Inspiration
Food insecurity affects millions of people worldwide. By developing Tender, we allow students to have access to nutritious and culturally diverse meals, regardless of their economic circumstances. A staggering 30% of all college students have experienced food insecurity in their college career. Especially throughout the pandemic, where campus closures and job losses led to a rapid decrease in meal-security for college students, Tender would have been the perfect solution. We provide budget-friendly recipes and help with meal planning. As students ourselves, we are directly related to this issue and thus our personal connection and our concern for those around us was also a primary motivating factor for the reaction of this app. Ultimately, the inspiration behind developing Tender is our team's goal of making a positive impact by giving more people access to fast, cost-friendly, and nutritious meals, with students being our target demographic.
What it does
Tender is a website. Essentially, what it does is present affordable, easy and quick recipes in a “Tinder”-like format. When a user signs up, they are brought to the main page where they can scroll through a variety of images of the food described in the recipes. If any of the images interest them, they can click on the image to see the exact recipe and get more context about the origins of the food. They can also like the recipe. Any liked recipes are stored in a ‘liked recipes’ page, that they can return to later. All recipes in the app are guaranteed to be relatively affordable for a struggling college student; easy-to-make, and with minimal cook time; the purpose of this app is to provide college students and any others struggling with food security with cheap and easy meal options that they otherwise might not have heard of, in the hopes that they will be able to feed themselves adequately with the resources they have.
How we built it
We built Tender using HTML and CSS!
Challenges we ran into
We ran out of time near the end and we were concerned that it would not be finished in time. Luckily we were able to finish everything before the deadline.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Finishing this project before the deadline!
What we learned
That we should manage our time better and have better communication. We really ran out of time near the end and I was almost certain the YouTube video wouldn't be uploaded in time.
What's next for Tender
In these 48 hours we were unable to incorporate all the features we would have liked to add. Some of these functions include a video tutorial for the various recipes. That way, for people who find reading the instructions tedious or difficult, have the aid of a video reference. Other features we would like to incorporate would allow users to see where they can buy the ingredients. This would be through sharing their location and seeing which stores nearby can sell them the ingredients needed for the recipe.
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