Cooking MiniTip III

Checklists are your friend

I don’t use paper copies of recipes. I need to use my phone for recipes because it is easier for me. I can bring it with me as I move around and it isn’t bulky like a book.

The main reason I use my phone for recipes is I can use checklists for recipes. Once you have had a recipe that called for a teaspoon of cayenne and you accidentally put a quarter of a cup, you know you need to do something different. I was so disheartened from that that I didn’t try cooking again for several more months when I figured this trick/hack/accommodation.

In my iPhone’s notes app (all phones have an app like this, you can also use Evernote), I would type in the ingredients in a list. Then, I highlighted the list and turned it into checkboxes that I could check as I put in the ingredient. No more 1/4 cup cayenne pepper.

That is what I was using. I have since bought an app called Paprika, which does this for you. You just find a digital recipe and it rips the ingredients and directions for you. You can check off ingredients as you put them in.

I’m probably going to go into greater depth of paprika in the future because it has a lot of things that help me out when brain fog is bad. It’s $4.99 on mobile devices (iPhone and iPad are now combined, so you don’t have to pay for both) and $29.99 for PC and Mac. I don’t make any money off telling you about this app, I just want to share it with you because it has helped me out a lot.