What to cook. The menu for the festive table. Lean meals

What to cook. The menu for the festive table. Lean meals

Menu for the New Year's table (Lean dishes)

salads 

Vinaigrette 

Ingredients:  

   - Beetroot – 2 pcs.  
   - Potatoes – 3 pcs.  
   - Carrots – 2 pcs.  
   - Pickled cucumbers – 2 pcs.  
   - Sauerkraut – 200 g  
   - Green peas – 1 jar  
   - Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp . l .  

Cooking method:  

   1. Boil the beets, potatoes and carrots.  
   2. Cut all the vegetables into cubes.  
   3. Mix with cabbage and peas, season with vegetable oil.  

Salad with beans and vegetables  

 Ingredients:

- Red beans (boiled or canned) – 1 jar  
   - Tomatoes – 2 pcs.  
   - Cucumbers – 2 pcs.  
   - Red onion – 1 pc.  
   - Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l
. - Lemon juice – 1 tbsp. l.  

Cooking method 

   1. Chop tomatoes, cucumbers and onions.  
   2. Mix the vegetables with the beans.  
   3. Season with oil and lemon juice.  

Beetroot salad with nuts  

 Ingredients:  

   - Beetroot – 2 pcs.  
   - Walnuts – 50 g  
   - Garlic – 2 cloves  
   - Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l
. - Salt – to taste  

Cooking method:  

   1. Boil the beets, grate them on a coarse grater.  
   2. Chop the nuts and add them to the beetroot.  
   3. Mix with crushed garlic, season with oil.  

Hot dishes

Potatoes baked with mushrooms

Ingredients:  

   - Potatoes – 1 kg  
   - Champignons – 300 g  
   - Onion – 2 pcs.  
   - Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. l
. - Salt, spices – to taste  

Cooking method:  

   1. Cut the potatoes into large slices, the mushrooms into slices, and the onion into rings.  
   2. Put everything on a baking sheet, add salt, spices, and drizzle with oil.  
   3. Bake at 180 °C for about 40 minutes.  

Vegetable stew

Ingredients:  

   - Zucchini – 2 pcs.  
   - Eggplant – 2 pcs.  
   - Tomatoes – 3 pcs.  
   - Bulgarian pepper – 2 pcs.  
   - Onion – 2 pcs.  
   - Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp . l .  

Cooking method:  

   1. Cut the vegetables into cubes.  
   2. Fry the onion, add the remaining vegetables.  
   3. Simmer under a lid over medium heat for 30 minutes.  

Buckwheat with vegetables  

Ingredients:  

   - Buckwheat – 1 cup  
   - Carrots – 1 pc.  
   - Onion – 1 pc.  
   - Champignons – 200 g  
   - Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp . l .  

Cooking method:  

   1. Boil the buckwheat.  
   2. Fry the onion, carrot and mushrooms.  
   3. Mix with buckwheat, warm up for 5 minutes.  

Desserts  

Lean cupcake with dried fruits
 
Ingredients:

- Flour – 2 cups
- Sugar – 1 cup  
   - Vegetable oil – 0.5 cups
- Dried fruits (raisins, dried apricots) – 100 g  
   - Baking powder – 1 tsp
. - Water – 1 cup  

Cooking method:  

   1. Mix sugar, butter and water.  
   2. Add flour, baking powder, and chopped dried fruits.  
   3. Bake at 180 °C for 40 minutes.  

Berry jelly 

Ingredients:  

   - Berries (fresh or frozen) – 300 g  
   - Sugar – 100 g  
   - Agar-agar – 1 tsp
. - Water – 500 ml  

Cooking method:  

   1. Stew the berries with sugar until the juice is released.  
   2. Add agar-agar and cook for 2 minutes.  
   3. Pour into molds, let cool.  

Fruit salad 

Ingredients:  

   - Apples – 2 pcs.  
   - Bananas – 2 pcs.  
   - Oranges – 2 pcs.  
   - Nuts – 50 g  
   - Honey – 2 tbsp . l .  

Cooking method:  

   1. Cut the fruit into cubes, chop the nuts.  
   2. Mix everything, pour honey over it.  

Enjoy your meal! 🎄