Currently, the secular press in its publications focuses only on the dietary significance of fasting. This is absolutely wrong. Of course, the use of lightweight food, plant products will entail physical cleansing of the body, the loss of extra pounds. But fasting is by no means a fasting diet. It presupposes, first of all, moral purification. Fasting people should not only eat lightened foods, but also give up bad habits, control their emotions (for example, anger), and refrain from violent entertainment.
This article will offer recipes for dishes, in particular casseroles, which will help to withstand fasting. But at the same time they are suitable for dieting. Simply, each person must consciously distinguish these concepts from each other. Lenten casseroles are quite tasty and satisfying, contrary to the smirks of skeptics who think that it is impossible to cook a dish without eggs, fat and other prohibited foods.
Lenten casseroles can be prepared from a variety of products. For example, a recipe for a fish dish. You will need 400 grams of fish fillet, half a kilogram of potatoes, 150 grams of vegetable oil, 60 grams of tomato paste, 100 grams of onions, parsley (two tablespoons), breadcrumbs, sugar, salt, red and black pepper. You need to cut peeled and washed potatoes into slices. Fry fish fillet in vegetable oil. Onions need to be cut in half rings and also fry. Now take the baking dish, grease it with oil and start laying layers. First, half the potatoes, pour tomato paste with sugar and spices, then fish with onions, sauce again, and on top everything is covered with the remaining potatoes and sprinkled with breadcrumbs. The dish must be baked in the oven until cooked. Serve with parsley or dill. It turns out very tasty.
Lenten casseroles can also be prepared from vegetables. Here is one recipe you might find useful. Take colored beans, soak it in water for three hours, then boil until soft. Next, it needs to be cooled without removing it from the pan. To prepare the sauce, take carrots and onions, finely chop them and spasser in vegetable oil. Add fresh tomatoes to them, stew it all for five minutes. Fill the sauce with sugar, salt, put a bay leaf, you can add a little flour. Then it needs to be poured into a pot with beans, which is in the broth, mix all this, sprinkle with herbs and put in the oven until the top layer is browned. Such a casserole without eggs can become a completely independent dish.
But the recipe for those who are not indifferent to mushrooms. In general, lean casseroles are often prepared from this product in combination with potatoes. It turns out delicious and satisfying. Take a kilogram of potatoes, 300 grams of mushrooms, 10 olives, two tomatoes, 200 grams of broccoli, lean mayonnaise, olive oil, turmeric, Provencal herbs and salt, one onion. Boil the potatoes, while adding turmeric to the water. Then you need to make mashed potatoes, diluting the potatoes with the decoction in which it was cooked. Mushrooms should be cut into slices, fry them with Provencal herbs in olive oil. Now take the form, put the potatoes in it (one third part), place the mushrooms on top, then the onion, cut into the finest rings, then another part of the mashed potatoes, the next layer is olives and tomatoes (cut into plates). At the end, spread the remaining mashed potatoes, grease it with lean mayonnaise, and place the broccoli on top of the casserole, while squeezing its pieces into the potatoes. The resulting casserole has excellent taste, and its aroma is simply divine.
All of the above recipes can be safely called lean. In addition, such casseroles are low-calorie, so they will fit into the diet. You just have to try to cook them. Now you do not think that lean casseroles - is it tasteless?