What can you eat while fasting. What you can eat in the post: a list of staples. What is possible in a strict post

During this period, it is customary to strictly monitor nutrition and not consume fatty, meat and alcohol. However, there are days when you can treat yourself to fish. At the same time, many fasting too diligently tame their flesh, and instead of improving their health, they bring themselves to exhaustion and gastritis. It is also worth leaving the post gradually, gradually diversifying the diet a little daily.

HOW TO FAST CORRECTLY: 7 RULES

1. There are small portions 6-7 times a day.

2. Drink more water to maintain water balance in the body.

3. As a substitute for meat, include in the diet mushrooms rich in protein, vitamins D and PP, as well as legumes - beans, lentils, peas, which are also a source of protein.

4. Do not forget about another protein supplier - nuts - which also contain calcium, phosphorus, zinc, selenium, folic acid, vitamins E and A. An additional plus of nuts in a low glycemic index, which protects against spikes in blood sugar and does not allow appetite to break out.

5. Include cereals in your diet, as they contain a lot of different vitamins, minerals, trace elements and biologically active substances.

6. Remember that during fasting, the most healthy vegetables are potatoes, eggplant and cabbage: white, Beijing, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli and kohlrabi. You can eat vegetables in any form, but the less heat treatment, the better.

7. From sweets, limit yourself to fruits, dried fruits and honey.

WHAT NOT TO EAT IN LENT

• It is not allowed to consume meat and any meat products, including poultry, eggs, milk and dairy products - butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, kefir, cheeses, yogurt and more. You can not eat dishes where these products are included as components, such as mayonnaise.
• fish and fish products, as well as vegetable oil are allowed, only in non-strict fast days.
• Fatty sweets, chocolate, pastries and any fast food are banned.
• It is forbidden to drink alcohol.

WHAT YOU CAN EAT IN LENT

• seaweed;
• Korean salads;
• seeds;
• nuts;
• pasta that does not contain eggs;
• flour products made from flour, water and salt;
• bread (without the use of milk and eggs), unleavened lavash, crisps; sauces (ketchup, lean mayonnaise, adjika, soy sauce, tomato paste);
• balsamic, apple, table vinegars.

FEATURES OF GREAT LENT

• In the first and last week of Great Lent in 2017, fasting is observed with particular strictness. All products of animal origin should not be eaten.
• Eating is allowed only in the evening; on Saturdays and Sundays, only the morning meal can be excluded.
• On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, only cold food is eaten, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, hot food is allowed without oil.
• On Saturdays and Sundays, except for vegetable oil, it is allowed moderate use grape wine (this does not apply to the Saturday of Holy Week).
• On Good Friday, it is better to refrain from eating all day.
• Many Christians also abstain from food until Easter.

GREAT LENT: FOOD MENU BY DAY

February 27 - Clean Monday. Refrain from food.
February 28 - Tuesday. Refrain from food.
For those who have health problems, as well as for the elderly, bread and kvass are allowed on Tuesday after Vespers. You can eat bread with salt and drink water or kvass (optional) /
March 1 - Wednesday. Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (one dish to choose from).
Infusion of dill or decoction of berries / fruits with honey.
Food is taken once a day, during the day.
March 2 - Thursday. Refrain from food.
March 3 - Friday. Baked or boiled hot food without oil once a day, in the afternoon.
March 4 - Saturday. Baked or boiled food with vegetable oil twice a day. Olives and black olives are allowed. Grape wine without alcohol and sugar, diluted in hot water, is allowed in small quantities, but abstinence from wine is recommended.

First week of Great Lent (first Sunday of Lent). Triumph of Orthodoxy
On the week of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the victory of Orthodoxy over the iconoclastic heresy is celebrated. Iconoclasts believed that the veneration of icons was idolatry. Thanks to the patronage of the emperors, the persecution of icons continued for almost a hundred years. The veneration of icons was finally restored in the 9th century by Empress Theodora on the first Sunday of Great Lent, on which the Triumph of Orthodoxy has been celebrated ever since.

