Easy Recipes app review: transform how you cook

Introduction

Are you sitting there wondering what you should cook for dinner? Have you been on a quest to eat healthier foods but you're feeling a bit lost as to what to prepare? The Easy Recipes app can be used on your iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone and provides users with videos that take you through preparing healthy and tasty meals the entire family can enjoy. You’ll find everything from the most basic dishes to more complex ones that require a bit more time and preparation.

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The Perfect Dish

I like that this app can essentially offer you the perfect dish to cook no matter how much time you have available, who you are cooking for, what the occasion is, and the ingredients you have. You can browse through the offerings and find what works for you. In total you have access to 30 videos that cover soups, entrees, and desserts so you can put together an entire meal. It's not just about giving you recipe ideas; the videos will also be helping you with technique, which is ideal if you happen to be a beginner in the kitchen.

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This app has recently added more videos to its database and been optimized for iOS 7 users. Unfortunately it only has 2.5 out of five stars from users, which leaves quite a bit of room for improvement. The question is what is the app doing wrong, where is it failing? Let’s take a closer look.

 

Features of the App

As mentioned you are given more than 30 videos here that you can watch whenever you like that take you through all the preparation steps. There are some very basic recipes such as how to boil the perfect poached egg to more complex dishes like how to roast a chicken. You can clearly see some of these recipes are great for those nights at home on your own, while others are better suited for a dinner party or a family gathering. One thing to note is that you'll need an Internet connection to view the recipe videos.

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When you launch the app you are taken to the main menu. There really doesn’t seem to be any particular order here so you’ll just need to scroll through and find what interests you. I do like the fact that there is an image with the recipe name so you have a visual of what it should look like. The app is supported by ads, which are distracting, and I find the quality of the user interface to be very poor and unimpressive.

 

Pros and Cons

Pros

• There are more than 30 recipe videos
• Find recipes for soups, entrees, and desserts
• Share recipes by email
• Rate and comment on recipes

 

Cons

• The user interface is very low quality and quite disappointing
• The main menu has not order to it and feels very busy
• The selection of recipes feels rather sparse

 

Final Words

The Easy Recipes app for your iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone can give you some recipe ideas however its selection is quite small and the app itself is far from impressive.