![]() ![]() Users have noted that the different versions of Paprika excel at different things. ![]() Paprika has platform-specific apps ranging from $4.99 (mobile) to $29.99 (computer) each app is sold separately, which can get pricey. However, all versions are on sale now through the end of November 2022 for 40%-50% off: iOS ($2.99) and Android for mobile, and Mac ($14.99) and Windows ($14.99) for computers. Paprika can also help you scale ingredients for different number or size servings, convert measurements to metric (and back), and set timers. Paprika has interactive features to help you keep your place in a recipe - tap to highlight a step or cross off a now-used ingredient. If you’ve got the same ingredients in multiple recipes you tell Paprika you’ll be making, it will combine them so you’d know you need 6 eggs across three recipes, or two apples for two different meals. Paprika can also help you generate smart grocery lists based on the recipes you save the app intuits where individual ingredients can be found and sorts and assigns them to specific aisles (Produce, Dairy, Canned & Jarred, etc.). Once uploaded, the recipes can be sorted by category and searched. In general, you’re capturing recipes with one click. Once you’ve added a recipe to your Paprika account, it uploads to the cloud, auto-formats the recipe, and syncs automatically across your devices, so if you add a recipe to your phone while scrolling in the grocery line, you’ll be able to pull it up from your tablet in your kitchen. Add the bookmarklet to your browser and click (much like the Evernote Web Clipper we discussed last week), or navigate to the web page you want from within Paprika’s browser and find the recipe you want. Paprika lets you add your own recipes via uploading from your camera, but it’s really designed to let you capture recipes you find online (like through Google, on blogs you read, from recipe sites, etc.). Paprika Recipe Manager is a classic in this field. Caveat cibus praeparator (which was the closest I could get to the cook equivalent of “caveat emptor” - it directly translates as “food preparer beware”). Meal-planning functions or one-click shopping list may be important to you, or you might hunger for a social recipe-sharing aspect. Make sure you take into account ease of use, ability to clip recipes and/or import them or create your own, and the granularity of the search function in any prospective app selection. My clients have different needs, and have chosen different apps, each with their own merits and demerits. When trying to assist my clients in organizing their recipes, we first downsize and collate to make sure we know what’s important to them the very last step is storing recipes, whether on paper or digitally. ( If you burn the Thanksgiving pie because an app had a wonky public-facing recipe (or because you set your oven to 500°, that’s not on me.) ![]() So, the following post is not a review of apps, but is merely informational. The previously mentioned systems, and especially Evernote, aren’t designed for cooks, so specialized apps have been developed to bridge the gap and help collate and organize recipes specifically.Īs has been firmly established, Paper Doll is not a cook but an organizer. APPS FOR ORGANIZING YOUR RECIPES DIGITALLY We looked at organizing through creating computer files, using Evernote to finesse the system with notes, notebooks, and tags (and ramp up the system with amazing Boolian search power), and employing Pinterest to organize visually. This method is approachable and designed for any skill level.Ĭalm Cooking Chaos (Part 2): Organize Your Recipes Digitally looked at three methods for digitally organizing recipes, from how to get them into digital form to how to make sense of them once you do. In the last two posts, we looked at how to organize recipes from a number of perspectives.Ĭalm Cooking Chaos (Part 1): Organize Your Paper Recipes covered paring down recipe excess and creating a tangible binder (or set of binders) to organize and keep track of all of your important recipes, divided by categories. Bringing order to recipe collections and cooking plans helps bring order to your life. Families are scattered across time zones people’s schedules are filled to the brim. The fact that most people’s recipes are messy and scattered from cookbooks to index cards to clippings (and online) reflects modern life. Step-by-step guidelines for bringing people together. ![]()
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