Getting the Most from EatRealAgain.com

How It Works

Welcome to Eat Real Again! We’ve built some handy features into this site to make your cooking journey easier. Here’s how to use them.

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Note: In order to provide a personal experience, you must be a registered subscriber to access most of the interactive features. Any feature with an asterisk (*) requires a free account subscription.

🥣Finding Recipes

Search by Ingredient Use the search bar to find recipes by ingredient—great for using up what’s already in your fridge!

Browse by Category Use the Recipes menu to filter by meal type, cuisine, or main ingredient to find exactly what you’re craving.

🍽️Adjust the Servings

Cooking for two instead of six? Having a crowd over? No problem!

  1. Find the servings number on any recipe (usually near the prep time)
  2. Use the + and – buttons to adjust up or down
  3. Watch the ingredient amounts automatically recalculate

No more mental math trying to figure out what “half of ¾ cup” is!

🔖Save Your Favorites*

Found a recipe you love? Save it for later!

  1. Look for the heart icon on any recipe
  2. Click it to add the recipe to your Favorites
  3. Click the heart again to remove a recipe from your favorites

Your favorites are saved to your account, so you can access them from any device. To view all your saved recipes, go to your Account Profile page and click View All Favorites & Build Shopping List—from there you can browse your collection or add multiple recipes to the Shopping List Generator at once.

You can also quickly access your favorites through the Shopping List Generator window by clicking the Favorites tab at the top.

📝The Shopping List Generator*

Say goodbye to scribbled notes and forgotten ingredients—the Shopping List Generator automatically compiles ingredients from your selected recipes into one organized list, ready to print or download as a PDF to your phone for easy reference while you shop.

Adding Recipes to Your Shopping List

There are several ways to add ingredients, depending on how much control you need.

Quick Add Methods

  • From the Main Recipes Page: Browse to the Recipes page and click the + Add to List button on any recipe card. This instantly adds all ingredients for the default number of servings.
  • From a Recipe Page: Click the Add to Shopping List button to add all ingredients for the default number of servings.

Customizing Servings

If you need a different number of servings than the default, adjust the serving size on the recipe page before adding it to your shopping list. Need to fix a mistake? Simply remove the recipe from your shopping list window and add it again with the correct number of servings.

Building a List from Your Favorites

For meal planning, you can build a shopping list from multiple saved recipes at once:

  1. From your Account Profile page, click View All Favorites & Build Shopping List
  2. On your Favorites page, you have two options:
    • Add multiple recipes: Check the Select All Visible box (or select specific recipes), then click the button to its right. You can set all recipes to the same serving size or adjust each one individually before clicking Add All to Shopping List
    • Add individual recipes: Select one or more recipes and click the Add to Shopping List button (the number shown reflects how many recipes you’ve selected). Adjust servings as needed, then confirm

Using the Shopping List Generator

Access the Shopping List Generator by clicking the shopping list badge in the bottom-right corner of any page.

Refining Your List

  • Cross off items: Click any ingredient you already have in stock to strike it from the list
  • Pantry Staples: Click this button to check off common items you typically keep on hand. Your selections here are saved and will remain checked for future shopping lists—just remember to update them if your pantry changes

Printing Your List

Once you’ve removed everything you don’t need to purchase, click the Print button. This opens a PDF in a new window that you can print or download. Close that window to return to the main site.

Quick Access Features

The Shopping List Generator also provides shortcuts to your recipes:

  • Favorites Tab: View and open any of your saved recipes. Click the X beside a recipe name to remove it from both the generator and your Favorites collection
  • Recents Tab: Quickly revisit recipes you’ve viewed recently, or remove them from your Recents list

🍳”Make It From Scratch” Links

This is one of our favorite features! Many recipes call for ingredients that you’d normally buy pre-made—like mayonnaise, pizza sauce, or pesto. But we’ve created from-scratch versions of those too.

When you see a “Make It From Scratch” box on a recipe, it means one or more ingredients have their own recipe on this site. Click the link to see how to make that component from scratch with real, whole ingredients.

For example: Our Ranch Dressing recipe links to our Homemade Mayonnaise. Make the mayo first, then use it in the ranch. No seed oils, no preservatives—just real food all the way down.

💡One More Handy Tip

Want a clean copy of a recipe? Click the 🖨️Print button on any recipe page for an ink-friendly version you can keep in the kitchen. This feature does not require you to register to our site.

We hope these features make your time in the kitchen a little easier. If you have questions or suggestions, we’d love to hear from you on our Contact page!

Happy cooking!