Two days of proper cooking, before your colonoscopy.
Twenty recipes by Sophie Hansen for a typical white-diet list. Photographed, written with a method, and enough meals to get you through.
Get the cookbookWhat’s for dinner (when dinner has rules)
Pikelets. Slow-poached eggs. A clear soup you’d actually make.
Breakfast through to clear fluids, for the two days of low-residue eating your clinic already asks for. Not a list of allowed foods. Real dishes.
Your doctor’s sheet still wins
Follow the diet sheet your doctor or clinic gave you.
These recipes are written to sit alongside a typical Australian white-diet / low-residue list. If your sheet disagrees, your sheet wins. The hospital one-pager is free, and it is the rule — this is what to cook.
Your prep, in three stages
The cookbook follows the same countdown your specialist gives you — so every recipe lands on the right day.
Days out: white diet begins
Swap to low-residue meals. Breakfasts, mains and snacks that fit a typical white-diet list without tasting like they do.
Day before: clear fluids
Five flavoursome clear fluid recipes to keep you nourished and comfortable while you take your prep solution.
Procedure day
Arrive having followed your clinic’s sheet. These recipes are for the days leading up to your procedure — not a replacement for those instructions.
Get the Colonoscopy Cookbook
Instant PDF download — start planning your prep tonight.
- 20 low-residue ‘white diet’ recipes
- Breakfasts, main meals and snacks
- 5 flavoursome clear fluid recipes
- Compiled by colonoscopist Rob Knox; recipes by Sophie Hansen
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Who’s behind BowlPrep
Rob Knox
Colonoscopist
A practicing colonoscopist who compiled BowlPrep so patients have something decent to cook while they follow their clinic’s white-diet sheet.
Sophie Hansen
Recipe author
Beloved cookbook author and 2016 AgriFutures (RIRDC) Rural Women’s Award national winner. Sophie wrote the recipes — so the white diet is something to look forward to, not endure. local-lovely.com
Common questions
What can I eat before a colonoscopy?
In the days before your procedure, most specialists recommend a low residue or 'white diet' — foods low in fibre that leave minimal residue in the bowel — followed by clear fluids only on the final day. Always follow the specific instructions from your own doctor or endoscopy unit; the cookbook is designed to fit within standard guidelines.
What is a low residue 'white diet'?
A short-term diet of low-fibre, easily digested foods — think white bread, eggs, plain dairy, white rice and skinless chicken. The cookbook turns those restrictions into genuinely enjoyable meals.
How is this different to the diet sheet from my clinic?
Your clinic’s sheet tells you what’s allowed. BowlPrep shows you what to actually cook: 20 complete recipes, from breakfast through dinner and snacks, plus five clear fluid options — written to fit a typical white-diet list. Always follow your own clinic’s sheet.
How do I get the cookbook?
Buy the PDF here — checkout is a guest checkout, so there's no account to create. Straight after paying you can download your copy immediately, and optionally have it emailed to you. If you ever lose it, use Resend my copy. The BowlPrep app is also on the iOS App Store, with Android coming soon.