the taste is neutral, and they go well with many ingredients. It makes very tasty salads, and we will introduce you to one of them today.
Ingredients:
- 100 grams of frozen green beans;
- 3-4 large fresh champignons;
- 1 carrot;
- 2 onions;
- 1 large tomato or 3-4 pcs cherry tomatoes;
- 1\3 tsp. ground coriander;
- salt to taste;
- 2-3 tbsp. vegetable oil.

16.05.2018

Lenten pancakes with whole grain flour

Ingredients: warm water, wheat flour, whole grain flour, sugar, salt, soda, vinegar, vegetable oil

Pancakes are always delicious, even if they are lean pancakes. These are the ones we want to introduce you to today. Their highlight is that they are made from whole grain flour in combination with wheat flour, which is why they turn out very interesting.

Ingredients:
- 1.5 glasses of warm water;
- 0.5 cups wheat flour;
- 0.5 cups whole grain flour;
- 1.5 cups sugar;
- 2 pinches of salt;
- 0.5 tsp. soda;
- 1 tbsp. vinegar;
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil.

15.05.2018

Lenten avocado salad

Ingredients: avocado, tomatoes, fresh cucumber, parsley, cilantro, olive oil, lemon juice, salt

Avocado is an excellent base for a wide variety of appetizers and salads. In combination with vegetables - cucumbers and tomatoes - it behaves just fine. add to this a dressing based on vegetable oil and herbs - and you have a delicious lean dish!

Ingredients:
- 1 large avocado;
- 2 tomatoes;
- 1 salad or 2 ground cucumbers;
- 0.5 bunch of parsley or cilantro;
- 1 tbsp. olive oil;
- 0.5 tbsp. lemon juice;
- salt to taste.

11.05.2018

Lenten salad with mushrooms and Chinese cabbage

Ingredients: Chinese cabbage, pickled champignon, tomato, canned corn, vegetable oil, salt

Chinese cabbage is an excellent base for many salads. Add mushrooms, corn and tomatoes to it, season with vegetable oil: and an excellent - lean and tasty - salad is ready.

Ingredients:
- Chinese cabbage – 100 g;
- pickled champignons – 50-70 g;
- tomato – 1 small;
- canned corn – 1-2 tbsp;
- vegetable oil – 1 tbsp;
- salt to taste.

24.04.2018

Blueberry Lenten Ice Cream

Ingredients: blueberries, sugar, water, lime

Very often I make delicious berry ice cream for my family. Today I invite you to try delicious Lenten ice cream with blueberries and lime.

Ingredients:

- 200 grams of blueberries,
- 70 grams of sugar,
- 100 grams of water,
- half a lime.

23.04.2018

Fresh cabbage and carrot salad with vinegar

Ingredients: fresh cabbage, carrots, onions, salt, sugar, apple cider vinegar, vegetable oil, green onions, herbs

I bring to your attention a very tasty and interesting recipe for preparing my favorite salad of fresh cabbage and carrots with vinegar.

Ingredients:

- 300-350 grams of cabbage;
- 1 carrot;
- half an onion;
- salt;
- sugar;
- 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar;
- 2-3 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- a bunch of greenery.

21.04.2018

Shish kebab of champignons on the grill

Ingredients: champignon, garlic, salt, pepper mixture, Provençal herbs, soy sauce, vegetable oil

An excellent recipe for a picnic would be champignons cooked on the grill. You can marinate them at home, so all you have to do in nature is thread them on skewers and grill them over a fire.

Ingredients:
For 3 skewers:
- champignons – 12-15 pcs;
- garlic – 2-3 cloves;
- salt – 0.3 tsp;
- mixture of peppers – 0.3 tsp;
- Provençal herbs – 0.3 tsp;
- soy sauce – 2-3 tsp;
- vegetable oil – 2-3 tsp.

17.04.2018

Lenten cutlets with oat flakes and mushrooms

Ingredients: oat flakes, mushroom, seasoning, oil, salt, pepper, dill, flour

Cutlets can be made not only from minced meat; today I will tell you how to prepare very tasty lean cutlets with oatmeal and mushrooms.

