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With the start of Lent, Moscow fairs have expanded their selection to ensure residents can enjoy a nutritious diet even while avoiding animal products. Visitors can enjoy grains, legumes, and plant-based convenience foods.
During this period, it's especially important to ensure sufficient protein in your diet. It's an essential component needed to maintain muscle mass, support the immune system, and promote tissue repair. While avoiding meat and dairy products, plant-based sources such as lentils, beans, and peas, as well as mushrooms, nuts, seeds, and grains, can help replenish the protein deficiency.
Plant-based mince made from chickpeas, peas, and lentils is available at Moscow fairs. The ingredients are grown and processed in the Rostov region. This makes a ready-made base for lean cutlets: simply mix the mince with finely chopped onions, add a little flour, salt, and spices. Instead of eggs, you can use psyllium, a soluble fiber, for binding. The cutlets are pan-fried until golden brown on both sides.
Microgreens and sprouts of various crops can also help enrich your Lenten diet with protein and nutrients. Markets offer hull-less oats, wheat, chickpeas, and red lentils specially prepared for sprouting at home. To do this, soak them in water for several hours and then rinse them twice a day. The first sprouts will appear in two to three days.
Microgreens also contain B vitamins, vitamin C, and antioxidants. For example, sprouted chickpeas are a valuable source of plant-based protein and amino acids, while sprouted lentils are rich in iron, which, when combined with vitamin C, is absorbed particularly effectively. Regular consumption of legumes and grains in this form helps maintain energy, improves digestion, and promotes overall health.
Plant-based mince and grains for sprouting are presented at several Moscow fairs: on Beskudnikovsky Boulevard (property 59), on Barvikhinskaya Street (property 6), Dubninskaya Street (property 8a), Domodedovskaya Street (property 12), Kostromskaya Street (property 20), Chicherina Square, and Polyarnaya Street (property 10).
Moscow fairs are a traditional destination for city residents to purchase high-quality, fresh farm produce from over 40 regions of Russia. Each supplier guarantees the quality and freshness of their products, and specialists State Veterinary Service of the City of Moscow check the products before sending them to the shelves.
Fair participants are provided with free space. Fair pavilions are located near metro stations and other busy locations and are equipped with heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and video surveillance systems, as well as commercial and refrigeration equipment, making them comfortable to visit.
Moscow fairs invite regional agricultural aggregators to collaborate, representing several farms and enterprises within the region. This not only allows local producers to enter the capital's market but also attracts tourists to the region and has a positive impact on its overall image. More information about collaboration is available on the official website of the State Budgetary Institution. Moscow Fairs.
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