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Welcome to Gut Friendly Recipes!

Knowing what to eat—meal plans, recipe selection, and grocery shopping—can be tricky when living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Our new Gut Friendly Recipes help you reduce stress around meal choices and enjoy cooking! With one click, explore a new world of food that’s right for your dietary needs and personal tastes.

 

A New World of Food

With our free recipe finder, you can:

  • Filter hundreds of recipes by diet, occasion, and type of meal
  • Choose foods you want to exclude
  • With your free registration, save your favorite recipes, create seven-day meal plans, and more!

All recipes have been approved by dietitians that specialize in IBD. You’ll get the nutrition you need while eating foods that taste great for you, your family, and friends!

When you register, you'll access:

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A personalized dashboard just for you

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Weekly meal plans: a breeze!

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Your favorites on file to make again

What’s Everyone Cooking this Week?

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Asparagus With Frazzled Eggs

Swing into spring with farm-fresh asparagus, eggs, and a pinch of parmesan!

Baked salmon with cucumber dill sauce and roasted potatoes

Baked Salmon With Cucumber Dill Sauce

Salmon and zesty cucumber dill sauce make for a perfect pairing!

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Gut Friendly Recipes: Spinach & Tomato Scramble

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Gut Friendly Recipes: Buckwheat & Baba Ganoush

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Gut Friendly Recipes: Banana Orange Avocado Smoothie

 

Meet Chef Joel!

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Meet Chef Joel! Learn why pro chef, entrepreneur, and ulcerative colitis patient Joel Gamoran is partnering with the Foundation on Gut Friendly Recipes. See what this new digital tool has to offer—and get inspired to start cooking!

Meet Chef Joel!

Learn why pro chef, entrepreneur, and ulcerative colitis patient Joel Gamoran is partnering with the Foundation on Gut Friendly Recipes. See what this new digital tool has to offer—and get inspired to start cooking! 

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Register today to save your favorite recipes or create your first weekly meal plan!

Let’s get cooking (you knew we’d say that!). Start by exploring our recipes and trying some at home.

Are your taste buds tingling? Register for a free account, and you can do even more! Save your favorite recipes, create weekly meal plans, and get notified when we have new recipes for you to try!
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Disclaimer

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation offers information about special diets for educational and information purposes only. Given the individual preferences, sensitivities, and needs of every patient, the Foundation does not recommend one specific diet for all people with IBD. Patients should consult with their healthcare team, including a dietitian, about their individual nutritional needs before using recipes listed in this resource. Read about our privacy policy and more.

Gut Friendly Recipes is powered by

Nestle Health Science

 

Thank you to our sponsors for their support of this important project:

Takeda Pharmaceuticals, USA
Flora L. Thornton Foundation

 

A Special Thank You

Thank you to the content reviewers of this resource,
including members of our National Scientific Advisory Committee and our IBD patient volunteers.

Advisory and consultation for this project were also provided by
Therezia Alchoufete, MS, RD, LDN and Kelly Issokson, MS, RD.