The book contains more than 50 recipes for lean dishes, united by the most popular topics: salads and snacks, first courses, hot dishes, pastries and desserts, drinks. Recipes for lean dishes are given in accordance with the calendar of Orthodox fasts and taking into account their severity. Fasting in one form or another is in all religions. Fast days are not only and not so much a rejection of fast meals, but also a time of intensified prayers, restriction in entertainment and pleasures, strengthening of mental strength.