20% of the US waste stream is food waste. Most landfills are so tightly packed, they create an environment free of oxygen, which makes it very difficult (and sometimes impossible) for food items to biodegrade properly. Instead, these items degrade without oxygen and methane gas is released as a byproduct. Methane is anywhere from 20-150 times more potent of a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide over a 100 year timeframe, which is why minimizing food waste is so crucial.
Saved Your Bacon is a recipe tool that allows users to browse for recipes based on food items they have at home that might be close to perishing.
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- Users can search for recipes based on ingredients
- Users can exclude ingredients from the search result
- Users can filter by diet
- Users can convert measurements
- Users can find ingredient substitutions
- Users can get information on how to store perishables
- Spoonacular API integration
- Users can add recipes to their calendar
- Vanilla Javascript is used for the code structure
- Spoonacular API is used for recipe and ingredient data
- Google Calendar API is used to add recipes to a user's calendar
- Project set up
- Proposal submission
- Search
- Connect to Spoonacular API
- Connect to Google Calendar API
- Food item storage
- Styling and debugging
- Work on bonus features if possible
- Presentations
- Users can generate a shopping list
- Users can generate a meal plan