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Hello,

I`m new to this site and forum.  I am interested in getting feedback on my new venture, RecipeMatcher (www.recipematcher.com).  With RecipeMatcher, you can find recipes based on what you already have at home.  Simply, type in ingredients you have at home and with a click of a button you have hundreds of recipes you can make.

Thanks for your input.

Best,
Mike

Live link: http://www.recipematcher.com/

Hi Mike :-)
Since I really like to cook, this topic interested me. I went to your site and typed in "walnuts."

What I notice is that the site is very jerky. I understand how you`re doing this, but I would suggest a rework in your "what`s in my pantry." You`re trying to do an instant search based on a reduction process. The problem is that as I typed in "w" and the site tried to match all recipes with a "w" at the start, it REALLY interefered with my thinking.

Additionally, I thought it would be where I could type in four or five ingredients in my pantry, then hit "go" and find recipes that had ALL those ingredients, then some of them.

So I typed in "walnuts," put up with the bit of confusion, and expected to see "brownies" at the top of the list...or at least the top of the "B" section. Not there; only brownie cookies. Then I expected to see Chinese Fried Walnuts, and that wasn`t available.

Where are you getting your results from?

Additionally, if I can only type in one ingredient, I`d just as soon go to Allrecipes.com or the Food TV system, or simply type in "recipe walnuts" in Google.

It`s a great idea, that`s for sure. However, the current implementation isn`t showing to its best advantage the underlying concept. There already are applications you can install on your own computer that`ll examine a list of what you have and provide you with recipes. They also give you a recipe, check your pantry database, and run a shopping list of what you`ll need.

I`m supposing you want to do something like this online, right? If so, then you`ve got some competition in terms of how it`s already being done.