Simple Recipe Scaler for Bulk Cooking
Why This is an Opportunity
This addresses the inconvenience of manual recipe scaling, which often leads to errors and wasted ingredients. The solution automates ingredient adjustments based on desired serving size, providing users with accurate shopping lists and preparation instructions. A basic form-based app can easily manage the input and calculations needed.
Key Pain Points
- •Current process requires manually recalculating each ingredient's measurement
- •Existing tools don't offer simple bulk cooking adjustments
- •No way to quickly generate scaled shopping lists from recipes
- •Using separate tools for scaling and list generation is inefficient
- •Manual recalculation takes 30+ minutes for complex recipes
Original Discovery
People preparing meals in bulk face frustration when manually adjusting each ingredient's quantity to scale the recipe. Existing cooking apps focus on single meals and require cumbersome recalculation by the user. A simple web app could allow users to input a recipe and the desired number of servings, with automatic scaling for all ingredients and quick exportable lists.
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