Love Your Gut

Love Your Gut, an initiative by Yakult UK & Ireland, is your trusted source for expert advice, recipes and practical tools to support digestive health. To celebrate Love Your Gut Week 2026, discover delicious ways to nourish your gut with fibre-rich ingredients, from registered dietitian Jo Travers.

Explore all seven recipes and give your gut a little extra love- one delicious dish at a time.

Breakfast smoothie bowl

Breakfast smoothie bowl packed with protein, fibre and vibrant berry flavours. It’s easy to make and perfectly creamy.

Breakfast Muffins

These Breakfast Muffins are quick, tasty and perfect for busy families on the go. They can be made in advance and frozen, so you’ve always got a nutritious and gut-friendly breakfast ready.

Sardines & Tomatoes On Toast

Enjoy this easy sardines recipe featuring juicy tomatoes, fresh watercress, and gut-friendly kimchi. Rich in omega-3s and protein, it’s a nutritious lunch that’s full of flavour.

Burmese-style Chickpea Tofu

Chickpea flour is used by many different cultures to produce a polenta-like mixture which can be set in a mould. In Myanmar, it’s known as Shan Tofu and we’ve paired the this with some delicious Burmese-style salad ingredients.

Sweet Potato and Orange Soup

Vegetable soups are a great way to introduce more vegetables into the diet. This simple to make recipe is a great introduction to soup making. It can have a garnish of toasted mixed seeds and finished with a swirl of tahini.

Carrot, Almond & Coconut Cake

This delicious crumbly, carrot and almond cake can easily double up as a dessert served with stewed fruit and yoghurt. It doesn’t contain any flour, and the sugar content is less than most cakes!

Pear and Macadamia Nut Chocolate Brownie

This moist, delicious chocolate brownie uses the classic pairing of dark chocolate and pears. Chopped dates sweeten the mixture and ground almonds are used instead of flour making the recipe not only gut-friendly, but gluten-free too.

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