How to use What in the veg

What in the veg finds vegan and plant-based recipes. You choose the ingredients you want, and we show recipes that use all of them. We link out to the original site; we never republish the recipe.

Search by ingredients

Add ingredients one at a time, or type several at once with commas or plus signs: chickpeas, tomatoes or tofu + broccoli. A recipe must use every ingredient you add, so the more you add, the narrower the results.

You can also search by food group, such as legumes, vegetables or nuts. A group matches any recipe that uses something in it.

As you type, suggestions appear. Tap one, or press Enter, to add it.

Search by recipe name

Switch to Recipe name to search recipe titles, for example curry, brownies or stir fry. It matches the title of the recipe.

Narrow with filters

Use the filters to narrow by diet (such as gluten free or oil free), meal, dish type and time. Filters stack, so each one you add narrows the results further.

The number beside each filter counts recipes in your current search, not the whole site. A filter that can't add anything is shown greyed out with a 0, so you always know what a filter will do before you pick it.

Exclude ingredients

Use Exclude to leave out ingredients you don't like or don't have. Search oats, then exclude bananas, and you'll see oat recipes without banana.

Type an ingredient or a group and press Enter or Add to exclude it. On a computer it sits at the top of the filters on the left; on a phone, tap the Exclude pill. You can also use it on its own, with no other search, to see everything without something.

Where the recipes come from

We index vegan recipe sites and always link you to the original. Every site is reviewed by hand, and sites that drift from vegan are removed. When you find something you like, you cook it from the creator's own page.

Save or share a search

Your search is kept in the web address, so you can bookmark it or send the link to someone. Opening the link restores the same search.

Install the app

You can add What in the veg to your home screen so it opens like an app. See Install.

Can't find something?

Check your spelling first, and try a different spelling or a simpler word. Ingredient names and recipe titles vary a lot, so a synonym or a more common name often works better.

It may also be a recipe we haven't indexed yet, or your words may not match a recipe title. Try fewer or different ingredients, or search by name instead. If you think an ingredient is missing, let us know.

For vegan food bloggers

If you write a vegan recipe blog, you can submit it to be included in the search, or ask to be featured on our homepage. Both are on the For creators page.