![]() Really? So that’s the trick – go to buy it and then it tells you it’s free. And it came up “A family member has already purchased this App”. Finally, in frustration, I just decided to buy the damned thing, and figured I would sign him in to the App using my login. My fear was if I bought a separate version they’d never talk to each other and this whole thing would be for nothing. But when we tried to download the App on his phone, it kept saying it was $4.99. ![]() Glenn should be able to use the apps I’ve purchased at no extra cost. I added Glenn to a family list on iTunes. We are an Apple family and Paprika is set up for Family Sharing. I began to research how we could share Paprika’s list. □ Glenn often jokes that he sees the list growing as he’s in the store, as I remember things to add.įor years we’ve used Grocery Gadget, but it’s not without its issues, and it’s not linked to the recipes like Paprika is. You can update the list even after the purchaser has left the house. The list is wherever your phone or tablet is – not back on the fridge where someone has scribbled on it. He happily shcleps to the store and dutifully purchases whatever is on the list. In our house, I do the vast majority of the meal planning and cooking Glenn is the grocery guy. If you’re using an online app to compile your grocery list, it’s not something you want to keep to yourself. Weird! You have to hit the BACK button and THEN save. There is no option to do that in this screen. I prefer to do things once, if possible, so clicked on the category button and happily assigned the category. When you download a recipe, you can assign the category afterwards by going to the Uncategorized section, or you can do it during the download. TIP #1: Assigning the categories is a bit confusing at first. Now on to some of the quirks I’ve discovered, which I hope will save you some time if you decide to try out Paprika. If you want to plan some meals for the upcoming week, you can add recipes to specific days using the calendar function, which is the fifth icon down on the left hand side. You can unclick on anything you already have, or have decided to omit. It selects all the items from the recipe automatically – I already have olive oil in my pantry, so it didn’t even offer to add that ingredient. You can then decide which ingredients you need. See the little grocery basket with the plus sign in the red header? Just click on that and… I really like the next feature: adding ingredients from the recipe to a grocery list. All the recipes are presented in a consistent format with the ingredients listed on the left and the method on the right. Don’t you love the lively pictures?Ĭlick on the first picture for Autumn Panzanella Salad and here’s what comes up. ![]() You can assign the recipes to categories of your choosing, too.Īs it’s summer, I indulged heavily in online salads, and soon had a wonderful selection of salads from which to choose. I happily went to town, tracking down recipes from my favourite sites and soon I had a nice collection, which you can find by clicking the File Box icon, the first one in the column on the left. Once you’ve located the recipe, just click the Download button in the bottom right hand corner and you’re in business. You can search using Google, or through one of the Recommended Sites. second down on the left column, takes you to the browser. You can download recipes from a wide variety of sites, and it keeps them all in one place, in a consistent format. Paprika is not free, but in my view, it’s worth every penny of its $4.99 pricetag. I duly investigated the responses, as my frustration level with my current non-system was at its peak. A few months ago, Susan at Between Naps on the Porch asked her readers how they organized their recipes, and people made all kinds of suggestions. Was it Fine Cooking? Williams Sonoma? Bon Appetit? But I often can’t remember which site’s recipe box I was using. Is this the one? you mutter No, I’m sure it didn’t have jalapenos… a few more clicks Was it this one?…Ī lot of sites provide their own “recipe boxes”. Especially a few months later, when you’re eager to make it again, and spend more time trying to locate the darned thing than it takes to make the dish. The trick, I have discovered, is finding the one you’ve decided on later. A sunny afternoon, a little web browsing through food porn, the discovery of a new recipe, comparing it to others, hummming and hawing (do I have the ingredients in the house? how complicated is this one? maybe this one instead.
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