Its possible that I have an unhealthy obsession with recipes.\u00a0 It’s an excellent example of the way in which the internet enables my bad habits.\u00a0 Granted, I’d have plenty of recipes to choose from if I only had my cookbooks and magazine subscriptions, but the web brings recipe collecting to a whole new level.\u00a0 Today I thought I’d share some of the recipe sites I’ve recently discovered and some of my personal favorites.\u00a0 Feel free to leave a comment and add your favorite site to the list!<\/p>\n
I recently discovered (and fell in love with) recipe search engine\u00a0 Supercook<\/a>.\u00a0 Supercook is similar to the recipe site CookThink<\/a> in that it allows you to select ingredients that you crave or have on hand and helps you find recipes that use that ingredient.\u00a0 Supercook has a few additional bonuses, however.\u00a0 The site encourages you to add as many ingredients as you have on hand, suggests additional ingredients which you might forget you had, and pulls your results from across the web, including Real Simple, Epicurious, Recipe Zaar, Martha Stewart, All Recipes, VegWeb and more.\u00a0\u00a0 And Supercook lets you exclude ingredient categories such as meat, dairy, gluten, nuts or fish.\u00a0 I’ve already used the site to find a couple good recipes (including this one for awesome Key Lime Bars<\/a>)\u00a0 and I think its going to be a go-to in the future, especially with our random CSA produce.<\/p>\n If Supercook doesn’t do it for you, Chow posted about another recipe aggregator, Yummly<\/a>.\u00a0 Yummly<\/a> doesn’t seem quite as simple to use as Supercook, but it does let you customize the taste of your food (salty, sweet, savory,\u00a0sour, bitter), among other things.\u00a0 Also, there’s a social networking aspect to the site which could be fun if Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Foodbuzz <\/a>weren’t already taking over my life.<\/p>\n On the rare occasion when I know what I want to cook, but don’t have a recipe for it, I consult All Recipes<\/a>.\u00a0 The best part about the user-submitted recipes?\u00a0 Reviews from the people who actually cooked them, often including helpful substitutions or suggestions.\u00a0 So much better than attempting something blind from a cookbook. \u00a0 I made Spinach and Sun-dried Tomato Pasta<\/a> based on the 4.5 star recommendation it’d earned and the rating definitely didn’t lie.<\/p>\n Really fun to look at, They Draw and Cook<\/a> is a site which features simple recipes illustrated by various artists.\u00a0 They’re super cute and some of the recipes seem worth trying out.\u00a0 The site is taking submissions if you like creating art as well as food!<\/p>\n CNN’s new food blog, Eatocracy, is collecting heirloom recipes from readers<\/a>.\u00a0 There haven’t been a ton of submissions yet, but seems to me there’s a lot of potential.<\/p>\n I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating:\u00a0 Evernote has completely saved my life<\/a> in terms of organizing the recipes I come across on the web.\u00a0 I started using it over a year ago and I’ve got 613 recipes saved currently (I told you I was obsessed!) Many of my recipes don’t come from the sites above, but from the blogs I read every day (check out the blog roll in the sidebar!)\u00a0 I copy and paste anything that looks good into Evernote<\/a> and then search them later when its time to cook.<\/p>\n I know there are a million recipe sites out there; these are just my favorites.\u00a0\u00a0 Anyone have any sites to add to the list?<\/span><\/p>\n (Almost) Every Saturday, I choose a theme and highlight blog posts, websites and news articles from my Google Reader which I found interesting (and hope you do too!) If you want more reading, check out \u201cWhat I\u2019m Reading\u201d on my sidebar.\u00a0 And don\u2019t forget to add Relishments<\/a> to your reader!<\/em><\/p>\n