IBS Friendly Recipes
These easy to make recipes actively heal your gut, allowing your microbiome to start the process of kicking the bad guys out! For a tailored Meal Plan solution or to get some dietary and gut health advice, book your call with Helen today. Book A Free Gut Health CallView Recipes by Cuisine.
Jacket & Beet Salad
I love the simplicity of this recipe. We often think we have to create chef like quality foods at home and are constantly bombarded with complex recipes, using multiple ingredients. When often all the body wants is something that is easy to digest, tasty, filling and...
Immune Strength Tea
I love this tea and I use it often, in the summer as well as in the winter to stave off colds and provide my immune system with a natural boost. Honey not only tastes amazing but is an amazing source of energy, contains anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory...
Tasty, Simple Veg Bowl
This simple and easy lunch, or side dish is more powerful than it looks. Packed full of gut healing nutrients, it is a must for IBS sufferers. By paring back foods to their most simplistic form, you get to enjoy the flavours, textures and nutrients these foods from...
Grilled Chicken & Walnut Salad
OMG! Just looking at this recipe makes my mouth water! This is one of the simplest and tastiest ways of ensuring you are getting enough NSP fibre in your system, whilst keeping you feeling full and your tastebuds satisfied. NSP fibre, or Non-starch polysaccharides...
Pumpkin Soup
I love this heart warming recipe. So easy to make and it really hits the spot, keeping you feeling fuller for longer. I like to keep things simple, and so I don't use too many ingredients as I like my digestive system to have an easy time of breaking down my foods and...
Carrot, Ginger and Apple Juice
Super simple juice recipe. This is a real winner at this time of year as it really helps to boost your Immune system and fights off colds. Packed with Vitamins A, C and Potassium, this juice can help prevent inflammation, reduce heartburn and stomach pain. A great all...
Coconut Protein Balls
These sweet treats are really filling, feel like a naughty snack but are in fact high in protein and a really useful course of good healthy fats and really high in Iron and Potassium, so perfect to strengthen your immune system and keep you feeling satisfied. Plus...
Butternut Squash Soup
It's definitely soup season! I love this tasty and simple to make soup. This winter warmer will keep you feeling full for longer, is a great source of gut healing fibre and also packed with Vitamin C, Potassium, Vitamin B6, Calcium, Magnesium and Iron. So, if you are...
Pumpkin Spiced Nut Milk
I love this healthy drink. It has a gentle kick to it and really helps my digestion. Tastes great warmed up or straight out of the fridge for a little treat. Filled with anti-inflammatory Magnesium, Vitamins A and B6 plus lots of Iron this really does pack a punch in...
Pumpkin Pie
I love this time of year as I always treat myself to a pumpkin pie. The IBS friendly version! Pumpkins are highly nutritious and contain high levels of vitamin A, K and Copper which is essential for great eyesight, skin and hair health as well as reducing inflammation...
Raspberry Breakfast Bowl
When I get an excess of berries I either juice them or freeze them. The juice from the raspberries turned my oats a lovely pink colour and the mix of sharp and sweet flavours was delicious. Filled with good energy in natural carbs, antioxidants, anti-inflammatories,...
Soothing Cucumber, Apple & Mint Juice
Cucumbers are one of the most mineral rich and hydrating veg you can consume and I regularly use slices of cucumber in my distilled water to give it a bit of extra mineral content. This gut soothing drink combines the richly hydrating properties with soothing fresh...
Pesto & Zucchini Noodles
Sometimes I like to have pasta, not often but sometimes when I am super busy, it is just an easy meal to make. I had some leftover zucchini and basil which needed to be used up so I whipped up a pesto, cooked the zucchini and pasta and enjoyed this tasty, filling...
Carrot Flapjacks
I love making these and they last me ages! I always have something sweet on hadn't if I fancy it that won't aggravate my IBS and will satisfy any cravings. These flapjacks are filling and good for you as they contain only natural ingredients. So you can enjoy these...
