The Best Websites to Find Free Recipes

By Cristopher Fowers

You can find hundreds of thousands of recipes on the Internet to add to your cookbook and recipe software. Here are some of the best websites we found that offer free recipes to enhance your collection:

ichef.com

Ichef.com has thousands of recipes. Use the user-friendly searchbox to find the recipes you would like to add to your database. Though this website offers very few pictures with the recipes, you will find the preparation time, the total preparation time (includes baking or cooking time), the total number of ingredients required and a recipe rating by other cooks. Overall, this is an excellent source for recipes.

freerecipe.org

This is a very clean, well-organized site and though there isn't a search box to help you find recipes by keyword, all of the recipes are neatly categorized. Click on a category and it will lead you to another category and so on until you narrow your search to the recipe your want. This system works well and introduces you to other recipe ideas. Though many of the recipes don't include pictures, this is definitely a site to add to your list of resources. You'll find tons of recipes to add to your cookbook.

free-gourmet-recipes.com

Free-gourmet-recipes.com has an entire section dedicated to nutritious recipes. These can be a great addition to your healthy or diet cookbook. Each recipe in this section has a nutrition analysis for each serving. You could incorporate this into your cookbook and recipe software as notes. You can search recipes by ingredient (beef, chicken, pork and so on) or by category (main dish, side dish, beverage and so on.)

recipegoldmine.com

This visually appealing website has thousands of recipes to browse. You can use a searchbox to find a recipe by keyword or just browse through the many categories. There are not a lot of pictures, but you can add your own to your recipe manager. This website will let you email recipes so you can email them to yourself and easily add the recipe to your cookbook and recipe program.

cooking.com

When you go to cooking.com click on the "Recipes & More" tab-that's where you'll find the free recipes. This website has a search box and even an advanced search box so you can limit your search by course, season, cooking method and more. Cooking.com has a good description of each recipe and lots of pictures. The site is well organized and you'll find tons of good recipes to add to your collection.

allrecipes.com

This is a great source for free recipes. You can use the search box or browse the thousands of recipes by category. This is an exceptional place for people who have special dietary needs like gluten-free recipes. You'll also find other handy resources like member ratings and top recipes. If you become a member of the site, which is free, you can get a newsletter, post recipes and add your feedback to the recipes.

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