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VeggSavvy

Vegetarian Recipe & Nutrition Platform | PHP & Yii2

PHP Yii2 Nutrition Data Stripe MySQL
VeggSavvy

Project Overview

VeggSavvy is a vegetarian and Jain-focused recipe and nutrition platform enabling users to explore recipes, view detailed ingredient lists and access structured nutrition data — integrating Edamam and Spoonacular APIs, Stripe e-commerce, push/SMS notifications and religious calendar features tailored to the Jain community.

Timeline: 2019 – 2020

My Role

  • Software Engineer
  • Designed the nutrition data structure so users see nutrients for both recipes and ingredients
  • Implemented a USDA FoodData Central-style ingredient model with per-unit nutrition detail
  • Bug fixes and platform stability improvements

Key Features

Recipe Management

Recipes with steps, servings, cooking time, meal types, cuisines and diet/health labels.

Structured Nutrition System

Ingredient-level and recipe-level nutrition using US government-style (FDC) data structures.

Jain/Religious Features

Religious calendar modules and vegetarian-first dietary alignment.

E-commerce

Cart, checkout, orders and subscriptions with Stripe payments.

Engagement

Profiles, favorites, ratings, comments, Firebase push, Twilio SMS and email alerts.

Technologies Used

PHP Yii2 MySQL Bootstrap jQuery Stripe Twilio REST API

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