About UseThis Kitchen
UseThis Kitchen helps you cook real meals from the ingredients you already have. So you waste less food and spend less money.
The story
This site started, like most useful things, out of frustration. Half-used groceries kept ending up in the bin. The weekly shop kept creeping up. The takeaway app kept getting opened on Wednesdays. So we rebuilt the question. Instead of "what do you want to eat?" we asked "what do you already have?" Every recipe here starts from that question and is built to be cheap, fast, and genuinely good. Not a compromise, just dinner.
How recipes are tested
Drafts are developed with the help of AI tools to speed up the boring parts. Formatting, ingredient normalization, cross-linking. Then every recipe is reviewed, cooked, and edited in a real home kitchen before it goes live. We measure with the same cups and spoons you have. We taste at the end. If a recipe doesn't actually work, it doesn't get published. We document the whole process honestly in our editorial policy.
Author
UseThis Kitchen is run by Marie Lavigne, a lifelong home cook who got tired of throwing away half-used groceries. The recipes here start from one question. What do you already have?. And are built to be cheap, fast, and genuinely good. Drafts are developed with the help of AI tools and then reviewed, tested, and edited in a real kitchen before they go live. If a recipe doesn't actually work, it doesn't get published.
Get in touch
Email hello@usethiskitchen.com or use the contact form.