🍳 MyChef

Welcome to MyChef! This project is a recipe app that helps users browse through recipes, search for specific recipes, ask AI for recipe suggestions, and save recipes for later.

🌐 MyChef

Table of Contents

• 📖 About
• ✨ Features
• 🛠 Technologies Used
• 🚀 Installation
• 🧑‍🍳 Usage
• 🤝 Contributing
• 📬 Contact

About

MyChef is a comprehensive recipe application designed to make cooking and meal planning easier. It provides a user-friendly interface for exploring a wide variety of recipes and offers advanced features like AI-powered recipe suggestions and a secure system for saving favorite recipes.

Features

• 🍽 Browse through a wide selection of recipes.
• 🔍 Search for specific recipes.
• 🤖 Ask AI for recipe suggestions using the Gemini AI API.
• 💾 Save recipes for later.
• 📱 Mobile responsive design.
• 🔒 Secure authentication system.

Technologies Used

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB
• Frontend: React.js, Bootstrap, React Material-UI
• APIs: Gemini AI API, TheMealDB API

Installation

To run this project locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/MyChef.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd MyChef

3. Install backend dependencies:

   cd backend
   npm install

4. Install frontend dependencies:

   cd ../recipe-app
   npm install

5. Create a .env file in the backend directory and add your environment variables:

   password=your_password
   DB_URL=your_database_url
   SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
   

   You can get the DB_URL from MongoDB Atlas.

6. Create a .env file in the recipe-app directory and add your environment variables:

   VITE_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key
   

   You can get the VITE_API_KEY from Gemini API.

7. Start the backend server:

   cd ../backend
   nodemon server.js

8. In a new terminal, start the frontend server:

   cd ../recipe-app
   npm run dev

Usage

Once the application is running, you can access it at http://localhost:3000. Use the website to browse, search, and save recipes. Try out the AI feature for personalized recipe suggestions.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork this repository and submit a pull request for any feature or bug fix you would like to implement.

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name).
3. Make your changes.
4. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some feature').
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/your-feature-name).
6. Open a pull request.

Contact

If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to reach out:

• 📧 Email: saurav.codes42@gmail.com
• 💼 LinkedIn: Saurav Singh

Thank you for using MyChef!