For those with a sweet tooth, fasting is not sweet. It is more difficult for them to give up their favorite treats than from any meat and dairy pleasures. It is then that lean sweets come to the rescue, the recipes of which we will discuss.
Oat benefits
What sweets can you eat during Lent? Oatmeal cookies, because they are so tasty and healthy! Mix 50 ml of vegetable oil, 80 g of sugar, ½ tsp each. cloves, ginger, cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg and salt. Enter 1 tsp. soda, extinguished 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice, 180 g of ground oatmeal, 100 g of flour and 5 tbsp. l. water. Knead the dough, make cookies and bake at 200 ° C for 25 minutes. Add pineapple pieces to the dough and the taste will sparkle with tropical notes.
Honey dreams
The traditional fasting sweetness is honey. We heat a mixture of 250 g of sugar, 250 ml of water, 100 ml of vegetable oil and 2 tbsp. l. honey. When the sugar dissolves, put 2 tbsp. l. cocoa, 1 tsp. baking powder, cinnamon and vanilla to taste. We introduce 320 g of flour, 80 g of crushed nuts, 80 g of steamed raisins and knead the thick dough. Fill a baking dish with it and put it in the oven for 40 minutes at 180 ° C. Lubricate the gingerbread with jam, and the sweets will be delighted.
Apples in feather bed
Have a sweet tooth while fasting? Make an egg-free apple charlotte. Combine 200 g of applesauce, 150 ml of orange juice, ¼ tsp. cinnamon, a pinch of vanilla and salt. Pour 200 g of flour and semolina, 100 g of sugar and beat the dough with a mixer. Put half in a baking dish, sprinkle generously with apple slices and cover with the other half of the dough. Bake charlotte for 30 minutes at 180 ° C. This ruddy cake will bring immense joy to everyone.
Poppy miracle
Poppy seed roll is created for a lean menu. We dilute 50 g of yeast in 400 ml of warm water, stir in 400 g of flour and let the dough rise. We introduce another 600 g of flour, 180 ml of vegetable oil, a pinch of salt, knead the dough and keep it warm for 2 hours. Cook 200 g of poppy seeds with 6 tbsp. l. honey 15 minutes. Roll out a rectangle 1 cm thick from the dough, lay out the poppy, 2 bananas and an orange in cubes, roll up the roll. Lubricate it with strong black tea and bake for 30 minutes at 200 ° C. You can decorate the roll with fondant made from water and powdered sugar.
Funny muffins
Carrot muffins with dates are a delicious lean sweetness. Purée 150 g pitted dates with 50 ml carrot juice. Add 200 ml of olive oil, 300 ml of carrot juice, 400 g of flour and 1 tsp. baking powder. Pour in 100 g of nuts, knead the dough and fill the muffin molds. Lubricate them with 70 g icing sugar, 1 tbsp. l. boiling water and 1 tsp. lemon juice and bake for 40 minutes at 180 ° C. These muffins are convenient to take with you to work or for a walk with children.
Rosy sun
Pancakes are perfectly acceptable on a lean menu. In a deep bowl, mix 200 g of flour, 400 ml of orange juice, orange zest, 30 ml of vegetable oil, 4 tbsp. l. sugar and ¼ tsp. ground ginger. Beat the dough with a mixer, pour in 130 ml of boiling water with ½ tsp. soda and mix again. And then we fry the pancakes in a preheated pan with vegetable oil. Drizzle with honey or maple syrup for a great lean dessert.
Tales of the East
Perfect for sweet in fasting halva, made by yourself. We take 400 g of different nuts, 100 g of peeled pumpkin seeds and fry in a dry frying pan. Grind them into crumbs with a blender, put 200 g of raisins and continue to grind. Pour in 300 g of liquid honey, 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil and mix. We fill a baking sheet with this mass and let it freeze. No other can be compared with such a beautiful and tasty halva.
Crispy citrus
Do not rush to throw out the orange peels - they will turn out to be excellent. Cut the peel of 2 oranges into strips, soak in water for a day to remove the bitterness. Ideally, you should change it 5-6 times. We heat 200 ml of water, dissolve 200 g of sugar in it and pour out the crusts. Cook them for 30 minutes from the moment of boiling, put them on parchment paper and wait until the sweet crust hardens. This delicacy will charge you with good mood and vitamins.
Health candy
Candy is easy to turn into a healthy sweetness while fasting. Brown 100 g cashews in a dry frying pan and grind into flour. Soak 70 g of raisins in boiling water for 10 minutes, 200 g of dried apricots and pitted dates each. We pass dried fruits through a meat grinder, combine with cashews and sculpt small balls. Dip them in sesame seeds and refrigerate for a couple of hours. Such candies are pure benefits.
