Pancreatitis is a pathological lesion of the parenchymal gland, expressed in the development of inflammation of this organ and a decrease in its functionality. One of the aspects of successful treatment of the disease is adherence to a strict diet, which will help reduce the inflammatory process, prevent re-exacerbation and various complications. Recipes for preparing dietary food, if desired, can differ in a very impressive variety. Despite the fact that with pancreatitis, only dietary products are allowed to be consumed, you can prepare very tasty various dishes from them both for yourself and for your family and friends, which will be useful not only for pancreatic pathology, but also for the development of gastritis, as well as for cholecystitis. All types of fatty meat are completely excluded from the patients’ diet, but at the same time, attending physicians advise enriching the patients’ daily diet with lean types of meat, which is best consumed boiled, as part of stews, or pureed, and preferably in the form of meatballs or cutlets. Let's take a closer look at what kind of cutlets for pancreatitis are recommended to be cooked in order not only to diversify the diet, but also to get some benefit from it, and also what is the secret of preparing delicious dietary minced meat.
First course recipes
Warm soups for pancreatitis should be nutritious, while not irritating the mucous membrane of the digestive tract. They are prepared with both vegetable and meat broths. For soups, choose low-fat types of cape: beef, rabbit, idea, chicken. The basis of any soup should be vegetables.
Important! During the early recovery period, soups are ground to a puree consistency. It is not necessary to do this after the symptoms of an exacerbation have subsided.
Pumpkin-carrot soup for pancreatitis
Products:
- Pumpkin pieces – 250-300 gr.
- Carrots – 2 pcs.
- Bell pepper – 2 pcs.
- Meat broth (chicken, beef or vegetable) – 1.5 liters
- Pumpkin seeds optional.
Step by step recipe:
All vegetables are washed, peeled and chopped into small pieces. Then take a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place the prepared pieces of vegetables on the bottom of the baking sheet, salt them to taste and sprinkle with a little olive oil. Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 200 C to bake. After 15 minutes, remove the baking sheet, turn the vegetables over and bake them for another 15 minutes.
Cool the prepared vegetables. Remove the skin from the peppers. Place the prepared vegetables in a bowl and puree them using a blender. Then, gradually adding meat or vegetable broth, bring the soup to the consistency you need. The finished dish is served with pumpkin seeds. If desired, the soup can be boiled, this will keep it in the refrigerator longer.
Dietary potato soup for pancreatitis
Products:
- Potato broth (or any other vegetable broth) – 1 liter
- Large potato tubers – 2 pcs.
- Large carrots – 1 pc.
- Tomato – 1 pc.
- Large onion – 1 pc.
- A sprig of herbs (parsley, dill)
- Unsalted sandwich butter – 1 teaspoon
- Sour cream - optional
Step by step recipe:
Peel and wash the carrots, then grate them. Finely chop the onion, do the same with the greens. Place grated carrots, onions and herbs into a frying pan, pour in a small amount of broth or potato broth, and add butter. Bring the contents of the pan to a boil and let simmer for 2-3 minutes.
Boil the remaining broth. Add potato pieces, finely chopped tomatoes (remove the skins if desired) and the resulting dressing into the boiling broth. Salt the contents of the pan to taste and cook until the potatoes are soft. The finished dish is served warm with fresh sour cream and herbs.
In a slow cooker
Beef soufflé
This dish is an alternative to cutlets and meatballs, because with pancreatitis it is important to diversify the menu. To make the soufflé tender and tasty, you need to follow the rules for its preparation.
Pass 300-350 g of beef through a meat grinder 2 times. Add 130 g of milk and a teaspoon of butter to the minced meat, carefully move the minced meat with your hands. Beat the white of one egg with a mixer until stiff foam and gradually add it to the minced meat. Add a tablespoon of wheat flour. Stir thoroughly. Grease the multicooker mold with butter and place the minced meat in it in a layer of about 3 - 4 cm. Close the multicooker lid, set the custom mode with a temperature of 100 degrees for 15 minutes. You can serve boiled rice or buckwheat as a side dish for this soufflé.
