AllRecipes.com Is My One Stop Shop for Meal Ideas!

Today I visited AllRecipes.com for the 100th time looking for something different to make for dinner tomorrow. Let's face it... we all get stuck in a rut now and then and it's easy to make something for the 200th time when you are being lazy. I use this site to help me mix it up a bit whenever I actually have the motivation to try something new. AllRecipes.com teaches you that you don't have to be a proffesional chef in order to make great meals!

I decided to browse through my recipe box to see if there was anything I had saved before that I might want to make again. I was shocked when I noticed that I saved my first recipe on AllRecipes.com back in 2001! After 6 years I still return to this site at least once a month so I thought it was time to share it with all of you. After all, if all of you join the site, you can start posting more great recipes for me to find. Before I continue, let me just point out that this site is FREE to join and FREE to use, so come down now!!

The Basics
The site can be generalized as just a place to find recipes. I remember when I visited back in 2001, it was basically just a simple search engine to find different recipes. Even though the site has evolved a lot since then, the basic premise is still the same. You can go to the site and search for recipes by name, an ingredient, or browse by category. Most of the time when I visit the site, I start by browsing the category for the type of meal I'm making (main course, soup, dessert, salad, etc). However if I have a specific ingredient in mind that I want to eat, I will search that way. This site has a whole lot going on, so let me walk you through the steps I usually follow as this will demonstrate all the features the site has to offer.