What to cook tonight depends on what's in your fridge right now. Photograph your shelves, the app extracts every ingredient and ranks 23,743 recipes by what you actually have. Below: 12 dinners to start with, grouped by the protein or pantry cue you've already got on hand.
The question 'what to cook tonight' is almost never about wanting a new recipe. It's about wanting permission to cook the food you already own. Below: twelve dinners organized by the lead ingredient. Pick the row that matches what's about to go off, cook from there.
What to pour first.
Common questions.
How do I decide what to cook tonight?
Open the fridge before you open a recipe app. Whatever's wrinkly, soft, or about to turn picks the dish, not the protein or the carb. The vegetable in distress is the recipe brief.
What's the easiest weeknight dinner with what I already have?
Aglio e olio. Garlic, chili flakes, olive oil, parsley, pasta. Fifteen minutes. Almost always in a pantry. The 1850s Italian dinner that fed working-class Naples.
What can I cook with chicken thighs and not much else?
Pad Krapow Gai (Thai basil chicken) needs ground chicken, basil, garlic, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and a fried egg. Done in twenty minutes. Or Filipino Eggplant Adobo with chicken if you have soy and vinegar. Both are weeknight-fast.
How does Speakeater pick what to cook tonight?
Take some photos of your fridge. The camera extracts every visible ingredient. The app ranks 23,743 recipes by your real pantry, weighted by what's expiring soon. Card 1 is the closest match. Card 2 is one substitution away.