Stuck for ideas for a meal? Try these recipe-makers!
74I don't wanna hear, "There's nothing to eat!"
Ever since I was out on my own, I finally understood what my mom was thinking and feeling as she stared into an empty fridge or a crusty cupboard: There's nothing to eat!
But wait! Finding something to cook might not be that hard, after all. There are a plethora of resources with which to find or create recipes with ingredients that you may or may not have.
The first place is the back of a cookbook. You don't have to search by the type of meal, because what if you don't have the ingredients? If you have a can of beans, you can search for "beans" in the index, and a good cookbook like "Taste of Home" or "Joy of Cooking" should have a list in the back organized in several ways, including by ingredients.
Finally, there are the online recipe-makers. I discovered this - or should I say "stumbled upon" - when I logged onto StumbleUpon and found a little site that allowed you to type in four different ingredients in your fridge, freezer, or cupboard, and then the site would come up with recipes using one or all of those ingredients! It's such a simple concept, but it's really pretty helpful and nifty. It's great when you don't feel like going to the grocery store, if you're not feeling creative, or if you really want to get rid of that bag of rice.
I've actually made a number of meals using sites just like these:
- Recipe Finder at MyRecipes.com - Select ingredients that you have so the Recipe Finder will seek meals with those items
- Cuisine Meal Maker - Enter four or fewer ingredients so the maker will create a recipe using all or one of those ingredients
- MSN Recipe Maker - Enter four or fewer ingredients so the maker will create a recipe using all or one of those ingredients
You might be surprised by what they come up with.
There's also an interesting service such as that called mealMAKERS, which makes food for you based on your tastes and likings.
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The Bon Appetit Cookbook: Fast Easy Fresh
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The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook: 200 Delicious Recipes Ready in 30 Minutes or Less
Price: $8.00
List Price: $27.99 |
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The Children's Quick and Easy Cookbook
Price: $6.06
List Price: $9.99 |
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The Mcdougall Quick and Easy Cookbook: Over 300 Delicious Low-Fat Recipes You Can Prepare in Fifteen Minutes or Less
Price: $15.30
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Good. Now what's for lunch? This will help!
Thanks for the tips. I'm always looking for new recipes for throw together meals. lol ;-)












G-Ma Johnson says:
8 months ago
Wow that was interesting..Thanks I didn't know about some of this...G-Ma :O) Hugs