Spinach & Feta Fried Rice
- Time
- 18 min
- Pantry match
- 5/5 ingredients on hand
AI recipe generator
Find out what you can cook with what you have
Photograph your fridge or pantry and FridgeChef, the AI recipe generator built for real kitchens, tells you what you can cook with what you have — no extra shopping trip required.
Free plan available. No credit card needed to try your first recipes.
How it works
From fridge photo to dinner plan in four steps
- 01
Snap your fridge or pantry
Take one photo of whatever shelf, drawer, or pantry you're facing. No staging required.
- 02
The AI reads your ingredients
FridgeChef identifies what's in frame, down to half an onion or last night's leftovers.
- 03
Get quick recipes with few ingredients
Every suggestion is built from what you already have, ranked by how little you'll need to add.
- 04
Cook, rate, and save favorites
Keep the ones that worked. FridgeChef learns your taste for next time.
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- Time
- 35 min
- Pantry match
- 6/7 ingredients on hand
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- Time
- 25 min
- Pantry match
- 7/7 ingredients on hand
Leftover Veg Frittata
- Time
- 20 min
- Pantry match
- 4/4 ingredients on hand
Why FridgeChef
The best AI recipe app for the fridge you actually have
Meal planning, handled by AI
FridgeChef doubles as a meal planning app: it strings recipes across the week so the ingredients you buy get used more than once.
Built for real, half-empty fridges
This isn't a recipe box that assumes a fully stocked kitchen. It's fridge to recipe in one photo, built around what's actually left after a busy week.
Personalized to your diet
Set restrictions once — vegetarian, gluten-free, allergies — and every suggestion respects them automatically.
Less thrown away, more cooked
By surfacing what's about to go off first, FridgeChef nudges you toward using ingredients before they're wasted, not after.
Your photos stay yours. Every fridge photo and generated recipe is private by default and only visible to you once you sign in — we don't publish or sell them. Read more in our privacy policy.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade when the fridge photos add up.
Free
Try the AI recipe generator with your own fridge.
$0 forever
- 5 fridge photos per month
- Quick recipes with few ingredients
- 1 diet profile
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Premium
Unlimited photos and full meal planning app AI features.
$6.99 per month
- Unlimited fridge photos
- Weekly AI meal planning
- Save unlimited recipes
- Priority ingredient detection
Family
Everything in Premium, shared across up to 5 people.
$11.99 per month
- Everything in Premium
- Up to 5 household members
- Shared pantry & recipe history
- Combined weekly meal plan
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FAQ
Questions people actually ask
- How accurate is the AI at recognizing ingredients?
- FridgeChef's ingredient detection is trained on real fridge and pantry photos, including partial items, packaging, and leftovers. It flags anything it's unsure about so you can confirm or correct it before recipes are generated.
- Are my fridge photos private?
- Yes. Every photo you upload and every recipe generated from it is private by default and tied to your account. Nothing is shared publicly or used to identify you.
- What can I cook with what I have if I'm missing an ingredient?
- FridgeChef ranks recipes by how many ingredients you already have, and shows quick recipes with few ingredients first. If a recipe needs one or two extras, it tells you exactly which ones before you commit.
- Is FridgeChef free to use?
- Yes, the Free plan lets you try the recipe generator with a limited number of fridge photos per month. Premium and Family plans remove that limit and add full AI meal planning.
- Can I cancel a paid plan at any time?
- Yes. Premium and Family subscriptions can be cancelled at any time from your account settings, and you'll keep access until the end of the billing period you already paid for.
- Does FridgeChef support dietary restrictions?
- You can set restrictions such as vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, or specific allergies once in your profile, and every generated recipe respects them automatically.
Open the fridge. Take the photo. See what's for dinner.
FridgeChef is free to start — no meal-kit subscription, no scrolling ten blogs for one recipe you can actually make tonight.