Got Picky Eaters or Food Allergies?

Well, I think I may just have the answer to your prayers. Check out the recently launched Yummly.com, a recipe site that actually understands you and your family’s taste preferences. Simply “feed” Yummly your tastes — whether it be your likes and dislikes, diets, allergies, nutrition, cuisine, price, time, ingredients you have on hand, or all of the above — and it will find recipes for you (from Epicurious, Food Network, All Recipes and more) that meet all your criteria. Cool, right?

So here’s how it works. Let’s say you you have one child who can’t have dairy, you’re on a low carb diet, your spouse doesn’t eat red meat, and no one in your family likes tomatoes. Now let’s say you have a package of chicken breasts and some red peppers in the fridge and you need some inspiration for what to do with it. You sign onto Yummly and go to the FoodFinder, search for recipes with chicken breasts and red bell peppers and you’ll be able to see almost every recipe on the internet that meets your criteria. That means: they’ll all have chicken and red bell peppers; none will have tomatoes or dairy; and they’ll all be low carb. Want the nutritional info? It’s on there too.

Like many recipe sites, Yummly is interactive. If you make a dish, you can rate it, take a picture and load it onto the site, but you can also edit a recipe, make substitutions, and save your version. What makes Yummly unique is that it has a social networking component, a “Facebook for Foodies” if you will. It’s still in beta but eventually you’ll be able to connect with friends and other people who have similar tastes — TasteBuds — and share notes and recipes.

I’m always on the lookout for great recipe sources and thought this one was worth sharing, especially since so many of us have food allergies or picky eaters.

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