The Kitchen Prescription: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: 101 delicious everyday recipes to revolutionise your gut health

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Pitta bread on the side is an option if you feel the dish needs it, although I must admit I don’t miss the pitta bread if it is not there. I learnt to cook from my grandmothers, great aunts, aunts and my mother, who all cook so passionately and wonderfully. Read about how we’ll protect and use your data in our Privacy Notice.

Prebiotics such as red cabbage, cauliflower and lentils fertilise the bowel and encourage the growth of the microbiota in your gut. This is a book you'll be reaching for time and again, because these recipes are a joy to eat and fuss free, and you can feel happy in the knowledge you'll be helping your body to stay healthy too. Say goodbye to your Friday night chicken doner on the way home and say hello to this vibrant, gut-friendly dish inspired by chicken shawarma.Clothespin cookies are a flaky pastry cookie shell filled with melt in your mouth buttercream filling laced with a sprinkle of powdered sugar.

Hot banana peppers in oil is a blend of hot banana peppers/hot Hungarian wax peppers, jalapeño peppers, cubanelle peppers and hot chili peppers. I wrote my second book, Foodology, in 2021 and the tagline is, ‘a food lovers guide to finding digestive health and happiness’. Add a few tablespoons of the liquid from the pickled-vegetable jar and, with your hands, give the cabbage a good scrunch, so as to release the purple pigments and soften it down a little. This book explores the amazing organ that is the human gut and the basic scientific concept of why we enjoy what we eat and how factors such as taste, texture and smell all add to the overall foodie experience. Hachette Australia acknowledges and pays our respects to the past, present and future Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

After I won, so many women from South Asian backgrounds reached out to express their joy that I had shared our culinary heritage. Modern technology and platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube mean that we can access step-by-step recipes at our fingertips – cooking really shouldn’t be a stressful or scary process. The first book I published in 2018, Khazana, was an exploration of Indo-Persian cuisine, which is the region where I am from. I am working as a specialist registrar in hepatology and gastroenterology, so essentially the liver, the digestive system and the bowels are my specialty. In The Kitchen Prescription, gastroenterologist Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed draws on her love of good food and her expertise in gut health to create 101 recipes that are easy to make, incredibly delicious to eat and will effortlessly keep your gut and digestion in tip-top condition.

Gut-friendly breakfasts, immune-boosting lunches, quick family suppers and a host of simple, mostly plant-based dishes make up this colourful collection of recipes.

I think it is brilliant that the Trust is making a conscious effort to produce healthy and nutritious food for staff on a budget. These recipes are easy to make (in the smallest, most basic of kitchens), incredibly delicious and have the power to lower our risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, depression, and enhance our immunity. This is a book you’ll be reaching for time and again, because these recipes are a joy to eat and fuss free, and you can feel happy in the knowledge you’ll be helping your body to stay healthy too. The Trust has recently launched a menu of budget buster meals in response to the cost-of-living crisis and to encourage people to eat more healthily.

It is incredibly humbling and empowering to be the first doctor to win MasterChef because there are food related ailments that I can relate to in a way that not many other people can.The more diversely we eat, the lower our risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, depression, and the more enhanced our immunity. I am a strong believer that the most powerful tool is the ability to cook as this gives people the confidence to experiment with different ingredients and recipes and to eat a varied and fulfilling diet. Add the olive oil, followed by the spice-coated chicken (you may need to add the chicken in batches as you are looking for a really deep golden crust to form on the surface, to add flavour and texture). Eating well doesn't need to be dull food and deprivation - it should be eating a wonderfully varied, vibrant and exciting range of foods. I started in September 2022, however my first ever job as a junior doctor (FY1) was at St Mary’s over a decade ago.