March 6 - Monday.

March 7 - Tuesday.

March 8 - Wednesday.
Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 9 - Thursday.
Finding the head of John the Baptist (first and second finding) - Orthodox holiday in honor of the most revered part of the relics of John the Baptist - his head.
Hot food passed heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one bowl 200g). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
March 10 - Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 11 - Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.

March 12 - Sunday.
Second Sunday of Great Lent (Second Sunday of Lent). Memorial Day of St. Gregory Palamas.
St. Gregory Palamas lived in the 14th century. According to Orthodox faith he taught that for the feat of fasting and prayer, the Lord illuminates the faithful with His grace-filled light, which the Lord shone on Tabor. For the reason that St. Gregory revealed the doctrine of the power of fasting and prayer and it was established to celebrate his memory on the second Sunday of Great Lent.
March 13 - Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 14 - Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 15 - Wednesday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 16 - Thursday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 17 - Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 18 - Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
On Saturday of the third week, during Matins, the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord is brought to the middle of the temple for veneration by believers, therefore the third week and the next, fourth, week are called the Adoration of the Cross.

March 19 - Sunday.
The third week of Great Lent (the third Sunday of Lent) is the Adoration of the Cross.
On this day, they read legends, consecrate prosphyra, do not work, visit churches to worship the cross, reflect on the concept of "bearing one's cross", fast (with eating brew with oil and wine).
March 20 - Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 21 - Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 22 - Wednesday.
Memorial Day of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste are Christian soldiers who were martyred for their faith in Christ in Sebastia (Lesser Armenia, modern Turkey) in 320 under Licinia.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With wine (one cup 200g). One meal a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
March 23 - Thursday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 24 - Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 25 - Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.

March 26 - Sunday.
Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Fourth Sunday of Lent). Memorial Day of theologian John of the Ladder.
John of the Ladder was the abbot of the Sinai monastery, wrote the famous "Ladder of Virtues", where he showed the steps of ascent to spiritual perfection. ("Ladder" from the old Slav. "Ladder". Variants - Paradise Ladder, Spiritual Tablets). The image of the "Ladder" is borrowed from the Bible, which describes the vision of Jacob's Ladder, on which the angels ascend (Gen.28:12).
The calendar memory of John of the Ladder falls during Great Lent, it was moved to Sunday, and it was assigned to the 4th Sunday of Great Lent.
On the day of memory of John of the Ladder, “ladders” were baked.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
March 27 - Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 28 - Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 29 - Wednesday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
Wednesday evening at Orthodox churches a special service is performed - "Maria's standing". At this service, for the only time a year, the whole Great Canon of Andrew of Crete is read, which sounded in parts from Monday to Thursday of the first week of Great Lent and the canon Reverend Mary Egyptian.
March 30 - Thursday. Standing Rev. Mary of Egypt.
On this day, according to ancient custom, the following of the Great Canon is sung. Saint Andrew composed it at the same time that Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, wrote down the life of Mary of Egypt. Father Andrew first brought the great canon and the word about St. Mary to Constantinople when he was sent by Patriarch Theodore of Jerusalem to help at the Sixth Council.
On Standing Rev. Mary of Egypt - hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (200g). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Some statutes allow only wine, and oil (oil) is not allowed.
March 31 - Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
Before the Feast of Praise Holy Mother of God some statutes permit wine. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 1 - Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.

