Recipe by Ingredient
Find recipes based on an ingredient you have.
Cooking from what you've got
Instead of searching for a dish, this finds recipes that use an ingredient you have, from live data. It is the answer to the common question of what to make with what is already in your kitchen.
Enter an ingredient to find recipes that use it.
A better way to cook and waste less
Searching by ingredient flips the usual approach in a genuinely useful way: rather than deciding on a dish and then shopping for it, you start from what you already have and discover what you can make. This is brilliant for a few reasons. It helps use up ingredients before they go off, reducing food waste, which is both economical and better for the environment — that half a vegetable or the herbs you bought for one recipe can find a use. It sparks ideas when you are staring at your fridge with no plan, turning random contents into a meal. And it broadens your cooking, introducing dishes you would never have searched for but that make good use of what you have. It is especially handy near the end of a shopping cycle, or when you want to avoid another trip to the shops. The search uses live data and needs an internet connection. Cooking from what you have, rather than always shopping for specific recipes, is a resourceful and satisfying way to cook that this makes easy.
Common questions
How is searching by ingredient useful?
It starts from what you already have and finds what you can make — helping use up ingredients before they spoil, reducing waste, and sparking ideas when you have no plan.
When is it especially handy?
Near the end of a shopping cycle, when you want to avoid another trip to the shops, or when staring at your fridge with random contents and no idea what to cook.
Does it need an internet connection?
Yes — it uses a live recipe database, so a connection is needed.