Oh, a potato! is an AI-powered iOS app that helps you find, save and plan recipes using ingredients you already have in the name of reducing food waste.
Hi PH 👋, we're Radu and Dalma, the makers of OH, a potato. We help you find, save, plan, and cook recipes using ingredients you already have in the name of reducing food waste.
The name OH, a potato! comes from us finding an old, forgotten, and decrepit potato at the back of our pantry one day. This made us realize that we aren't doing a great job using the ingredients we have on hand before they go bad (don't worry, we still cooked the potato).
It turns out we are not alone, ⅓ of the world's food is thrown away by households, with 95-115 kg of food being wasted per year per person. People waste food primarily because they fail to meal plan or stick to a meal plan.
We tried multiple apps to solve this problem for ourselves, but all of them were missing something. Either they are recipe managers that require manual input or can't save recipes from social media like Instagram reels and TikTok videos, or they don't have an integrated ingredients manager that helps you find recipes using those ingredients and so on. So, we decided to build an app for our own use.
We've been building, refining, and using OH, a potato! for 2 years now, and we want to share it with all of you. Here's what it can do:
OH, a potato! can save recipes from anywhere:
- Give OH, a potato! a link, and it'll extract recipes from anywhere, including YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, using LLMs to parse recipe details automatically.
- Use OH, a potato!'s built-in scanner to save and automatically extract recipes from your favorite cookbooks using LLMs to parse recipe details automatically.
OH, a potato! can help you find new recipes:
- Search the web for recipes directly from OH, a Potato! and get cleaned-up, easy-to-read recipes that you can meal plan instantly.
- Generate LLM recipes using ingredients you have on hand.
OH, a potato! helps you meal plan and not waste ingredients:
- Set a meal planning day and get reminders.
- Get recipe suggestions based on ingredients you already have from your saved or LLM-generated recipes.
- Build a grocery list quickly for missing ingredients and keep your grocery store trips focused.
- Share your meal plan and recipes with others via household sharing.
Try OH, a potato! (1 month free) out and tell us what you think.
Thank you for making this fabulous app! This app is a game-changer for my kitchen. It's a fantastic tool for anyone looking to make the most of their groceries and minimize waste. All the best for the app!
This is such a fantastic idea, and it's even more impressive that it's for a great cause.
love this food-waste reducing work from you both @dalma_szabo @radu_lupu - I hope it sky-rockets!
Congrats on the launch! How does OH, a potato! optimize meal planning to minimize waste? Excited to try it out.
Congratulations on the launch, @radu_lupu! Does Oh, a potato, also help with reducing food wastage by using, say, the peel of a potato?
This idea is really fun. it is a good way to help the planet by not wasting food and also money.
@Oh, a potato! is an AI-powered iOS app that helps you find, save and plan recipes using ingredients you already have in the name of reducing food waste.
Oh.. I so much love this project.. By the way, will the meal planning also focus on promoting optimum nutrition?
