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The recipe generator that starts with your fridge.

Type what you have. Get a dinner your family will actually eat, with steps, timings and swaps for picky eaters.

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Serves 4

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Avocado, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, scallions and herbs on a wooden cutting board

You had chicken, rice, spinach and a lemon

Lemony Chicken and Spinach Rice

Time
35 minutes
Cleanup
One pan
Servings
Serves 4
Shopping
Nothing to buy

Dinner, sorted for the whole week

A family table set with shared dishes, seen from above

Family meal planner

Plan five dinners that share ingredients, so the cilantro you buy on Monday doesn’t wilt by Friday. You get one grocery list, sorted by aisle and ready to text.

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A one-pan rice dish with lemon wedges in a black skillet

Can’t decide? Let the dinner picker choose

More than 60 proven family dinners. Set the time and the protein, then tap once.

Roasted chicken thighs with a kale salad and a little rice on a white plate

On a GLP-1? Protein-first dinners for the whole family

Recipes with the protein at the center and the rice on the side, so you cook once and serve yourself a smaller plate.

Made for the five o’clock scramble

Built for the parent at the open fridge with twenty minutes and three opinions about dinner.

On every recipe card

Uses what you already have
Every ingredient is marked as yours, a pantry staple, or something to buy, so you know before you start whether you need a store run. Or switch on “Only what I have” and skip the store entirely.
Written for picky eaters too
Kid-friendly mode keeps flavors mild and adds a note on how to serve it to the cautious ones, like setting aside plain pasta before the sauce goes on.
Cook mode that keeps your screen on
One step at a time in big type, with built-in timers that chime. Your phone stays awake while your hands are covered in flour.
Scales to your table
Feeding six instead of four? Change the servings and every quantity updates in real kitchen fractions, not 0.6667 cups.
Careful with allergies
Gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free and vegetarian are strict rules, and you can list anything else to leave out.
Print it, text it, pin it
Print a clean recipe card for the fridge, text the recipe to whoever is picking up groceries, or save it to Pinterest.

What to make with…

Ideas, storage tips and safe cooking temperatures for the things that are always in the fridge. Pick a word.

Every ingredient, with tips

From the kitchen

A glass bowl of macaroni and cheese

Dinners for Picky Eaters

No more cooking three dinners. Build meals with a safe food on every plate and let kids assemble their own.

Questions people ask

What is an AI recipe generator?

An AI recipe generator writes a complete recipe around the ingredients you already have. You type what is in your fridge, and it returns a dish with quantities, timings and step-by-step instructions, adjusted for your servings, time and dietary needs.

How do I make a recipe from ingredients I already have?

Type each ingredient into the box at the top of this page, choose any preferences such as kid-friendly or 30 minutes, and select Make my recipe. Turn on “Only what I have” if you do not want to shop; the recipe will use your ingredients plus common pantry staples.

Is Create & Cook free? Do I need an account?

Yes, it is free, and you do not need an account. You can generate recipes, plan a week of dinners or school lunches, share grocery lists, print recipes and save favorites to a recipe box. An optional Plus subscription adds a family profile and a personal dinner plan by email every week.

Can it handle allergies and picky eaters?

Yes. Turn on gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free or vegetarian, and type anything else to leave out. Kid-friendly mode keeps flavors mild and adds a note on serving the dish to picky eaters. Always check product labels for allergens yourself.

Are AI-generated recipes safe to cook?

They are written for everyday home cooking and include safe internal temperatures for meat: 165°F for poultry, 160°F for ground meat, and 145°F for pork and fish. Read the recipe through before you start and use your judgment, as you would with any recipe.

How is this different from Supercook?

Supercook searches a database of existing recipes for ones that match your ingredients. Create & Cook writes a new recipe for your exact ingredients, servings and dietary needs, and labels what you have, what is a pantry staple and what you would need to buy.

Can I save, print or share a recipe?

Yes. Save any recipe to your recipe box, print it as a clean recipe card, share a link by text, or pin it to Pinterest. Cook mode shows one step at a time in large type and keeps your screen awake while you cook.