Every recipe you see, you can actually make.
Recipe apps love showing you beautiful dishes that need 14 ingredients you don't have. Shelfie does the opposite. It checks your pantry first, then shows recipes where you have everything (or almost everything, with a substitution suggestion). Pasta, eggs, and cheese? Here's Carbonara. Missing bacon? Use pancetta, or skip it entirely. No more abandoned recipe tabs.
Recipes you can
actually make tonight.
We only show recipes you can make with what's already in your kitchen.
Missing: Bacon (suggest pancetta?)
Common questions
How does Shelfie know what recipes I can make?
It cross-references your current pantry inventory against recipe ingredient lists. A recipe shows up only when you have 80%+ of what's needed. If you're missing one item, Shelfie suggests a substitution from what you do have — Greek yogurt for sour cream, lemon juice for vinegar, that kind of thing.
Where do the recipes come from?
Shelfie has a library of 2,500+ recipes. You can also import recipes from any URL (paste a link from your favorite food blog). Imported recipes work the same way — matched against your pantry for feasibility.
Can I filter by cooking time or difficulty?
Yes. Filter by time (under 15, 30, or 60 minutes), difficulty (beginner to advanced), cuisine type, and dietary restrictions. All filters stack on top of the pantry-match requirement — so you'll only see quick vegetarian recipes you can make right now.
What are substitution suggestions?
When you're missing one ingredient, Shelfie checks if something in your pantry works instead. Missing buttermilk? Milk + lemon juice. No fresh basil? Dried basil at 1/3 the quantity. These aren't random — they're tested equivalents that won't ruin the dish.
Does it prioritize recipes using expiring ingredients?
Yes. Recipes using ingredients that expire soonest float to the top. If your tomatoes are going in 2 days, tomato-heavy recipes appear first. This is how Shelfie prevents waste — by making it the path of least resistance to use what you have.