In this article, I share my favorite and in my opinion the best low FODMAP cookbooks. Additionally, I will also share a few informative books about the low FODMAP diet.
These cookbooks are all full of super delicious recipes that are easy and simple to make. Plus some of them contain a lot of useful low FODMAP tips and info! All the cookbooks listed in this article have been written by experts in the field.
🌟Our Criteria
- Written by experts in the field. The low FODMAP diet is a medical diet and therefore using cookbooks that have been written by experts in the field is a crucial element. The authors of these cookbooks are either doctors, dietitians, or people who have studied the diet for years.
- Informative. The low-fodmap cookbooks shouldn't only be full of delicious low-fodmap recipes but also be informative about the low-fodmap diet.
- Diverse recipe range. The low FODMAP diet is quite restrictive so having a cookbook that offers a wide variety of delicious recipes is a must!
- Appealing photography. Having high-quality food photography is another important element when it comes to choosing the best FODMAP cookbooks. I mean, after all, we first eat with our eyes.
- Easy recipes. Recipes that are simple and easy to follow are another important criterion.
📖 The Top 10 Low FODMAP Cookbooks:
- The FODMAP Friendly Kitchen Cookbook: 100 easy, delicious, recipes for a healthy gut and a happy life by Emma Hatcher. Emma Hatcher is also known for her blog She Can't Eat What. Her cookbook contains easy and simple low-FODMAP recipes for any occasion. I've made so many recipes from this cookbook and loved every single one of them!
- The Complete Low-FODMAP Diet (A Revolutionary Plan for Managing IBS and Other Digestive Disorders) by Peter Gibson and Sue Shepherd. This was my first low FODMAP cookbook and it's like the bible for low FODMAP diet as it is partly a FODMAP Diet manual and partly a cookbook. The authors (Sue Shepherd and Peter Gibson) are two of the original researchers at Monash University who developed the diet, so you can't go wrong with any of their recipes!
- The Low-FODMAP Diet for Beginners: A 7-Day Plan to Beat Bloat and Soothe Your Gut with Recipes for Fast IBS Relief by Mollie Tunitsky & Gabriela Gardner . If you are at the start of your low FODMAP diet journey, this book is a must! This book is not just a cookbook but is also a guide for the low FODMAP diet. It has plenty of simple everyday recipes, information on which foods are high or low in which FODMAPs, how to track your symptoms, meal prep, and more. It also explains how to remove high FODMAP foods for just a week, and then slowly add them back to uncover which types are troubling you.
- The Low-FODMAP Diet Step by Step: A Personalized Plan to Relieve the Symptoms of IBS and Other Digestive Disorders by Kate Scarlata & Dede Wilson. This cookbook is written by the dietitian and FODMAP expert, Kate Scarlata, and a long-time cookbook author, Dede Wilson. This cookbook has more than 130 recipes that are easy to follow and use natural ingredients. The book provides knowledge to help you navigate through the low FODMAP diet.
- The Gut-Friendly Cookbook: Delicious Low-FODMAP, Gluten-Free, Allergy-Friendly Recipes for a Happy Tummy by Alana Scott. Alana Scott is known for her website A Little Bit Yummy which is all about the low FODMAP diet. This cookbook has more than 100 delicious dinners, breakfasts, lunches, and snacks, plus sweet treats, a shopping guide, and advice on how to change your eating through the whole cycle of the low-FODMAP journey. The recipes have all been reviewed and approved by a FODMAP-trained registered dietitian.
- The Low-FODMAP IBS Solution Plan and Cookbook: Heal Your IBS with More Than 100 Low-FODMAP Recipes That Prep in 30 Minutes or Less Dr. Rachel Pauls. This cookbook is written by the internationally recognized physician, surgeon, and researcher Dr. Rachel Pauls, who uses the low-FODMAP diet to successfully treat her own IBS symptoms. Inside you will find easy recipes that can be cooked in 30 minutes or less plus the cookbook features plenty of vegetarian and vegan low options!
- The Low-FODMAP Recipe Book: Relieve Symptoms of IBS, Crohn's Disease & Other Gut Disorders in 4–6 Weeks by Lucy Whigham. This cookbook guides how to follow the low-fodmap diet while ensuring a balanced, nutrient-rich diet, transforming the diet from a seeming mountain of restrictions to something you can follow easily and with pleasure while your digestive symptoms diminish (or even completely resolve).
- Low-Fodmap and Vegan: What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything, Jo Stepaniak. This cookbook is a must-have for anyone following a vegan and low FODMAP diet. This is not only a cookbook but a resource as well! Jo Stepaniak talks not only about the FODMAPs vegans with IBS need to avoid but also the wide assortment of nutritious plant-based foods that are generally well tolerated.
- FODMAP Friendly: 95 Vegetarian and Gluten-Free Recipes for the Digestively Challenged Georgia McDermott. This book is full of delicious recipes and stunning pictures! Georgia McDermott also has a blog Georgeats, where she shares amazing and creative low FODMAP and gluten-free recipes.
- Healthy Gut, Flat Stomach: The Fast and Easy Low-FODMAP Diet Plan. This cookbook has a 7-day simple meal plan and plenty of easy everyday recipes including staples like salad dressing, marinade, and dips. Moreover, you can find clear explanations for the science behind the low-FODMAP diet and why it works.
Do you have any favorite low FODMAP cookbooks or books about gut health and IBS that I didn't mention above? Let me know in the comments below!
Erin says
Everyone, I am looking for a low fodmap cookbook that has fast, simple, meals with a traditional family flavor and doesn’t require a lot of ingredients I wouldn’t normally buy. Thank you. It is really hard for me to try to figure out the best one to get. I have seen a lot of Amazon reviews stating that this or that cookbook wasn’t like the above but no one saying what they would recommend for the same preferences I have. I don’t mind buying one cookbook more for the diet info and one for recipes and hopefully meal plans. Thank you!