April 2 - Sunday.
Fifth week of Great Lent (fifth Sunday of Lent). Remembrance Day Mary of Egypt
The Monk Mary was born in Egypt in the middle of the 5th century. At the age of 12, she left her parents and went to Alexandria, where she spent 17 years living in sin. Once Mary arrived in Jerusalem for the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and tried to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, but some kind of force held her back. Realizing her fall, she began to pray in front of the icon of the Mother of God, which was in the porch of the temple. After that, she was able to enter the temple. The next day, Mary crossed the Jordan and went into the wilderness, where she spent the rest of her life, 47 years, in fasting and repentance. The Church gives in the person of St. Mary of Egypt an example of true repentance and shows in her an example of the inexpressible mercy of God to penitent sinners. The calendar memory of Mary of Egypt falls during Great Lent, it was moved to Sunday, and it was assigned to the 5th Sunday of Great Lent.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 3 - Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 4 - Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 5 - Wednesday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 6 - Thursday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 7 - Friday, the feast of the Annunciation.
The name of the holiday - the Annunciation - conveys main point related event: the proclamation to the Virgin Mary of the good news of the conception and the birth of the Divine Infant Christ by Her.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine. Fish are allowed. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 8 - Saturday. Lazarus Saturday.
On this day, Christians remember the miracle of the resurrection by Christ. righteous Lazarus(John 11:1-45), which is committed as a witness to the coming resurrection of all the dead. The celebration of Lazarus Saturday has been established since ancient times, it precedes the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
Fish caviar is allowed up to 100 gr. Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.

April 9 - Sunday. Sixth Week of Lent (Sixth Sunday of Lent).
Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday). - (the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem on a donkey, when the people greeted him, throwing palm branches onto the road - in Russia they were replaced by willow) - the last Sunday before Easter. Fish are allowed. Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 10 - Maundy Monday
AT Great Monday the Old Testament patriarch Joseph, sold by his brothers to Egypt, is remembered as a prototype of the suffering Jesus Christ, as well as the gospel story about Jesus cursing a barren fig tree, symbolizing a soul that does not bear spiritual fruit - true repentance, faith, prayer and good deeds. Mt 21:18-22
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these).



April 11 - Maundy Tuesday
On Maundy Tuesday, we remember the sermon of Jesus Christ in the Jerusalem Temple. On this day He told the disciples about the second coming Mt 24, the parable of the ten virgins, the parable of the talents Mt 25:1-30. The chief priests and elders tempted him with questions, wanted to arrest him, but were afraid to do it openly because of the people who considered Jesus a prophet and listened to him attentively.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these).
From drinking: dill (hot infusion or decoction of herbs or berries, fruits) with honey.
Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
"Like in the 1st week of this holy Lent."
April 12 - Holy Wednesday
On Great Wednesday, the anointing of Jesus Christ with peace and the betrayal of Judas are remembered. Matthew 26:6-16
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these).
From drinking: dill (hot infusion or decoction of herbs or berries, fruits) with honey.
Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
"Like in the 1st week of this holy Lent."
April 13 - Maundy Thursday. Last Supper
AT Maundy Thursday I recall the Last Supper and the establishment by Jesus Christ of the sacrament of the Eucharist (Communion). Matthew 26:17-35, Mark 14:12-31, Luke 22:7-39, John 13-18
According to the usual (Palestinian) order, one dish is laid, but boiled food with vegetable oil is allowed.
According to the Studian charter, one boiled dish is supposed, but supplemented with sochi (any porridge) and legumes; without oil.
According to the charter of Holy Mount Athos, two boiled dishes with oil and wine. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 14 - Great Heel. Good Friday. crucifixion of christ
AT good friday Orthodox Christians remember the arrest of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, the trial of the high priests, the trial of Pilate, way of the cross Jesus, crucifixion, death and signs accompanying it, removal from the cross and burial.
They don't eat anything. For the elderly, bread and water are allowed after sunset.
April 15 - Great Saturday. The Descent of Christ into Hell
Great Saturday is dedicated to the remembrance of the presence of Jesus Christ in the tomb and His descent into hell to free the souls of the dead.
On Great Saturday, many believers also refuse food until Easter. For the rest - 200-250g of bread, 6 pieces of figs or dates and a cup of wine, or kvass, or honey drink. Or bread with vegetables. Once a day around 7pm.
End of Lent.

chief editor of the site "M.Vkus"

It starts on Monday great post. A time that is recommended to be spent in silence, calmness and abstinence. 40 days should refrain from social networks and serials, do not allow negative emotions and thoughts, exclude from the diet any products of animal origin. Even if you are not too orthodox, we highly recommend trying to stick to the established rules during this entire period. Firstly, this is an excellent detox that will help you lose weight gained over the winter, avoid vitamin deficiency and improve intestinal microflora. Secondly, this perfect way put your thoughts in order, adjust your goals and plans for the future, be alone with yourself. Thirdly, instead of entertainment, read long-delayed useful non-fiction books, improve your English level or take an online training course. In general, Great Lent is 40 days that can be spent with maximum benefit for your own soul, body and intellect.