Harmony of fruits
Perhaps the lightest lean dessert is a fruit smoothie. Peel and dice large ripe banana, pear and kiwi. Combine them with 150 g of thawed blueberries and beat with a blender in mashed potatoes. Pour in 150 ml of coconut or almond milk, add 4 tbsp. l. flax seeds, 1 tbsp. l. honey and mix. Instead of lean milk, you can use fruit juice to make the smoothie taste even more interesting.
We hope these sweets will add to your treasure box of delicious recipes during the fast. The Lenten menu, whatever you say, should be varied and interesting. What desserts do you cook yourself? Share your good finds in the comments. Fasting is also very easy to cook with frozen vegetable and fruit mixes. With them, you can cook a wide variety of dishes: stews, baked vegetables, soups, vegetable casseroles, as well as light and delicious desserts with berries and fruits. Delicious post!
In addition, fasting helps the body get rid of accumulated toxins and extra pounds. Of course, not everyone can adhere to strict abstinence. It is clear with protein products of animal origin - they can be replaced with legumes, mushrooms, beans, lentils, soybeans, etc. But what about sweets? Of course, you should not limit yourself to sweets, since our brain must receive glucose in order to function well, because we continue to go to work, school, to the gym ...
During Lent, you can enjoy dried fruits, honey, halva, nuts, marmalade, dark chocolate and lean cookies.
Dried fruits can be included in your diet during fasting, and all without exception - dates, dried apricots, figs, raisins, prunes, cherries, etc. Glucose, which is contained in dried fruits, improves brain function, increases concentration, and also relieves fatigue eye, if your work is connected with documents, reporting and a computer. Eating dried fruits improves mood, helps fight depression, anemia and vitamin deficiency. Also, dried fruits serve as the prevention of cancer. These products help to recover faster from previous illnesses, saturating the body with lost vitamins.
Honey is not included in the list of prohibited foods during Lent. Moreover, he is especially revered by the church. This food is considered one of the most important foods during the fasting period. Some monasteries even have their own apiaries.
Honey compensates for the lack of nutrients usually obtained from animal products. The glucose and fructose contained in this food nourish the brain. Tea, with 1 tbsp. l. honey in the morning, will charge the body with energy for the whole day, increase vitality, and also protect against infections and colds, which is important in winter. In addition, honey can be added to lean cereals, thereby improving their taste and benefits.
This delicacy contains gelling components. It can be gelatin or agar or pectin. Each of these substances benefits the body. The fruit jelly contains many trace elements such as iron, magnesium, sodium, calcium and potassium, as well as vitamin PP.
The use of marmalade improves the peristalsis of the stomach, normalizes the liver, and also contributes to the proper functioning of the thyroid gland.
Halva is made most often from sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, peanuts or almonds. The antioxidants found in nuts and seeds prevent colon and breast cancer. Halva helps to get rid of irritability, insomnia and strengthens the nervous system. In addition, the beneficial substances contained in this product prolong the youthfulness of the skin, eliminate fine wrinkles, and the hair becomes thick and silky.
Dark chocolate improves brain function, satisfies hunger, lifts mood and fights stress. Real dark chocolate contains no animal fats and dairy products. Therefore, when choosing sweets, do not deny yourself the pleasure of enjoying this dessert. Be guided by the fact that this sweetness will cheer you up, because despondency is a sin.
Asks vacilioNatalia Amosenkova answers, 03/23/2014
Hello Vacilio!
answering your question: "when can you eat halva during fasting? with respect to the Brothers and Sisters, I myself
not a walking disabled person of the 2nd group, a computer for communication, no telephone
answer, in the name of our Lord JESUS CHRIST amen "
Fasting, according to the Bible, is not a ritual that must be performed on certain days. Fasting is when a person personally feels the need for a closer union with the Lord. Such fasting is aimed at cleansing the soul, at the desire to know the will of God in one's life, to draw closer to the Lord, to humble ourselves and, perhaps, to "induce" the Lord to give an answer to prayer ... Real fasting encourages a person to reconsider his life and leads to its change, so that it is more focused on serving our neighbors, in particular the most vulnerable layers of the population near us: the poor, the offended, the lonely, the sick, in something limited ...
Is this the post that I have chosen,
the day on which a man torments his soul,
when he bends his head like a reed,
and underlies rags and ashes?
Would you call this fasting and a day pleasing to the Lord? Here is the post I have selected:
Untie the chains of iniquity, untie the bonds of the yoke,
and let the oppressed free,
and break every yoke; share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the poor wandering into the house;
when you see naked, dress him,
and do not hide from your consanguineous. Then your light will open like dawn,
and your healing will soon increase,
and your righteousness will go before you,
and the glory of the Lord will accompany you. Then you will call, and the Lord will hear;
you will cry, and He will say: "Here I am!"
