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Send daily recipe emails automatically

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by jason ✓ · 2,199 views · created 2020-12-28 · Personal Productivity

Needs changes. This template uses 2 thing(s) that n8n 3.0 removes: Cron, Function (legacy). 2 breaking item(s) found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What to replace before upgrading

Removed in 3.0Replace with
Cron
Cron
Schedule Trigger
Function (legacy)
Set Query Values, Set Recipe ID Values, Create Email Body in HTML
Code node, mode 'Run Once for All Items'

Nodes used (5)

What it does

Not sure what to eat tonight? Have recipes emailed to you daily based on your criterial. To run this workflow, you will need to have: 1. A Recipe Search API key from Edamam 2. An active email account with configured credentials To set up your credentials: 1. Set your Edamam AppID and AppKey in the Search Criteria node 2. Select (or create) your email credentials in the Send Recipes node (and set up the to: and from: email addresses while you are at it) To customize the recipes that you receive, open up the Search Criteria node and modify one or more of the following: - RecipeCount - the numner of recipes you would like to receive - IngredientCount - the maximum number of ingredients you would like each recipe to have - CaloriesMin - the minimum number of calories the recipe will have - CaloriesMax - the maximum number of calories the recipe will have - TimeMin - the minimum amount of time (in minutes) the recipe will take to prepare - TimeMax - the maximum amount of time (in minutes) the recipe will take to prepare - Diet - Select one of the following options: - balanced - Protein/Fat/Carb values in 15/35/50 ratio - high-fiber - More than 5g fiber per serving - high-protein - More than 50% of total calories from proteins - low-carb - Less than 20% of total calories from carbs - low-fat - Less than 15% of total calories from fat - low-sodium - Less than 140mg Na per serving - random - selects a different random diet each day - Health - Select one of the following options: - alcohol-free - No alcohol used or contained - immuno-supportive - Recipes which fit a science-based approach to eating to strengthen the immune system - celery-free - does not contain celery or derivatives - crustacean-free - does not contain crustaceans (shrimp, lobster etc.) or derivatives - dairy-free - No dairy; no lactose - egg-free - No eggs or products containing eggs - fish-free - No fish or fish derivatives - fodmap-free - Does not contain FODMAP foods - gluten-free - No ingredients containing gluten - keto-friendly - Maximum 7 grams of net carbs per serving - kidney-friendly - per serving – phosphorus less than 250 mg AND potassium less than 500 mg AND sodium: less than 500 mg - kosher - contains only ingredients allowed by the kosher diet. However it does not guarantee kosher preparation of the ingredients themselves - low-potassium - Less than 150mg per serving - lupine-free - does not contain lupine or derivatives - mustard-free - does not contain mustard or derivatives - low-fat-abs - Less than 3g of fat per serving - no-oil-added - No oil added except to what is contained in the basic ingredients - low-sugar - No simple sugars – glucose, dextrose, galactose, fructose, sucrose, lactose, maltose - paleo - Excludes what are perceived to be agricultural products; grains, legumes, dairy products, potatoes, refined salt, refined sugar, and processed oils - peanut-free - No peanuts or products containing peanuts - pecatarian - Does not contain meat or meat based products, can contain dairy and fish - pork-free - does not contain pork or derivatives - red-meat-free - does not contain beef, lamb, pork, duck, goose, game, horse, and other types of red meat or products containing red meat. - sesame-free - does not contain sesame seed or derivatives - shellfish-free - No shellfish or shellfish derivatives - soy-free - No soy or products containing soy - sugar-conscious - Less than 4g of sugar per serving - tree-nut-free - No tree nuts or products containing tree nuts - vegan - No meat, poultry, fish, dairy, eggs or honey - vegetarian - No meat, poultry, or fish - wheat-free - No wheat, can have gluten though - random - selects a different random health option each day - SearchItem - the general term that you are looking for e.g. chicken

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