Ingredients:

- half a glass of oatmeal,
- 300 grams of champignons,
- 1 onion,
- 2 tsp. mushroom seasoning,
- 50 ml. vegetable oil,
- salt,
- black pepper,
- 30 grams of dill,
- corn flour.

08.04.2018

Lenten pie dough

Ingredients: flour, water, yeast, butter, sugar, salt

Having given up animal products during fasting days, many people think that they won’t be able to make pie dough either. However, it is not. We offer an excellent option.

Products for the recipe:
- 250 g flour,
- 150 ml water,
- 1 teaspoon of yeast,
- vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. spoons,
- sugar – 10 g,
- salt – 5 g.

04.04.2018

Lenten pie dough

Ingredients: water, oil, flour, baking powder, salt

I cook a lot during Lent delicious pies from lean dough. I have described the recipe for this test in detail for you.

Ingredients:

- half a glass of hot water,
- half a glass of vegetable oil,
- 2.5 cups flour,
- 1 tsp. baking powder,
- half tsp salt.

Neither the body will be cleansed without fasting and prayer, nor the soul without mercy and truth. (Philokalia)

Holiday Recipes You will find lean dishes in this article. Lenten pies, main courses, soups and salads - we have selected only the best recipes for you.

Lenten recipes

Lenten salads

Salad of cabbage, carrots, apples and sweet peppers

The washed white cabbage is cut into strips, ground with a small amount of salt, the juice is drained, mixed with peeled chopped apples, carrots, sweet peppers, seasoned with sugar and vegetable oil. Sprinkle with finely chopped herbs.

300 g cabbage, 2 apples, 1 carrot, 100 g sweet pepper, 4 tablespoons vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, herbs.

Beet caviar

Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Fry everything in vegetable oil until golden brown. Then add grated fresh beets. Five minutes before cooking, add salt to taste and tomato paste.

1 onion, 1 carrot, 3-4 medium beets, 100 g vegetable oil, 1/2 cup tomato paste diluted with water, salt.

Radish salad with butter

Peel and rinse the radish well, put it in cold water for 15-20 minutes, then let the water drain, chop the radish on a grater, season with vegetable oil, salt and vinegar, put in a salad bowl, garnish with herbs. You can add chopped onions sautéed in vegetable oil to the grated radish.

Radish 120 g, vegetable oil 10 g, vinegar 3 g, onions 15 g, greens.

Vitamin salad

Finely chop the fresh cabbage and grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Mix everything and add salt. Add green peas (canned). Pour vinegar, vegetable oil, sprinkle with ground black pepper and herbs. Can add fresh cucumbers and green onions.

300 g of fresh cabbage, 1 large carrot, 5 tablespoons of peas, salt, 1 tablespoon of vinegar. 10 g vegetable oil, 2 g black pepper.

Tomatoes stuffed with vegetable mixture

Wash the tomatoes and cut them with a sharp knife top part, use a spoon to remove the core. Finely chop the boiled carrots, finely chop the apple, grate the cucumbers on a coarse grater. Place all vegetables in a bowl, add peas, salt, vegetable oil and stir. Stuff the tomatoes with this minced meat. Sprinkle dill on top.

5 small tomatoes, 1 carrot, 1 apple, 2 pickled cucumbers, 100 g canned green peas, 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, 1/3 teaspoon salt, dill.

Rice salad

Boil rice in salted water. Chop the vegetables, mix with cooled rice, salt and pepper, add sugar and vinegar to taste.

100 g rice, 2 sweet peppers, 1 tomato, 1 carrot, 1 pickled cucumber, 1 onion.

Lenten first courses

Vegetable soup

Fry chopped onion, parsley and celery in vegetable oil, add water, add chopped carrots, rutabaga and shredded cabbage and cook over low heat for 20-30 minutes. About halfway through cooking, add crushed garlic and seasonings; add applesauce or grated apple at the very end. When serving, sprinkle the soup with chopped herbs.