Fish recipes
Fish dishes are low in calories and easy to digest. Fish contains a whole range of essential trace elements and minerals that are necessary for the functioning of all body systems, especially the immune system.
Light dietary steamed fish cutlets for pancreatitis
Products:
- Low-fat fish fillet – 150-200 gr.
- Milk – ¼ cup (30-50 ml)
- Loaf pulp – 30 g. (in equal parts with milk)
- Unsalted sandwich butter - teaspoon
Additional Tips
Diet meals can be tasty and enjoyable if you use little cooking tricks
With pancreatitis, patients have to give up a number of foods in order to quickly restore pancreatic function and get rid of unpleasant symptoms. There are several subtleties that allow you to prepare a tasty, tender, harmless minced meat dish. The patient will enjoy dietary cutlets made from chicken, rabbit, turkey or beef, will provide the body with nutrients and will not cause harm.
- You should not add a lot of eggs to the minced cutlets; they make the minced meat tough and dry. Some get by without them at all.
- To make the minced meat denser, if it comes out liquid, add semolina to it. It swells and takes away excess moisture; semolina does not change or worsen the taste of the finished dish.
- When adding breadcrumbs, the cutlets turn out denser; when adding soaked bread, they turn out more tender and airy.
- Before forming the cue balls, the prepared minced meat is beaten. The voids inside the mass will come out, it will become elastic and homogeneous.
- To prevent dietary meatballs from falling apart, roll them in flour before cooking.
Summary: your favorite fried cutlets for inflammation of the pancreas are a guaranteed way to get a new attack of exacerbation of an unpleasant disease and nullify the results of previous treatment. But if you cook meat balls from lean meat, without spices, seasonings, or fat in a double boiler or slow cooker, they will become a healthy dish recommended for a patient’s therapeutic diet.
Side dish recipes
For patients with pancreatitis, side dishes are prepared from vegetables, cereals and pasta. Since this all gets boring and boring quite quickly, we would like to introduce you to an unusual side dish that is universally suitable for both meat and fish dishes. You can also use it as an independent dish.
Pumpkin and potato puree for pancreatitis
Products:
- Large potato tubers – 4 pcs.
- Pumpkin – 250-300 gr.
- Large carrots – 1 pc.
Step by step recipe:
Wash the carrots, peel and cut into medium pieces. Place the carrot pieces in boiling salted water and cook for 15 minutes. At this time, wash and peel the potato tubers and pumpkin. Cut them into medium pieces and let them cook with the carrots. Cook the vegetables until soft, then mash into a smooth puree. If desired, you can add your favorite spices to taste.
Diet No. 5p: Principles of nutrition for pancreatitis
Diet No. 5p is suitable for patients with chronic pancreatitis. Strict adherence to it can save them from exacerbations. Patients with an acute form of the disease need to be careful with their diet and follow the doctor's instructions. Most often, immediately after an attack, the patient is prescribed several days of fasting, after which they can gradually switch to diet No. 5p.
The main goal of the diet is to minimize inflammatory processes in the pancreas and restore the production of pancreatic juice and necessary enzymes.
If you have pancreatitis, you need to eat in small portions every 2-3 hours. This will remove the excess stress from the organ that is caused by the usual three meals a day. You also need to follow the drinking regime: drink 2-3 liters of water a day, at least 20 minutes before meals and an hour after it.
Dessert Recipes
It makes no sense to completely give up sweets if you have pancreatitis. The body needs carbohydrates, and desserts and sweets contain their main supply. Don’t get carried away with sweets, allow yourself no more than 1 teaspoon per day of sugar or honey and no more than 20 grams. other sweets. Dietary sweets will be a good alternative to the usual desserts.
