MyPlate Kitchen Recipes — 1,072 Free USDA Recipes

The complete MyPlate Kitchen recipe library, preserved from the federal MyPlate.gov archive after USDA retired the website in January 2026. All 1,072 USDA recipes were originally contributed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) and SNAP-Ed by university extension offices, state nutrition-education programs, and other public-health partners.

Every USDA MyPlate recipe here includes the full ingredient list, step-by-step directions, complete per-serving nutrition data, and the food-group portion breakdown that matched the original federal MyPlate Plan calculator.

Looking for the MyPlate Kitchen archive?

You're in the right place. USDA's MyPlate Kitchen at myplate.gov/myplate-kitchen was retired on January 7, 2026 alongside the rest of the consumer-facing MyPlate site. Federal works are public domain in the United States, so MyPlate.food preserves the entire recipe library here, with each recipe linked back to its original myplate.gov URL for provenance.

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