Soups for gastritis: recipes and cooking features

2023 Author: Alfred Shackley | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 13:14

Every year the number of people suffering from such an ailment as gastritis is increasing. And the reason for this is the violation of the diet, the quality of the food consumed, the unlimited eating of fast foods and the lack of first courses in our diet.

Having acquired a diagnosis that speaks of gastritis, a person is forced to reconsider his attitude to nutrition, to pay attention to the menu. After all, the treatment of the disease is carried out mainly by balanced diets. Many begin to get scared, thinking that now they will have to eat tasteless food for the rest of their lives. But this is far from the case! Diet cuisine involves appetizing, tasty and harmless food.

Features of cooking soups for gastritis

The first steps in preparing healthy and nutritious meals are best done with a dietitian. He will tell you recipes for cooking healthy food for you, later taking into account the recommendations of a nutritionist. Then you will be able to choose the recipes that suit you and the attacks of gastritis will gradually disappear from your life.

So, let's talk about first courses and their meaning for gastritis. With the right products and the right preparation, they will help to cope with the disease. They will help the stomach prepare for the digestion of food, stimulate the secretion of gastric juice.

Remember, too, that hot food irritates the stomach lining, increasing inflammation. Therefore, it is very important to wait a little while letting the cooked food cool down.

Cooking first courses for gastritis is somewhat different, it depends on the forms of the disease.

If you have normal or high acidity, then cooking soup will be ideal for you:

• mashed potatoes, carrots, beets, squash, pumpkin, cauliflower;
• with lean beef or chicken (skinless);
• with the addition of rice or noodles.

To enhance the taste, you can add butter, sour cream. First courses such as cabbage soup, pickle, rich broths are prohibited.

If you are diagnosed with low acid gastritis, your first priority is to take care of your stomach lining

It is necessary to stimulate the secretion of gastric juice. With a disease of this form, the use of rich broths (meat, fish and chicken) is allowed. It is recommended to exclude white cabbage, garlic, onions and legumes from your diet.

In the preparation of the first courses for gastritis, you must adhere to certain rules:

• The main thing is to grind all the ingredients with a blender or food processor in mashed potatoes. The less rough and solid food you eat, the better you will feel;
• When preparing soup in broth, vegetables are boiled in it. If it is allowed to eat soups boiled in water, then vegetables are prepared separately and only then mixed;
• Zucchini, cauliflower, pumpkin, and broccoli are low in fiber. They contain a lot of vitamins and minerals;
• Oat flakes can be added to soups for viscosity, and rice, wheat, millet cereals for satiety. Cereals will significantly increase the calorie content of food;
• For a creamy consistency, you can add a little toasted flour. Instead of flour, beaten egg white is sometimes introduced. If the disease is not in the acute stage, add some low-fat cream. But butter should be replaced with vegetable oil;
• It is not at all recommended to cook mushroom soups. They have a hard-to-digest fiber.
• Use spices carefully and in small quantities. The use of salt is also subject to restrictions.

Soups for gastritis: recipes

The recipes for the first courses are very diverse. These are recipes for a puree-like consistency with meat, and with vegetable broth, and slimy soups. And now about the recipes for their preparation.

Diet puree soups with meat. For cooking, prepare one hundred grams of boiled lean meat, one and a half cups of vegetable broth, half a glass of well-boiled rice, half a glass of milk and one egg yolk. Pass the meat through a meat grinder twice (through a fine wire rack). Rice is grinded. Combine all ingredients, bring to a boil, remove from heat. You can add a little butter to the bowl of mashed potatoes, if desired.

Diet chicken broths for gastritis. Chicken broth draws excess acid from gastric juice. Recommended for gastritis with high acidity. The chicken broth recipe is simple. It is necessary to wash the chicken well, remove the skin from it and boil until tender in slightly salted water. Remove the cooked chicken from the pan.

The meat broth is ready. But then you can fantasize and cook soups from different root vegetables. Selected vegetables are boiled in a ready-made broth, then everything is chopped using a blender. The contents of the pot are brought to a boil again. And the dish is ready.

The recipe for cooking first courses with vegetable broths is not much different. Is that the use of different vegetables. Diet vegetable broths are used for any acidity. By consuming vegetable soup, you help your stomach produce the enzyme it needs to break down protein.

And now the specific recipes:

• Potato soup. To prepare it, take three or four potatoes, one or two carrots, a little dill and parsley, two chicken eggs and fifty grams of vegetable oil (preferably olive oil). Wash, peel and cut the root vegetables into small pieces. Put them in a saucepan, cover with cold water, bring to a boil. Then add vegetable oil, finely chopped herbs. Add a little salt. When everything is ready, remove the saucepan from the heat and pour the beaten eggs into its contents, stirring constantly. This dish can be served with toasts made from oat or wheat flour;
• Pumpkin puree soup. Take one onion - finely chop, one carrot - grate. Pour one liter of water over the onions and carrots. Cook for about fifteen minutes. While it is boiling, take three hundred and fifty grams of pumpkin, peel, chop finely and chop with a blender. Add pumpkin to broth. Salt. Cook for another fifteen minutes (until puree). Wash one sprig of parsley and one sprig of dill, chop finely. Add to the pan, close the lid, turn off the gas and let it brew a little;
• Diet broth. If a person suffers from frequent belching, heartburn, or flatulence, such a dish should not be cooked. To prepare the broth, you need white cabbage and broccoli. Chop them coarsely. Dip in boiling water. Add the carrots, cut into small cubes. Add greens if desired. Season with salt.

Slimy soups. They have a very beneficial effect on the work of the gastrointestinal tract. Sparingly act on the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines. Recommended for inclusion in strict diets for gastritis. The main component of these dishes is cereals (except for semolina and ground cereals). Grain is taken, cooked until soft, then rubbed through a sieve and added to the boiling broth.

Slimy Soup Recipes:

• With rice in meat broth. A weak meat broth is cooked with parsley root and carrots. The finished ingredients are twisted through a meat grinder, and then sent back to the broth. Boiled rice, rubbed through a sieve, is also added to it. Salt a little and cook for another fifteen to twenty minutes over low heat;
• With barley and vegetables. Chop the onions, carrots and parsley root and toss into the boiling broth. Continue simmering for twenty-five to thirty minutes, strain and puree everything with a blender. Add the meat broth, grated vegetables, salt to the cooked barley grits (cook it for two hours to make it boil well).

There are some restrictions for dairy lovers.

With gastritis, you cannot eat whole milk and therefore it is recommended to replace it with cereals, jelly, soups cooked on it. Of course, you should not use traditional milk soup with noodles or cereals during an exacerbation, but you can prepare a dish with a vegetable base.

So, milk soup with potatoes and carrots. Carrots and potatoes are boiled in salted water (cut vegetables into small cubes). When the vegetables are ready, drain the remaining water, and instead add boiling diluted milk and a little butter. Salt just a little, bring to a boil.

Soups for gastritis: cooking recommendations

In order for the prepared first courses to be tastier and healthier, you can cook wheat croutons.

Also, remember the following guidelines:

• Don't eat more than one bowl of soup at a time;
• Do not eat foods that are too hot or cold, fatty and spicy;
• Use fresh vegetables in your cooking.

Diet first courses are indispensable for gastritis with both high and low acidity, they should not be neglected.

But before including them in your diet, consult your doctor. After all, it is he who will be able to choose a diet suitable only for you. Health to you!