In MoodDish, dishes come up one by one. Yum, you keep it; Pass, you move on. Every Yum joins your favourites, with the recipe, its estimated price and what you need to build your shopping list. It is free.
Choosing a dish from a list of a thousand recipes is tiring. Saying yes or no to a single dish is easy. Yum or Pass is built on that difference.
How it works
- A dish comes up, with its picture, its name and its cooking time.
- You swipe it right if you fancy it (Yum), left if it is not for tonight (Pass).
- Every Yum is a match: the dish joins your favourites.
- You open the recipe whenever you like: ingredients, steps, estimated price of the dish.
It is the gesture of a dating app, applied to dinner.
Why it helps you decide
- One decision at a time. You are not comparing fifty dishes, you answer a single question.
- You decide with your appetite. The picture tells you in a second whether you are hungry for that dish.
- You build a reserve. Matches add up: on evenings with no idea, you pick from them.
What is free
Match, the catalogue, favourites and guided cooking are free. You can also build a shopping list from one recipe. Free accounts may see advertising.
MoodDish+ (€1.99 a month or €19.99 as a one-time purchase) adds the ingredient finder, filters for your allergies, several recipes in one list and the budget breakdown.
What Yum or Pass does not do
- It does not create recipes on demand. Dishes come from a catalogue of more than 1,000 recipes, written for MoodDish and reviewed before publication.
- It orders nothing. The app builds your shopping list; you shop wherever you like.
- The price is an estimate. It is based on prices recorded at French retailers and varies with your shop.
Try it without installing the app
The MoodDish home page has a preview of Yum or Pass with real dishes from the catalogue.
And if you prefer a method without a phone: What to cook when you have no idea?.
