Tasty planner
I have a tendency to go grocery shopping about 2-3 times a week. That’s way too often (in my opinion) and shows that I have no plan. I usually think 1-2 dinners ahead, but I’m certainly not in a position where I have the whole week planned. I need help! Instead of getting a personal chef, I decided to get things organized differently. Tasty Planner to the rescue!
Tasty planner seems to be pretty new (judging from the few blog entries). They already have a nice recipe collection, but by far not as many as other recipe-sites out there. What differentiates them is how easy they make it to generate a weekly plan and the accompanied shopping list. Browse recipes, assign them to days of the week and, voila, you get a shopping list with all the ingredients for the whole week. The one feature that really distinguishes them from the rest of the crowd: an iPhone interface for the shopping list. Whatever ingredients you selected for the week, the stuff is readily available on the iPhone while you are shopping. Including checking off items that just went into your shopping cart. Brilliant!
I’ll let you know how things are going once I used them for a while.
On the wishlist for the service are:
- automatic sorting of grocery items (group all veggies, fruit, etc.)
- nutritional information for recipes (wouldn’t it be great to actually have a service where you can provide a calorie count and it would select suitable recipes automatically?)
Overall, the site is pleasant on the eye and well-done.