Great app that helps with finding recipes, planning meals and creating shopping lists. I like that you get the option to create your own recipes too, and also choose which ingredients in the recipes you want to add to your shopping list. Just a couple of issues that make it annoying sometimes: choosing dates in meal plan, and the app freezes sometimes.
i love how simple the ui is, the ingredient nutritional info pages are really great too, i appreciate the no bs approach. i just have a few suggestions. when i added ingredients to my pantry, i expected to be able to also enter the amount i have, so that the app would know to not add to cart what i already have if its enough for the recipe, or at least have a little disclaimer that i do have that ingredient. would love that feature in the future! also the ingredient list could be improved too 🩷
Not a good meal planning app. Black pepper can be in 4 recipes, and end up in your cart 4 times. Not any clear way to condense like items. Not any clear way to mark items as in your pantry. Seems to add items to my cart even if unchecked,? Browsing recipes is also a mess, doesn't feel good. Seems to be a Walmart companion app but doesn't consider if my store would even have something in stock (fresh herbs, collards, special seasonings, grains). 2 stars for stability + not blowing up my phone
I have tried multiple cooking app. I have enjoyed many of them. This app however is my favorite. It does a lot of things other apps also do, only better. The meal planning, shopping list, recepe books and ways of finding fun recipes are all wonderful and better than any other cooking app. Even the format to reading the recipe is different, easier, and over all better than any other app I have tried. I have so much I want to say about this app but am out of room so just try it for yourself!
5-star features, like the meal planning calendar and the step-by-step recipes, make this a super helpful & useful cooking app!...but it's slowness is frustrating. It takes longer than it should for each new screen to load and the transitions in general are way too long. In a vacuum it's doable, but when actually using the app it just feels really sluggish. Also, I can't figure out how to remove meals from a plan? It's features keep it at 3*, in hopes that the issues will be ironed out soon.
I love this app for its recommendations on food and the ability to find low cost meals per serving. Price checking with local Walmarts is an added benefit. I would have given SideChef 5 stars with the pantry sync and ability to find recipes based on ingredients you currently have. However I have run into one bug so far and that is the meal planning not loading at all. Adding name brand items to your pantry can be a pain but all that matters truly is that you know they are there.
Best app for meal planning, finding new recipes or finding your old favorites. Lots of options to filter recipes for different diets or eating styles. As well as recipes that contain your allergens. You enter your favorites and it makes suggestions based off all your preferences. It also sets goals about whether you want to learn to cook, learn to cook on a budget, or eat healthy.
The ingredients listed to add to shopping cart aren't the same as the ones in the recipe. I get that they want to partner with Walmart or whatever, but a pork loin chop isn't the lamb chop in the literal title of the recipe. Just let us make lists of ingredients instead of adding to a cart. I can do that on my own. You're making a convenience inconvenient.
Your app is okay but for me it is missing some key features. It would be nice to have a pantry where I could add the items that I already have into a list as well as I details like expiration dates to keep my produce fresh. Possibly suggest receipes with the ingredients I have. Also I noticed that unless the ingredients is worded correctly or on your list you cannot save it which I don't like as sometimes I use ingredients that are not available on your app.
I love this app! It took awhile to get used to but once I changed my mind set it's very good. I usually shop a couple of times a week, and other apps have forced me into saving all the ingredients into the grocery list once you make your weekly plan. You can still do that, but this app will let you just put the days you will be shopping for into the list. The format of the recipes I think needs some work but that may just be me
