About
About What Should I Cook
What Should I Cook is a free tool and cooking blog that helps you decide what to make from the ingredients you already have — in English and Arabic.
What it does
Type in what's in your kitchen, then optionally set a time limit, dietary needs, allergies, a preferred cuisine, or a mood. You get recipe ideas built around your ingredients, each showing how many extra ingredients you'd need, and you can open any idea to see the steps. There are no accounts and nothing to install.
How it works
Your ingredients and preferences are sent to an AI model (Mistral AI) that suggests the recipe ideas. Ideas that need the fewest extra ingredients are listed first within each set of results.
AI can make mistakes. The recipes are not reviewed by a chef or a nutritionist, so always check ingredients, allergens, and food safety before you cook. See the AI & Recipe Disclaimer and the Privacy Policy for details.
The blog
The articles are practical guides to everyday cooking questions: deciding what to make, cooking from the pantry, using up leftovers and vegetables, and building easy meals around common ingredients. They are general cooking guidance, not medical or dietary advice.
Who's behind it
Hi, I'm Eyad Mahmoud, a UI/UX designer. I design, build, and maintain What Should I Cook as an independent project, with the aim of making the everyday question of what to cook a little easier to answer.
Get in touch
Questions, feedback, bug reports, or privacy requests are all welcome at what.shi.cook@gmail.com.