Thursday, January 24, 2013

Cooking Apps for the Kindle HD

Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner

Allrecipes.com has created the perfect app for anyone who has stood in front of their refrigerator and wondered how to cook a meal from any of the ingredients you have on hand. Users enter in the ingredients that they have and the app returns all the recipes that use those ingredients. Users can also shake their tablets or smart phones in order to get unique meal ideas from its spinner function. There are a variety of categories, from appetizers, entrees to desserts. Just be sure to choose a recipe with a reasonable cook time, especially important for those on a tight schedule. You can also search recipes by dietary restrictions (sugar restrictions, low sodium, low-fat, vegetarian and gluten free. There is also functionality to allow users to collect and share recipes through Facebook, Twitter as well as email. Keep in mind that there are things that the Pro Version for iPhone / Android can do that the free version for Kindle Fire cannot do: Access to your recipe box. Access to every recipe on the Allrecipes website. Access to your shopping list. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Allrecipes-com-Dinner-Spinner-for-Android/dp/B004VOJT0I/

The $2.99 Pro version adds the following capabilities

  • The ability to add recipes to your shopping list.
  • Fuller access to the Allrecipes website, including your recipe box.
  • The option of scanning groceries in order to get recipe ideas.
  • No ads.
The pro version of Allrecipes is available at http://www.amazon.com/Allrecipes-com-Allrecipes-Dinner-Spinner-Pro/dp/B007SN9TKE/

ChefTap Recipe App for Kindle

Have you and him to a log or website that is a nice recipe but you didn't take it down because it wasn’t easy to save? With ChefTap, you can now automatically import any recipe off the Internet no matter where it is.

  • Share a Pinterest pinboard with ChefTap and it will import all of the recipes on that pinboard.
  • Import recipes from any web site or blog.
  • Automatically import your entire recipe box from either Epicurious or Allrecipes.com.
  • Scan your bookmarks for recipes and import them.
  • Create your own categories like 'dinner', 'vegetarian', 'cocktails' or 'gluten-free' so you can stay organized.
Get it free at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006WQ9NJU/