I have no interest in downloading entire databases of recipes that others put together and share online.
Yes, there are simpler “import” options with the professional recipe organizers - making it easy to copy several recipes at once, but how often do you need to use that option? For me, only once: the day I start using the program for the first time and want to bring all of my recipes over. There are typically lots of individual steps to copy recipes into professional recipe programs. With other recipe organizers, you have to enter most of that info line by line manually, and then you have to type each piece into its respective “field,” and then you have to physically upload the photo. Or, you select only the parts you’re most interested in by dragging your mouse and then typing CTL+C (to copy) and CTL+V (to paste). That’s right, little or no typing is required to copy recipes into Google Docs! You simply choose “Select All – Copy” to get every single thing on the page.
But it was time to start looking for a recipe organizer that fit my needs better.Īfter trying it free for 30 days, then buying the Big Oven software ($29.95) and using the full program for a short time, I realized that BigOven wasn’t exactly what I was looking for either.
For example, MealMaster and MasterCook were my longtime favorites - and they served me well (in a very basic sense) for many many years.
I’ve actually tried quite a few different recipe programs.
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