Eating out of the cupboards is one of my all-time favorite money-saving tips. While it’s a solid tip sometimes it’s easy to be at a loss for what to make with all that random stuff just hanging out on the shelves. How do you make it all come together? That’s where this site comes in… it’s called My Fridge Food and you check the little boxes of what you have and then it shoots out meal ideas along with the nutritional information!
Um. AMAZING.
I marked that I had: beans, bread, tortillas, and peanut butter. I was curious what it would come up with. It revealed many recipes along with items that I was missing for each recipe. I liked that it didn’t just say, “Sorry, you’re out of luck. Didn’t you mean this?” (You know how Google does that if you misspell a word?)
It helps jog your mind about some things to make and I will definitely be using this tool often.
Also, love this photo project about people and their refrigerators.
How do you come up with meals when the food is low and you’re eating out of the cupboards? Do you know of sites similar to this one?
This is PERFECT! I love it!
A very different angle on the topic… but I enjoy this blog:
http://sustainablepantry.com/
They don't post that often, but I love searching the archives for ideas for dried beans, etc.
Glad it's useful Alison
Gonna have to check that one out Margaret!
This website is awesome! I just found out that I have 100% of the ingredients to make peanut butter cookies, fish cakes and apple rings! Thank you for posting!
Ha! That's awesome Elisha!
I think I just became addicted to this website.
Ummm…my list generated a recipe called "Cream of Peanut Butter Soup"!
(Insert ralphing sounds here)
The other recipes look good though. Thanks!
It's pretty amazing huh
Haha! That does sound kind of rough;) sounds thick too…
My anti-virus detected a threat on the my fridge food site – make sure your software is up to date.
Ack! Really?! I’ll check it out.
Just what I was looking for. Thanks Anna!
Hi Anna,
I came across your site and it, along with my brother, has encouraged me to do something about my finances NOW! Thankfully, I don’t have any debt but I have nearly zero money saved!!
Starting May 1st things are going to change around here and the first thing to go is eating out so this “Eating out of your Cupboard” will be a way of life.
Similar to the site you list I’ve used http://www.SuperCook.com and it’s very helpful with all the random stuff I usually keep in my fridge and pantry.
Wish me luck!