Recipe app by ingredients
— what can I make?
Type your ingredients, get ideas instantly
Stop staring at the fridge. Enter what you have and get recipe ideas you can cook right now. Save favorites and turn them into a meal plan.
Find recipes with
what’s in your kitchen
Ingredient-based search plus smart suggestions that actually help you cook.
Search by ingredients
Add a few ingredients and get recipe ideas that match what you have.
AI cooking assistant
Ask for ideas like “chicken and rice” and get quick options with time estimates.
Use up leftovers
Turn leftover ingredients into real meals instead of wasting them.
Save to collections
Keep ingredient-based finds in collections and favorites for later.
Plan from what you find
Add recipes to your weekly plan and build a grocery list.
Import your own recipes
Search through recipes you imported from the web or scanned.
One workflow from recipe idea to grocery run
WhatToCook keeps the full cooking workflow together. You can save recipes from websites, social posts, or scans, organize them into collections, place them on a weekly plan, and turn that plan into a grocery list you can actually shop from.
Ingredient-based search plus smart suggestions that actually help you cook. That means fewer tabs, fewer scattered notes, and a faster path from finding a recipe to getting dinner on the table.
Search by ingredients
Add a few ingredients and get recipe ideas that match what you have. It is designed to remove one more piece of friction from planning, cooking, and shopping during a busy week.
AI cooking assistant
Ask for ideas like “chicken and rice” and get quick options with time estimates. It is designed to remove one more piece of friction from planning, cooking, and shopping during a busy week.
Use up leftovers
Turn leftover ingredients into real meals instead of wasting them. It is designed to remove one more piece of friction from planning, cooking, and shopping during a busy week.
Find recipes in 3 simple steps
Enter ingredients you have
Type a few ingredients from your fridge or pantry.
Browse matching ideas
See recipes that fit those ingredients and choose a favorite.
Save or plan it
Save to a collection or add it to your meal plan.
Not sure what to cook?
Without WhatToCook
- Ingredients go bad before you use them
- You keep cooking the same meals
- You buy extra items you already have
- Recipe ideas take too long to find
- Your saved recipes are hard to search
With WhatToCook
- Use up what’s already in your kitchen
- Get quick ideas from ingredients
- Plan meals before you shop
- Save favorites for next time
- Search your own recipe library
Recipe by Ingredients Questions
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