Recipes matched to what's actually in your kitchen.

The hard question at six o'clock isn't what to cook. It's what you can cook — right now, with what's on the shelf, without another trip to the shop.

HomeBasket matches over two thousand recipes against your real pantry and leads with the ones you can cook tonight. Next come the ones that need a single quick trip. The ones needing a full shop sink to the bottom, where they belong on a Tuesday.

How the matching works

It reads your pantry, not a wishlist

Because the pantry is built from your receipts, the match reflects what you genuinely bought. There is no separate list to keep up to date, so the answer doesn't drift from reality.

Staples are assumed

A receipt never shows the salt, pepper or cumin you already own. A sensible set of staples counts as things you have, so a recipe isn't marked unavailable over a pinch of something on your rack.

Missing means missing

Everything else is listed honestly. You see what you have, what's assumed, and what you'd need to buy — and one tap sends the gaps to your shopping list, in the order you walk the store.

Expiring food outranks preference

When something is near the end of its window, recipes that use it are pushed above recipes that merely appeal. That ordering is deliberate: the point is to cook the thing before it's thrown away, and a slightly less exciting dinner tonight beats a bin next week. Read more about how the expiry window is estimated.

Leaning, quietly applied

Say how you would like meals to lean — higher-protein, vegetable-forward, lighter plates — and suggestions are ordered that way without turning into a diet app. It is a weighting, not a filter: nothing is hidden from you because of a lean, there is no food diary to keep, and nothing is measured against a daily target. Ask for higher-protein meals and HomeBasket will read the protein share of the receipts you already scan.

Recipes you brought yourself

Anything you save from Instagram or TikTok joins the same pool and gets the same pantry check. See saving recipes from social.

Questions

How many recipes are there?

Over two thousand, and they are matched against your pantry rather than presented as an endless scroll. You can also add your own by saving them from Instagram or TikTok.

Does it only show recipes I can make right now?

No. Cook-tonight recipes lead, but recipes needing one quick trip or a full shop are still there, clearly marked with what you would need to buy.

What if I do not eat something?

Set what you avoid and recipes containing it are pushed down and clearly labelled with the reason. Automated planning avoids them entirely. HomeBasket warns, but never claims a recipe is safe for an allergy — that is not a promise food data can support.

Can it plan a whole week?

Yes. A week can be generated around your pantry and however you asked meals to lean, and you can swap any meal before confirming. The shopping list for the week is built from whatever the plan is missing.

Do I need to log what I eat?

No. There is no food diary and no calorie logging. What HomeBasket knows comes from the receipts you already scan.