So, I quietly launched my site SmoothieRecipes.com a year ago, but waited until I had a bit more cool stuff in it before showing more people. Figured /r/recipes would be a nice place to show this to.
I created it with the goal of focusing really heavily on nutrition and health rather than just saying "its healthy because it has chia seeds in it".
I also can't stand scrolling through 5 pages of someone's life story and giant pictures before I can view the recipe. The ingredients are the star of the show here.
Here's a nice smoothie recipe so you can see it in action and stay within the rules:
Minx (Yields 27 fl oz / 2 servings)
- Almond Milk - 4 fl oz
- Banana - 1 medium
- Ginger Root - 1/2 thumb tip
- Ice - 2 cups
- Orange - 1 fruit
- Spinach - 1 cup
- Strawberries - 1 cup
It calculates a ton of stuff and uses the usda database to do all kinds of fun stuff. I even have a Healthy Smoothies section that calculates how good a recipe is based on studies and its nutrition (like examine.com, but it shows you recipes that would help). I plan to show all the studies later too, so you can see the evidence for yourself. They're all there, I just haven't enabled them yet.
You can also build your own smoothies and share them.
I've slowly been adding onto it for over a year, and it isn't perfect, could always use more content, but it's getting there. I'd say the site is still in its infancy and there's bugs here and there (facebook login has issues on a bunch of browsers), but I continue to work on it as I get time. I'm at the point where I'd love some serious feedback from some recipe people to make sure I'm on the right track.
(mods, let me know if I'm breaking any rules)
bon appetit
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