There are quite strictly regulated food regulations for each day of Lent. They are very severe, but it must be understood that in Orthodox tradition there are no separate rules for monks and ordinary people. So these rules should be strictly adhered to by church employees, while everyone else can make themselves one or another indulgence. In addition, travelers, pregnant women, children, the elderly and the sick are not allowed to fast.

For everyone else there is one important rule- for almost all 40 days, follow a strict vegan diet, completely eliminating alcohol and any animal products from the diet: meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, dairy products.

For those who are going to fast for the first time, we clarify - this list also includes cappuccino and latte with regular milk, milk chocolate, most pastries and desserts. At the time of buying finished products just read the packaging carefully. In addition, many large supermarkets make a separate rack with lean products or mark them with special stickers.

Starvation

In these days of Great Lent, complete abstinence from food is recommended, that is, you need to starve. Only drinking water is allowed. Evaluate your own mental and physical forces how much you can get through a day without food. If you have any chronic diseases or health problems, then you should consult your doctor about fasting and strict fasting days.

Xerophagy

Fasting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

The strictest days of Great Lent, when you can not eat hot boiled foods and use vegetable oil. Do not think that there will be nothing to eat - delicious meals more than enough. Fresh, salted and pickled vegetables and mushrooms, fruits, berries, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, bread, honey and cold-cooked cereals are allowed. From drinks, water, fresh juices, lemonades (without boiling) and smoothies are allowed. These days you can try your culinary skills in preparing a variety of raw food dishes. Such as zucchini spaghetti with parsley pesto, raw gazpacho, raw dehydrator bread, a variety of salads, desserts made from nuts and dried fruits.

From the M.Vkus collection of recipes, the following recipes are suitable for these days:

Hot food without oil

Fasting days: Tuesday, Thursday

On these days, it is allowed to eat all dry foods, plus add cereals, legumes and pasta in water or vegetable milk, a variety of dishes from cooked vegetables and mushrooms (boiled, baked, steamed or sous-vide), bread and pastries without butter, fruits fresh or cooked, you can drink hot tea and coffee, black or with nut milk. Separately, I would like to note soy products, which during the days of Great Lent are an excellent source of protein, replacing animal proteins. Prepared from soy delicious cottage cheese or a cheese called tofu, which can be simply sautéed with vegetables or made into imitation scrambled eggs or syrniki. Soy milk is a great alternative to cow's milk - you can make cappuccino and lattes with it, cook cereals on it, cook pastries and lean pancakes.

From the M.Vkus collection of recipes for Tuesdays and Thursdays of Great Lent, the following recipes are suitable:

Hot food with vegetable oil

Fasting days: Saturday, Sunday

If you are fasting and would like to know what you can eat during this period and what is prohibited, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the list of products. Do not think that by fasting, you will starve and not eat up. A properly selected menu and knowledge of the main products containing fats, carbohydrates and proteins will allow you to easily observe the holy cleansing, and even lose those extra pounds.

In fasting, you can eat any fruits and vegetables:

1. Potato
2. Cabbage, including sauerkraut
3. Mushrooms
4. Radish and radish, turnip
5. Beet
6. Carrot
7. Onion and garlic
8. Greens and leaf lettuce
9. Eggplant and zucchini
10. Bell pepper
11. Cucumbers, including pickles
12. Pumpkin
13. Apples
14. Pears
15. Bananas
16. Tangerines, oranges, grapefruit and lemon
17. Persimmon
18. Plum and grapes
19. Peaches and apricots
20. Any berries

Vegetables and mushrooms can be boiled, stewed, baked without adding butter. A huge number of salads and snacks will come from vegetables. Fruits can be eaten fresh, or baked, make salads. The addition of vegetable oil is allowed only on Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

