How we make our recipes
What happens to a recipe before it's published, and what hasn't happened yet.
Written with AI assistance, edited by people
Recipes start from a written brief and are drafted with the help of AI. An editor reads every recipe before it goes live, and publishing is blocked automatically if an ingredient can't be matched to USDA data or a step mentions an ingredient that isn't in the list. Recipes developed this way say so on the page.
Kitchen-tested only when it's true
A recipe is marked kitchen-tested only after someone has cooked it as written and weighed the finished batch. Until then it says not kitchen-tested. Recipes that need a test before they can be trusted, such as most baked desserts, stay unpublished until they've had one.
Nutrition is calculated, never typed
Every figure comes from USDA FoodData Central through our calculation engine, from the gram weight of each ingredient. Text that mentions a figure is filled in from the same calculation, so the words and the numbers can't disagree. How we calculate.
Not reviewed by a dietitian
Our recipes and nutrition data have not been reviewed by a registered dietitian or a medical professional. When a qualified reviewer checks a recipe, the page will name them and the date of the review.
Images are illustrations
Food images are generated with AI from the recipe's ingredients and serving size. Recipe pages and cooking mode label each one, and a note at the foot of every page says so for the rest of the site. They show what a dish and a serving look like; they aren't photos of a weighed portion.
Corrections and updates
When we correct a recipe or a food value, the recipe's nutrition is recalculated everywhere it appears, and the page shows the date it was last updated. Old addresses of renamed recipes keep working.
Information, not medical advice. See our medical disclaimer.