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Make the Most of What's in Your Pantry at RecipeMatcher
Posted by Gina Trapani at 7:00 AM on February 5, 2008
Those nights you have no idea what to make for dinner with the random food in your pantry, instead of heading for the grocery store or the takeout menus, hit up RecipeMatcher.com. Enter the ingredients you've already got on hand and RecipeMatcher will suggest dishes that contain them, and even make printable grocery shopping lists with any items you might be missing. For similar services, Adam's had success with Allrecipes and while RecipeMatcher also works for drinks, when you're cracking open the liquor cabinet you could also check ExtraTasty.
Tags: food | recipes | search engines
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Victor V.
Posted 7:39 AM 5/2/08
Yup. It's an amazing idea.
Victor V.
dokidok
Posted 7:39 AM 5/2/08
The idea is so cool!!!
dokidok
carlosdelvaca
Posted 8:40 AM 5/2/08
Cookin' With Google is good at locating recipes based on ingredients.
[www.researchbuzz.org]
carlosdelvaca
razordu30
Posted 8:40 AM 5/2/08
I've been looking for something like this - good find!
razordu30
SuperCow
Posted 8:40 AM 5/2/08
This site needs a lot of work, but there's some real potential here.
SuperCow
Brad
Posted 10:40 AM 5/2/08
I've been using the virtual bartender stuff for years and have always wanted something like this.
Now I have it. w00t!
Brad
rrich
Posted 10:40 AM 5/2/08
@carlosdelvaca: I think this is the best of the lot, frankly, having tried the others. Thanks!
rrich
Delilah Hinman
Posted 10:40 AM 5/2/08
Awesome, I'm gonna have to check this out and maybe feature it on my blog.
Delilah Hinman
Davidgiesberg
Posted 10:40 AM 5/2/08
There is another site that does this sort of thing for your liquor cabinet - drinksmixer.
Davidgiesberg
tweak50
Posted 10:40 AM 5/2/08
I've been working on a standalone app that does the same thing. Looks like someone beet me to it!
tweak50
movado
Posted 12:39 PM 5/2/08
Ok this is lame. You type in, pasta, red peppers, garlic and canned tomatoes and red pepper flakes, and the site returns a 33% match that's no where near a standard pasta recipe. Obviously they need to start with the basics.... perhaps I forgot to add water, salt, pot and stove with gas.
movado
javadragon
Posted 2:39 PM 5/2/08
whats the delimiter? I type in hamburger, onion, beans. It gives me hamburger buns? Lame.
javadragon
MichaelTV
Posted 4:39 PM 5/2/08
@javadragon: Type in each ingredient and click on the name it finds (for that ingredient) before moving on to the next. That threw me at first, too.
Hmm, not much luck finding recipes for my meager pantry of ramen noodles, peanut butter, oranges, and oatmeal ^_^
Site's top suggestion? Make... cranberry sauce >_<
Looks like this could really come in handy once I have a viable pantry, though!
MichaelTV
adamwinn
Posted 4:39 PM 5/2/08
don't forget webtender.com for adult beverages
adamwinn
firefangle
Posted 4:39 PM 5/2/08
I typed in endive and got a recipe for pork tenderloin. Pass.
firefangle
yuri.b
Posted 8:39 PM 5/2/08
i have canned tuna, onions and butter in the fridge.
according to RecipeMatcher i can make steamed lobester... i only need a lobster...
yuri.b
leetgeek
Posted 5:39 AM 6/2/08
@yuri.b: I dont know why but i just couldnt stop laughing at what you said.
leetgeek
fizil
Posted 4:40 AM 7/2/08
this would be better with a scanable personal inventory system [scan new items coming in, out, and maybe quantities]. Then the site could help you with meal planning and grocery shopping. It's just a shame to see most of the comments here say the recipes are flops
fizil