My food purging started back in the fall of 2010 just before a 4 week trip to Kenya. I had a goal of getting rid of everything in the freezer and refrigerator so that I could unplug that sucker while we were gone. So I needed to get smart about utilizing the food that we had. Its ridiculous really, that is how much food we had in our kitchen that we just weren't using. I have hominy in my cupboard. I really don't even know what that is! So I googled "recipe finder by ingredient". That search led me to http://www.supercook.com/. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this website. I started out by going through my kitchen and entering every ingredient in my cupboards, freezer and refrigerator (even the hominy). I was delighted to see the results. With what I had in my kitchen I could make 2,000+ recipes without even going to the grocery store. I could narrow those results by starters, entrees or desserts. I could further narrow the results by typing in one of the ingredients that I wanted to use. The site lists the recipes I can make with the ingredients I have on hand first and then also lists those that I can make, but just need to pick up a couple of extra ingredients at the store. The best part? When I signed up for an account with them they saved all those ingredients for me, so that I don't have to enter them every time. I remove items I've used up as I do and add new ones as I buy them. Did I mention this tool searches a bunch of different recipe sites? Yep, food.com, allrecipes.com, recipezaar.com and foodgeeks.com among others I'm sure. Some of the yummy recipes I've made utilizing this wonderful tool include:
- Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuit Crust
- Cheesy Beef Enchiladas
- Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole
- Mexican Lasagna
- Honey Glazed "dump" Chicken
- Magic Meatloaf
- Sausage Potatoes Au Gratin
That is awesome!! I am totally going to have to check this out!!
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