Soups for pancreatitis have a therapeutic effect, help reduce the pain threshold and the inflammatory process in the pancreas. The value of first courses is that they include a large amount of microelements and vitamins, help remove toxins and normalize the functioning of the digestive system. Nutritionists recommend including different soups in your diet, choosing the components of the dish based on taste and preferences, with the condition that all the ingredients used to prepare the healthy dish are included in the list of permitted foods.
Patients with pancreatitis need to include soups in their daily menu. In case of exacerbation of the disease, they should be consumed several times during the day.
What soups can you eat if you have pancreatitis?
When preparing soups, it is necessary to use products that can be consumed for pancreatitis. Nutritionists advise that first courses include ingredients whose action is aimed at normalizing the functioning of the pancreas.
For pancreatitis, it is allowed to consume soups with meat and fish, provided that the meat soup is prepared in secondary broth (the meat is boiled twice, draining the first broth). When choosing meat, preference should be given to low-fat varieties that do not contain a layer of fat. The meat should be cut very finely, so it will be better digested. Using fatty meat broth may aggravate the disease. According to nutritionists, rabbit, turkey, chicken and veal meat are best suited for making healing soups. To prepare fish soup, it is recommended to use pollock and hake.
Vegetable soups are very healthy. The use of soups made from potatoes, onions, carrots, zucchini, and pumpkin has a positive effect on health. You can season soups with salt, turmeric, herbs, and garlic. The use of soups made from fresh cabbage and millet is not recommended, since these products cause increased production of hydrochloric acid and can cause nausea and vomiting.
If you have pathology of the pancreas, you can also include milk soups in your diet with some restrictions. It is not allowed to prepare soup with undiluted milk, as the product can cause bloating, vomiting and provoke an attack of pancreatitis. It is recommended to prepare the soup with milk diluted with water (1:1); milk soups should be consumed no more than twice a week.
It is not recommended to consume pea soup during an exacerbation of pancreatitis, since such a dish can cause increased flatulence. Eating puree soups and cream soups is beneficial. When preparing such dishes, a minimal amount of nutrients is lost; due to the soft structure of the dishes in this form, they have a gentle effect on the pancreas.
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
Vegetarian soups for pancreatitis - recipes
Vegetarian soups for pancreatitis have a healing effect on the pancreas. Such soups have a large volume and low calorie content, have a positive effect on the digestive system, cleanse the body, normalize metabolic processes, and are excellent sources of vitamins and microelements.
Such soups should be prepared without salt or with a very small amount of it. You can diversify your dishes and give them an appetizing taste and appearance using spices and herbs. Adding carrots, curry, turmeric can improve the taste of the soup, as well as add brightness and a beautiful look to lunch. Vegetarian soups can be decorated with fresh herbs: parsley, dill, basil, cilantro, green onions - and as a result you get a very aromatic and appetizing dish.
Borsch
Borscht is a very common dish; many people love and cook it often. Patients with pancreatitis should prepare this dish following a special recipe.
For the base of the soup, use a broth of 1 carrot and 2 potatoes, then add half a beet. When cooking, you need to completely avoid overcooking. You can add greens to the finished dish.
Rice soup
This soup is suitable for consumption during an exacerbation of the disease. You need to take water - 600 ml, ¼ cup of rice, 1 potato, ¼ carrot. Salt, herbs, and sour cream can be added during the period of remission.
Vegetables are peeled, washed, carrots are grated, potatoes are cut into small cubes. The water is brought to a boil and pre-washed rice and chopped vegetables are added to it. After boiling, leave the soup on low heat for 15 minutes until the potatoes and rice are cooked. Before use, it is recommended to mash the potatoes with a fork or grind the soup in a blender.
Oatmeal soup
Made from Hercules oat flakes. Add a few tablespoons of oatmeal to 1.3 liters of water and cook over low heat. The resulting mass is filtered through a sieve and put back on the fire until it boils. You can add greens and some crackers to the soup.
Pearl barley soup
40 g of pearl barley are placed in 2 liters of water and boiled for 3 hours over low heat. The finished liquid is filtered and a vegetable soup is prepared using the resulting broth, choosing ingredients to taste. All vegetables should be finely chopped or shredded.
