Recipes

Search MyPlate Kitchen recipes

Search the ~1,072-recipe public-domain USDA MyPlate Kitchen collection by query, food group, category, max calories and minimum rating. Returns recipe cards; use /recipes/{slug} for the full recipe.

get/recipes

Request

  • Base URL: https://myplate.food/api/v1
  • URL: https://myplate.food/api/v1/recipes
  • Auth: none declared

Query parameters

qstring

Free-text search over recipe name + description.

food_group'fruits' | 'vegetables' | 'grains' | 'protein-foods' | 'dairy'

Filter by MyPlate food group.

categorystring

Dish category, e.g. "Main dish", "Salad", "Soup".

max_caloriesnumber

Only recipes at or below this calorie count per serving.

min_ratingnumber

Minimum USDA rating (0–5).

limitinteger

Max results (default 20).

offsetinteger

Pagination offset.

Response

A page of recipe cards.

object required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.