Lenten food

Many people are confident that lean food is not tasty and that all the time restrictions will literally starve. Of course, only those who have never been interested in this topic and did not try to fast can think like that.

Basic principles

During the period of fasting from the diet, it is necessary to exclude food of animal origin. During this time, it is allowed to use the first dishes prepared on the basis of vegetable broth, cereals, mushrooms, fruits and vegetables, lean pastries, jams, nuts and honey. To make lean food varied, use a variety of spices and spices in your post. Since vegetable oil is allowed to be used at this time in small quantities, it is best to cook food for steaming, boil, bake, stew or cook on the grill.

The main principles are not only the quality, but also the amount of food on fasting days. As they say "feast during the fast" is inappropriate. The church says that the more modest your table is, the more you will get pleasure from eating, because taste buds will become more acute.

How to replace animal protein?

For the normal functioning of the body, it is very important that the diet is balanced. In this case, it should be taken into account that instead of proteins of animal origin, vegetative ones should be present in the menu.

Permitted lean protein food:

1. Meat and fish can be replaced with legumes, beans, mushrooms and nuts. In this case, the body will receive the necessary amount of proteins.
2. Instead of butter, which many use to make sandwiches and a variety of pastries, take lean margarine. It is prepared on the basis of vegetable raw materials, so it is not only cheaper, but also more useful, since it does not increase the amount of cholesterol in the blood.
3. A perfect substitute for eggs in baking will be soda, and for flour, flour or crackers.
4. Cow and other animal milk can be replaced with almond or coconut milk.

Delicious lean food

Many people know very little recipes for lean dishes, so they think that such food is not tasty. To restore injustice, we give a few recipes of lean, but very delicious dishes that are included in the menu of many restaurants.

Recipe # 1 - Stuffed Mushrooms

Ingredients:

• mushrooms - 6 pieces;
• Avocado - 0.5 pcs .;
• pepper of small size - 1 piece;
• tomato - 1 piece;
• basil - 35 g;
• green onions - 25 g;
• garlic - 1 tooth;
• soy sauce - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• sesame seeds - 1 tbsp. a spoon.

Preparation:

Champignons need to be cleaned and separate the hats. Greens should be chopped, and vegetables cut into small cubes. Then they need to be mixed and seasoned with chopped garlic and soy sauce. Mushroom caps stuffed with the resulting vegetable mixture and sprinkled with sesame seeds. Those who do not risk eating mushrooms in their raw form, can send them for 15 minutes. in the oven.

Recipe # 2 - Strudel

Ingredients:

• flour - 420 g;
• water - 160 ml;
• olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• apple vinegar - 0,5 tsp.
• apples - 4 pieces;
• raisins - 75 g;
• crushed nuts - 65 g;
• Syrup of Jerusalem artichoke - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• cinnamon - 2 tsp.
• cranberries - 60 g;
• banana - 1 piece;
• salt.

Preparation:

Water should be slightly warmed and mixed with salt and vinegar. Then, gradually adding flour, it is necessary to knead the dough. At this time, do not forget to add olive oil. The dough should be carefully kneaded so that it ceases to stick to your hands and leave to rest for half an hour. At this time, you can prepare the filling. Apples should be cleaned, remove the core from them and cut into thin slices. Then they must be mixed with raisins, chopped nuts, syrup and cinnamon. The dough should be very thinly rolled out, greased with olive oil, syrup, put the stuffing on it and wrap it in a roll. The ends are recommended to snap so that the filling does not fall out. Oven heat up to 170 degrees and put the strudel there for 15 minutes. At this time, you need to cook the sauce. To do this, use a blender to mix cranberries, banana and syrup. The resulting mixture must be wiped through a sieve to avoid pitting. Finished strudel served with syrup.