You can also pour a decoction of pearl barley into a plate, add a little salt and dip white bread croutons (not store-bought) into it.
Diet soups
Dietary soups can only be prepared boiled or steamed. This diet involves multiple meals, up to 5-6 times a day, in small portions. To make food tasty and varied, dietary recipes have been developed.
Cauliflower puree soup
You need to take 200 g of cauliflower, 2 carrots and 3 potatoes. Peeled and chopped vegetables are poured with the same proportion of water and milk, after which the vegetables are boiled in this composition. When the broth is ready, beat all the vegetables with a blender, add a little salt, and add pre-grated hard cheese. The soup is put back on the fire for 5 minutes.
Summer soup
Peeled and cut into cubes 4 potatoes are poured with cold water and placed on low heat until boiling, then chopped carrots and onions are added to the broth. Finely chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs and bell peppers are mixed in advance and added to boiling vegetables, salted (you need to add a pinch of salt) and cooked for another 5 - 10 minutes. Boiled rice can be served as a side dish for the soup.
Diet beef soup
The beef is washed, cut into small pieces, poured with cold water and put on fire. The resulting broth is drained, and the boiled meat is minced twice with a meat grinder.
Add pureed meat to the pre-prepared vegetable broth (potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, parsley, celery) and place on low heat for 10-15 minutes.
Diet chicken soup
The cleaned chicken carcass is boiled twice. The first broth is drained, after which the meat is washed and set to cook again. The repeated broth must be boiled, add a little salt and herbs. You can add rice, vermicelli and vegetables to the broth to taste.
Soup – puree of dried dried apricots and dried apples
You need to take dried apricots and dried apples in equal quantities, rinse well and cut into pieces. The crushed products should be filled with cold water and simmered over low heat for 30 minutes. After the broth, you need to filter, rub the apples and dried apricots thoroughly through a sieve, add sugar and cinnamon, and boil everything together again to a boil in the fruit broth. The finished composition must be cooled and diluted starch, in a small part of the broth, added to it. The resulting mixture should be added to the cooled mass, mixed, and brought to a boil.
Fish soup recipe
For pancreatitis, eating fish soup – puree – is beneficial. The dish turns out very tasty and satisfying. The soup contains a lot of useful substances and helps to replenish the body’s lack of vitamins when following a special diet.
To prepare the soup you need to take 0.5 kg of fish (pike or hake), 75 g of milk, 2 tbsp. l. flour, 3 tbsp. l. butter, herbs to taste (parsley, dill), one small onion, 2 potatoes and salt.
The fish is separated from the bones, the resulting fillet is poured with water and boiled, after boiling, removing the resulting foam and fat. Finely chopped potatoes, stewed onions, herbs and salt are added to the broth. The resulting composition is ground in a blender and seasoned with a sauce made from milk and flour. After the puree soup, put it on low heat again for 3 minutes.
Chicken soup
Chicken soup is consumed when remission occurs. Do not use young chicken. The soup is best prepared from adult chicken, which contains a large amount of active substances.
The bird is washed, simmered over low heat for 30 minutes, then the broth is drained, the meat is washed and a secondary broth is prepared. The broth is lightly salted, greens, finely chopped potatoes, and vermicelli are added. You can serve the soup with a spoonful of sour cream.
Cheese soups
Cheese is not recommended for consumption during an exacerbation of pancreatitis. When remission occurs, the dairy product can be introduced into the diet in small portions. Experts favor the use of Japanese tofu, which resembles cottage cheese.
Cheese soup with pumpkin
To prepare this cheese soup, you need to use recycled chicken broth as a base.
200 g pumpkin, 2 carrots, 200 g cauliflower, cut into small pieces and boil. After the vegetables have softened, they are crushed in a blender and mixed with the broth. The resulting mass is salted, mashed Japanese tofu is added and simmered over low heat for about 3 minutes. You can serve the puree soup with homemade croutons.
Cheese soup with vegetable broth
You need to take 1 carrot, medium-sized onion, and potato. Vegetables are cooked until tender, chopped in a blender and the resulting mass is mixed with the broth. You can add cheese and sour cream to the soup. You can decorate the dish with boiled shrimp.
