Christmas Eve is just around the corner, and you still haven't figured out what to cook? Today’s selection is designed to help you with this matter, even if you are a complete novice in cooking.

In addition to the web version, the popular service also offers a convenient application that can teach anyone how to cook. After launching, you will see a recipe feed with a search bar at the top - just enter the name of the ingredient or dish and select the instructions you like. In addition to the usual search, the program has the “Refine Selection” function, in which you can mark the categories of dishes, food preferences, and even the cuisine of what nationality you want to try.

The recipe window has three tabs: general information with ratings and reviews, an Ingredients item with the calculation of products for a given number of people, and a tab with instructions for preparing the dish. Some descriptions even contain video tutorials.

In addition to crazy DIY instructions and interesting articles You can also find recipes for cooking all kinds of dishes on Pinterest. To search, you need to register or log into the application using your Facebook account. Well, then everything is simple - you enter keyword and choose the most “delicious” recipe. All instructions here are divided into tiles, which you can “pin” on your page, creating a special “board” for each category. This way you can share recipes with friends and just keep them in one place so you don’t forget.

It will be a huge advantage for you to know in English, since most recipes are written in it, but don’t despair - they also speak Russian here.

Jamie Oliver's Recipes

The young and talented chef from the TV program of the same name, Jamie Oliver, released his app for a reason. It was here that he collected all the recipes with which he had spoiled television viewers for more than 10 years. The collection is regularly updated with new culinary ideas and recommendations with photo and video materials.

Cooking instructions contain detailed description ingredients, cooking techniques and necessary equipment, and all this is complemented by high-quality graphics.

The application has both free and paid recipes, and there are noticeably more of the latter. To access the entire library, you need to pay a $2/month subscription.

The service makes it possible to study more than 1,000 recipes for every taste for free, offering a wide variety of selections. I was pleased with the search with filters by time and complexity of preparation, calorie content and individual ingredients. A big plus is also the built-in shopping list - you search for product names, add fields and simply highlight those that you have already put in the cart.

As in Afisha - Food, the calculation of ingredients here is made for a given number of people, and all recipes can be added to favorites so as not to be lost. The instructions are so detailed that even a child can prepare most dishes using them.

Everyone's getting ready!

The program is distinguished by a huge collection of recipes - there are more than two thousand of them. A convenient catalog divided into categories of dishes, the “Favorites” menu, as well as the “Recipes in a multicooker” tab make the application an indispensable assistant in the kitchen. Like Bon Appetit, there is a "Shopping List" with intuitive search. A nice bonus will be a daily gift - a recipe from the paid category, provided you log into the application daily.

Although we all love going to restaurants, we often want to cook something delicious at home. Gadgets will help us. Introducing the TOP best cooking apps for your phone.

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Applications on the phone often saved us from hopeless situations, for example, if you need to prepare a report while you are on the bus. The same is true with applications that are ready to help you if decided to cook something delicious for ourselves and our guests.

There are several culinary applications: some represent skillfully(or not so much) recreated cookbook, but often these are not convenient to navigate. Most of all we love and truly appreciate useful applications, not scans of cookbooks, the author's interesting ideas, good graphics and user-friendly interface.

And also - so that you can find “that same pasta with shrimp” and be inspired to prepare “the most complex cake” that you had previously avoided.

Applications that every caring and skillful housewife should have at hand:

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You don’t really need to imagine how many fans this culinary blogger already has. Veronica Belotserkovskaya has been running a LiveJournal for several years now, where she presents recipes for delicious and simple dishes in a stunningly interesting and relaxed way. She also opened a cooking school in France and released the most beautiful and functionally useful cooking app (in our opinion). Step by step instructions, adding to “favorites” so as not to forget the recipe, super- convenient function automatically adding products to your shopping list. Now it’s easy to cook like Belonika.

2. Jamie's Recipes
20 minute Meals Jamie Oliver

Although these are not Russian-language applications, we cannot ignore this charming Briton, who amazes us with his dexterity in preparing any dishes. Everything here is as it should be - simple, fast and tasty. Video instructions, a sea of ​​delicious photographs, a large catalog of recipes. With two apps from Jamie Oliver, you can forget about long hours at the stove and spend more time around the friendly dinner table. And if you get bored with the application, watch its TV show.

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Our guide and the best guide in the world of the most delicious food. Gordon Ramsay has 13 Michelin stars and an interesting cooking show, Hell's Kitchen (which we watch like a real exciting TV series - Ramsay is such an intriguer). This application contains a large number of recipes of all categories. Easy to navigate, easy to cook, delicious to eat.

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Smart, beautiful and wonderful actress Yulia Vysotskaya has published many cookbooks. With her motto “Cooking at home,” she encourages us to accomplish small culinary feats. Here in clear language the preparation of dishes of any complexity is described - you just need to choose the most appetizing one.

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One of the few smart apps with vegetarian recipes that will more than dispel the myth that “vegetarian food is boring.” Variety, unexpected taste combinations, recipes for quick and tasty, and most importantly healthy dishes - everything is here.

