Spice Up Your Recipe App! 🍲🚀

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Enhance Your Recipe Recommendation App with Advanced Features! 🍴✨

In our last post, you learned how to create a basic Recipe Recommendation Engine using PySimpleGUI, which could suggest recipes based on the ingredients you have.

Now, it’s time to take your app to the next level by adding some advanced features that will make it even more engaging and user-friendly.

Feature 1: Saving Favorite Recipes ❤️

One cool feature to add is the ability to save your favorite recipes for easy access later.

Imagine finding a great recipe and wanting to save it so you don’t have to enter the ingredients every time.

You can add a “Save to Favorites” button that writes the selected recipe to a file.

Step-by-Step:

1. Add a Save Button: Update your layout to include a new button labeled "Save to Favorites".

2. Write to File: When the button is clicked, the app will write the selected recipe to a favorites file.

# Function to save recipes

def save_recipe(recipe_name, recipe_details):

# Format the recipe details for saving

ingredients = ', '.join(recipe_details['ingredients'])

tags = ', '.join(recipe_details['tags'])

formatted_recipe = f"Recipe: {recipe_name}\nIngredients: {ingredients}\nTags: {tags}\n"

# favorites[recipe_name] = recipe_details

with open('favorites.txt', 'a') as file:

# file.write(f"{recipe_name}: {recipe_details}\n")

file.write(formatted_recipe)

sg.popup('Saved!', f'{recipe_name} has been saved to your favorites.')

Feature 2: Filtering by Dietary Needs 🥗

Not everyone eats the same things!

You can customize your app to allow users to filter recipes by dietary needs like vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free options.

Step-by-Step:

1. Add a Dropdown Menu: Include a dropdown in your layout where users can select their dietary preference.

2. Filter Recipes: Modify your recipe recommendation logic to check for dietary tags associated with each recipe.

# Function to filter recipes based on dietary needs

def filter_recipes(dietary_needs, recipes):

filtered = [recipe for recipe, details in recipes.items() if dietary_needs in details['tags']]

return filtered

# Layout for the GUI

layout = [

[sg.Text('Select Dietary Needs:')],

[sg.Checkbox('Vegetarian', key='-VEG-', enable_events=True),

sg.Checkbox('Vegan', key='-VEGAN-', enable_events=True),

sg.Checkbox('Gluten-Free', key='-GF-', enable_events=True)],

[sg.Listbox(values=list(recipes.keys()), size=(30, 6), key='-RECIPE LIST-', enable_events=True)],

[sg.Image(key='-IMAGE-')],

[sg.Button('Save to Favorites'), sg.Button('Exit')]

]

Feature 3: Adding Images of Dishes 🍲📸

To make your app visually appealing, why not add images of the dishes?

You can show a preview image next to each recipe, which not only looks great but also helps users decide which recipe to try.

Step-by-Step:

1. Prepare Images: Save images of your dishes in a directory and name them according to the recipe names.

2. Display Image: When a recipe is selected, display its corresponding image in the GUI.

# Show recipe image

if selected_recipe in image_paths:

 window['Image'].update(filename=image_paths[selected_recipe])

Bringing It All Together

Download completed code below:

With these advanced features, your Recipe Recommendation App becomes not just a simple tool but a powerful, personalized cooking assistant.

You’ll be able to save your favorite recipes, cater to specific dietary needs, and even enjoy a visual feast with images of the dishes you can prepare.

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What’s Next? 📅

In the next post, we’ll dive into implementing these advanced features step by step.

You’ll learn how to code each part, making sure your app is polished and professional.

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