Almost all the world's religions include posts - periods of severe restrictions designed to cleanse the body and soul. Among other things, these restrictions relate to food: meatless meals should be as simple as possible, it is necessary to give up animal products, alcohol, spices and sweets.

Can I fast delicious

For the truly religious people the answer to this question is obvious. Traditional post - this time limit bodily pleasures that may hinder spiritual growth and self-discovery. Therefore meatless dishes are designed only to meet the energy needs of the body in order to have the strength to prayer and good works, not to please the taste buds. Preference is given to the most simple, even primitive dishes that will tempt and not detract from spiritual growth.

Yet in today's world truly religious people, not so much. Someone is willing to observe the rituals, but does not feel strong enough to deprive yourself of the little gastronomic pleasures. Someone did not see any sense in such deprivation: according to some people, small pleasures did not interfere to know themselves and a higher power. And many do not observe fasting for spiritual development as much as health - doctors recommend no coincidence periodically give your body a rest from heavy meat diet.

For those who are willing to fast, but is not ready to eat boring and monotonous, there are many vegetarian recipes. It really cook a delicious meal without meat, fish and dairy products - only need to show imagination.

The basis of lean diet

Many people, deciding to fast for the first time, experience the confusion: the meat is impossible, too chicken, fish banned, sour cream Smetana: untold riches of Russian cuisine   and even banned cheese can not be used. What, then, can there? The basis of the diet in the post are cereals, vegetables and fruits. As protein sources used mushrooms and soybean. Some days are allowed to vegetable oil, while others will have to do without him. Despite the fact that the choice of products seems rather meager, varied and tasty to eat in the post is possible.

Post - it's time to recall the cereals. This dish, once very popular, now appears on the tables often. Meanwhile, oatmeal is very helpful. They contain vitamins, minerals, fiber and so-called "slow" carbohydrates that provide satiety for a long time. If cooking porridge right, they will not only hearty, but delicious.

Vegetable soups and stews - also a great idea. Ironically, soups, boiled in water, the taste is almost indistinguishable from meat soups. For delicious dishes were prepared, it is desirable to multicomponent soups, combining a variety of vegetables. Vegetable stew - also a great idea for lunch or dinner: these dishes contain lots of vitamins and minerals.

Replacing meat

Some people are giving up meat is easy, while others really miss your favorite product and can not eat vegetarian dishes. The easiest way out in this situation - the use of soy meat substitutes. If you cook them correctly, using appropriate spices and seasonings, the taste will completely meat.

Furthermore, as the protein source may be used nuts, legumes and fungi. Last by chance called "forest meat" - mushroom dishes are not only delicious, but also beautifully saturated. And "mushroom" there are so many recipes. As snacks are good pickled or salted mushrooms or a salad of mushrooms and onions. At first, you can file a fragrant mushroom noodles soup Borsch: versatile dish for every taste   and mushrooms or tender mushroom soup. Fried mushrooms with potatoes, vegetable stew with mushrooms or peppers stuffed with mushrooms - a great choice for a main dish. And that's not all options are actually recipes mushroom dishes hundreds of times more.

Well saturate and legumes. Of course, preparing meals are not quick, but the result is spectacular. And if no, you can use canned beans or peas. With the blender in just a few minutes you can turn preserves in fragrant sauce or sweet soup. Good canned beans and salads.

Transfer the absence in the diet of meat dishes is much easier if you regularly prepare dishes of eggplant Dishes from eggplant . These vegetables perfectly saturated, and their bright rich flavor makes boring Lenten meal a pleasure.

Nuts are generally used only in the preparation of desserts. But while fasting, you can experiment, for example, prepare vegetables in peanut sauce or salad with the addition of nuts. These nutritious meals are very tasty and useful.

Sweets and pastries

Sweet tooth in the post also has to challenging banned chocolate and chocolate candies, pastries and cakes with cream or custard, biscuits, shortbread and sweet desserts based on milk. Yet there are still many desserts, which are suitable for the post.

This is especially useful dried fruits, nuts and honey. You can mix these products in any proportions, turned into a puree, sculpt out of mashed sweet candy or spread a lot of bread. As a complete meal, good variety of compotes and jellies. Desserts are not only butter or chocolate, and fruit - for example, apple jelly agar slightly sweetened honey. Even the ice cream can be lean if the cook was not on the dairy cream and egg-based, and bananas and berries.

Baking recipes lean too much. In yeast dough it is not necessary to add butter, milk and eggs - on the water and vegetable oil, it is possible to not worse. And as a filling for pies suit any meatless foods - potatoes, cabbage, mushrooms, cereals, fruit jams and dried fruits, nuts, poppy seeds.

Maria Bykov

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