Vegetable soups
Vegetable first courses are useful for all stages of pancreatitis. Properly prepared vegetable soup helps to quickly restore the pancreas and improve immunity. Such dishes have a gentle effect on the digestive tract, accelerating the onset of remission.
Puree vegetable soup
You need to take a medium onion, one carrot, 2 potatoes and 2 tbsp. l. sunflower oil.
Onions and carrots are sautéed in sunflower oil. Pour 1 liter of water into the pan, add 2 finely chopped potatoes and place on low heat, after boiling, add sauteed vegetables to the pan and cook for 30 minutes. The soup can be eaten with crackers.
Carrot and zucchini soup
To prepare a vitamin-rich and tasty vegetable soup, you need to take 5 potatoes, 1 zucchini, 2 carrots, 1 red pepper, 1 cube of chicken broth, 2 tbsp. spoons of olive oil, 100 g of cauliflower.
Vegetables are finely chopped and boiled for about an hour until softened, then chopped in a blender. Add a broth cube, a pinch of salt and chopped vegetable mass to the broth. Place the mixture on the fire for 2 minutes, add olive oil.
Cauliflower and Zucchini Soup
300 gr. Broccoli and one medium-sized zucchini are washed, cut into cubes, pour 1 liter of water and put on fire. Remove the cooked vegetables from the broth, grind them in a blender, add vegetable broth, and leave to boil for 2 minutes.
Potato soup
To prepare, you need to take 1.5 liters of vegetable broth, one carrot and onion, 4 potatoes, 10 g of butter and a pinch of salt. To season the soup you need sour cream and herbs. Stew carrots and onions with water and butter, then add vegetable broth, add chopped cooled vegetables and cook for 30 minutes. Served with sour cream.
Vitamin soup
You need to take carrots, onions, 4 potatoes, tomato, cucumber, 2 bell peppers, butter, herbs, salt. Onions and carrots are stewed with butter, the resulting mass is added to water, and finely chopped vegetables are added. Cook the soup over low heat for 15 minutes.
Zucchini soup
For medicinal soup you need to take 1 zucchini, 3 potatoes, greens, one onion and carrot, 3 tbsp. l. sunflower oil.
Washed and peeled vegetables are cut into cubes. Potatoes are boiled in 1 liter of water. Lightly fry the onion, cut into half rings, in oil, add carrots and zucchini and sauté for 2 minutes.
Should not be fried. After the potatoes boil, add vegetables from the frying pan, lightly salt them, and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. When serving, the soup is decorated with herbs and a spoonful of sour cream is added. You can add noodles, rice, pasta to the soup.
Vegetable soup with meatballs
Meatballs are meat or fish balls of various sizes, cooked in boiling water or broth. The soup with meatballs is light and low in calories, but at the same time very nutritious, rich in vitamins and microelements.
Dietary meatballs are prepared from lean beef, fish, and poultry. Spices, salt, onions, garlic, and herbs are added to the finished minced meat.
Beef meatball soup
Soup ingredients - 3 liters of water, 0.5 kg of ground beef, 2 onions, 1 carrot, 2 potatoes, 0.5 small head of cauliflower, herbs (dill or parsley), bay leaf, peppercorns, salt.
Add peeled onions, peppercorns, bay leaves and meatballs prepared from minced meat to boiling water, wait until the water boils again, and add peeled potatoes and carrots, salt, cook for 5 minutes, then add diced bell peppers and cauliflower cabbage, divided into small pieces. Boil the soup for another 10 minutes and serve, garnished with herbs.
Buckwheat soup with meatballs
You need to take 0.5 kg of ground beef, 3 potatoes, 1 carrot, 150 g of buckwheat, salt.
Meatballs formed from minced meat are dipped into boiling water, buckwheat is added and cooked for 15 minutes. Then peeled and chopped potatoes and carrots cut into slices are added to the soup. Cook the soup for 25 minutes. Serve garnished with dill or parsley.
Ingredient Selection
The easiest and healthiest products for preparing liquid dishes are vegetables such as:
- Zucchini.
- Potato.
- Carrot.
- Pumpkin.
- Onions and greens (individually).
The best cereals to use are:
To create dressings and sauces, you can take sour cream no more than 10-15 g and with a low percentage of fat content or 5 g of butter.