2 onions, 1 parsley root, celery, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1 liter of water, 2 carrots, 1 slice of rutabaga, 1 cup of finely shredded cabbage (150 g), clove of garlic, 1 bay leaf, 1/2 teaspoon of cumin , 1 apple or 2 tablespoons of applesauce, salt, herbs.

Lenten pea soup

Pour the peas in the evening cold water and leave to swell, prepare the noodles.

For noodles, mix half a glass of flour well with three tablespoons of vegetable oil, add a spoonful of cold water, add salt, and leave the dough for an hour to swell. Cut the thinly rolled out and dried dough into strips and dry in the oven.

Cook the swollen peas without draining until half cooked, add the fried onions, diced potatoes, noodles, pepper, salt and cook until the potatoes and noodles are ready.

Peas - 50 g, potatoes - 100 g, onions - 20 g, water - 300 g, oil for frying onions - 10 g, parsley, salt, pepper to taste.

Russian Lenten soup

Boil pearl barley, add fresh cabbage, cut into small squares, potatoes and roots, cut into cubes, into the broth and cook until tender. In the summer, you can add fresh tomatoes, cut into slices, which are added at the same time as the potatoes.

When serving, sprinkle with parsley or dill.

Potatoes, cabbage - 100 g each, onions - 20 g, carrots - 20 g, pearl barley - 20 g, dill, salt to taste.

Borscht with mushrooms

Prepared mushrooms are stewed in oil along with chopped roots. Boiled beets are grated or cut into cubes. Potatoes, cut into oblong pieces, are boiled in broth until soft, other products are added (flour is mixed with a small amount of cold liquid) and the whole thing is boiled for 10 minutes. Greens are added to the soup before serving. If tomato puree is added, it is stewed together with mushrooms.

200 g fresh or 30 g dried porcini mushrooms, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, 1 onion, a little celery or parsley, 2 small beets (400 g), 4 potatoes, salt, 1-2 liters of water, 1 teaspoon flour, 2 -3 tbsp. spoons of greens, 1 tbsp. spoon of tomato puree, vinegar.

Peppers, eggplants, stuffed zucchini

Peel peppers, eggplants, young zucchini from stalks and seeds (cut off the peel from zucchini) and stuff with minced vegetables, which includes finely chopped onions, carrots, cabbage, taken in equal parts, and 1/10 of the total volume of parsley and celery. All vegetables used for minced meat must first be fried in vegetable oil. Also fry stuffed eggplants, peppers and zucchini. Then put in a deep metal bowl, pour in 2 glasses tomato juice and place in the oven for 30-45 minutes. for baking.

Tikhvin porridge

Wash the peas, boil in water without adding salt, and when the water has boiled down by 1/3 and the peas are almost ready, add the mixture and cook until tender. Then season with finely chopped onion, fried in oil, and salt.

1/2 cup peas, 1.5 liters of water, 1 cup buckwheat, 2 onions, 4 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil.

Simple stew

Cut raw potatoes into large cubes and in a wide frying pan, in vegetable oil, as quickly as possible (for high fire) and fry evenly on all sides until golden brown. As soon as the crust has formed, place the still half-baked potatoes in a clay pot, cover with finely chopped herbs, onions, salt, add boiling water, cover with a lid and place in the oven for 1 minute. The finished stew is eaten with cucumbers (fresh or salted) and sauerkraut.

1 kg potatoes, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 1 tbsp. spoon of dill, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of parsley, 1 onion, 1/2 cup water, salt.

Braised cabbage

Finely chop the onion, put it in a frying pan with vegetable oil and fry until golden brown. Then add finely shredded cabbage and fry until half cooked. In 10 min. until finished, add salt, tomato paste, ground red or black pepper, sweet peas and bay leaf. Close the pan with a lid. Sprinkle with herbs before serving.