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Easy to use, nice app, and also one of the very first culinary iHelpers in the world. A huge archive, it’s simply impossible not to find something. The application is made based on the prototype of the Epicurious website of the same name, the name of which refers us to the great Epicurus and his teaching, repeating the main commandment “Pleasure is the highest good.” Where is it, if not in food?

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Who among us has not been in the throes of choice: to cook lasagna or roast? This application should make a difficult task easier and act as an oracle. You can completely trust chance or enter at least some of the products available in the refrigerator or cooking time. A neat list of what you are asked to prepare will appear.

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Many housewives are subscribed to the public page of the same name on VK. And there is a reason for this: a lot of constantly updated interesting and tasty dishes, wonderful photographs. There is a lot in the application useful functions: recipe editing, shopping list, even built-in timer. Recipes can be found in any category: ingredients, time, type of cuisine.

For iPad. It contains a selection of the best thematic applications for the tablet. We will select the top applications from each and share them with you. This selection includes six of the best cooking apps.

Green Kitchen

Green Kitchen is a vegetarian recipe app. Ingredients for dishes are selected to contain a minimum of sugar, gluten and saturated fat. In total, Green Kitchen has about 110 recipes, and all of them are free. You only have to pay for the application itself.

Panna

The easiest way to prepare a new dish is using a video recipe. This is what the creators of the Panna magazine and app think. Published every two months new number electronic journal with an impressive list of recipes and video explanations for them. Only one dish from each room will be available to you for free.

Jamie Oliver's Recipes

Chef Jamie Oliver's apps are perhaps the most popular. Just looking at the photos already gives you a very pleasant feeling in your stomach. Every week new recipes are added to Jamie's app, which can only be obtained by purchasing a subscription. The cost of one month is $1.99. Not too much for really cool recipes.

Kitchen Stories

What sets Kitchen Stories apart from other recipe apps is that everything is free. The app doesn't cost a penny, and neither do all the recipes in it, and there are a lot of them. Some recipes have high quality explanatory videos.

We all love to eat well, and in order to cook well, we need good recipes. This a selection of free cooking apps for iPhone and iPad will help you with this matter, even if you don’t understand anything about cooking.

Recipes with photos - Everyone cooks!

The application stands out for its large number of recipes - there are more than 40 cookbooks with 2000 recipes. The catalog is conveniently divided into categories of dishes, there is a “Favorites” tab, and a “Shopping List” with an intuitive search will help, not to be forgotten. In addition, every day the developers give a gift to users, in the form of a free recipe from a paid category, with one condition: you must log into the application every day.

However, there is a minus: there is a very large amount of advertising in free version- the window comes out almost every minute. You can get rid of it for 549 rubles, which I think is a little expensive.

Bon Appetit Recipes

The application has more than one thousand recipes for every taste, offering the most diverse selections. I liked the search with filters by time and difficulty of preparation, number of collodions and products. As in the first application, I think the shopping list is a big plus - you add products from the recipe to it, and then in the store you mark what you have already bought, it’s very convenient.

Another convenient function is calculating ingredients, you set the number of people, and the calculator calculates which products and how much you need. There is also a “Favorites” tab so you don’t lose any goodies. The recipes are analyzed to the smallest detail and even a novice cook can prepare most of the dishes using them.

Poster-Food

This application is from the popular site eda.ru. It is very convenient, anyone can cook with it. On the main screen there is a feed with recipes, and just above there is a search bar. The search is carried out by the name of the ingredient or dish. There is also an advanced search with the “Refine selection” function, in which you can specify the categories of dishes and the nationality of the cuisine.

The recipe page has tabs:

• recipe rating and reviews,
• “Ingredients” tab where you can calculate the amount of products for a certain number of people,
• tab with detailed instructions for preparing a dish. Some recipes even have a video in addition to photography.

The application for devices with the Android system is an electronic collection that will certainly be useful to every housewife. You can download and install the program for free. In return, users receive a huge assortment of recipes, which is always at hand on their mobile device.

Functional

When you first launch the application, a large list of dishes with photos immediately appears on the screen. However, you don’t have to search for the recipe you need manually.

Users are provided with a large number of settings, filters, categories and other elements. With their help, you can find the desired dish in a matter of minutes.

When you select a dish, a new window opens, dedicated only to it. You can always see how the food will look when finished thanks to photographs. There are several sections for each dish: description, list of ingredients, step-by-step preparation. Users can also leave comments, their impressions and taste preferences.

The description describes the features of the dish and how many servings it is designed for. In the ingredients section there is an exact calculation in grams. It is noteworthy that ingredients from this page can be immediately added to your shopping list.

Recipes are divided into many categories: for lunch, dinner, etc. In addition, you can choose holiday or everyday dishes, find recipes based on available ingredients, and much more.

Interface, graphics, sound

The program has a very user-friendly interface, nothing superfluous. Everything is in Russian. The main menu opens on the left side of the screen. The search filter is located in the right corner.

I'm glad to have a photo. The sound is provided by a timer.

A huge number of recipes for every taste;
- categories (breakfast, lunch, dinner);
- detailed description;
- step-by-step preparation;
- search by ingredients;
- ability to create a shopping list;
- saving your favorite dishes.

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is a great app for android tablets and smartphones, which will instantly help you create a menu for any occasion.