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What to cook with what's in your fridge.

Half a zucchini, two eggs, leftover rice. FOODIE turns it into dinner — without a shopping trip.

FBy FOODIE TeamUpdated May 7, 20261 min read

Quick answer2 min · 5 steps · Free

Half a zucchini, two eggs, leftover rice. FOODIE turns it into dinner — without a shopping trip.

The hardest cooking question isn't how to cook. It's deciding what to cook — especially when the answer needs to use what you already have. Here's the AI shortcut.

Step by step

5 steps · 2 minutes.

1
Open FOODIE's create flow.
Tap the orange create button on the home screen.
2
Open the AI sous-chef chat.
Tap Ask. Type or dictate what you have on hand — "half a zucchini, two eggs, leftover rice, a knob of butter." Casual list works.
3
Add constraints (optional).
Same chat: "30 min max," "vegetarian," "for 2 people," or anything else. FOODIE respects them.
4
Get cookable recipes.
The AI sous-chef sends back one real recipe — fully structured with ingredients, steps, and timing. Don't love it? Just ask in chat for another and it'll come back with a different one.
5
Save or cook.
Save your favorite to a cookbook for next time, or jump straight into cooking mode.

Pro tips

From people who do this every week.

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Don't bother listing salt, oil, or basic spices — focus on the actual proteins, veg, and leftovers you need to use up.
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Be casual: "I have leftover roast chicken, brown rice, and broccoli — quick dinner ideas?" The AI handles messy, real-life lists.
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Save your best fridge-recipes — they become a personal collection of "flexible weeknight meals."

Why FOODIE for this

Made for exactly this workflow.

Most recipe apps assume you start with a recipe. FOODIE assumes you start with whatever's in your kitchen. That's a fundamentally different design — and only AI makes it work.

Try it for yourself

Try FOODIE today.

Free to download. Premium $2.08/month annually. Save your first recipe in under a minute.

Free to download. Premium $2.08/mo, billed annually.

Common questions

Frequently asked.

3 answers to the things people ask us most. Tap any question to expand.

Updated 2026

01Are these AI recipes real or made-up?

They're real, cookable recipes — the AI is tuned to produce structurally valid output with realistic timing, quantities, and method. As with any AI, judgment still wins on baking and precision-heavy work.

02What if I don't trust AI recipes?

Use FOODIE just to identify ingredient combinations, then cross-reference with your saved recipes. Many people use AI for ideas and their cookbook for execution.

03How does this compare to Yummly's recommendations?

Yummly recommends existing recipes from a catalog. FOODIE generates a recipe specifically for what you have, optimized for your constraints.