When you remove the yoke from your midst,
stop lifting your finger and talking offensive, and give your soul to the hungry
and nourish the soul of the sufferer:
then your light will rise in darkness,
and your darkness will like noon; and the Lord will always be your leader,
and during a drought will nourish your soul
and fatten your bones,
and you will be like a garden filled with water
and as a source of which the waters never run dry. And build up descendants your deserts are centuries old:
you will restore the foundations of many generations,
and they will call you a restorer of ruins,
renewer of paths for the population. If you hold your foot for the sake of Saturday
from the fulfillment of your whims on my holy day,
and you will call the Sabbath a delight,
the holy day of the Lord, honored,
and honor her by not doing your usual things,
to please your whim and gossip, - then you will have joy in the Lord,
and I will take you to the heights of the earth
And I will give you to taste the inheritance of your father Jacob:
the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.
And simply the fiction of performing some kind of ritual is useless and does not lead to salvation. If you do not eat meat for a week or two and at the same time, for example, quarrel with your neighbors almost every day, then such a fast is not pleasing to the Lord. And besides, there are many people who, based on their material income, do not eat meat for most of their life or all their life ...
Examples of fasting that we find in the Bible are described as completely abstaining from food or water for a certain time. For example, Jesus fasted 40 days and nights and ate absolutely nothing at that time. Few people can sustain such a fast.
God is love. And if a person cannot fast for medical reasons, then he does not need to do this or establish a fast for a day or half a day (maybe that is).
Regarding the decisions of a certain church regarding this issue, we are not experts and we cannot always advise a person, but this is not important for salvation as a human institution and can often be regarded by God as hypocrisy.
but they honor Me in vain,
teaching teachings, human commandments. For you,
leaving the commandment of God, adhere to the tradition of man
Dear brother, perhaps you keep many of the principles described in your life. Then thank God! But we wrote to you in case you did not know anything, since it is very important for your salvation.
May the Lord Jesus bless you and may your prayers be well pleasing to Him (). Yours faithfully sister in Christ Natasha
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| 07 Jul |
Great Lent is approaching, which helps to cleanse the body and soul of a person. During it, believers eat only lean foods. Before you start fasting, listen to the following tips.
What you can't eat during fasting
The main condition that fasting people must observe is to give up meat products (pork, chicken, beef, fish, lamb). And also you can not include the following components in your diet:
Candy;
Milk cheeses, butter, fermented milk and, in fact, milk).
So, what should be the diet and what lean foods are the best to use in the diet during Lent?
Grocery list
As you know, you cannot eat products of animal origin during fasting, but you can only. On the shelves of supermarkets and markets you can find a large assortment of such products. Before you go shopping, take a list of lean foods with you:
Groats (oat, buckwheat, rice, bulgur, pearl barley, corn, wheat, barley);
Vegetables (beets, spinach, potatoes, asparagus, carrots, peppers, cabbage, garlic, onions);
Mushrooms (porcini, champignons, honey agarics, oyster mushrooms, chanterelles) can be used in any form - fresh, dried or frozen.
Legumes (peas, asparagus and green beans, lentils, mung beans, chickpeas);
Vegetable fats (olive, linseed, sunflower, pumpkin);
Pickles (cucumbers, apples, cabbage, tomatoes);
Greens (basil, dill, mint, leeks, parsley) are used dried and fresh or as a spice;
Dried fruits (raisins, candied fruits, dried apricots, figs, prunes);
Nuts (cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, hazelnuts);
Any fruit can be, even exotic;
Sweets (jams, kozinaki, preserves, halva, honey);
Black and green olives;
From durum wheat;
Malt and bran bread;
Drinks (green tea, fruit drink, cocoa, compote, juices, jelly);
Soy products (milk, cottage cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream).
These are the types of lean foods you can eat. The list is quite wide. We advise you to stick to it while fasting.
Lean soy foods
The stores also sell ready-made meat and dairy products made from soy. They are enriched with vitamins, Omega-3 acids, trace elements, isoflavones. These lean foods have many benefits:
1. They do not need to be stored in the refrigerator.
2. They prepare quickly.
3. Soy can be classified as a complete source of protein.
4. Reduce the risk of breast tumors and cardiovascular diseases.
5. Regulate blood cholesterol.
6. Improves brain activity.
But doctors still advise you to be careful with these products. After all, most of the soybeans are grown using transgenic technologies. When choosing soy products, consider whether these imitators are really necessary.
An example of a lean menu
Before you start cooking, purchase some provisions. As mentioned above, fasting foods can be bought in supermarkets and markets. So, here are a couple of menu options that exclude components that are prohibited in the post.
For breakfast: wheat porridge cooked exclusively in water. Add finely chopped pumpkin to it. The drink is green tea.
Lunch: vegetarian borscht, light fresh cabbage salad with finely grated carrots.
Afternoon snack: In the oven, make potato rolls with mushrooms. The drink is apple compote.
