From ingredients to a real dish
Two ingredients. A clearer dinner decision.
Start with a basket that looks like your kitchen. These examples use dishes in Kitchen Diary’s pantry collection. The cooking time is the recipe estimate; check the full steps before starting.
The matcher assumes common staples, including oil, salt and pepper. Optional extras are listed separately from core ingredients. Add only foods and cookware you actually have.
Eggs + tomatoes
Tomato Scrambled Eggs
Recipe estimate: 10 minutes. Cookware: skillet.
Core ingredients still missing: None from this basket, with the matcher’s assumed staples.
Scallion and sugar are optional extras. With rice and a wok, you can also explore egg fried rice.
Pasta + tomatoes
Ten-Minute Tomato Pasta
Recipe estimate: 20 minutes. Cookware: pot, saute pan.
Core ingredients still missing: garlic
Basil, parmesan and chili flakes are optional extras. Add garlic to complete the core ingredients for this dish.
Chickpeas + coconut milk
Chickpea Coconut Curry
Recipe estimate: 30 minutes. Cookware: saucepan.
Core ingredients still missing: onion, curry powder
Spinach, garlic, ginger, tomato, rice and cilantro are listed as extras. Check onion and curry powder before choosing this dinner.
Which match mode fits tonight?
- Flexible: choose this when a missing ingredient can go on the shopping list.
- Exact: use this when every core ingredient and the required cookware must already be available.
- Survival: use this for an easy recipe estimated at 30 minutes or less, with no core ingredients or cookware missing.
Opening an example asks before adding anything. Your existing pantry ingredients stay selected. Remove anything you do not have, then compare the resulting dishes and their missing-item lists.