These days when you need to find a recipe, it's more likely you turn to the computer instead of a cookbook. But with so many food sites out there sometimes it's hard to choose one. Below are some popular food and nutrition sites to help you figure out what's for dinner.
Nutrition
Easy access to information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity and food safety from across the federal government. Provided as a service of the National Agricultural Library.
Get nutrition facts and analysis for any food.
Set up a personal storage area for your favorite foods and recipes.Keep all your favorite foods in your personal pantry Analyze and improve your recipes.
Compare foods, such as apples to oranges, as well as entire meals and recipes.
Keep a personal log of every food you consume. ND's pantry will automatically total your intake of calories and more than 130 different nutrients.
Nutritional information, weight loss tools and forums
Features an encyclopedia that covers the history, growing season, and nutrient content of a variety of fruits and vegetables. Also find some fun ways to get kids to eat their fruits and veggies. Sponsored by Dole Food Company.
Resources to help improve eating habits and achieve a healthy lifestyle
Easy to search for nutritional information by brand names and restaurants
Special Diets
Substantive, well-organized, and balanced material providing news, recipes, nutrition information, links, and ideas for those interested in eating a vegetarian diet.
Information and choices for people who are interested in the vegan and vegetarian way of life
Recipes and nutrional information for people with diabetes
A resource for gluten-free recipes
Wheat Free/Gluten Free Resources
Recipes
These are just a few of the many recipe sites on the web.
Cooking, recipe collections, party ideas, quick and easy recipes, cooking videos
Sister site to The Food Network with thousands of recipes.
Save, organize, and share recipes, meals, reviews, photos
RecipeSource is one of the oldest recipe sites on the Internet. This site has a large collection of ethnic recipes.
Recipes, menus and articles from Bon Appetit and Gourmet Magazine Download a recipe to your cellphone and take it with you to the grocery store.
Loads of recipes and cooking articles
Includes recipes from Southern Living, Cooking Light and other magazines
Search for recipes and read food articles that have appeared in The News & Observer.
Useful Cooking Tools
Stocking your pantry? Here's a list of must-have items.
However, no matter how well stocked your pantry is, there will come a time when you need an ingredient you don't have on hand. That's when these ingredient substitutions come in handy.
Gourmet Sleuth Kitchen Conversion Calculator
How many tablespoons in a cup? How many grams in 6 ounces? Find out here.
A basic list of equipment and utensils for cooking beginners
