eatitnow

Inspiration

According to the USDA, 30-40 percent of the food supply is wasted. As busy college students, we often see this play out in our own lives. Whether it be the fruits lying in the fridge for 2 weeks or the bread that just ends up sitting in the pantry, our group members struggled with keeping track and utilizing the food in our kitchen on time. We wanted to create an website that would not only let us easily keep track of the freshness of our food, but also recommend recipes for ingredients that are potentially about to go bad.

What it does

Currently our app has two important features: keeping track of food items plus recipe recommendations. Users are able to input individual items, that are then organized on based on the type of food (produce, diary, etc). All items are displayed on the digital pantry, along with an indicator for how long the item will remain fresh. Users are also given the option to look through recipes where there is a priority for items in risk of expiring.

How we built it

We used React as our web framework and the Spoonacular API to generate recipes.

Challenges we ran into

Majority of our group members were not experienced with the React framework, so the most challenging part was figuring our way through the new language.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Overall, we're most proud of our transition from our planning/designing phase to the actual rendering of our project.

What we learned

What's next for eatitnow

In the future, we hope to create an even more user-friendly version of our website by having additional options to scan items or receipts. We also would love to make better use of our user data to offer more personalized recipes and chances for users to go back to old recipes they have tried and loved.