Lily Wu says she likes to cook, but she's not so good about planning meals.
"I am not organized enough to plan everything a week in advance," she said.
She's just the person who should be using a few new cooking Web sites. They're designed to let you input whatever ingredients you have on hand, and then you'll get recipes that are easy - and will let you use food that may have gone to waste.
"Pretty much any combination you can think of, at least some recipes will pop up, or if there's nothing you can make right this second, it'll at least tell you what recipes are close to those ingredients," says Supercook.com's Tim Lang.
Besides Supercook, you might want to try Recipe Matcher, Leftover Wizard or Meal-o-Pedia.
They all use search engines to find you recipes from all over the web.
Lily particularly likes AllRecipes.com because she can also input ingredients she doesn't want to use.
"That's very useful for me because sometimes you have someone with allergies or is picky," says Lily.
So whether you're a novice cook or an experienced chef, these sites should help you save money and gain food fans.
"If you're a more experienced chef, you can start to envision more possibilities and maybe get out of a recipe rut you have been in for a while," says Lang.
Give these sites a try:
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