The Best Apps For Eating In (PHOTOS)

With The Week Of Eating In fast approaching, we thought it would be fun to take a look at how technology can help us meet our goal to cook all of our own food for a week. From grocery shopping, to planning healthy meals, to finding out the eco-footprint of a product: yes, there's an app for that. Here are HuffPost Green's choices for the best food-related apps to help you eat in. Happy eating!

 

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170,000 Recipes- Big Oven

There are several great cooking apps out there, but we chose 170,000 Recipes by Big Oven because of the staggering number of recipes available. Whether you're hosting an elaborate dinner party or looking for a way to use those left-overs, you are bound to find a delicious recipe with this app, which has been recognized by both the New York Times Dining section and Time magazine. Other good bets: Epicurious or All Recipes Dinner Spinner.

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[johnniewalker8080]

12:09 PM on 02/22/2010

Best source of info for cooking are printed books by classic authors! Far more informative and reliable.

[AnnaChow]

04:20 PM on 02/16/2010

Seriously? All iPhone apps? Not one for Android phones...

[archeDeWashington]

12:50 PM on 02/16/2010

We need the best application to stop abuse around the world.

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[rzzza]

11:44 AM on 02/16/2010

where do i find the best app to help me cook crack?

[SecondBase]

11:48 AM on 02/16/2010

probably in prison

[drec1500Madrid]

09:54 AM on 02/16/2010

The Epicurious app is really good and FREE. I'm not big on techy gimmics but I've used that app over a dozen times already.

[Ljilja]

08:25 AM on 02/16/2010

You don't need all these distractions. All you need is a good recipe, fresh groceries and a stove. Don't get sidetracked by gimmicks.

http://graciouslivingdaybyday.com/

[Natalie Willoughby]

11:30 AM on 02/16/2010

Actually, these really help me as I'm just getting started as a cook for my family. I really appreciate Huffington post taking the time to post these options to readers like me that have a difficult time coming up with new and delicious ways to cook.

[SecondBase]

11:46 AM on 02/16/2010

I've been cooking a long time, and I've found some very useful apps for both cooking and shopping.

Two of my favorites are the Whole Foods app, for recipes, and Grocery IQ for shopping.

The Grocery IQ app has really been an improvement in my life. I can build an ongoing grocery list as I become aware of items that I need. I may carry around the list for a week before I go to the store, but I only have to remember a needed item once when I put it on my list. Then I can go to any store in our area - hit a button - and my list is put in order according to how that store is organized. I can also email my Grocery IQ list to my wife if she is at the store.

I understand the point that Ljilja is making, but in my experience I've discovered some apps that actually eliminate distractions rather than add to them. And invariably those are the apps that I use the most.

[TFlint]

02:03 PM on 02/16/2010

What is a distraction for you is a convenience for me. "One good recipe" is not nearly enough.