2 medium onions, 1 small head of cabbage, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, salt, pepper, 2-3 allspice peas, 1 bay leaf, 1/2 cup tomato paste diluted with water.

Potatoes in garlic sauce

Wash the peeled potatoes and dry with a towel. Cut each potato in half. Heat more than half of the vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the potatoes until golden brown. Then prepare the garlic sauce. To do this, grind the garlic with salt, add 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil and stir. Pour garlic sauce over fried potatoes.

10 small potatoes, half a glass of sunflower oil, 6 cloves of garlic, 2 teaspoons of salt.

Friable rice-oat porridge

Rinse the rice and oats, mix and pour the mixture into boiling water. Keep on high heat for 12 minutes, then reduce the heat to medium and keep for another 5-8 minutes, then remove from heat, wrap warm and only after 15-20 minutes. open the lid. Season the finished porridge with onions fried in oil and finely chopped garlic and dill. Heat in a frying pan over low heat for 3-4 minutes.

1.5 cups of rice, 0.75 cups of oats, 0.7 liters of water, 2 teaspoons of salt, 1 onion, 4-5 cloves of garlic, 4-5 tablespoons of sunflower oil, 1 tbsp. spoon of dill.

Potato cutlets with prunes

Make a puree from 400 grams of boiled potatoes, add salt, add half a glass of vegetable oil, half a glass of warm water and enough flour to make a soft dough.

Let it sit for about twenty minutes so that the flour swells, at this time prepare the prunes - peel them from the pits, pour boiling water over them.

Roll out the dough, cut into circles with a glass, put prunes in the middle of each, form cutlets by pinching the dough into patties, roll each cutlet in breadcrumbs and fry in a frying pan until large quantities vegetable oil.

Potato fritters

Grate some of the potatoes, boil some, drain the water, add salt and add finely chopped onion and fried in vegetable oil. Mix the entire potato mixture, add flour and soda and bake pancakes from the resulting dough in vegetable oil.

750 g grated raw potatoes, 500 g boiled potatoes (mashed), 3 tablespoons flour, 0.5 teaspoon soda.

Rice with vegetables

Heat oil in a frying pan, fry onions, carrots, and bell peppers. Then add lightly boiled rice, salt, pepper, a little water and simmer for another 15 minutes. Bring until cooked, the rice should absorb all the liquid. Then add green peas, parsley and dill.

2 full glasses of rice, 100 g of vegetable oil, 3 onions, 1 carrot, salt, pepper, 3 sweet peppers, 0.5 liters of water, 5 tablespoons of green peas.

Lenten mushrooms

Mushroom vinaigrette

Mushrooms and onions are chopped, boiled carrots, beets, potatoes and cucumber are cut into cubes and mixed. The oil is seasoned with vinegar and seasonings and poured over the salad. Sprinkle with herbs on top.

150 g pickled or salted mushrooms, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 small beet, 2-3 potatoes, 1 pickle, 3 tbsp vegetable oil, 2 tbsp. spoons of vinegar, salt, sugar, mustard, pepper, dill and parsley.

Mushroom caviar

Fresh mushrooms are stewed in own juice until the juice evaporates. Salted mushrooms are soaked to remove excess salt, dried mushrooms are soaked, boiled and allowed to drain in a colander. Then the mushrooms are finely chopped and mixed with chopped onions, lightly fried in vegetable oil. The mixture is seasoned and finely chopped green onions are sprinkled on top.

400 g fresh, 200 g salted or 500 g dried mushrooms, 1 onion, 2 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil, salt, pepper, vinegar or lemon juice, green onions.

Stewed mushrooms

Heat the oil, add thinly sliced ​​mushrooms and chopped onions. Broth is added to the boiled mushrooms; fresh mushrooms are stewed in their own juice for 15-20 minutes. Towards the end of the stewing, add salt and herbs. Boiled potatoes and raw vegetable salad are served as a side dish.

500 g fresh or 300 g boiled (salted) mushrooms, 2 tbsp. tablespoons vegetable oil, 1 onion, salt, 1/2 cup mushroom broth, parsley and dill.

