Free tool
Meal Helper
What can you cook with what you already have? Type your pantry ingredients and match across 30 vegan recipes.
How it picks recipes
Add the ingredients you have and the helper looks for recipes on Vegan Hacks that use them. Recipes that use more of what you typed rank first, followed by the ones you can cook with the fewest extra ingredients.
Salt, black pepper, water and oil count as things you already have, so they never show up as missing.
Narrow it down
Exclude ingredients you can't or won't eat, and mark the ones that need using up soon so recipes with them move up the list. You can also filter by diet and cooking time, and pick how many servings you want.
When a missing ingredient has a swap in the substitution finder, it links straight to it.
You might also like
- Recipe Scaler + Shopping List — scale the recipe you found and get a shopping list for anything missing.
- Ingredient Substitution Finder — find a swap for an ingredient you don't have.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it search recipes from other websites?
No. It only searches the recipes on Vegan Hacks, so every result links to a full recipe on this site.
Can I type ingredient names in Italian or with other names?
Yes. Common ingredients are recognised in English and Italian and under other names, such as garbanzo beans for chickpeas or aubergine for eggplant.
Why don't I see more results?
The helper shows the five closest matches. Add more of the ingredients you have, remove a filter, or press Regenerate ideas to see other close matches.
What does “use soon” do?
Recipes that use those ingredients move up the ranking, so you can use up food before it goes off. They're also added to your ingredient list.