Cooking can be super enjoyable, but it can also be overwhelming at times. It's always helpful to have a recipe but what to do when there are recipes cluttered all over the place or you can't find the recipe you want from the many different recipe folders and cookbooks.
Thankfully, there are a number of recipe apps that not only help to organize recipes but also recommended recipes, help with measurements and serving sizes, reduce food waste, and how to utilize leftover ingredients, among many other tools and functions.
Epicurious
For any perfectionist cook, Epicurious is a must-have app. There are thousands upon thousands of tested recipes from officially published sources. On the app, users can see the reviews and ratings from both home and professional cooks.
Every single day there are new recipes added as well as a smart kitchen timer feature that helps users to keep track of their cooking times. Also, you can create shopping lists on the app and find seasonal ingredients near you to eat locally and fresh.
Green Kitchen
For vegetarians and the health-conscious, Green Kitchen is a great source of recipes perfect for any herbivore's needs. In addition to providing vegetarian recipes, the app also has recipes for those who eat gluten-free, vegan, raw, whole grain, or eat foods that are naturally sweetened.
Also, the app is very easy to use and features awesome pictures that lure the viewer in. Green Kitchen's recipes have step-by-step instructions that the user can check off as they are done, giving an interactive element to this great app. In line with the health-conscious apps, users should check out the best apps for runners.
Food Network Kitchen
On Food Network Kitchen app, users can get recipes from their favorite chefs and cooks from the Food Network. Some chefs on the app include Alton Brown and Giada De Laurentis. A prolific app, there is a massive number of recipes.
A unique feature of the app is that users can search for recipes based on their favorite Food Network show and the air date of a specific episode. In addition, users can watch episodes and cooking classes on the app. If the best cooking shows to inspire your next dish are not enough inspiration, this app is sure to do it.
Healthy Recipes
For the health-conscious, the Healthy Recipes apps should be duly considered. More than just healthy recipes, the app also features an option to deliver a box of ingredients to the customer's door and read guides on healthy eating.
Further, users can get recommendations for recipes based on their likes as well as watch step-by-step video recipes. Plus, for each recipe, users can see the nutritional facts, and all recipes have a similar format to allow for easy following.
Side Chef
A beginner's friend, Side Chef offers a great place for home chefs-in-the-making to hone their culinary skills. On the app, users can browse through personalized recipes that are aimed at the user's particular diet such as a paleo or dairy-intolerant diet. When the user adds a recipe, a shopping list will automatically generate with the ingredients for the chosen recipe.
Also, there are recipe suggestions based on leftover ingredients. A techy offering of the app is that the app can control a smart oven at the user's control from the app.
Big Oven
Big Oven is the perfect app for those who need help in the organization of their recipes. This free app allows users to compile all their recipes into an online cookbook. Users can also clip recipes from websites and include them in their categorized online cookbook.
A sustainable feature of the app promotes the reduction of food waste in the “Use Up Leftovers” feature that generates relevant meal ideas. For a social aspect, users can choose to read and write reviews on the community forum.
Mealime
A fantastic app to use for meal planning, Mealime offers recipes that are personalized to the user where you can plan out meals for a week in no time thanks to the ease of the app.
An impressive, unique feature of the app is its desire to cut down on food waste. Recipes are designed in order for there not to be any inconvenient leftovers that may be too small for a future meal but reduces the incidence of food waste.
Whisk
An app that offers recipes and a social component, on Whisk users can share recipes they've made to their friends and family on the app. Also, for convenience, the app allows for groceries to be delivered through the partners of Whisk like Walmart, Amazon Fresh, Kroger, Ralphs, Instacart, and more. If there is a desire to choose a food delivery app based on how well they pay their drivers, then Whisk could be considered.
If a user is a habitual recipe viewer, they can copy recipes from any website and paste them into the app's cookbook. On top of that, users can edit the recipes that they have imported into the app.
Kitchen Stories
To help even the most cooking adverse, Kitchen Stories is a helpful source to learn the basics of cooking. With instructional step-by-step videos and tutorials, recipes are easy to follow and replicate. In addition, there is a measurement converter where ingredient amounts can be altered based on the right weight or serving size.
Also, users can share pictures and recipes of what they have made and share them to the international community on Kitchen Stories, much like the most satisfying food Tik Tok accounts.
Yummly
Offering anything a cook, beginner or professional, could possibly want, Yummly covers all the bases in a recipe app. Users can input the ingredients they have and Yummly will whip up a recipe based on those ingredients.
Users can also schedule a recipe for the time they want to eat it and the app will remind them when it is time to start cooking. To keep an eye on any health goals, Yummly allows users to track the nutrients and servings consumed at each meal.