Dietary first courses for pancreatitis should have different consistencies depending on the stage of the disease. So, during an exacerbation, only puree soups are prepared. Porridge and other dishes are ground before consumption.
Potato and chicken soups
Ingredients you will need: potatoes - 3 pcs., onions - 1 pc., carrots - 1 pc., corn starch - ½ tbsp. l., 200 ml water, olive oil, a little salt.
The vegetables need to be finely chopped and lightly fried in olive oil, then they are placed in boiling water and cooked until the potatoes are soft. Remove the pan from the heat and beat its contents into a puree using a blender, then add starch and put it back on low heat. Cook the soup for about 2 more minutes.
It is chicken soup that is most often found among the recommended first courses for this disease.
To prepare the soup you will need: 0.5 liters of secondary broth, 300-350 g of boiled chicken fillet, potatoes - 3 pcs., carrots - 2 pcs., celery - 2 stalks, dill and parsley, sunflower oil and salt.
Slimy soups
Mucus soup has a gentle effect on the walls of the stomach and intestines, and on the pancreas. Such soups are useful for diseases of the stomach and intestinal tract, in the postoperative period.
Slimy rice soup
The soup is prepared using 150 ml broth, 300 ml water, 40 g rice and 5 g butter. The rice is washed, left in boiled water for 15 minutes, then boiled for 1 hour. After time, the rice water is filtered through a fine sieve and added to the broth. The resulting soup is brought to a boil and served with pieces of chicken meat.
Oatmeal slimy soup
In order to prepare one serving of oatmeal soup, you need to take 200 ml of milk, 40 g of oatmeal, 10 g of fresh butter, ½ egg yolk, ½ teaspoon of sugar, 200 ml of water. Place a pan of clean water on the fire and bring to a boil.
Afterwards, oatmeal is added there and brought to a boil again for an hour. The cereal broth is filtered through a sieve, without wiping the strained off residue, and poured into a saucepan, bringing to a boil.
Prepare a mixture of milk and half the yolk, mix thoroughly, and carefully add to the finished soup. Add sugar and a pinch of salt to the soup.
Slimy rolled oats soup
To prepare one serving of soup, you need to take 40 g of rolled oats flakes, 350 ml of water, 100 ml of milk, 1 yolk, 10 g of butter, salt, sugar.
The flakes are poured into boiling water, cooked over low heat for about an hour, and filtered. An egg-milk mixture is pre-prepared from hot milk and egg yolk, the resulting mixture is added to the mucous broth, salted, butter and sugar are added.
Contraindications
To prepare dietary soups for pancreatitis, certain restrictions must be taken into account. The first broth when preparing soups is always drained. For soups, clean fillet is chosen; tendons and cartilage are not used.
It is forbidden to add irritating ingredients to soups, as well as foods that are not allowed for inflammation of the pancreas. The use of products that cause increased secretion of gastric juice, as well as fatty meats, is not allowed.
For pancreatitis, the use of radishes, sorrel, radish, pepper, lettuce, garlic, and rhubarb is contraindicated. Some vegetables should be consumed in limited quantities. Such vegetables include asparagus, white cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, and eggplants.
Soups for pancreatitis are an excellent way to diversify your diet without harm to your health. The first dishes, prepared according to the instructions of nutritionists, have a positive effect on the body and help quickly overcome the exacerbation of the disease.
How to make it tastier
The recipes for dietary soups for pancreatitis that nutritionists offer are very boring and eating them every day quickly gets boring. Therefore, you need to look for ways to turn an ordinary dish into something new. To do this, you can add cheese to some soups.
It should be low-fat, it is better if it is cottage cheese or Japanese tofu cheese. But before introducing a new product, consult your doctor.
Pumpkin soup with cheese
Take pumpkin, cauliflower, potatoes and cook until tender, after which, armed with a blender, puree the vegetables. To make the puree more liquid, add a little chicken broth. But the consistency should not be very liquid. Then you need to grate the cheese and throw it into the soup.
Mix everything thoroughly and put it on low heat for a few more minutes. You can add salt to taste. Grinding vegetables into puree helps reduce the load on the digestive system, and therefore on the pancreas, which will allow it to recover faster. But you shouldn’t experiment; before introducing a new dish or ingredient, you should definitely ask your doctor’s permission.
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