Product Review: Cook'n Recipe Organizer

Cook'n is five products in one

The Cook'n Recipe Manager Software is an easy-to-use program that makes recipe management and organizing using your home computer a snap.

1.) Electronic Cookbook -You can search thousands of recipes in seconds. You can view hundreds of full color pictures, and download favorite recipes from the Internet.

The program is practically idiot-proof! You simply type or "tell" the Cook'n Recipe Organizer what ingredients you have on hand and in mere seconds, Cook'n will suggest several delicious recipes. Or, use Cook'n's exclusive "Recipe Browser" feature and page through pictures of finished dishes to look for ideas.

Download new recipes every week from this web site. Being able to import recipes from other web sites or other cooking software is a great way to organize your favorites you already have.

2.) Recipe Manager

Add your own recipes
Easily adjust recipe serving sizes
Print recipes on 3x5 and 4x6 cards or on an 8.5x11 sheet
E-mail recipes to friends

Organizing your family recipe collection in the computer is easy with Cook'n Recipe Organizer. You already know how to put in your recipes, that's because Cook'n's recipe window looks just like a recipe card. And, "Quick-Fill" editing does much of the typing for you.

The Recipe Organizer has simple cookbook-like chapters and categories that make it easy to find your recipes fast.

Cook'n's Recipe Manager makes entertaining a snap. Simply select the number of guests you will be serving and enter it into your favorite recipe. Cook'n Recipe Organizer calculates the new ingredient amounts for you. No more of that measuring madness!

Sharing recipes is easy. Print recipes on pre-formatted 3x5 or 4x6 cards, or just have Cook'n Recipe Organizer e-mail recipes to a friend.

3.) Menu Planner

Simply drag and drop recipes to create your menus
Build your own weekly, monthly and yearly menus
Automatically generate a shopping list from your menus


With Cook'n Recipe Organizer you can simply drag recipes into the days of the week to create a menu. Then combine weekly menus into monthly and even a yearly menu.


Plus, you can combine recipes and food items to make complete meals. Then, drag and drop meals to make your own weekly or monthly menus.

4.) Grocery Shopping Assistant

Compiles your family's shopping list automatically
Organizes shopping list items by aisle
Converts to package sizes (ie; tablespoon tomato paste to 8 oz. cans) Calculates your grocery cost


Cook'n Recipe Organizer automatically combines the food on your menus and makes a grocery shopping list. It even converts tablespoons of tomato paste to 8 oz. cans! Cook'n organizes your shopping list by aisle to save you time at the store.


Cook'n Recipe Organizer also calculates the approximate cost of your shopping list. You can print off these detailed lists for easy access while shopping.

5.) Personal Home Nutritionist

Analyze the nutritional elements of recipes and menus (even the ones you add!)

Choose between brands to satisfy dietary needs


Cook'n Recipe Organizer will analyze the nutritional value of any recipe or menu (even the ones you add!). You don't have to be a nutritionist to understand it either -- that's because Cook'n nutrition facts window looks just like the label on a can.


Cook'n Recipe Organizer has nutrition facts from the labels of 10,000 food products. You can choose between different brands to see what the nutritional effect is. Stop the guesswork among different brands and know which one is most appropriate for your needs.


Now you can plan menus based on dietary needs and tastes. Prepare one delicious meal for the entire family.


I was excited to try out this Cook'n Recipe Organizer, because I thought in would integrate well with a Home Economics Unit that I was planning. The Cook'n Organizer was more than I expected!

My kids were able to easily search within the program and find a few recipes that they wanted to try out. They also had the chance to put ingredients into Cook'n and see what dinner results came up.

They were able to easily put together a shopping list of ingredients that needed to be bought. There are menu templates of your choice (day,week,month,and even 3-months). I was amazed that I hardly had to help at all.

Upon receiving the Cook'n Recipe Organizer we were able to choose and download a free E-Cookbook that the website offers. The kids had a hard time choosing only one from the hundred that were available. The E-Cookbooks are reasonably priced from anywhere to .99 to as high as $25.00.

In the end the kids and I decided that the best choice would be the "Taste of Home Family Favorites". I still pick up issues of the magazine when I find them, so we were all familiar with the selection of recipes that the cookbook would offer.

The Taste of Home Family Favorites cookbook easily loaded and merged with the Cook'n Recipe Organizer. Within a few minutes we had another great selection of menu possibilities.

The first recipe the kids tried was from the pre-installed recipes of the Cook'n Organizer, they made the Breakfast Brunch Casserole. This was fairly short in its ingredient list and simple in its steps.

Breakfast Brunch Casserole

Serves 5

Ingredients:

1 pound potato- cooked, peeled, and diced
1 pound Ham, diced
8 boiled eggs, diced
2 Tablespoons Parsley
2 Tablespoons Onions
1/2 pound Cheddar Cheese, diced
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup Flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/2 cup Sour Cream

Bake at 375, for 30-40 minutes. Serve!

The kids did go in and edit the recipe, which is a fantastic feature. They were able to save their own way of making this. It was still easy to put together, just combine and dump into a baking dish. The alterations they made were instead of the ham, they used bacon and they chose to use scrambled eggs instead of boiled. We also used fresh chopped onions, as they did not exactly specify that in the recipe.


The kids are going to be trying out recipes from the Taste of Home Family Favorites this coming week. (I am hoping I can get a picture taken of the result before they all dig in to it).


I would like to share a video clip with you:

Cook'n 10 The Easiest Way to Keep Track of Internet Recipes

For more helpful videos, you can check them out here! The short clips give helps tips, tricks, and even recipes.

The website is packed full of great information! They have a membership available for extra content that you can purchase for under $10.00/month, which allows you access to even more wonderful stuff.

Other fun and helpful features at the Cook'n website include; Cook'n Themes (these allow you to put some style into your recipes by personalizing the cards before you print), decorative recipe cards for your printer, Cook'n Recipe Binders for purchase, and much more.

I recommend visiting their site to explore all that Cook'n has to offer. Check out the very helpful articles in their monthly newsletter!

Lastly, I would like to mention that on the Cook'n Facebook page, they chances for weekly prizes! Head on over and see what you can win!

**I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.