Recipe/Shopping list manager

maxamos

Does anyone know of a free recipe managing programme that can produce shopping lists.

I'm trying to menu plan for the week and it would be great if there was a way to pick out the menus then export the ingredients to a shopping list so that I'm not tempted to spend money on other things or end up buying something that I've already got.

Cheers

Max

SandiRaRa

All Recipes

I use this site for meal planning, you add the meal to your shopping list and then a list is produced for you combining all of the meals together, it's really useful. you can also edit the list so you can add/remove items yourself.

You do need to join up but membership is free unless you want to pay for premium services/recipes. The shopping list/recipe box features are all free though.

Addiscomber

There is this, it costs just over £15, but does allow you to keep track of your cupboard contents too. You can download a trial copy and play a bit. I didn't buy it because I have a vast recipe collection and couldn't face typing them all in, and the program couldn't cope with keeping a record of which book they are in. The programmer/owner answers questions on his forum very promptly.
http://www.livingcookbook.com/
If you google for recipe software you will find other possibilities.

squeaky

You'll find some menu plan spreadsheets (at least one of which produces a shopping list) in a collection written by our members, here:-

http://www.squeaky.demon.co.uk/spreadsheets/spreadsheet.html