Useful Things: Ingredients

What meal do you make when your cabinets and fridge are nearly empty and you don't feel like take out or shopping? Creating a great dish out of the dregs of your pantry can be difficult (one should always keep soup on hand for such occasions), but Recipe Matcher can make your job a little bit easier.

Just input your pantry items into the Quick Search tool, select a cuisine style, and click search. The website then spits out recipe ideas for you to use. I find it fun to throw in random stuff just to see what the site spits back out... usually I end getting casserole recipes.

Anyone can use the tool to conduct a recipe search or browse recipes, but Recipe Matcher has more features for those who create a (free) account. Users can submit recipes, set-up an epantry, and watch tutorial videos. Recipe Matcher also has a social component where you can friend others and share recipes - which would be really awesome for those who host dinner parties.

Bon Appetit!