In the early spring, nutrition is aimed at maintaining the vitality of the body, because there is no variety of vitamin products in winter. With the onset of the first warm days, I want to treat yourself to not only healthy, but also delicious food.
In March, you should pay attention to the following products:
- vegetables: carrots, beets, onions, celery root;
- fruits: pomegranate, kiwi, citruses, bananas, apples;
- greens: wild leek, spinach, sorrel, green onion, mint.
Naturally, one should not forget about other products, such as meat, fish, milk, nuts, dried fruits. You also need to consider that just March lasts Lent, and fasting will have to pick up recipes from allowed foods.
Spring salad with celery, apple and carrots
This type of salad is very useful in that it contains a minimum of calories and has a cleansing effect on the body. Dressings and spices can be varied to your taste.
One of the first references to celery was in 1623. But in Russia, this vegetable gained popularity during the time of Catherine II, who loved the plant and instilled a love of it for her subjects.
Ingredients:
- celery root: 1 pc.;
- apple: 1 pc.;
- carrots: 1 pc.;
- olive oil: 1 tbsp. l .;
- lemon juice: 1 tbsp. l .;
- salt, pepper: to taste.
Step-by-step cooking instructions:
- Peel and grate vegetables.
- Mix, salt, pepper, season with oil and lemon juice.
Video recipe
Spring salad with celery, apple and carrots
Soup “Lean pickle”
For people who fast, there is a need for recipes from foods that can be consumed. Pearl barley is very useful for the body, but is rarely used in cooking.
Ingredients:
- barley: 50 g;
- potatoes: 3 pcs.;
- carrots: 1 pc.;
- bow: 1 pc.;
- cabbage: 50 g;
- pickles: 2 pcs.;
- salt, pepper: to taste;
- olive oil: 2 tbsp. l .;
- dill: ½ bunch.
Step-by-step cooking instructions:
- Pearl barley should be soaked in cold water for 12 hours.
- Drain the liquid, add new water, add chopped potatoes to the barley, put on fire.
- In oil, fry the onions and carrots. Grate cucumbers, chop cabbage.
- As the potatoes are ready, add cucumber and cabbage to the soup, cook for 10 minutes.
- Then salt, pepper, add the fry and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle with dill when serving.
Baked pumpkin with vegetables
The recipe is convenient because vegetables can be selected to your taste, add cereals, meat, change spices, use coconut milk as a liquid.
Residents of Kyrgyzstan use pumpkin as a material for the manufacture of bottles that store koumiss. This allows the drink to remain fresh for a long period of time.
Ingredients:
- round pumpkin: 1 pc.;
- champignons: 200 g;
- potatoes: 3 pcs.;
- carrots: 1 pc.;
- bow: 1 pc.;
- garlic: 3 cloves;
- parsley: ½ bunch;
- vegetable oil: 2 tbsp. l .;
- vegetable broth: 500 ml;
- salt, spices: to taste.
Step-by-step cooking instructions:
- From a pumpkin you need to make a pot, for this they cut off the lid, clean them of seeds and viscera.
- Mushrooms and vegetables to clean, rinse, chop and fry in vegetable oil.
- Season vegetables with salt and spices, mix, transfer to a pot of pumpkin, pour the vegetable broth, close the lid from the top of the pumpkin.
- Wrap with foil, bake at + 180 ° С for 1 hour.
- Season with herbs.
Tangerine cookies
The mandarin season will end soon, which means that urgently need to apply them to the maximum.
Ingredients:
- butter: 150 g;
- eggs: 2 pcs.;
- sugar: 80 g;
- flour: 500 g;
- orange juice: 1 tbsp. l .;
- orange peel: 2 tsp;
- baking powder: 1 tsp;
- tangerines: 5 pcs.;
- icing sugar: for powder.
Step-by-step cooking instructions:
- Beat butter at room temperature with sugar and egg.
- Add the zest to the mass.
- Knead the dough from egg mass, flour, baking powder and juice.
- Wrap the dough with cling film and put in the refrigerator for 5 hours.
- To get out, roll out, divide into 20 parts, make balls, squeeze, decorate with thinly sliced mandarin slices, grease with beaten yolk of the second egg and crush with sugar.
- Bake at + 180 ° C for 20 minutes.
- Garnish with icing sugar.
Spring fruit cocktail
A minimum of effort and maximum benefit for the body is what can be said about such drinks. You can use various fruits, berries, add your favorite spices, bran and even nuts.
Ingredients:
- apple: 1 pc.;
- banana: 1 pc.;
- Kiwi: 1 pc.;
- kefir: 250 ml;
- honey: 1 tsp
Step-by-step cooking instructions:
- Peel the fruits, put them in the blender bowl.
- Add kefir and honey there, chop, pour into glasses.
Very soon, a lot of other useful gifts of nature will appear on the shelves, but each season has its own charm and originality. You need to make the most of each product.
