Recipes By AI: a completely free AI recipe generator from whatever is in your fridge

Updated on October 13, 2026

Recipes By AI is a free AI recipe generator hosted on Let's Foodie, a London-based cooking resource site. No account, no app, no payment. You type a list of ingredients, pick a serving size, a cuisine and a difficulty level, and a full recipe appears within seconds. The tool runs entirely in the browser and supports 12 cuisine styles, from Italian to Korean.

From ingredient list to dinner idea in one click

Recipes By AI takes a plain-text list of ingredients, with or without quantities, and produces a step-by-step recipe. Four controls sit alongside the text box: serving size (1 to 10), cuisine type (Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Indian, French, Thai, Greek, Japanese, American, Spanish, British, Korean, or Any), difficulty (Easy, Medium, Hard), and a free-text field for dietary preferences (vegan, keto, gluten-free, etc.).

A test by Niche Pursuits showed the AI may add ingredients on its own, such as olive oil and oregano, to round out the dish. Handy, but it reinforces the warning printed on the page: these recipes have not been tested in a real kitchen, so a quick sanity check before cooking is well worth the extra minute.

Recipes By AI alongside paid competitors

The AI cooking assistant space has grown fast. ChefGPT runs six specialized modes starting at $2.99/month, DishGen focuses on single-recipe generation with a Premium plan from $6/month billed annually, and FoodiePrep AI covers the full meal-prep pipeline from recipe to shopping list. Mr. Cook can even start from a photo of your fridge.

Recipes By AI does far less, and that is the point. Zero friction: no account creation, no credit card prompt, no ads blocking the result. For someone who simply wants a quick dinner idea built around leftover chicken and whatever vegetables are in the crisper, it is the shortest path from fridge to fork.

Who built it and what to keep in mind

Let's Foodie is a UK company based in London (20-22 Wenlock Road, N1 7GU) that publishes cooking guides (freezing, reheating, ingredient definitions). The AI recipe generator has been online since at least 2023 and its business model has not changed since.

The tool stays firmly in the "quick idea" lane. There is no recipe import, no saved history, no nutritional breakdown. If your workflow demands weekly meal plans or macro tracking, ChefGPT or FoodiePrep AI are better fits. But if the question is simply "what can I make tonight with these five ingredients?", Recipes By AI answers it faster than anything else, at no cost.

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