CookSmart

A React Native app for managing your pantry and finding recipes based on available ingredients.

Features

• Pantry Management: Add, edit, and organize your ingredients
• Recipe Search: Find recipes based on ingredients in your pantry
• Recipe Download: Search and download recipes from the internet
• Nutrition Tracking: Track calories, protein, carbs, and fat
• Offline Support: Store recipes locally for offline access

Recipe Sources

The app searches for recipes from multiple sources:

1. Spoonacular API - Professional recipe database
2. Edamam API - Nutrition-focused recipe database
3. AllRecipes - Popular recipe website
4. Food Network - Professional cooking website

API Keys Setup

To enable full recipe searching functionality, you'll need to get free API keys:

Spoonacular API

1. Go to Spoonacular
2. Sign up for a free account
3. Get your API key
4. Add to your environment: SPOONACULAR_API_KEY=your_key_here

Edamam API

1. Go to Edamam
2. Sign up for a free account
3. Create an application to get App ID and App Key
4. Add to your environment: EDAMAM_APP_ID=your_app_id and EDAMAM_APP_KEY=your_app_key

Installation

npm install

Running the App

npm start

How It Works

1. Add ingredients to your pantry
2. Search recipes - the app finds recipes that use your ingredients
3. Search & Download - find recipes from the internet based on your ingredients
4. Bulk Download - download many recipes at once for offline use

The app prioritizes recipes that best match your available ingredients and shows match percentages to help you choose the best recipes.

Setup for AI Recipe Generation

To use the AI recipe generation feature:

1. Get a Hugging Face API key from https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens
2. Run the setup script: ./scripts/setup-env.sh
3. Add your API key to the generated .env file
4. Restart the app: npx expo start --clear

Or manually create a .env file in the project root:

EXPO_PUBLIC_HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

See SETUP_API_KEYS.md for detailed instructions.