3 meal planning apps to help you prep food faster and eat better

Posted by Jessica Famularo on October 18th, 2016
+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Whether you're cooking for one or an entire troupe of people, meal preparation is time consuming and can often eat into your precious post-work hours. Thankfully in this modern-age there are ways around that. You'll find plenty of apps out there that help you plan meals, organize recipes, and even find groceries. Let's take a look at a few of our favorites.

Paprika Recipe Manager

iPad App - Designed for iPad
Released: 2010-09-21 :: Category: Game

$4.99


Paprika has been a kitchen necessity for quite some time. It's the ultimate kitchen assistant. It'll let you import recipes, and it can even detect cooking times based on the data you bring in, so you don't even have to worry about fumbling with kitchen timers. It automatically organizes your grocery lists too, which is a true godsend. It'll sort your recipe ingredients into categories so you can search for them by aisle. On top of that, you can plan weekly and monthly menus so you're never stuck brainstorming for recipe ideas.

Pepperplate Cooking Planner

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Released: 2010-11-19 :: Category: Game

FREE!


Pepperplate sorts your recipes by category, so you can keep all of your chicken dishes separate from beef, or any other way you may choose to organize your collection. Like the other apps on this list, it features helpful meal planning so you can prepare weekly menus ahead of time. It's great if you're cooking for parties or holidays, as well, as you can easily convert serving sizes for different recipes.

Avocado Meal Planner - Meal planning, recipe handling and grocery shopping made easy

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Released: 2012-12-08 :: Category: Game

FREE!


This thoughtful little app helps you plan meals and organize your recipes. You can color code recipes to sort them more easily, which is a nice touch. Avocado also converts between units of measurements so you're never scrambling to google conversions. The app creates grocery lists for you, too, based off of your recipes, letting you know how much of a product you need based on the serving size.

Cooking can be a chore, but it doesn't always have to be. These three apps help to make everyday cooking a little more fun and a lot more convenient.

Do you use any apps to manage your kitchen? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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