Point me in the right direction: Anyone try a liquid diet?

Someone mentioned a product by Nestle recently...... the only thing is, it was expensive and had dairy.
And I'd posted an article a month or so ago about a kid with Crohn's that goes on a liquid diet during flares..... they showed him mixing powder into liquid in a blender.

Chicken soup...? Sounds like I'm making a joke, but what you describe yourself as eating sounds like what my mom will do when she has a virus. She'll add saltine crackers with a little peanut butter.
Have you tried nut butters, just a tiny bit.....? Just for a few days I wouldn't think soups, etc would hurt, as long as you get enough fluids, maybe something with some electrolytes; but I sure wouldn't do it for more than 2-3 days; you don't want to become further weakened from lack of nutrition.
Hang in there....

I lived for almost a year on baby food with very little else added.  I bought the fruits and the vegetables.  I also had baked potatoes, sweet potatoes, rice, plain chicken.

Now I am on a completely gluten free diet and am doing great.  Although there are still food I can't eat, I am as close to remission as I will ever get.

The baby food diet was difficult to be sure, but it was so easy on my body.  I know it sounds crazy, but for me at least, it worked.

Get one of those great hand blenders (stick thingies) and blend up everything. I am using it for soups, etc... really makes it easy on the colon when the food has the consistency of babyfood and you can customize it and then freeze individual portions.

I did a liquid diet for 3 days, then gradually added soft solid foods over the next couple of days.  I think it helped me.  I was not having pain, but bleeding.  I bought the book "Self Healing Colitis and Crohn's" that inspired me to give it a try.  I did mostly a juice diet of fresh squeezed juices from a variety of fruits and veggies.  I also had some fresh homemade chicken broth.  Basically I was doing the specific carbohydrate diet for about 5 months and didn't really notice any difference in my symptoms (mostly bleeding and occasional urgency) so I thought I would start with as smple a diet as possible and went down to all juices for 3 days.  During those 3 days, I lost 3 pounds, didn't have a whole lot of energy, but blood went down to virtually nothing.  I started adding some soft juicy fruits (peach, watermelon, cantaloupe, stuff like that) for another couple of days, then added more fruits and veggies so I was mostly just eating juice, fruits, and veggies for about a week.  I stayed dairy free and grain free for 3 weeks then tried some homemade kefir and yogurt to see if dairy had any impact (which it didn't).  I have never had any troubles with fruits and veggies, though I know some people do.  So for me, it was interesting to see what happened as I slowly added foods back into my diet. 

We tried a couple of predigested shakes a few weeks ago when my daughter had a terrible flare. We started with one called Splash (a predigested "juice" in a box which was disgusting) and then tried Absorb Plus (jini's product). As soon as she drank either she said she had a stomach ache and ran to the bathroom. Do you have any issues with sugar? My daughter does and if you do, I don't think the shakes will help at all and probably make you worse.
We moved on to home made bone broths and very well cooked soups and she improved but these are not predigested so you're not getting full bowel rest and you're doing this anyway. Maybe some veggie juicing would help?

Thank you, yes I do have issues with sugar. Ironically, Im feeling ok today! Go figure! Ill never figure this UC out! I even ate homemade (scd legal) almond cookies and I feel very good. Usually with those Im in agony soon after. Last night I was desperate for a 'treat' and I was prepared to suffer. It was either that or eat the chocolate food stuffs I just bought for my kids lunches. So I risked it and I feel ok. Very strange. Im going to cook up some pureed soups and freeze them since Im feeling ok at the moment. Honestly I just dont know one day to the next how Im gonna feel!

Thank you all for the tips, I really appreciate them. I hadnt considered the shakes. The pre-prepared ones will be too expensive for sure. I might look into making my own tho. thanks again!