Dinner: Stew the turnip with carrots. As a dessert - cranberries, which are mixed with honey.
Here's another option.
Breakfast: potato pancakes, radish salad. The drink is green tea.
Lunch: broccoli puree soup, salad of celery root, apples, rutabagas.
Afternoon snack: vegetable stew. The drink is apple and cranberry mousse.
Dinner: stewed cabbage rolls with rice and carrots. The drink is tea with jam. Dessert - candied fruits.
Now you are convinced that it can be varied and, most importantly, useful. All meals are balanced and include a sufficient amount of vitamins, proteins, microelements.
Benefits and contraindications
For some people, dietary restrictions are extremely contraindicated. The following categories of persons are exempt from office:
Anyone who has recently undergone a complex operation or a serious illness;
Aged people;
Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers;
Patients with diabetes;
Suffering from high blood pressure, kidney failure, serious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, stomach ulcers, gastritis;
People who are engaged in hard physical labor.
As for the rest, doctors welcome their desire to fast. After all, at least once a week it is necessary to arrange a fasting day.
Fasting is also good for the gastrointestinal tract. When eating lean food, harmful toxins and toxins are removed from the body. The intestinal microflora is restored. The level of cholesterol and sugar decreases, excess fluid is removed. Many people lose weight during fasting. Many people dream about it. After all, excess weight puts a strain on the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems. The lean menu is rich in fruits and vegetables that saturate the body with vitamins.
Fasting mistakes
In no case should you eat once or twice a day. The body stops getting enough energy sources. In this regard, the work of the immune system may deteriorate, and the hormonal background is disrupted. Be sure to include in the diet not only carbohydrate foods, but also protein foods. Otherwise, it will lead to the accumulation of adipose tissue. Excessive consumption of raw fruits and vegetables, nuts can provoke colic, bloating and even exacerbation of bowel disease. Be sure to include the first course in the Lenten menu every day.
The main thing in fasting is not limiting oneself in food, but a complete purification of the soul. And you should not go to extremes and make your menu only of water and bread.
Doctors advise against entering a multi-week fast without preparation. This can lead to nervous breakdowns and health problems. All this arises from the feeling of hunger. It is best to prepare yourself throughout the year. Do a deload once a week. Meals should be frequent and fractional. Eat five times a day. Eliminate fried. Steam, boil, simmer and bake.
After reading the article, we hope you understand that lean foods are nutritious, healthy and appetizing, and not at all tasteless.
Many people, considering their peace of mind, try to fast. However, the body still requires some kind of variety in nutrition. We suggest investigating such a fairly common sweet as halva for its suitability during fasting.
Halva composition
Halva appeared in our country relatively recently. Only at the beginning of the twentieth century, this oriental sweetness became one of the favorite delicacies of Russians. It first appeared in the 5th century BC in Iran. It was from the masters of this country that the Russians adopted the technology for the production of such a wonderful confectionery. Today we have the opportunity to try all kinds of halva (sesame, sunflower, peanut, nut and combined), but all this is produced with the help of machines. Real hand-made halva can be tasted only in Iran.
The composition of this product is quite simple: caramel mass (sugar, molasses or honey), seeds or nuts and a foaming agent (licorice root, soap root or egg yolk).
In production, sugar with molasses is most often used as a caramel mass, while honey is used for making at home. A foaming agent is added to give halva its classic look, so that it is layered. Sometimes, various colors and flavors are added to this confection.
Useful and harmful properties of halva
In addition to excellent taste, halva has a number of useful properties, rejuvenates the body, heals it, improves digestion and blood circulation, and strengthens the nervous system. This sweetness contains many substances valuable for the body: sodium, potassium, magnesium, proteins, food acids, calcium. This is a far from complete list of the usefulness contained in the product. For example, sesame, which is used to prepare one of the types of halva, is a storehouse of vitamins. There is also vitamin A, which a person needs for growth, development and good vision, vitamin E, which protects against cancer and infertility, and also helps to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases; B vitamins, which help to improve the state of the nervous system, memory and reduce the risk of colds, asthma.
In stores, halva can be bought by weight or in the form of bars, which is very convenient. In addition, halvica bars are often coated with chocolate, which allows you to mix two completely different flavors, giving the product a certain piquancy.
However, halva is not suitable for everyone. You should not use this product for people who are overweight (the calorie content of the product is 500-570 kcal per 100 grams). In addition, it is contraindicated for people with diabetes mellitus and metabolic disorders. And of course, if you have allergic reactions to any of the halva components, do not abuse this delicacy.
It must also be remembered that non-observance of storage rules can lead to the formation of mold, harmful to health, on halva.
Can you eat halva during fasting?
As for fasting, here halva will help you if you get hungry! It does not contain any prohibited ingredients unless it contains egg yolk. So read the label or