Ugh, what are we gonna have for dinner tonight?
Sound familiar? You know, the Internet is a powerful tool for finding new recipes and
learning new cooking techniques
but there's so much information out there it can be hard to know where to
get started.
In this video, we'll talk about some basic tips for finding recipes online
and how to save them for later. Think of it as a master recipe,
a recipe for finding more recipes, a recipe recipe
Anyway let's just get started. Step 1:
Plan Ahead. Why look for recipes online anyway?
Well, for one thing it's completely free. It's also really convenient because you
can do it pretty much anywhere.
Most of all, there are just a ton of recipes online,
so it's really easy to find new flavors, new ideas,
and start exploring a whole different side of cooking. Reviews are one of the best
things about online recipes
and that's something you really can't find in a cookbook—feedback from other people
about how the recipe turned our how they might have changed it to work for them.
Of course some reviews might be a bit more helpful than others...
Step 2: Find your ingredients
So where should you look for recipes online? You can treat recipes just like
any other information on the web and use a search engine
The top results are almost always going be from some the biggest cooking sites
on the web.
These sites make it easy to find a recipe for just about anything
but they're not necessarily the most consistent in quality.
Because a recipe might have been submitted by one of hundreds or even
thousands of possible users,
you going see a lot varying quality here. Other top results might come from popular
food or cooking blogs. Generally speaking, a blog is going to be a lot
more consistent than
a bigger site like AllRecipes.com or FoodNetwork.com
Since all the recipes are written by the same person,
you can expect the same level of detail and information in each one.
One other places we'd really recommend looking for recipes is YouTube.
Video recipes make it easy to follow along and see exactly what you're
supposed to do.
If you're the type of person who likes to see something before you do it
video recipes may be a really good option for you. And keep in mind this is YouTube so
you might see some goofiness now and then.
Step 3: Spice it up! If you feel like you're in a bit of a rut finding a new recipe
maybe try changing the way you search for them. If you're usually trying to find a
recipe for a specific dish,
you can try searching by cuisine type instead. Another interesting way is to
search by ingredients.
Rummaging around your pantry you find black beans
sweet potatoes and some eggs in the fridge. Just try searching for
recipe black beans sweet potatoes eggs
and look for a recipe that uses those ingredients
Step 4: Relax and Enjoy.
We really hope this video helps you to get some new ideas about
how to search recipes online and where to look for them.
Anyway, that's all we've got. Bon Appetit!
which i think is French for happy eating, or something?
Sounds right. Happy eating!