What is DishGen?
DishGen is an AI kitchen assistant that writes recipes and meal plans to order. You type what you have in the fridge, the diet you follow or the dish you are craving, and it generates a full recipe with ingredients and steps. The site says more than a million recipes have been created with it, and you can try it without an account or card.
Beyond single recipes, DishGen builds meal plans, lets you chat with the AI to adjust dishes, and saves your recipes, plans and favourites to your account. It pitches itself as a way to reduce food waste by finding creative uses for leftovers. Paid plans add a personalised AI model that learns your tastes, a longer chat memory, an advanced meal planner that can generate recipes inside a plan, AI editing of existing recipes, AI nutrition facts labels and an ad-free experience. There is an iPhone app as well as the website.
Main Features
- Recipes from ingredients, diets or cravings
- AI meal planner
- Chat to tweak and refine dishes
- Save recipes, plans and favourites
- AI nutrition facts labels (paid)
- Web and iPhone app
How to Get Started with DishGen
- Go to dishgen.com
- Type ingredients, a diet or a dish idea in the recipe creator
- Review the generated recipe and ask for changes
- Create a free account to save recipes or build a meal plan
DishGen Pricing
The Basic plan is free forever with 15 credits a week (one credit is one recipe or meal plan). Premium costs $72 a year ($6 a month) for 75 credits a day, and Pro costs $159 a year with commercial rights; both start with a 7-day free trial.
Who Should Use It?
- Home cooks short on ideas
- People trying to use up leftovers
- Anyone following a specific diet
- Busy families planning the week's meals
- Food bloggers needing recipe drafts (Pro)
DishGen Alternatives
- ChefGPT: AI recipe and meal plan generator
- LetsFoodie AI: Free AI recipe generator from ingredients
- Samsung Food: Recipe saving, meal planning and shopping lists
Frequently Asked Questions
Is DishGen free?
It has a free Basic plan with 15 credits a week. Premium ($72 a year) and Pro ($159 a year) add far more credits and features.
Do I need an account to try DishGen?
No. You can generate a recipe without an account or credit card; an account lets you save them.
Can DishGen make meal plans?
Yes. It has a meal planner, and paid plans add an advanced planner that generates recipes within the plan.