Dietary souffle “Bird's milk” for pancreatitis
Products:
- Skim milk (can be replaced with plain water) – 1 cup
- Gelatin – 1 sachet
- Sweetener – 1 teaspoon
- Vanilla sugar or vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon
- Optional food coloring and flavoring.
Step by step recipe:
Soak the gelatin in warm milk and leave to swell for 10-15 minutes (as written in the instructions). After the gelatin has swelled, add vanilla extract to the pan and place the pan on the heat. Stirring constantly, dissolve the gelatin completely in milk (or water) and immediately remove from heat to prevent it from boiling. Add sweetener to the resulting mixture and set the pan aside until it cools completely.
As soon as the gelatin begins to set and the liquid has cooled completely, beat it with a mixer at high speed. This process is lengthy and depends on the power of your mixer. Beat the gelatin mixture until stiff peaks form.
Take a deep form. Cover it with cling film and pour the contents of the pan into the mold. Level the surface and cover the top of the mold with another layer of cling film. Place the mixture in the refrigerator overnight until completely set.
After hardening, the contents of the mold are turned over onto a plate or parchment paper and cut into portions with a sharp knife. This delicacy should be stored for no more than 1 day in a tightly closed container to prevent drying out. Dietary soufflé can be eaten with coffee, tea and milk.
Recipes for snacks and appetizers
As a snack, the patient's diet includes additional meals: second breakfast and afternoon snack. Dishes for these meals should be light, easily digestible and low in calories.
Curd pudding for pancreatitis
Products:
- Low-fat cottage cheese – 0.5 kg
- Semolina – 3 tablespoons
- Milk – 1 glass
- Egg – 1 pc.
- Low-fat sour cream – 2-3 dessert spoons
- Vegetable oil for greasing the mold
Step by step recipe:
Pour semolina with a glass of milk and leave to swell for 15 minutes. At this time, chop the cottage cheese or wipe it so that there are no lumps.
Add the swollen semolina along with milk and egg yolk to the finished cottage cheese. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form and carefully fold into the curd mixture, stirring with a spatula.
Grease the bottom and ends of the mold with oil. Place the curd mass into the mold and coat its surface with sour cream. Bake the curd pudding in an oven preheated to 200 C until fully cooked.
This pudding makes a great snack or a full dinner. It is low in calories, easy to digest and digest.
Porridges, soups and side dishes
There are no strict restrictions when using cereals in the diet. Almost any type of dish is suitable here: buckwheat, rice, semolina, wheat, oatmeal. Corn is not prohibited as a base for porridge. The juiciest part of corn is the corn silk. Other products of plant origin are also used with porridges as a supplement.
Soups are prepared not too thick and rich; the opposite case provokes a relapse in the disease. Recommended to cook: cabbage soup, chicken soups, milk soups, etc. Borscht is considered a fatty dish, it is cooked carefully and boiled thinner. The composition should not include a lot of meat, ginger, figs.
When preparing main courses or side dishes for pancreatitis, carefully select the composition. When serving with the main course, meat or fish, it is important that the products form acceptable combinations. Keep an eye on the spice. To prepare mixed dishes - stuffed peppers, vegetable cutlets - choose lean meat and fresh vegetables.
Make mashed potatoes more often: from potatoes, beets, carrots, or simply steam the potatoes. The use of celery is allowed in the stage of weakening pancreatitis.
Salads
A special Olivier is offered as a dietary dish for pancreatitis. Boil potatoes and carrots in their skins. Steam the chicken. Boil the eggs in the usual way. Cut the ingredients into small pieces and mix in a deep plate. Season with low-fat sour cream. Salt is recommended in small quantities.
Two examples of common types of lettuce are described. Vary the types of food. Include only approved products. It is recommended to chop nuts and add them to salads; this is allowed if the disease is in the weakening stage.
What fish is not used in the diet?
The most important criterion is the fat content - more than 8% is simply unacceptable for the nutrition of a person suffering from pancreatitis.
