The Internet - The World's Largest Cookbook

Whoops, this post was supposed to be posted automatically while I was away from my little island and apparently, now that I finally check back, I see that I hadn't set it properly, so my appologies but better late than never.

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 Lately I've been running into the problem of not being able to find ingredients(most recently, specific cuts of meat) for a lot of recipes  at the local grocery stores, so I have instead started looking more for recipes that fit what I have on hand.  So far, I have come across some great recipes(Some of which will be coming later) and best of all, I can find the recipes the day of and not have to think ahead and shop for specific ingredients.

The biggest problem about doing this is that you do need to have a fairly well stocked kitchen in order to have most of the spices and basic ingredients that the recipes call for.  You also have to be willing to make substitutions when you do not have the appropriate ingredient, though especially with spices there are usually a few options for substitutions(which can also be found online).

My most recent find has been Allrecipes.com ,the site has a large user submitted database of recipes that can be searched by keyword or ingredients that you want or don't want, which makes finding a recipe to fit your needs a snap.  Add to that the ability to print off the recipe as a full page or in recipe card sizes that you can print and the ability to save recipes you like to your own recipe box online, it becomes a powerful tool for anyone looking to find a new recipe to try.

Until next time, Happy Surfing!