CookDiary is a Windows 10 recipe app where you can store recipes, create menus, plan meals, store grocery lists, etc. The app is a perfect match to be your personal cookbook. You can add your own recipes to the app and refer to them while you are cooking. You can also create a shopping list of items required for a recipe which are not available at home. There is also a option where you can print the shopping list that you created.
The Windows 10 recipe app can be downloaded from the Windows 10 store or from the link given at the end of this article. When you start this app for the first time you will come across an interface as shown in the screenshot below.
The app upper interface shows all the recipes which have been stored in it and the lower part of the app window gives you a weekly meal planner. The weekly meal planner shows you a calendar for the current week. You can easily drag and drop recipes that you have stored in the app in for each day and your weekly meal plan will be ready in no time.
By default you have two recipes given in the app. You can easily add more by clicking on the plus icon given on the top of the app window. When you click on the plus icon a add new recipe interface will open up, which looks like the screenshot below.
In this page you can start by giving a name to your new recipe. If you like you can add a photo of the recipe. Add preparation time, ingredients, instructions, etc. The recipe is automatically saved and you do not have to do anything. Once you have added the recipe, it will look like the screenshot below.
Now you can see a shopping list tab at the top of the page, if there are ingredients that you need to buy for preparing this recipe then, you can simply click shopping list. All the ingredients required for this recipe will be added to your shopping list. You can add more things or even remove things from the list. The shopping list screenshot is given below.
You can print your shopping list from here as well to take along when you go to the market. Just go to the print preview option. Send to smartphone option is available with the paid version of this app along with import recipes from web.
Features of this Windows 10 recipe app:
- Store recipes.
- Create a menu.
- Plan weekly meals.
- Store grocery list.
- Print grocery list.
- Import recipes from websites.
- Search option to search for recipes in the app.
Conclusion:
CookDiary is a nice personal recipe app where you can store your own recipes which you love to cook. You can even create weekly meal plans so you do not have to think about what to cook today or tomorrow. The shopping list in the app helps you remember what all items are needed for a particular recipe preparation. The cook option shows the steps to be followed one at a time so you can easily follow them. Do give this app a try.
Check out CookDiary for Windows 10 here.
