Recipe & shopping list app for Android
March 6, 2013 7:53 PM Subscribe
I'm looking for a convenient app for Android that will build a shopping list from a list of ingredients.
I love the allrecipes.com app where you can add an entire recipe to a shopping list and it will automatically do the conversions into buyable quantities. For example, if the recipe calls for 1 cup of frozen peas, it will put "1 (10 ounce) package frozen green peas" in the shopping list. Or if the recipe uses "3/4 cup diced onion" it will be converted to "2 onions".
The only problem is you're limited to the sometimes low quality recipes on allrecipes.com. I'm moving to a more restrictive diet, so is there any app that does sort of the same thing but allows me to enter my own recipes?
I love the allrecipes.com app where you can add an entire recipe to a shopping list and it will automatically do the conversions into buyable quantities. For example, if the recipe calls for 1 cup of frozen peas, it will put "1 (10 ounce) package frozen green peas" in the shopping list. Or if the recipe uses "3/4 cup diced onion" it will be converted to "2 onions".
The only problem is you're limited to the sometimes low quality recipes on allrecipes.com. I'm moving to a more restrictive diet, so is there any app that does sort of the same thing but allows me to enter my own recipes?
The problem with that is that there isn't a magical number of onions that will equal 3/4 cup. If Bi-Lo magically gets smaller onions I need to buy more.
It would be better to just learn how much a cup is and buy according to that. Worst case, you have some extra onion to throw in another dish.
posted by theichibun at 8:33 PM on March 6, 2013
It would be better to just learn how much a cup is and buy according to that. Worst case, you have some extra onion to throw in another dish.
posted by theichibun at 8:33 PM on March 6, 2013
I'm in love with Paprika. I use it on a Mac/iPhone, but I can't imagine the andriod version would be much different.
posted by spinturtle at 8:42 PM on March 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by spinturtle at 8:42 PM on March 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
Paprika is lifechanging. My husband uses the same account on his android and his ipad.
posted by freshwater at 9:03 PM on March 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by freshwater at 9:03 PM on March 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thanks jacquillyne. Pepperplate doesn't do the conversions, but it has everything else I'm looking for and it works great.
Paprika looks good too, but my Mac isn't working anymore so I can't really use it to enter recipes, which is something I'd probably want to do on a desktop and not on my phone.
posted by zixyer at 9:38 AM on March 7, 2013
Paprika looks good too, but my Mac isn't working anymore so I can't really use it to enter recipes, which is something I'd probably want to do on a desktop and not on my phone.
posted by zixyer at 9:38 AM on March 7, 2013
Paprika looks good too, but my Mac isn't working anymore so I can't really use it to enter recipes, which is something I'd probably want to do on a desktop and not on my phone.
Not to mention, Paprika wants an absurd $20 for the Mac app and the mobile apps are extra on top of that.
I love Pepperplate. It's flaws are that the photos don't show up on the Android app and you can't click a keyword and see all recipes that have that keyword. One would assume both of these will be in an update.
posted by dobbs at 9:11 AM on March 10, 2013
Not to mention, Paprika wants an absurd $20 for the Mac app and the mobile apps are extra on top of that.
I love Pepperplate. It's flaws are that the photos don't show up on the Android app and you can't click a keyword and see all recipes that have that keyword. One would assume both of these will be in an update.
posted by dobbs at 9:11 AM on March 10, 2013
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This isn't a personal recommendation as I haven't tried it, but I gather you can use a bookmarklet to bring in any recipe from anywhere to use for meal and shopping planning. I don't know if it does the conversion you're looking for, though.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:00 PM on March 6, 2013 [1 favorite]