The ban is due to the difficulty of breaking down fatty acids, which require a large number of enzymes, and this creates a large load on the pancreas.
It is prohibited to eat the following fish:
- salty;
- fried;
- dried;
- smoked.
It is worth noting that there is a taboo on canned food, since they contain a lot of salt and various additives. A controversial issue is fish soup. The specialist will give individual advice on including fish soup in the menu for each individual case of the disease.
Reference! If the gastroenterologist allows the use of fish soups, it is best to cook them in a second broth, or strain off excess fat before serving.
Rules for the consumption of meat products by patients with pancreatitis
The diet of patients with pancreatitis and colitis has a number of restrictions. Let's consider what types of meat and fish products are allowed for patients.
Chicken
Chicken should appear in the diet no earlier than the second week after diagnosis of the disease. It is better to cook the bird in the form of minced meat, minced twice through a meat grinder. It is forbidden to use spices during cooking, but it is not forbidden to season with herbs. Remove skin before cooking chicken. It is highly not recommended to use meat from domestic chickens; there is a risk of aggravating the situation. Chicken meat is steamed, simply boiled. Cutlets are made from it without using a large amount of oil.
The leading place among chicken dishes is occupied by puree soup. The advantage of the dish is that the remaining chicken broth is drained and used for other purposes. The place of chicken broth will be taken by vegetable broth, made from potatoes, onions, cabbage, you can add herbs, parsley will do.
Jellied meat is contraindicated for pancreatitis.
Beef
Beef has long been known for its pronounced taste. This meat is recommended for use in diets for pancreatitis.
Cow meat contains a lot of protein and protein, which is extremely important for patients. Proteins help fight inflammation of the pancreas and restore damaged body tissue. The meat is rich in iron and contains a small amount of fat. Beef is quickly absorbed by the body; the raw material is steamed or boiled.
An example of a dish for pancreatitis is beef soufflé or cutlet. The soufflé is prepared in a slow cooker, the meat is soft and tender. For the dish you will need: beef, rice, eggs, salt, butter, milk. The prepared soufflé is eaten in small portions, otherwise a relapse may occur with a large amount of meat.
It is strictly prohibited to use beef tongue for food.
Turkey
Turkey has long occupied a well-deserved place on dinner tables, and tasty meat has found its way into a variety of diets. It is recommended for patients in the acute stage of pancreatic disease. Turkey contains a type of protein that is absorbed by the body by almost 95%. Turkey is considered a hypoallergenic food, causing quick satiety. The meat is steamed or boiled.
It is recommended to follow the daily allowance of turkey for pancreatitis, the size is 150 grams. Cutlets have become a common poultry dish.
When cooking, it is recommended to cut the meat into small pieces and cook for one and a half to two hours. It is usually served with a side dish of vegetables. Sea buckthorn oil is recommended for meat. Salt the dish should be moderate; salt is contraindicated in large quantities.
Seafood
Fish and seafood include beneficial properties needed by patients with similar diseases. Squid, shrimp and other types of seafood can be included in the diet if there is no negative reaction from the body. The indicated product options are prepared by steaming. Allowed fish: cod, pike, perch, flounder. The minced meat is made into cutlets or boiled in small pieces.
Such dishes for pancreatitis are both tasty and healthy for the body, since they contain proteins (especially protein), calcium, fiber, etc.
Benefit
Prohibited Products
There are many foods in the diet that contain harmful substances for a patient with pancreatitis; they are recommended to be replaced with other types of food. These include:
- Juices containing acid.
- Alcohol.
- Lentils during the chronic stage of pancreatitis.
- Various spices.
- Confectionery.
- Crab sticks.
- Canned foods, smoked meats and pickles.
- Chocolate.
- Viburnum berry.
The patient should avoid eating cakes, puff pastry dishes, lamb, black coffee, and ice cream. During the period of complications of the disease, celery is prohibited. Olives are contraindicated for pancreatitis.
