About
21 Recipes is an experiment in using AI to analyse nutritional needs, as defined by the NHS Eatwell Guide and the UK government's dietary recommendations, and to turn them into simple, straightforward cooking in a UK kitchen.
It has not been reviewed by a dietitian or any other health professional. The recipes were written and the nutrition worked out with AI, then checked against published UK guidance and the UK government's food composition data. The recipes have not all been test-cooked. It is general information for healthy adults, not medical or dietary advice. If you have a health condition, are pregnant, or have a food allergy, speak to your GP or a registered dietitian before changing how you eat.
The idea
Most people cook the same ten or so meals on repeat. 21 Recipes swaps that habit for a better set: 21 dinners and 7 breakfasts on a three-week rotation, planned so that the whole cycle adds up to a balanced diet.
It is built around one weekly shop. Each dinner makes the next day's lunch, so there is one meal to cook a day, not two. Each recipe teaches one technique and has one line to remember. Cook them a few times and you will not need the recipe, or this site. Print your card, stick it on the fridge, and leave.
How it works
- Set your dietary requirements: what you eat, who you cook for, and whether you want leftovers for lunch.
- Shop once a week from the list.
- Cook the dinner and eat the leftovers for lunch the next day.
- After three cooks a recipe counts as learned, and the instructions step back to short steps, then to the one line to remember.
Who it is for
Anyone cooking for one or two who wants to eat properly without thinking about it every day, including people who rarely cook. The recipes use ordinary supermarket food, a few pans and kitchen measures like mugs, tins and handfuls.
What it costs
Nothing. There are no adverts, accounts or cookies, and nothing to buy.
The working
Every figure, source, assumption and gap is on the Details page.
Who is behind it
21 Recipes is built and run by Tekate Limited, a small web company in West Sussex. Tekate Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, company number 15446751.
Tell us what you think
This is an experiment, and it gets better when people tell us what did not work: a quantity that was off, a step that was unclear, a mistake in the figures. Email feedback at 21recipes dot uk.