On Ash Wednesday, Lent began. The carnival is over, the heyehuja, the feast of rejoicing, is over, and now we can prepare for the greatest celebration of Christianity, Easter.
Fasting before holidays has long been a well-known concept, practised by many religions and cultures. Lent is always a time of quieting down, of turning inward, of introspection and spiritual preparation for the holidays. In fact, Advent is also a fast, but in recent times, in the midst of the joyful preparations, especially the Christmas shopping frenzy, it has been less observed. The period leading up to Easter is much more in the public consciousness.
Lent lasts 40 days, until Holy Saturday evening. If you quickly take out your calendar and start counting, you will notice that from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday is not 40 days, but 46. The solution to this mystery is that the Church does not consider the six Sundays that fall within this period as fasting days, so Lent is extended by six days.
Putting religious sentiment aside, Lent is a great time for the body to rest after a winter of less varied diets and a spring and summer of delicious ingredients, to take a break from the daily tiring work of the digestive system. In fashionable terms today, we call it detoxification, and the idea is simply that by eating less and more easily digestible food, we allow our bodies to save a little inside and use their energy to renew themselves instead of digesting.
Cognition, religious affiliation and even criteria can decide how you fast. Some people abstain from eating meat for the whole 40 days, others only on Fridays. Some people keep a strict fast, i.e. three meals a day, but only one full meal, and of course without meat. Everyone can choose what suits them best, but I think that if we take care to eat more vegetableset and hal(which we should be doing anyway, we just don't do it) does a lot for the health of our bodies - and therefore our souls.
Not eating meat doesn't necessarily mean that meals are boring and potatosoup and cheese on dough we have to live for six weeks. There are lots of wonderful foods to eat, and perhaps a period like this is also a good time to try new things.
This is what we want to help you do. We have collected some of the ingredients, which are safe to eat during Lent. If you're having a cold dinner, try the smoked salmon filletand if you want to have a barbecue in the adolescent spring, I recommend the salmon filletor the tunaat. We have a wide range of other haland seafood, are all excellent ingredients, whether simply breaded or prepared in a more exciting way. I also recommend, as a side dish or on their own, the grilled mediterranean vegetable mixet, the erdei mushroom mixor the vitale mix with asparagus even before the asparagus season. A vegetablesThey are ready and waiting for you to prepare and enjoy. And who says you can't eat sweets during Lent? A light fruit cake, apple pie or plum dumpling is sure to brighten up your Friday lunches. Flour is a must at home, with quick-frozen, carefully selected fruitwe take care of them. Let's get ready for Easter together, with lots of treats and care!
