Thanksgiving Menu Maker From Fine Cooking (by Taunton Interactive) is a free Food & Drink app that will take the stress out of hosting the Thanksgiving meal ?thanks? to its tempting (91 holiday) recipes (covering appetizers to desserts), easy Menu creator, automatic Shopping List maker, detailed timeline Schedule for food preparation, helpful Tips, and more to help you pull your Thanksgiving meal together with ease and finesse ? just like a pro.
My initial impression of this app is that it?s warm, appealing, clean, and easy to use. You start out browsing the recipes which are placed into main categories that run along the top: Starters (has 16 recipes), Main Dish (has 17 recipes), Sides (has 35), and Dessert (has 23). All the included recipes range from traditional to a little unconventional ? with recipes for vegetarians as well ? dishes like Butternut Squash Lasagne with Goat Cheese, Sage, and Breadcrumbs. But, for the turkey lovers, there are 12 turkey choices (grilled, smoked, brined, dry brined, roasted, etc.). The included recipes come with 3 convenient icons (where applicable) to indicate whether or not the dish can be made ahead of time, is vegetarian, or takes less than 30 minutes to make. Sides include a variety of sweet potato, potato, stuffing, cranberry dishes, and more. Although there are a handful of green bean recipes, one was noticeably missing as a standard in our house ? green bean casserole. I settled with Green Beans with Toasted Slivered Almonds as my back up choice. As far as desserts, the Dessert section (of course) has traditional favorites, but also includes some interesting and tantalizing recipes for Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust, Brown Butter Pumpkin Layer Cake, and Double-Ginger Pumpkin Tart. Every recipe throughout this application gives simple step-by-step instructions covering all aspects of that specific dish. The recipes even include the per serving nutrition information, as well as a share function to email yourself the recipe or others who may also be contributing to the meal.
Along the bottom navigation is the rest of the app?s functionality: Recipes, Menu, Shopping List, Schedule, and Tips. The really fun part comes from choosing the dishes you?d like to make and then creating your own menu plan, which then creates an automatic shopping list conveniently broken down into 4 parts (Fresh Produce, Meat, Eggs, Dairy, Pantry Staples, and Other Groceries). You?ll need to pay close attention to serving sizes when creating your own custom menu because the serving amounts vary greatly (from 2-16 people), so you could have plenty of something and not enough of another. A handy feature I?d like to see is the ability to quickly and easily change portion/serving number so as not to miss out on any of these great recipes. On the flip side, there is a nice Schedule function that clues you in on what food prep should be done and how far in advance (1 week ahead to just before serving dessert).
The Tips part of the app has a ton of great information, Tips will take you to a ?The Complete Guide to Thanksgiving? for 10 pre-made Thanksgiving Menus to make your life way easier with titles like ?A Fast and Easy Thanksgiving Dinner? ? that feeds 8 (but not enough to feed our clan). You?ll also find a rescue plan for the top 10 Thanksgiving disasters and ?Leftovers You?ll Love? ? as well as other topics. The Tips portion of the Thanksgiving Menu Maker From Fine Cooking (app) takes you out of the application and into their Fine Cooking website where you can further explore, view more recipes, and how-to videos. There?s so much information to take in on the website that you could get easily spend a lot of time in this land of cooking, but if you want get back to where you came from you?ll have to re-enter the app. One other thing to point out in this Free Food & Drink application is that you can get the ?Fine Cooking Magazine app? ? which gives you 1 free issue: CookFresh, and the other monthly issues are $6.99 each, $9.99 for the Thanksgiving Cookbook, or $29.99 for a whole year subscription.
Overall, Thanksgiving Menu Maker From Fine Cooking is a very nice free app to help you easily create a whole meal plan from its 91 recipes, provides a nice variety of themed recipes, creates awesome shopping and schedule lists, has plenty of useful information on their website, but the lack of a serving convertor is disappointing and drops the ease and convenience down a few notches, but if you?re not too picky about your Thanksgiving meal and can work around the pre-planned menus, you should be able to plan your meal with hardly any effort at all and present delicious dishes that will make your guests thankful.
