Abstract: A cooking recipe providing system or a computer readable recording medium for providing a predetermined cooking recipe from at least one food material data including a name and a quantity of the food material, uses a database which stores in advance a plurality of cooking recipes and food material data corresponding to the cooking recipes. A plurality of the food material data in which priorities are set are provided to the cooking recipe providing system. First cooking recipes of meals using all the food materials of the plurality of the food material data provided are searched from the database. Second cooking recipes of meals in which the food material of the highest priority is a main food material are selected from the first cooking recipes. At least one cooking recipe of the second cooking recipes is provided.

Abstract: For optionally changing food menus at a user side, for reducing leftover food materials, and for promptly providing new food menus, the food menu providing system according to the instant invention provides food menus applicable for a predetermined period; a cooking recipe for each of the food menus; and a food material list having food material data such as quantity of all food materials necessary to the food menus applicable for the predetermined period, to the user through the communication network.