Joanie's Kitchen Roadmap

Last Updated: October 29, 2025 Current Status: 🟢 LAUNCHED (October 27, 2025) Current Version: v1.0

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🎯 Project Vision

Joanie's Kitchen helps people waste less food by making it easy to cook with what they already have. Inspired by Joanie Zisk's philosophy of resourcefulness and zero-waste cooking, we're building technology that serves people and the planet—not consumption.

Core Mission: Stop food waste. Start cooking with what you have.

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✅ What We've Built (Launch v1.0)

Phase 1-2: Core Waste Reduction Tools

Completed: October 2025

Built the foundation for zero-waste cooking:

• "What's in Your Fridge?" feature - Enter your ingredients, find recipes you can make right now
• Smart Recipe Matching - See what you have vs. what you need for every recipe
• Ingredient Substitutions - Get suggestions when you're missing ingredients
• Recipe Enhancement - All recipes now show resourcefulness scores and waste-reduction tips

Phase 3-4: Content & Navigation

Completed: October 2025

Created educational content and intuitive navigation:

• 4 Rescue Ingredient Guides - Save wilting greens, aging vegetables, leftover proteins, and excess herbs
• 4 Learning Guides - Zero-waste kitchen basics, substitution guide, stock from scraps, FIFO management
• Zero-Waste Recipe Collection - Curated recipes that align with our philosophy
• Redesigned Navigation - Organized around waste reduction, not luxury consumption

Phase 5-6: Database & Polish

Completed: October 2025

Enriched content and prepared for launch:

• 4,644 Recipes - All scored for resourcefulness and tagged with waste-reduction metadata
• 495 Ingredient Pages - Browse ingredients with storage tips, substitutions, and related recipes
• Performance Optimized - Lightning-fast search (<200ms) and page loads
• SEO Foundation - 5,159+ pages indexed with comprehensive meta data
• Expert Content System - Infrastructure for Joanie's personal chef notes

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🚧 Current Focus

Phase 7: User Engagement & Community

Timeline: November 2025 - January 2026 Status: Planning

Making Joanie's Kitchen personal and interactive:

User Accounts & Profiles

• Create an account and save your favorite recipes
• Track your cooking history and activity
• Customize your preferences and dietary needs

Recipe Interactions

• Like and save recipes to your personal collection
• Comment and share your cooking experiences
• Rate recipes to help others discover the best ones
• Flag inappropriate content to keep our community healthy

User-Generated Content

• Upload your own zero-waste recipes
• Share recipe variations you've tried
• Add photos of your finished dishes
• Contribute to our growing recipe database

Shopping Lists

• Generate shopping lists from any recipe
• Add or remove items as needed
• Check off items as you shop
• Share lists with family and friends

Community Building

• Follow other zero-waste cooking enthusiasts
• Share waste-reduction tips and techniques
• Join challenges to reduce food waste together
• Earn recognition for contributions

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🔮 Future Vision

V1.1: Persistence & Intelligence (December 2025)

Making your fridge data work for you:

• Persistent Fridge Inventory - Save your ingredients across sessions and devices
• Expiration Tracking - Get alerts when ingredients are about to go bad
• Waste Impact Dashboard - See how much food and money you've saved
• Community Substitutions - Share and discover substitutions that actually work

V1.2: AI Enhancement & Planning (January 2026)

Smarter tools for less waste:

• Photo Recognition - Snap a picture of your fridge to auto-detect ingredients
• Advanced Substitutions - AI-powered suggestions that understand allergies and dietary needs
• Meal Planning - Weekly meal plans optimized to use what you have
• Social Challenges - Challenge friends to reduce waste together

V1.3+: Ecosystem & Impact (February 2026+)

Building a zero-waste movement:

• Garden Integration - Track harvests and get recipes for seasonal abundance
• Seasonal Produce Guides - Know what's in season in your region
• Community Recipe Contributions - A curated library of user-submitted zero-waste recipes
• Environmental Impact Tracking - See the carbon, water, and waste impact of your cooking choices

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📊 By The Numbers

Launch Metrics (October 2025):

• 4,644 recipes with resourcefulness scores
• 495 ingredients with detailed information
• 99.9% ingredient extraction coverage
• <200ms search performance
• 10/10 performance score
• 5,159+ indexed pages

What's Next:

• User accounts and authentication
• Recipe saving and interaction features
• Shopping list generation
• Community engagement tools

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💡 Our Philosophy

Every feature we build asks these questions:

1. Does this help users waste less food?
2. Does this promote cooking with what you have?
3. Would Joanie approve?
4. Does this serve resourcefulness or consumption?

If the answer is no to any question, we don't build it.

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🔗 Learn More

• About Joanie's Philosophy: /philosophy
• How It Works: /how-it-works
• Zero-Waste Kitchen Guide: /learn/zero-waste-kitchen

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Joanie's Kitchen is a living project. We're constantly learning, improving, and finding new ways to help people waste less food. This roadmap reflects our current thinking and priorities—things may change as we learn from our users and the real-world impact of our work.

Last Review: October 29, 2025 Next Review: January 2026 (after Phase 7 completion)