It’s hot and we have no appetite at all. However, we need to help our body with minerals and vitamins. In the summer season, light dishes without meat are ideal. Today we offer you 3 recipes of Lenten soups.
They are very easy to make, with the ingredients you have in the kitchen. If not, you can quickly walk to the market or supermarket. In addition, they are also good for days when you want to fast. They help you diversify your menu, are a good source of minerals and vitamins, and are easy to prepare. Good food and good appetite!
Bean soup with pasta
It tastes exceptionally good!
Ingredients:
- 200 g of beans
- 200 g of green beans
- 50 g of small puff pastry
- 6 tomatoes
- 4 carrots
- 2 onions
- vinegar
- oil
- fresh basil
- salt
Method of preparation:
The first time you need to soak the beans from the night before. The next day, discard the water and place the beans in a larger pot, along with 2 liters of water. While the beans are cooking, peel the tomatoes and cut them into smaller cubes. Peel the onion and chop finely. Peel and wash the carrots, then grate them on a smaller grater. Turn on another burner and sauté the carrot, onion and tomatoes for 1 minute. Then put everything in the boiling soup. Add the chopped basil and beans. Let it boil for 10 minutes, then add 2 tablespoons of vinegar and salt to taste. The soup should boil until the vegetables are well soaked.
Separately, boil the pasta in lightly salted water, then drain and add it to the soup. Boil a few more times.
In the Lenten Soup Recipes category below, you can find how to make an Oltenia delicacy.
Olten vegetable soup
If you don’t want it to be fasting, you can serve it with a spoonful of cream.
Ingredients:
- 100 g of green beans
- 200 g of tomato juice
- 4 potatoes
- 2 peppers
- Borsch of 300 ml
- 1 celery
- 2 carrots
- 1 leek
- fresh larch
- salt
Method of preparation:
First wash and clean all the vegetables. Then cut each according to preference, larger or smaller. Boil everything in 2 liters of water (except potatoes). When the vegetables are almost ready, add the diced potatoes.
At the end add the borscht (cooked or not) and the tomato juice. Adjust the taste of salt and let it boil for a few seconds. Before serving, mash the chopped leustean into the castrin.
Tomato soup with pasta
If you don’t have fresh tomatoes, you can use diced canned tomatoes.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of tomatoes
- 50 g of pasta
- 2 carrots
- 2 onions
- 2 peppers
- fresh parsley
- Pepper
- salt
Method of preparation:
Wash the tomatoes and boil them for 5 minutes. Then peel them and put them in a blender. Clean the carrots, peppers and onions. Wash them and boil everything in a liter of water. When the fork enters them easily enough, add the tomato puree. Let it continue to boil over low heat. Meanwhile, boil the pasta in water with a little salt. When they are ready, drain, rinse and drain once more. Add them to the soup and boil for about 3 minutes. Adjust the taste of salt and pepper at the end.
As a decoration, before serving, you can sprinkle some finely chopped parsley.
In addition, for some days of the week you can also opt for the soup made as in the monastery. And this can help you lose weight. Remember that to lose unwanted pounds, you need a healthy diet. Low-calorie diets, such as the Danish diet, help for a while, after which the yo-yo effect occurs. This means that once the diet is over, you will return to your unhealthy eating habits. Of course, it also depends on the body. Corina Caragea, for example, lost weight after isolation caused by the pandemic with a personalized regimen. Therefore, within an 8-hour interval she was allowed to eat healthy, after which she consumed nothing for 16 hours.
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