Thanksgiving Menu Maker from Fine Cooking iPad App Details
Title: Thanksgiving Menu Maker from Fine Cooking
Cost: FREE
Size: 39.5 MB
Category: Food & Drink
Developer: Taunton Interactive
Store: iTunes App Store
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Thanksgiving Menu Maker from Fine Cooking iPad App Developer Description
iOS iPad
Make this Thanksgiving the best ever with our FREE Menu Maker. Tap your way to a customized holiday menu from more than 75 of our all-time favorite Thanksgiving recipes, plus get a customized shopping list and schedule.
REVIEWS:
?Its recipes sound delicious, and it offers a handy schedule and shopping list. It?s also free to download and use, so this is one cooking app to be thankful for.?
?USA Today
?If this is your first time cooking a Thanksgiving dinner then this app is going to be a great one for you. The app comes handy with 75 recipes, fully customized with shopping lists and a schedule planner to make sure that all your holiday preparations are on track.?
?MizWhiz.com
?I recommend the Thanksgiving Menu Maker from Fine Cooking. Tap your way to a customized holiday menu from more than 75 all-time favorite Thanksgiving recipes, plus get a customized shopping list and schedule.?
?PALO Creative
?This app is very handy for scheduling your Thanksgiving meal, letting you select your recipes and create a shopping list before the big day and then cook each one to perfection while avoiding common mishaps and pairing each dish with the perfect wine. (Not to mention having a library of suggestions on what to do with all those leftovers!)?
?PadGadget.com
?With a really incredible design, this app contains a range of recipes for all Thanksgiving courses from the finecooking.com website. In addition you can add a recipe to your menu and see the grocery list automatically populated and organized for you.
**** for fantastic design and delectable looking recipes?
?Squidoo.com
Our Menu Maker is super simple to use. Recipes are divided among courses: Starters, Main Dishes, Sides, and Dessert. Recipe selection screens allow you to quickly see what?s available within each course. There are turkeys (perhaps obviously) and a dozen delicious ways to cook them?iconic whole roasted birds slathered with herb-butter, pancetta-wrapped turkey breast for a smaller crowd, and even a smoked turkey on the grill. There are also hearty vegetarian entrees featuring fall flavors to insure that everyone feels welcome at the table.
You will also find lots of sensational side dishes, including fragrant stuffings (or dressings, if you prefer), colorful cranberry sauces, and potatoes of all kinds: mashed, smashed, baked, and more. Plus green beans, turnips, and what may be the best Brussels sprouts ever. And because it?s not Thanksgiving without pie, we?ve got ?em all: apple, pecan, and pumpkin, plus tarts, cakes, and crisps, too.
(Because all of the recipes are contained within the app, you can access the recipes without internet access, a bonus for anyone planning to get away from it all this holiday.)
Once you have created your menu, tap on the Shopping List for a handy list of every ingredient you?ll need. Shop with your iPad in the cart and check off items on the screen as you go. Or email the list to yourself and print it to make your notes or additions on paper.
When you are ready to start cooking, simply tap Schedule to see a list of what needs to be done for your Thanksgiving dinner. Check this page well before the big day to see what you can do ahead of time?a huge help for planning the meal.
In addition to all of the delicious recipes, the shopping list, and the schedule, you will also get BONUS CONTENT on Finecooking.com with all the tips, techniques, and advice you need to make this holiday meal the best ever.
? How-To Videos ? on everything from brining a turkey to perfecting pie crust
? 21 Turkey Tips ? from which pan to use for roasting turkey to what temperature to cook the bird to, we have you covered
? What to Drink ? perfect wine pairings made easy plus seasonal cocktails
? Thanksgiving 911 ? the top 10 holiday-food disasters and how to fix them
? PLUS: buttery dinner rolls, hundreds more recipes, and what to do with all those leftovers!
What?s new
Revised and updated with even more recipes to help you make the perfect Thanksgiving feast.
Source: http://www.crazymikesapps.com/thanksgiving-menu-maker-from-fine-cooking-free-ipad-app/
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