The Big Sites

These are in no particular order. If you would like to suggest a site send me an email

1. - Recipezaar.com - More than 240,000 recipes. This site also includes user created menus and cookbooks plus a forum/discussion board.

2. - Foodnetwork.com - Includes recipes from all the major stars of the Food network channel. There is also a video section that highlights some of their creations.

3. - Sparkrecipes.com - A spin-off site of Sparkpeople.com - There are more than 30,000 recipes plus nutritional calculators for making whole meals. They also have recipe specific message boards.

4. - RD.com - Readers Digest - Lots of great healthy meal ideas here. RD.com has just under 30,000 recipes.

5. - Allrecipes.com - Another nice large site with community forums and more than 40,000 recipes.

The Smaller Sites

1. - Cooksrecipes.com - 18,000 recipes and growing. There is also an ask an expert section.

2. - Prevention.com - Prevention has a good sized recipe database along with some big name contributors such as the creator of the south beach diet.

3. - Recipeland.com - A nice little site, the have a ton of recipes and some decent commentary of various food related topics.

4. - Epicurious - I think the main feature of epicurious.com is the videos. They show you preparation techniques like how to properly crack a lobster. The recipe count is a little smaller then most but it's more about quality then quantity.

Recipe Blogs

1. - Cooking with Ellen - A new recipe posted every week with many already in the archives. Ellen is working towards becoming a Registered Dietetian .

2. - Roni's Weight Watchen - One of the best Blogs I have seen so far. Roni has a lot of quick and easy recipes as well as helpful tips and is a great resource for people following the weight watchers plan.

2. - Simply Recipes - Lots of healthy and great tasting recipes here from Elise.