What can I cook with one ingredient?
Type the one thing you have. Pann builds one real meal around it, with amounts and steps. No account, no list of twenty options.
What it makes from what people actually have
- chicken thighs: Sticky honey garlic chicken with rice and broccoli, 30 minutes.
- half a cabbage: Crispy cabbage and bacon fried rice, one pan, 20 minutes.
- a tin of chickpeas: Crunchy chickpea and halloumi salad with lemon, 15 minutes.
- three eggs: Cheese and spring onion omelette with buttered toast, 10 minutes.
It works for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, for one to four people. Every meal is a well-known dish a beginner would cook on a Tuesday, with metric amounts first and sensory cues in the steps: golden, sizzling, just wilted.
How this differs from a recipe search
A recipe search gives you a list and leaves the decision to you. This gives you one meal and a method. If you want to see the alternatives, the guide to the best what-to-cook apps covers the ones that list, and the dinner quiz decides for you without typing anything.
Questions
What can I cook with one ingredient?
More than you think, because the ingredient you name is the main part and the rest is a normal pantry: oil, salt, an onion, garlic, a lemon, rice or pasta. Name the one thing you have and Pann builds one real meal around it with amounts and steps.
Is this free?
Yes. Three meals a day per visitor are free in the browser, no account needed. The Pann app goes further: you pick the days you need food for, cook several meals in one session, and every box shows its day and how long it keeps.
Does it count calories?
No. Pann is a meal prep planner, not a tracker. In the app you can pick lighter, balanced or more protein as a direction and it nudges portions; you never log food or see a calorie target.
What is different in the app?
The app plans meal prep: choose the days and meals you need, and Pann merges a few recipes (usually two to four) into one guided cooking session with timers, packs a box for every meal with its day and how long it keeps, freezes what would not keep and writes the shopping list. It avoids what you do not like and checks every plan against your allergies.
