Recipes from Leon Happy Guts

In the latest book in the bestselling LEON Happy series, the LEON team have created more than 100 recipes on eating for a happy, healthy gut. It is not about eating a restrictive diet or depriving yourself of delicious food, but about incorporating gut-friendly ingredients into your daily diet with recipes loaded with natural probiotics, prebiotics and polyphenols.

In addition to recipes, LEON Happy Gut Cooking offers the latest advice on improving your gut health, including why we should all use extra-virgin olive oil with abandon and that wine and cheese might actually be good for you.

A large pot of pasta and chickpea soup, with a full white bowl next to it and a plate of shredded white parmesan.

Pasta e Ceci

In an hour, you can have a hearty, healthy, and incredibly tasty pot of this traditional Roman soup—or stew, if you prefer. Blended chickpeas get thick in an instant.

A loaf of unsliced whole wheat bread sitting on a yellow cutting board with a blue-handled knife beside it

Homemade Whole Wheat Bread

A standard loaf for beginner and experienced bakers alike, this whole wheat bread recipe turns out a superb product—tender crumb, chewy crust, and nutty flavor.