Lenten pies

Lenten pie dough

Knead the dough from half a kilogram of flour, two glasses of water and 25-30 g of yeast.

When the dough rises, add salt, sugar, three tablespoons of vegetable oil, another half a kilogram of flour and beat the dough until it stops sticking to your hands.

Then put the dough in the same pan where you prepared the dough and let it rise again.

After this, the dough is ready for further work.

Pea pancakes

Boil the peas until soft and, without draining the remaining water, grind, adding 0.5 cups of wheat flour per 750 g of pea puree. Form pancakes from the resulting dough, roll in flour and bake in a frying pan in vegetable oil.

Pies with pea filling

Boil the peas until tender, mash, add onion fried in vegetable oil, pepper and salt to taste.

Prepare a simple yeast dough. Divide the dough into balls the size of a walnut and roll into flat cakes 1 mm thick. Add the filling. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

Using materials from “Orthodox Cuisine Recipes.” – St. Petersburg: “Svetoslov” – 1997

If you have long wanted to try fasting, but the thought of a bland and monotonous Lenten menu stops you, then you are simply unfamiliar with our step-by-step recipes for Lent. After all, if you approach the preparation of meals for fasting rationally and at the same time with imagination, you can get a varied and very tasty set of dishes for every day. Of course, it cannot be said that such food will not be very different from what you are used to, but the very taste of properly prepared lean food will definitely appeal to even gourmets. And do not forget that in addition to traditional monastic recipes for Lent, literally every day new options for healthy Lenten dishes appear, more adapted to taste preferences modern man. So, next you will find simple and delicious recipes in fasting for lay believers with step by step instructions and photo. Also from our article you will learn what you can cook and eat during Lent, and what foods you absolutely cannot eat.

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Basics of the diet during Lent 2017 for the laity by day with examples of recipes

Before we begin the description specific examples recipes, it is worth saying a few words about the basics of the diet of lay believers during Lent 2017. To begin with, we note that Lent lasts 47 days and the heaviest (with days of hunger strike) are only the first and last week. In the remaining weeks, the diet is divided into 3 groups:

• dry eating, when you are allowed to eat only uncooked dishes without oil (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
• boiled plant food no oil (Tuesday, Thursday)
• boiled food with butter (Saturday, Sunday)

Based on these basic rules, a Lenten menu is drawn up for the entire week. It is also worth noting that the basis of the diet during Lent for the laity by day (examples of recipes below) should be exclusively natural products nutrition. It is advisable to consume as much as possible fresh vegetables and fruits, homemade preparations for the winter, home-made fermented products. The latter, by the way, are very rich in vitamins, in particular C, which is very important in conditions of reduced immunity in early spring. Below you will find examples of delicious, healthy and fairly easy-to-prepare dishes for every day for the menu during Lent. We are sure that their taste will pleasantly surprise you, and these recipes themselves will definitely be included in your cookbook.

Delicious and simple salad for every day of Lent, step-by-step recipe with photos

First, we present to your attention a step-by-step recipe with photos of delicious and simple salad for every day of Lent. It is based on affordable products - vegetables and fruits, so this salad can be prepared every day. But with one amendment - on all days except weekends, the dressing should be made only from lemon juice without oil. Find out how to prepare a delicious and simple salad for every day of Lent from step by step recipe Further.

Required ingredients for delicious salad for every day of Lent

• potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• pomegranate - 1 pc.
• walnuts(peeled) - 200g.
• red onion - 1 pc.
• cilantro - 1 bunch
• pepper
• vegetable oil
• lemon juice

Instructions for a delicious and simple salad recipe for every day of fasting

Wash the potatoes thoroughly in warm water. Cook together with the peel in salted water until tender. Then let it cool completely, remove the skin and cut into small cubes.

While the potatoes are cooling, you can start preparing other ingredients, such as pomegranate. We clean the pomegranate: cut off the cap, and then make shallow cuts along the visible partitions and carefully open the pomegranate. Pour the wheat without the chaff into a salad bowl.

