What can I cook with what I have?
Choose ingredients from your fridge and cupboards to find practical recipe ideas from our small public library. No account or fridge photo is needed.
What have you got?
Add up to 8 ingredients, one at a time or separated by commas. Choose cooked chicken or cooked rice explicitly if you are using leftovers.
We assume only that you have water. Oil, seasonings and other ingredients are listed if still needed. Check the recipe for exact quantities and forms, such as tinned tomatoes or a particular pasta shape.
Ingredient matches do not establish allergy or dietary suitability. Check every ingredient, label and substitution for the people eating.
Start with your main ingredient, then add a vegetable or cupboard ingredient. You can also browse all 50 recipe ideas.
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Chicken recipes for fresh ingredients and leftovers
Choose a chicken dinner by what is already in your kitchen: raw chicken for tomato pasta or lemon rice, safely stored cooked chicken for wraps or soup.
Pasta recipes from fridge and cupboard ingredients
Put dried pasta to work with tinned tomatoes, a handful of greens, chicken, mince or prawns. Choose a sauce that suits the ingredients you already have.
Rice dinners with fish, chicken and vegetables
Build a rice dinner around salmon, chicken, pork or vegetables. Start with dry rice for a fresh meal, or choose fried rice only when cooked rice has been stored safely.
Meals with safely stored leftovers
Choose a meal for cooked chicken, mash, broccoli or rice by its storage history first, then the ingredients you have.
Potato dinners, bakes and soups
Choose potatoes baked in their skins, mashed into fishcakes, roasted alongside fish or simmered into soup.
Courgette dinners beyond a side dish
Use courgettes in fritters, pasta, a gratin or a roast vegetable bowl, with methods that manage their moisture.
Vegetable-led dinners with cupboard ingredients
Substantial dinners built around vegetables, pulses, grains, eggs or cheese, from lentil dhal to stuffed peppers.