Asparagus & Poached Eggs
This simple and easy to make breakfast combination is a tasty treat, which also benefits the kidneys as the asparagus acts as a diuretic whilst 1 portion contains 70% of your daily Vitamin K requirements. Eggs are a great source of Vitamins A, D and E and also contain...
Carrot Salad
I love all the flavours, colours and textures of this gorgeous and surprisingly filling salad. Eating the rainbow never tasted to good! Simple to make and power packed with super gut healing foods, all the awesome vitamins and minerals in this salad will reduce gut...
Chia seed, oat and banana bowl
I love this simple breakfast. Can easily be half prepped the night before and enjoyed hot or cold. Super simple and full of incredible B-vits, omegas and potassium to keep your bones and muscles strong and feed you brain.Chia seed, oat and...
Banana Blueberry Bread
Banana Blueberry Bread - This simple and yet timeless recipe is a fantastic way to boost your mood, containing vital brain feeding nutrients. Plus it is healing and soothing to the gut and feels like a proper treat. The cooling time at the end...
Helen’s Love Bowl
What could be simpler, more energising and better for your gut than a bowl of love straight from our Mother Nature? This simple dish will raise your energy levels, all the lovely antioxidants int eh berries will soothe your gut. The honey will increase your energy and...
Frittata
I love this recipe and often enjoy this for my Brunch. Tasty and easy to make you can enjoy this for breakfast or lunch, whatever time allows. I tend to eat two meals a day as my digestive system is on the slow side and I find this works better for my body. So I tend...
Fruity Pancakes
Breakfast is one of the meals that women with IBS struggle with the most. This is a great weekend treat as it takes a little more time than a lot of my breakfast recipes but is certainly worth the wait. This recipe is great for gut health, gluten free and includes...
Vegetable Curry
I love this easy to make, vegan, IBS free curry. I struggle with curries when I am eating out as they usually contain way too much onion and garlic for my symptoms. You can add these ingredients to this dish if you know that they don't affect your IBS symptoms but I...
Apricot & Pumpkin Flapjacks
This recipe is especially adapted to suit women with IBS. It contains apricots which are a great source of dietary fibre, essential for IBS and also useful in supporting eye and skin health. And pumpkin seeds which are filled with magnesium, again, really useful for...
Apple Snax
This is by far the easiest snack to create and one to have on standby. You can take these with you in a small bag wherever you go and they taste great. I use cinnamon in this recipe as cinnamon is a great anti bacterial and anti microbial properties, making it a great...
Berry Yummy Brekkie
I just love this gorgeous breakfast or brunch recipe. So easy, so quick and so tasty. It feels like a really naughty treat and yet there are tonnes of great antioxidants, vitamins and minerals in this gorgeous breakfast, as well as natural whole food sugars and...
Berry Smoothie
Sometimes I prefer a smoothie to a breakfast and when the sun starts shining I really like to utilise last years frozen berry's to make this spring time smoothie. Full of antioxidants this gorgeous treat will help ego undo all the excesses of winter and it tastes...
Veggie Chilli
I love chilli, The flavours and textures and colours are so enjoyable. However with my IBS I cannot tolerate onions, which happens to be the base of most chilli recipes. This recipe has taken a few years to perfect and has a secret ingredient which gives it a little...
Berry Cheesecake
Who doesn't love a cheesecake? This sweet treat is not only IBS friendly in the fact that it is dairy and gluten free but it is also nutritious with great healthy fats from the nuts and seeds and fruit content. Tasty and good for you. What's not to love? You will need...
Bubble and Squeak
Bubble and Squeak - We never waste food in our house and this is a great way to use leftover veggies from the Sunday roast. I had made too many carrots, cabbage and broccoli for this hearty breakfast (which was more of a brunch). This is not...
Steak, Potatoes and Coleslaw
This recipe meal is one of my favourites. It looks more complicated than it is and tastes great. Who would have thought is was healthy and nutritious, too? A vegan version could be made using seasoned roasted cashew nuts, mixed beans or a nut roast in place of the...