Diverticulitis Cookbook is a cookbook for the days when your gut needs care: the flare, the recovery and the long stretch after it, when you want to keep the next flare away. It holds more than 100 recipes, and every one of them carries a stage label, so you always know when it is safe to eat.
Above all, this is the book for anyone who came home from the doctor with a list of foods to avoid and no idea what to cook instead. In particular, you want meals that are gentle when you are sore and still taste like food. Megan Rush wrote it for that moment, when you are, as one reader below puts it, panicked in the kitchen.
What is inside
- Clear explanations, no jargon. What separates diverticulitis from diverticulosis, and how inflammation, fiber and water work together while the gut heals.
- Recipes by stage. Clear fluids for the flare, low-residue comfort for the recovery, high-fiber dishes for the rebuild and snacks for any time. Think ginger lemonade, creamy rice porridge, soft-baked fish with lemon butter, lentil and vegetable soup.
- A 30-day healing meal plan. Four weekly calendars, from calming broths in week one to high-fiber bowls in week four, with grocery lists and make-ahead notes.
- The everyday toolbox. A weekend meal-prep plan, a shopping cheat sheet of safe foods by aisle and time-saving swaps such as canned versus fresh.
- Three digital bonuses. A QR code inside the book unlocks a printable shopping list sorted by stage, a guide to ingredient substitutions and a set of soothing home remedies.
Between them, these parts follow one thread: what to eat, when to eat it and why. As a result, you move from the flare back to a full plate without guessing at any step.
How the recipes are presented
First of all, every recipe tells you where it belongs. Under the title you find the stage label, then a nutrition snapshot with calories, macronutrients and fiber, then tips on portion and texture, so you can thin a soup or ease the fiber to your own tolerance. Prep-ahead notes give fridge and freezer life for the busy weeks.
Moreover, the ingredients are ordinary: white rice, eggs, canned tuna, ripe bananas, cooked carrots, ginger and cinnamon. A basic blender, a saucepan and a baking sheet cover nearly all of the recipes. Seasonings are mild by default, and more than 40 dishes are meat-free. Finally, the high-fiber chapters keep working long after the flare, as everyday maintenance for diverticulosis.
What readers say
Three verified purchasers in the United States, all five stars:
I really needed a guide to look at when panicked in the kitchen after a diverticulitis infection. […] Months later, I still turn to it for guidance.
Celeste, Amazon, March 2026
I was diagnosed with diverticulitis and this book is excellent if you suffer from that
Brian Kataryniak, Amazon, January 2026
Highly recommend. Good recipes that are easy to follow.
teach, Amazon, August 2026
In short: what to eat during the flare, what to eat after it and how to keep the gut calm for good, in one book. Available on Amazon.
Also by Megan Rush
Megan’s other cookbooks are written for other medical diets, with the same plain approach: Diabetic Air Fryer Cookbook, Bariatric Cookbook, Bariatric Air Fryer Cookbook, Gastric Sleeve Cookbook and Gastric Bypass Cookbook.