Peel the onion and cut into thin half rings. Then cut the half rings in half. You can also chop the onion finely if you don't like the onion to be too noticeable in your salad.

Place the peeled raw walnuts in a mortar and grind. You can also achieve the same effect using a rolling pin and parchment paper.

Wash the cilantro or parsley and chop finely.

All that remains is to mix all the ingredients together in one bowl, add salt and pepper to taste and season. If you are preparing such a lean salad on Saturday or Sunday, then make a dressing from vegetable oil and lemon juice. On other days, simply add lemon juice and toss the salad.

A simple recipe for the first course for the Lenten menu, step by step

Hot dishes must be included in the Lenten menu to ensure normal functioning of the stomach during Lent. As a rule, cabbage soup and lungs serve as first courses. vegetable soups. The simple recipe for the first course for the Lenten menu, which we offer you below, belongs to the second category. The basis for this first dish for the Lenten menu is a simple recipe for vegetable broth. The quantity and type of vegetables in this recipe can be changed at your discretion.

Necessary ingredients for the first course recipe for the Lenten menu

• potatoes - 4-5 pcs.
• champignons - 0.5 kg
• carrots - 2 pcs.
• onion - 1 pc.
• flour - 2 tbsp. l.
• vegetable oil
• dill
• parsley
• Bay leaf
• ground black pepper

Instructions on how to prepare the first dish for the Lenten menu using a simple recipe

Peel carrots and potatoes. Cut carrots into thin rings, potatoes into small cubes.

Salt the water and bring to a boil, add vegetables (carrots and potatoes) and cook over medium heat.

Wash the champignons and cut into thin slices along with the legs. Peel and thinly chop the onion, mix with mushrooms. Add a little salt and place in a frying pan with heated vegetable oil. Fry the mushrooms until half cooked.

When the water boils again, add mushrooms and spices (pepper, mole, bay leaf) to the broth.

At the end, add finely chopped herbs (parsley and dill). Cook until the potatoes are ready.

Cabbage cutlets for the Lenten menu, step-by-step recipe

Cabbage cutlets for the Lenten menu, a step-by-step recipe for which awaits your attention below, is an excellent option delicious snack. Such cutlets can be either an independent dish of Lenten cuisine or a good addition to porridges and boiled potatoes. Even though these meatless cutlets are made from cabbage, they are just as filling and flavorful as their meat counterparts. See for yourself by following our next step-by-step recipe.

Necessary ingredients for cabbage cutlets for the Lenten menu

• cabbage - 500 gr.
• onion - 1 pc.
• semolina - 30 gr.
• flour - 30 gr.
• garlic - 2 pcs.
• dill
• vegetable oil
• breadcrumbs
• pepper

Instructions for a step-by-step recipe for cabbage cutlets for the Lenten menu

Wash the cabbage and cut into fairly large pieces. Place the cabbage in salted boiling water and cook for 10-15 minutes.

Meanwhile, chop the onion and herbs very finely. Pass the garlic through a garlic press or finely chop it with a sharp knife.

Remove the cabbage from the pan and let cool completely. Then grind the cabbage leaves in a blender or pass through a meat grinder.

Combine the cabbage mixture, onions, garlic and herbs in one container. Add semolina and flour, mix thoroughly. Salt and pepper to taste.

From the resulting minced vegetables we make small cutlets and dip them in breadcrumbs.

Fry the cutlets in vegetable oil until golden brown.

Vegetable stew with lentils - step-by-step recipe for the menu during Lent

Another option for a tasty and healthy second course for the menu during Lent is vegetable stew with lentils. In general, lentils are very underrated legume in our everyday kitchen. In the meantime, it is very useful and can greatly diversify the Lenten menu. Find out how to cook vegetable stew with lentils from the step-by-step recipe for the menu for Lent.

