2025 STEAM EXPO

PROJECT SUMMARY

Poor alimentation is a problem that currently affects everyone despite age. The majority of people often chooses easier and quicker options of food (fast food in the worst cases) instead of the ones that are nutritional, specially teenagers. We wanted to find a way to help people organize their meals better and access simple, healthy recipes.

WHY?

From the beginning, our team wanted to help people eat better by offering simple and tasty recipes. Some of us have experienced digestive problems, and we realized that it’s hard to find easy and healthy meal ideas. That’s why we thought a website could guide others towards better food choices. If we didn’t have that help before, why not create it now for others?

HOW?

We programmed our app using a no-code tool called Glide. Even though we didn’t write traditional code, we followed the logic of programming by designing screens, creating functions, organizing data, and solving problems step by step. We applied logical thinking to plan the structure, design the interface, and build a functional MVP (Minimal Viable Product) that shows how the service works. This helped us validate our idea by testing how it works in real situations and getting feedback from users.

WHAT?

During the investigation of the problem we wanted to solve we found out how poor the alimentation of our classmates (and overall teenagers) is, when most were eating non nutritional foods because they didn’t know any recipes and either way, didn’t have any ideas of what they could do.

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SO WHAT?

Even though we haven’t officially launched the app yet, we started asking for feedback from classmates and teachers to understand how useful it could be. Many people told us they would use it, especially because it helps them choose a recipe based on what they’re looking for—like lunch, dinner, or snacks. Some also said it would be helpful to know how to combine certain ingredients to make a meal healthier—for example, if someone wants to eat a burger, they could learn what to add or avoid to make it better for their health. These comments showed us that our app has real potential and that there’s a need we can actually help cover.

WHAT'S NEXT?

We are still developing the app, and we’re already working on some new features to make it more complete. For example, we want to add a weekly meal planner, a way to save favorite recipes, and nutritional information. We’re also thinking about letting users share their own recipes and rate others. These features would help the app grow into a real community focused on healthy and easy food choices.

REFERENCES & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We used the Celiac Disease foundation and help of my ex-classmate M with suggestions for Paleo Options, we used The Nutrition Source of Hardvard T.H Chan and the help of multiple glucose boards. As inspiration for the website’s design and most of the recipes we used as reference Serious Eats and BBC Good Food, but more for specific recipes, we used eat gather go for the recipe of blueberry muffins, CookPad for the lentil bread and Milanesa of Zucchini inspired from Loli Alliati.

Images were taken from Pinterest as a visual idea for the users, but the logo was designed and drawn by our team.

Finally, we wanted to thank our teacher Claudia García, the one who helped us during this whole project, encouraging us to participate and teaching us the essential.

JUDGES FEEDBACK

I love that the project started by identifying a problem; the scientific method shines through this submission. And yes, you're totally right, this is a problem for teenagers and even adults around the world. I like the proposed solution, I think the UX/UI experience runs smoothly, and this is a great prototyping for what could be a great app. Congrats!

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