Bean

When Bean changes a recipe, does it also fix things like cooking time and seasoning? Like if I replace chicken with veggies, will it update the steps properly so the dish still turns out good?

Hey Product Hunt! 👋

Pankrit here, co-founder of Bean. I'm running on coffee and pure adrenaline right now.

We launched Recipe Adapt because we lived the problem. Every. Single. Night.

You know that moment at 5pm when you realize you're missing half the ingredients? Or your kid suddenly decides they hate chicken? Or you remember you're trying to eat less carbs but the recipe is pasta-heavy?

Yeah. That was our life.

After 600+ conversations with stressed parents, we kept hearing the same thing: "I don't need another recipe app. I need recipes that adapt to MY life."

So we built it.

One prompt → your recipe updates instantly. Missing garlic? Tell Bean. Need more veggies? Tell Bean. Kid won't eat mushrooms? Tell Bean.

The recipe just... adapts. No more hunting through 47 tabs trying to find a substitution.

Here's what I'm most curious about from this community:

1. Does this problem hit you too, or are we just chaotic? 😅

2. What's your 5pm dinner panic story?

3. What else should recipes adapt to that we haven't thought of?

We're here all day answering every question, taking every piece of feedback, and honestly just grateful you're checking this out.

Let's make dinner less stressful together.

P.S. - If you've ever stood in your kitchen, stared at a recipe, and thought "literally none of this works for me right now" - you already know why we built this.

Just used Bean and wow, this is actually helpful. I am always changing recipes last minute and this made it way easier. Didn’t expect it to update so fast. Might actually use this a lot.

Kids change their minds every day and dinner becomes a guessing game. It’s annoying when you plan something and they suddenly won’t touch it. Bean seems helpful since you can adjust the recipe on the spot instead of looking for a whole new meal. Might be useful for parents dealing with picky eaters.

Trying to stay on a healthy diet is such a headache sometimes. Recipes always have stuff I don’t want or can’t eat. This looked kinda helpful because you can just tell it what you want changed and it fixes it for you. Might make eating clean a bit easier ngl.

Eating for fitness gets annoying because every recipe acts like you have to stick to it exactly or you’re doing something wrong. I’ve never liked that.

Some days I want to change half the ingredients based on how my training went, and I don’t want to start searching for a whole new meal just because of that.

The way this lets you adjust things on the fly feels like a nice break from all the strict “follow this or else” type of recipes. It matches how real life works, not how perfect meal plans look on paper.