Necessary ingredients for vegetable stew with lentils in Lent

• potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• tomatoes - 3 pcs.
• onion - 1 pc.
• carrots - 1 pc.
• lentils - 1/3 cup
• cabbage - 1/2 pcs.
• pepper
• vegetable oil
• spices to taste

Instructions for a step-by-step recipe for vegetable stew with lentils in Lent

Pour a little oil into a saucepan or cauldron and add finely chopped onion and carrot slices. Stir and cook over medium heat for several minutes.

Then add potato cubes and half a cup of washed lentils. Stir, add water and cover with a lid. Simmer for 15 minutes on low heat.

Peel the tomatoes and use the mode finely. Add tomatoes to the stew.

Lastly, add the finely chopped cabbage. Salt, pepper and add any spices to taste. Stir and simmer covered until done. Also add water as needed.

Recipe for raw date dessert for every day of Lent, step-by-step instructions

Probably the most common misconception regarding nutrition during Lent is the idea that sweets are completely excluded from the Lenten menu. In fact, you can and even need to eat sweets during Lent, but only natural ones and without eggs. Of the most simple options healthy and allowed desserts - honey and dried fruits. But for those who prefer desserts with more complex flavor combinations, we offer a recipe for raw date sweets for every day of Lent. The recipe for raw date dessert for each day of fasting is very simple to prepare and can be easily repeated using the following step-by-step instructions.

Essential Ingredients for Raw Date Dessert for Lent

• dates - 300 gr.
• walnuts/peanuts/cashews - 150 gr.
• cinnamon - 1 tsp.
• cocoa
• kerob

Instructions for a raw date dessert recipe for each day of fasting

Wash the dates and remove the pits. Then pour boiling water over the dried fruits for 10 minutes.

You can use any nuts for this recipe, as long as they are raw. But if you take peanuts or cashews, they should be soaked in cold water in order to remove the skin.

First place the dates in the blender bowl and grind them for a few minutes. Then add nuts and cinnamon and mix until a homogeneous thick mass is formed.

On a note! If the variety of dates is dry and they do not give much liquid, you can add a little water or liquid honey for stickiness.

Place the finished mixture in a bowl and with wet hands begin to sculpt round or oblong shaped candies.

Roll the resulting sweets in a mixture of cocoa and carob powder and place in the refrigerator for half an hour. Ready! You can also use chopped nuts, powdered sugar, coconut flakes or liquid chocolate as a topping for these raw sweets.

Delicious “Minutka” cookies - a step-by-step recipe for simple baking during Lent

Lenten baking can also be delicious, such as the simple Minutka cookie recipe below. Preparing cookie dough from three simple components, and you can choose absolutely any filling for it to your taste. But the best tasting “Minutka” cookies from the step-by-step recipe for simple baking in the post below are made with homemade thick jam. Read on to find out how to prepare this simple, quick and delicious delicacy.

Necessary ingredients for fasting delicious cookies"Just a minute"

• flour - 300 gr.
• sparkling water - 1/2 cup
• vegetable oil - 1/2 cup
• jam for filling

Instructions for a simple recipe for delicious Minutka cookies in Lent

Pour water into a bowl and add vegetable oil. We begin to add flour and knead the stiff dough.

Knead the dough and divide it into two equal parts. Roll out each piece on a floured surface into a thin crust.

Using a knife, divide the resulting round layer of dough into 6-8 identical sectors.

Add a little jam to the edge of each slice and wrap the cookies in the shape of a bagel.

Place the cookies on a baking sheet with parchment and place in the oven (200 degrees) for 25 minutes.

Lenten food: recipe for meatless meatballs for Lent 2017, video

As you can see, Lent recipes can be simple and delicious at the same time. And in general Lenten food, like all meals during Lent 2017, is rich in salads, pastries, and second and first courses. Our next video recipe for Lent - meatless meatballs, also applies to Lenten food and is sure to please the lay faithful. Such lean food (recipe for meatless meatballs for Lent 2017), although not a monastery recipe, is perfect for an every day menu.