Orthodox Great Lent lasts seven weeks. How to behave in a post? All this time, believers must adhere to traditions and refuse animal food, showing strength of mind and humility of the flesh. However, this does not mean that you need to sit on bread and water. There are many recipes for lean, but nutritious and delicious dishes. Try making vegetable soup with spinach in a simple recipe.
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You will need
- Sunflower oil 2 table. spoons
- Onions - 1 pc.,
- Three quarters of a glass of dry wine
- Garlic - 5 cloves,
- Fresh carrots - 2 pcs.,
- Potato -2 pcs.,
- 4-5 glasses of vegetable or chicken broth,
- Parsley - 1 bunch,
- Fresh thyme - 8 sprigs or dry 2 tsp.
- Bay leaf - 2 pcs.,
- String beans - 1 cup,
- Fresh spinach - a bunch,
- To taste salt and pepper.
Instruction manual
1
Pour the broth into the pan and bring to a boil.
2
Finely chop the onion, chop the potatoes and carrots. Heat vegetable oil in a pan and fry the onion until golden brown, add to the broth.
3
Pour in the wine and finely chopped garlic. Boil for 4-5 minutes. Then add carrots, after 3-4 minutes pour potatoes.
4
Add thyme, bay leaf, parsley, pepper and salt to the soup.
5
Close the lid, bring to a boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes, then add green beans, spinach and cook for another 5 minutes. Delicious lean soup is ready!
Useful advice
How to behave in a post? This question concerns nutrition, and behavior, and words, and thoughts. Believers should not forget that the time of fasting is a period of spiritual cleansing, the test of the flesh, the power of prayer and one’s own spirit, so you need to behave with dignity and modesty, not allowing yourself anything superfluous, and starving is not necessary at all.