Remember, as you were growing up, when you’d open the refrigerator
and remark “There’s nothing to eat in here!” only to turn around and
find your mother had cooked a four-course meal from that same
refrigerator? Wouldn’t it be nice to harness that same power to be able
to turn a bare-looking pantry into everything you need to eat in a day?
Wouldn’t it be nice if your cookbook knew what you had in your cupboard,
and could rewrite itself using just those items? Perhaps it’s time you
heard about Supercook.
Supercook is a recipe site unlike any other. Instead of just
suggesting any random recipe, it recommends recipes based upon the
ingredients you have available. Supercook is being hailed in Time
Magazine, the Washington Post and on the “Today Show” as an invaluable
tool to someone who is cooking on a budget. It’s more like a search
engine than a traditional recipe site. It browses all the most popular
cooking websites to find recipes that match the ingredients in your
cupboard. Even if all you have is rice, eggs and butter, Supercook can
suggest over one hundred recipes for you to try.
Supercook is also user-friendly and well-designed. You can start by
typing your ingredients into the search bar, but it also lists popular
ingredients that you most likely have. For example; sugar, vegetable oil
and pasta were suggested when I visited the site to write this review.
To assemble your virtual kitchen, just click on any ingredient you see
that you have, and type in those that don’t pop up automatically. The
list of things you can make populates in real-time, so the more
ingredients you add, the longer the list of recipes. Each recipe also
comes up with a picture. You’re also able to filter your searches by
diet restrictions and specific types of meals until you find the dinner
that’s right for you.
For some people, Supercook is just a handy tool for inspiration to
spice up their next dinner. For anyone who’s trying to stretch their
grocery dollar, it’s so much more. It’s easy to get stuck in a rut if
all you’ve got to make it to the end of the month are eggs, rice, and
beans. Supercook allows you to change it up a little every day, to the
point that you can even create a meal plan using a few cheap staples.
Whether you have a full pantry or an almost-empty fridge, Supercook
is there to help you make the best meal possible. Even just the action
of going through your food to put it into your virtual kitchen can make
you realize how much you actually have. Even if it’s not that much,
Supercook can be there to point out that you still have the potential
for an incredible meal.
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