In the post you can eat any cereals and cereals:

1. Buckwheat
2. Oatmeal
3. Millet
4. Pearl barley
5. Lentils, peas and beans
6. Corn porridge
7. Manka

You can also eat dried fruits, nuts, pasta, cookies and bread (without eggs and egg powder). You can cook delicious pastries, pies, most importantly without the addition of animal fats and eggs. Fish is allowed twice during the entire fast: on the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos and on Palm Sunday. If you find it hard to fast without fish, then it is better to replace it with soy products. Even on holidays you can drink a small amount of wine.

In fasting, you can not eat products of animal origin:

1. Meat and all meat-containing products
2. Bird and eggs
3. Milk and all dairy products (sour cream, cottage cheese, yoghurts, kefir, cheeses and milk drinks)
4. pastries and pasta with eggs, butter
5. Mayonnaise
6. Chocolate
7. Fast food food because it has a lot of fat
8. Fish and vegetable oil, excluding weekends and public holidays
9. Alcohol, with the exception of a small amount of wine on a holiday

In fact, modern priests, speaking about fasting, note that this is a restriction that a person must make for himself. For some people, it is enough to give up only meat, while eating dairy products, while someone needs to adhere to fasting according to all the canons.

Great Lent lasts exactly 48 days or 7 weeks and includes Holy Forty (a period of 40 days: five full weeks(5 weeks of Great Lent) and the sixth week from Monday to Friday (6th week of Great Lent), Lazarus Saturday, Palm Sunday and Holy Week.

Great Lent is one of the longest and most difficult fasts in Christianity, it is believed that at this time, through the renunciation of habitual food and worldly entertainment, a person cleanses his soul, thinks about his actions and repents of sins. A fasting person must be weak physical body, but strong in his soul (spirit).

However, this post greatly restricts a person in food. What dishes can you eat during this period so as not to deviate from church prescriptions, but at the same time help your body withstand fairly severe restrictions?

During Lent, it is necessary to completely exclude alcohol, cigarettes and foods that are quite familiar to most people: meat, fish, eggs, cheese, milk, dairy and lactic acid products, vegetable and animal oils, soft drinks. White bread, bakery and pasta, sweets.

Allowed to eat vegetables, fruits, water, coarse grinding, some cereals, salted and pickled vegetables. You can safely introduce greens, mushrooms, berries, honey, jam, nuts, legumes and other plant foods into the diet. From drinks during fasting, you can find tea, compote or jelly on the menu. Moreover, during Great Lent there are days of the week when the fasting person is forbidden to eat any food. There are also days when you can introduce a little vegetable oil, fish, caviar and wine into your diet.

One nuance that may arise when choosing allowed food for Lent should be taken into account: some foods may contain animal ingredients. They are also forbidden to be used for food at this time: for example, cookies may contain milk or butter. Therefore, before buying, you need to carefully study the composition of the product.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday are dry days. At this time you can not work hot working products, add vegetable oils to ready meals. You can eat black bread, vegetables and fruits (fruit or vegetable salads), drink water and compotes.

Tuesday and Thursday - you can eat hot food without adding oil: vegetable soups, stewed vegetables, cereals on the water, from cereals, fruits and vegetables.

On Saturday and Sunday (weekends), can be added to prepared food(including heat treatment) vegetable oil.

The first week (first week) of Great Lent begins on Clean Monday. This day is considered special and throughout the day it is not recommended to eat food, you can only drink water. The entire first week is also considered strict, during this week only water and bread are allowed. But such a strict rule of the first week is difficult for modern man who is busy heavy physical labor. Therefore, fasting days may differ slightly for a monk who deliberately chose the vow of a fasting life from a person who is busy with everyday hard work, but at the same time who wants to observe Great Lent. Also considered strict is the last week of fasting - Holy Week.

On dry days you can cook vegetables or fruit salads, instead of oil we use lemon, lime, grapefruit juice.

