Safety & Checks
How We Check Every Recipe
A calmer kitchen starts with recipes you can trust. Every dish in the library passes seven checks before it shows up on your plan.
In the Library
25+ Checked
Recipes that passed every check, with all ingredients, step times and nutrition numbers.
Kitchen-Tested
0 So Far
Cooked and loved by at least 5 households. We start at zero and add each one as it earns the badge.
Rules, Not Guesses
Checked by Code
Time, temperature, salt and diet rules are checked by code before you see a recipe.
The Seven Checks
Here is what we check before a recipe can reach your kitchen.
1. The Numbers Add Up
Calories must match the protein, carbs and fat in the recipe. If they are off by more than 15%, the recipe does not pass.
2. Safe Cooking Temperatures
Every meat, poultry and fish recipe names the safe temperature (165°F for poultry, 160°F for ground beef, 145°F for pork and fish with a 3-minute rest). You never have to guess if dinner is done.
3. Salt Stays in Check
Salt makes food taste good, but too much is a problem. A recipe may use 0.4 teaspoon of salt a serving or less. Baking soda and baking powder have limits too.
4. A Real Cost per Serving
Each recipe shows a cost per serving. It has to land in a real range for its budget level, so a cheap dinner is not secretly pricey.
5. Diet Tags You Can Trust
Tags like dairy-free, gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan are matched against the ingredients. If one ingredient breaks the tag, the recipe does not pass.
6. Steps You Can Follow
Every recipe has clear steps. Each ingredient is used in the steps, and at least two steps tell you what to look, smell or listen for. Risky methods like deep frying and canning are left out.
7. Checked Versus Kitchen-Tested
A check is a set of rules. Kitchen-Tested means real households cooked it and loved it. When five or more households rate a dish Loved, it earns the Kitchen-Tested badge.
Questions People Ask
Why not make up recipes on the spot?
A recipe made up on the spot can get times, salt or safe temperatures wrong. So we write recipes ahead of time. Code checks each one, and a person reads it before it goes live. You do not waste food on a bad guess.
What makes a recipe "Kitchen-Tested"?
After you cook a dinner, you can tap a rating: Loved, Fine or Not Again. When five or more households rate a recipe Loved and none report a safety problem, it earns the Kitchen-Tested badge.
What if a recipe does not work out?
Tap Not Again after you cook. Ratings are how we find recipes that need work.
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