What to feed vegetarians and fasting?

At the beginning of Lent believers, but a lot of people on our planet, and it never ends. We're talking about vegetarians - people who refuse from products of animal origin. What is important to know about the power of this concept?

Vegetarianism   - One of the oldest systems of power, which is sometimes part of religious beliefs. Today, proponents of non-animal products often guided by the opinion that plant foods gives a person all the essentials that you need for a fulfilling life. Not all nutritionists share this belief, but we must admit - vegetarians in the world is growing.

There are several trends vegetarianism . Someone refused only on meat and fish, but it still has eggs and eating dairy products, including - rennet cheese (used in its manufacture fragment of bovine stomach). Such people are called ovolaktovegetariantsami. Someone completely refuses animal products in favor of exclusively vegetable food: it vegans, most "stringent" vegetarians. However, the most common laktovegetariantsy: those who eat dairy products made without animal ingredients and plants.

If among your friends there Vegetarians And you want to invite them to visit, try to figure out what products are excluded from the diet. But in any case, you can always cover the table a delicious and varied!

For strict vegans

1. Salads and appetizers. Feel free to cook any vegetable salads that you can fill with vegetable oil or sauce with lemon juice, wine vinegar, garlic, mustard and so on. D. A great refreshing snack - grated juicy radish, "green plate" - assorted fresh herbs: dill, parsley, green onions, coriander, basil. These products stimulate the appetite and improve digestion.
2. Entree .  Do not philosophize slyly, cook what you really good at: fried in vegetable oil, potatoes with onions and mushrooms or braised cabbage with carrots and tomatoes, or stew with beans or zucchini .  By the way, some vegetables can be made vegetarian burgers: for example, if the oven baked eggplant peel and rub the pulp with a small amount of wheat flour, you get a great stuffing for savory meatballs .  It is also possible to add any spicy greens, fried mushrooms, onion, garlic, salt and pepper .  Form of mass eggplant patties, roll them in bread crumbs and fry on both sides in vegetable oil until golden brown - and wonderful dish that will appeal not only vegan but meat-eaters, you're done! Another dish is familiar to us - hash browns or pancakes .  The grated potatoes need to add salt and pepper, finely chopped onions, dill, and as a binder - a little potato starch .  Spoon potato mixture lay in hot oil and fry quickly on both sides . 

What else can apply to the table? Pasta without cream sauces and meat (but it is possible - with mushrooms, pesto or tomato, soy cheese), mashed potatoes (instead of milk and butter use vegetable cream or vegetable broth), all homemade pickles and marinades, boiled vegetables - for example, broccoli, green beans or pumpkin - with spicy sauce based on vegetable oils and spices, as well as any grains and cereals.

1. Desserts and drinks. It is a win-win: assortment of fresh and dried fruits, nuts, seeds, and sweets such as candy. Suitable and dark chocolate (it usually does not enter the milk). For tea or coffee, except for sugar, apply honey, vegetable cream. Other drinks - and soft and alcoholic - as a rule, do not contain any animal ingredients (exception - milkshakes and some alcoholic drinks with egg yolk), so feel free to put on the table and juices, and homemade fruit drinks, and wines and spirits - all taken in your company.

For laktovegetariantsev

All the dishes that we have offered for strict vegans, fully fit for laktovegetariantsev. But the latter can also offer salads, dressed with sour cream or yogurt, mashed potatoes with butter, mushroom julienne with cheese and cream sauce, and desserts with whipped cream or yoghurt dressing. In addition, laktovegetariantsy can eat any chocolate.

Several nuances:

1. If you want to make jelly or jelly, do not use gelatin and agar-agar. Gelatine - the product of animal origin.
2. Planning dessert discard marshmallow and marshmallow - often these sweets include egg powder.
3. If you want to use mayonnaise, choose a vegetarian. As usual with eggs or egg powder.

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