Salad "Aida"
Ingredients: 2 tomatoes, 300 grams of cabbage, 5 sweet bell peppers, 1 tablespoon of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of mustard, salt, sugar and herbs (parsley, dill and onion).
Preparation: Pour boiling water over the tomatoes and remove the skin from them, cut into slices. Peel the cabbage from old leaves, wash and chop into small strips. Wash the pepper, remove the seeds and cut into half rings. Mix all vegetables, salt and pepper. Separately, mix a small amount of vinegar, water and mustard. Fill the salad with the resulting mixture, put it in a slide and sprinkle with chopped herbs.

Mandarin salad with avocado and pomegranate
Ingredients: 3 tangerines, 1 avocado, 1 pomegranate, juice of one lime, powdered sugar.
Preparation: peel the mandarin, remove the film from the slices and cut them into two parts. Peel the pomegranate and sort out the grains. Remove skin from avocado, cut into cubes. Mix everything, season with lime juice and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

On Tuesday and Thursday you can practice heat treatment food.

Baked apples with rice and prunes
Ingredients: 5 large apples, 1 glass of rice, 100 grams of prunes, powdered sugar.
Preparation: wash apples, dry and carefully remove the core with seeds. Boil rice, mix it with chopped prunes and powdered sugar. We start the apples with the resulting mixture and bake for 20 minutes in the oven.

On Sunday and Saturday, you can use vegetable oil, which allows you to diversify the menu with various fried dishes.

Fried pumpkin in semolina
Ingredients: 500 grams of sugar pumpkin, vegetable oil, semolina, salt to taste.
Preparation: peel the pumpkin from seeds and skin, cut into cubes. Roll in semolina and fry on both sides in oil. Sprinkle with salt.

You can also cook various lean cereals on the water with vegetables and fruits, vegetable and sweet soups (cold and hot). Drinks can be consumed

The pacification of the body is considered the first step to the humility of the spirit, according to Christian beliefs. When you start fasting, you must also abstain spiritually. Thus, a Christian is cleansed of bad emotions, learns to restrain the negative. Without observing the spiritual rules of conduct, fasting becomes a normal diet.

What to eat in Lent from cereals

Kashi is one of the most important components of the Lenten table. Of course, cereals should be boiled in water without adding butter. However, such a restriction does not mean at all that the porridge will be tasteless. First, there are many different cereal crops that can diversify the menu. Take a closer look at the supermarket: on the shelves with cereals you will find where more options than the usual buckwheat, rice, pearl barley.

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

Also, don't forget prosers. So called germinated grains of wheat, oats, corn. These products contain over 30 percent vegetable protein, as well as many macro- and microelements. Regular use of prozers, not even in fasting, will provide the body necessary quantity vitamins and nutrients, prevent the development a large number diseases.

Based on cereals, you can cook great amount delicious meals:

• Barley vegetable porridge. You will need pearl barley, carrots, onions, salt, spices to taste. We wash the cereal, fill it with water in a ratio of 1: 3 and cook until soft. In the process, add chopped carrots, onions, salt, seasonings.
• Fruit pilaf with nuts. We take two glasses of steamed rice, a bunch of raisins, dried apricots, dates, prunes, some walnuts, a couple of tablespoons of honey, salt. Cook rice in lightly salted water. In the middle of cooking, add scalded raisins, chopped dried fruits and roasted nuts to the porridge. Cook the porridge and after cooling add honey.
• Semolina porridge with cranberry juice. We 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 cooked, cool and serve with honey.
• Smolensk porridge with fruit drink. We prepare fruit drinks by analogy with the above recipe. Add half a cup to the finished broth rice groats and the same amount of sugar. Cook until tender and serve chilled.
• Pilaf with dried mushrooms. For cooking, you will need several large dried mushrooms (preferably forest mushrooms), one glass of rice, three onions, one carrot, three tablespoons sunflower oil, one and a half cups of mushroom broth, tomato paste, salt. We sort the mushrooms and soak for three hours in water. In it, we cook them until cooked. We cut the boiled mushrooms into strips, fry together with carrots and onions, add tomato paste and a little “mushroom water”. Add the 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 rub on a grater a couple of types of any vegetables. For a glass of cereal mixture, take a glass of vegetable mixture. We put 1/3 of the vegetables at the bottom of the pan, a layer of cereals on top, then vegetables again, and so all the products in layers. Pour hot brackish water so as to cover the entire mixture. We put in the oven for 10 minutes.

