Paprika Recipe Manager

Thinking what to prepare for dinner when we get home is one of the most common things everyone does on a daily basis. If you find yourself reading recipes online or exchanging them with someone, you can take things further with Paprika Recipe Manager. Its name should make it obvious that you can use it to save food recipes in a database, but there's much more to discover. Not only do you get a place where you can write down your recipes, but you also get a quick and convenient system for collecting new ones and organizing shopping trips.

Paprika Recipe Manager is free to try for a limited time but without any functionality restrictions. It works on Windows 7 and all later versions, and you can also find it for Mac OS X, as well as Android and iOS mobile devices. You can install the software in just a few seconds, without having to meet any special requirements.

You can add new recipes manually, by filling in a series of input fields, with ingredients, cooking directions and so on, and you can also attach pictures so that you may identify each entry from a glance. The software filters your recipes automatically, to help you find your most recent, top rated, favorite recipes, as well as recipes that meet other criteria, but you can also create your own categories, based on whatever you want. Furthermore, the program lets you

Of course, simply writing down recipes is not exactly an idea you'd be excited about, which is why Paprika Recipe Manager comes with a built-in web browser that's focused on finding all sorts of recipes on various websites. The best part about this browser is that it can extract relevant information from web pages and automatically fill in most, if not all, input fields, leaving you to just click a button to create a new recipe entry in your database, complete with pictures. A single click is all it takes to have not only the necessary ingredients but also the cooking directions, nutritional values, notes, and other observations, which is more convenient compared even to copying and pasting, let alone writing everything down yourself.

With one or more new recipes in your database, you can start thinking about preparing one of those tasty-looking dishes, and it's here you will notice another one of Paprika Recipe Manager's useful features. While looking over a recipe, you can just click a button, on the same window, to instantly generate a grocery list. All the ingredients mentioned in a recipe will be added to a To-do list, so you can check off the ones you already have. Also, the program automatically categorizes the ingredients in the list, which can help you plan a path through the different aisles in the supermarket.

The software lets you create several grocery lists and keep them separated, so you can have a shopping list for each recipe. Obviously, you can print out the grocery lists and take them with you, which is the whole point of having them. However, a smarter thing you can do is install Paprika Recipe Manager on your smartphone and synchronize the database between your devices. As a result, you can look on your phone while shopping and tap each ingredient to check it off the list. Also, if a family member suddenly wants you to buy some other things, they can add it on the PC, synchronize, and your list will be updated immediately while you're still shopping.

Whether you're an amateur chef or just looking for cooking ideas, Paprika Recipe Manager will undoubtedly add a dash of convenience to the mix.