Taking Stock and Stirring Things Up

I love soup. Instantly gratifying in a way that few meals can replicate. Almost always a healthful option and a universal one. Wherever you travel, there’s a steaming bowl waiting be slurped or spooned or sipped.

But in my kitchen taking stock of the right ingredients and recipe can stir up indecision and inaction. What to make?

Someone smarter than I faced this exact problem and created “Noodler.” The app randomly selects from more than 100 ingredients and always creates a perfect combination. (It won’t ever put together clams, butternut squash and chili oil, for example). If you don’t like the outcome, you simply try again until you find a result that you want to see in a pot on your stove.

I like the suggestions “Noodler” has offered so far and hope in future updates I can insert supplies I have on hand and ask the app’s advice. Sometimes I don’t always have the pantry to match the program’s imagination.

Seth PLG about Noodler: The Noodle Soup Oracle, v1.0