What can you eat in Lent from vegetables

A worthy place in your Lenten table should take various varieties cabbage (white, Beijing, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts), potatoes, celery, pumpkin, bell pepper, tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs (parsley, dill, basil, cilantro, sorrel).

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

Consider a few popular lean vegetable dishes:

1. Cabbage salad with prunes. We take a quarter of a small head of cabbage, a handful of prunes and half a lemon, one carrot and salt, sugar to taste. We chop vegetables and pour lemon juice, season with salt and spices to taste.
2. Salad with carrots and pickled cucumber. It will take 800 grams of carrots, a couple of pickled cucumbers and 200 grams tomato juice. Cucumber cut into small cubes, pour juice, black pepper can be added to taste. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater and add to the cucumber mass. Mix and serve.
3. Potato salad with pomegranate and walnut . A couple of potatoes boiled in the skin. Clean and cut into cubes. We prepare the dressing: crush the chopped walnut kernels together with garlic in a mortar, add salt, pomegranate juice. Pour the resulting mixture of 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 of the fruit, a tablespoon apple juice, onion, mustard seeds, salt, sugar, spices, herbs. Mushrooms cut, stew in oil until tender. Cut tomatoes and apples and mix with mushrooms. In the broth remaining after cooking the mushrooms, add grated carrots, onions. Pour the finished vinaigrette with this dressing and sprinkle with herbs.
5. Lenten cabbage soup. To prepare this dish, we need 50 grams white cabbage, three onions, one carrot, a couple of potatoes, parsley and celery roots, spices, herbs, garlic. Finely chop potatoes and roots. Shred the cabbage with herbs. Pour vegetables with water, add spices. We cook for about 15 minutes. We rub the carrots on a grater, mix with chopped garlic, add to the semi-finished cabbage soup. We bring it to readiness.
6. Vegetable soup. We prepare about a dozen green bean pods, a couple of green onion stalks, a clove of garlic, a couple of carrots, parsley, spices, salt, a couple of drops of vinegar. Pour about five glasses into the container hot water by adding vinegar. We put the beans, chopped carrots, greens. Cook for about ten minutes over high heat, then reduce it and cook for another half hour.
   Sprinkle the soup with herbs before serving.

What can you eat in Lent 2017 from fruits

You can eat both raw and thermally processed fruits, add them to salads and prepare desserts from them. Fruit pairs well with a variety of nuts.

You can cook such quick fruit dishes:

• Apple salad with pumpkin. We take three sour apples, two hundred grams of pumpkin and half a glass of berry jelly. We peel apples and pumpkin and rub on a coarse grater, add jelly and mix.
• cranberry salad. Rub two or three cups 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 salad.
• lingonberry salad. Rub a couple of glasses of lingonberries with sugar, add two peeled and chopped carrots and a piece of swede. Mix thoroughly.
• Salad with dried fruits. Wash thoroughly in warm water 250 grams of prunes, cut into strips, mixed with 50 grams of sugar, add a pinch of cinnamon, cloves and pour lemon juice. In the same way, a salad with dried apricots is prepared. Only vanilla is added instead of cinnamon.
• Baked apples. For cooking, we take four large apples, a couple of tablespoons of sugar, a little thick jam, cinnamon and nuts to taste. We wash the fruits, take out 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 in Lent 2017 from sweets

It is allowed to eat marmalade, lenten marshmallows, halva (in certain days), oatmeal cookies, dark chocolate, cranberries in sugar, honey, Turkish delight, lollipops. These products are classified as lean, however, before you buy them, carefully read the label.

