Recipes

Nine of the best sites for recipes. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestions at the bottom of the page. (Related searches: Chicken Recipes, BBQ Recipes, Drink Recipes)

1. AllRecipes.com - More than 50,000 recipes are featured here in categories ranging from chicken, soups and stews and slow cooker recipes to kid-friendly recipes and healthy cooking ideas. The site also includes ratings and reviews, video how-to’s, menus, meal ideas and a recipe box function for organizing and customizing recipes. (www.allrecipes.com)

2. Recipes from the Food Network - Offers hundreds of recipes broken out into categories including “Quick and Easy,” Recipes on TV, Chef Recipes from favorites like Paula Deen and Bobby Flay and more. Plan entire menus with information on appetizers, sides, mains and desserts, share recipes with other foodies, more. (www.foodnetwork.com)

3. Recipes at Epicurious.com - This award-winning Conde Nast food site incorporates more than 35,000 professionally tested recipes, 50,000 member-submitted recipes, and information from food authorities from around the world.  You’ll also find a wealth of articles and tips focused on cooking, entertaining, wine, cocktails and shopping. (www.epicurious.com)

4. Crockpot Recipes - As the name suggests, Crock Pot recipes are the focus of this site, which features free slow cooker recipes for chicken, chili, pasta, dessert and much more. You’ll find large photographs of the finished dishes and videos featuring step-by-step instructions.  (www.recipescrockpot.com)

5. Great Depression Cooking with Clara - Not recipes exactly, but an online cooking “show” with episodes featuring 93-year-old Clara Cannucciari who prepares recipes that her mother made during the Great Depression while sharing stories (which might include her time spent as a Twinkie filler in the 1930s) and her wisdom from the time. You can also buy DVDs here, link to Clara’s blog, talk in the forum, and become Clara’s Facebook friend. (www.greatdepressioncooking.com)

6. Recipes @ Whole Foods Market - Recipes that reflect this retailer’s focus on natural and organic products. Site includes a library of healthy recipes, nutritional profiles, food guides, and cooking and entertaining guides. People with special dietary concerns will find wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free and vegetarian recipes. Whole Foods’ weekly cooking show “Secret Ingredient” can also be viewed here via the Whole Story blog. (www.wholefoodsmarket.com)

7. Recipes from “Top Chef” Fan Favorite Fabio - Charming Italian chef Fabio Viviani, fan favorite from the popular Bravo reality series “Top Chef,” shares his recipes for fettuccine, chicken piccata and more in this March 16, 2009 news segment from ABC’s “Good Morning, America.” (abcnews.go.com)

8. Top Secret Recipes - “Ccreating kitchen clones of America’s favorite brand name foods,” including clone recipes for dishes such as KFC Chicken Pot Pie, Tony Roma’s Baked Potato Soup, Cracker Barrel Double Chocolate Fudge Coca Cola Cake, Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pie, and dozens more, searchable by brand. You can also watch strange videos here like “Cloning a Snickers Bar Blindfolded.” Some recipes are free and some are available for purchase. (www.topsecretrecipes.com)

9. Recipes at Love Food Hate Waste - Features recipes that make use of the odds and ends left over from previous meals, or forgotten in the fruit bowl or the back of the fridge. Search by “What Foods Need Using Up?” to find rescue recipes to match your leftovers, as well as time savers, batch recipes, and “cook once, eat twice” recipes. (www.lovefoodhatewaste.com)

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