What can I make with what I have?
Tick what's in your fridge and cupboards. We'll rank 67 tested dinners by how much of each you already own, and show the one or two things you'd need for the rest.
- Tick your ingredients
- Cook the ones marked “You have everything”
- Send the missing bits to your grocery list
Your pantry
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Basics
Recipes appear here
Start with your protein and a starch — say chicken thighs and rice — then add vegetables and sauces. Tap + Basics to tick salt, pepper, oil, flour, sugar, garlic and onion in one go.
Nothing clicking? Ask for fresh ideas
The AI reads everything you ticked plus anything you type here — leftovers, odd jars, the last of a bag — and suggests four dinners.
How the match score works
A recipe is not “80% makeable” just because you own 8 of its 10 ingredients. If the two you are missing are the chicken and the rice, you are not making chicken fried rice.
So every ingredient carries a weight. Key ingredients — the ones the dish is named after — count three times. Regular ones count once. Staples like garlic, onion and oil count for almost nothing, because nearly everyone has them. Optional garnishes don't count at all.
Results are sorted by missing key ingredients first, then by score. Try it on the right: tick and untick what you “have” and watch the jar.
Chicken Fried Rice
54% match · 1 key missing
- Key ×3
- Key ×3
- Key ×3
- Regular ×1
- Regular ×1
- Regular ×1
- Staple ×0.3
- Regular ×1
- Staple ×0.3
- Optional ×0
Start from one ingredient
The most-searched “what do I do with this” staples, each with dinners built around it.
Cook first, then shop
The cheapest dinner is the one made from food you already paid for. The USDA's Economic Research Service estimates that around 30% of the food supply at the retail and consumer level goes uneaten, and a big share of that is the half-used vegetables and forgotten packets in home kitchens.
DinnerSolve is built around that order of operations: find what you can cook tonight, plan the rest of the week in the meal planner, send only the gaps to the grocery list, and check the total against a realistic target in the grocery budget calculator.
More ways to decide
- AI recipe generator — a full recipe, written for your ingredients, time and diet.
- Random dinner generator — too tired to choose? Spin.
- Dinner ideas — browse by easy, cheap, healthy, vegetarian, family, one-pot and sheet-pan.
- Ingredient substitutes — out of buttermilk, eggs or cream? Swap with exact amounts.
Questions people ask
How do I find recipes with the ingredients I have?
Tick the ingredients in your fridge and pantry above. DinnerSolve scores all of its recipes against your list, puts the ones you can cook right now at the top, and shows exactly what is missing from the rest.
Why are some ingredients worth more than others?
Because you cannot make chicken fried rice without rice, but you can skip the sesame oil. Key ingredients count three times, regular ones once, cheap staples like garlic and oil barely count, and optional garnishes do not count at all.
Is this like Supercook?
It works on the same idea: you list what you have and get recipes back. DinnerSolve focuses on dinner, keeps a small tested recipe set with no ads between steps, and adds AI ideas for ingredients our recipe list does not cover.
Do I need an account?
No. Your pantry is remembered in this browser only (localStorage) so it is still ticked next time. Clear it any time with the Clear button or on the privacy page.
What if I have an ingredient that is not listed?
Type it into the AI box. The AI ideas accept anything, including leftovers like “half a roast chicken” or “cooked lentils”.