You can cook a lean sweet dish for dessert yourself. Choose the right recipe:

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

What to eat in Lent by day from seafood

As for the rest of the seafood, opinions differ about their intake during fasting. Some believers claim that Marine life akin to fish and you can eat them only on strictly allotted days. Others believe that fish cannot be compared with shrimp or squid, so you can eat the latter on other days of Lent.

Even if it became possible to eat fish, it is better to cook it not by frying. best method heat treatment will be stewing, boiling, baking.

Try to indulge yourself in fasting with such fish dishes:

1. bay pike perch. For cooking, you need a pike perch about one kilogram in weight, a couple of onions, two carrots, black pepper, Bay leaf, salt, agar (instead of gelatin), a couple of lemons, pickles, green pea, bell pepper, parsley. We remove the scales from the fish, take out the insides, remove the fins, bones, head. We put the latter in a container and fill it with water (one and a half liters). Add peeled onions, carrots. Bring to a boil, remove the foam and add pepper and bay leaf. Boil the broth for an hour. At the same time, fill cold water agar-agar. Let it brew for an hour and filter. We introduce the liquid into the broth, salt. We put the pre-boiled pike perch fillet on a large dish, pour a small amount agar mixture and refrigerate. Once cooled, garnish with lemon and pepper slices on top. Pour again and cool the dish until it completely hardens.
2. Okroshka fish. Fry any fish vegetable oil, take out the bones, cut into pieces and put in a deep plate, add pickles, green onion, dill, tarragon and pour kvass. You can salt the dish if you wish.
3. . We 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 done. We put chopped potatoes, pre-fried vegetables, roots into the hot broth. Five minutes before full readiness, add tomatoes and peas. Sprinkle with herbs when serving.
4. Fish pie. For the filling you will need pink salmon fillet, pike perch, onion, a little sunflower oil, salt, spices. We take ready puff pastry and roll it into a pie. We put the pink salmon fillet, salt, pepper, put the fried onions on top. We place pike perch on top of pink salmon, salt it. Top with another layer of dough and form a "fish". You can draw a scale pattern with a knife. We bake the cake in a hot oven.

What can you eat in Lent by day from fat

Of the oils these days, you can eat any: sunflower, linseed, olive, sesame. It is advisable not to fry food on them, but to add them to salads and ready meals.

Palm Sunday and the Annunciation are considered days of relief.

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

What can you eat during Lent from flour products

Of course, all kinds of muffins that are cooked on the dough cannot be eaten during Lent.

To flour products can be attributed to various pasta. You can eat spaghetti, vermicelli, pasta, noodles.

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

You can experiment with such lean dishes:

• Pasta with vegetables. We 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, greens. Finely chop onions, carrots and greens and fry in tomato paste in vegetable oil. Add peas to vegetables and mix them. Boil the pasta, drain the water and combine them with vegetables. Serve the dish hot, sprinkled with herbs.
• Noodle soup. For cooking, you will need one onion and carrot, parsley root, a couple of tablespoons of sunflower oil, spices, salt, a glass of flour, a little water. Saute onions with carrots and parsley with the addition of salt and spices. For noodles, prepare the dough in water. Roll it out thinly and cut into thin strips. Boil the noodles until cooked and add the prepared vegetables to the water. Sprinkle with herbs before serving.

What not to eat in Lent

1. Meat, poultry, and products based on it. These are sausages, sausages, broths and more.
2. Dairy. This category also includes dairy products, as well as butter, ice cream.
3. Eggs. You can not eat both raw and thermally processed eggs, and foods that contain them. For example, muffins, confectionery, mayonnaise and more.
4. Gelatin. It is produced from cartilage tissue which means it cannot be eaten. Agar-agar can replace it on a fasting table; jelly is also made from it. It is worth remembering that many sweets, marmalade, chewing gums are prepared from gelatin.
5. Alcohol. Hard liquor is especially prohibited. On relaxation days, you can drink red wine, for example, Cahors in small quantities.

According to strict rules, on weekdays it is allowed to eat only once a day. Weekends twice a day.

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