Hello everyone!

First off, I hope this post is ok. I checked the rules, it seems like it is, but... Anyway!

I'm a software engineer with a passion for cooking and baking, and recently I've been developing an app to solve some issues I had with existing recipe/cooking guide apps.

It is definitely not yet ready to be shared, but I've been personally testing it for a few weeks and, at least in my experience, it's being extremely helpful. So much so that I'm actually thinking it might be worth sharing after some polishing.

The main features it has as of now are:

\- ingredient quantities are not only in the ingredient list at the top, but can be inserted into the recipe steps themselves, including fractions. Quantity in both ingredient list and recipe steps automatically scales with the required portions.

I hated having to keep scrolling up and down to double-check quantities.

- timers are integrated in the app, directly into the recipe steps themselves.

No more going back and forth between the recipe and timer app, or relying on remembering the right time by watching the kitchen clock.

- "focus mode", which presents you one step at a time, and has awareness of what can be done and what has to wait for a previous step (so long as the recipe is written correctly).

So I'm here to ask you all your opinions to improve it even more.

1. Do you use apps when cooking or baking? If you don't, assuming you didn't find any that is good enough, what were they missing for you to consider?

2. If you use apps: what are the features you like? And more importantly: what features do you wish the app had?

Thank you! I will share the app in the future. If you're interested, feel free to ask me anything!

This might be a stupid question or something really obvious but basically when i went home my mum made a bunch of taco mince beef for me, we later made some tacos and froze some portions of the beef separately.

Now im back at uni and i realised i dont know how too re-cook the beef, do i put it in a pot/pan or air fry it or what 🧍🏼‍♀️
This might be a really stupid question and i hope i worded it right 😓
Thanks for any help!!

i've tried rinsing it after draining but it still clumps up into this sad pasta brick. am i supposed to do something while it's cooking or is this just a me problem? would tossing it with butter or oil right away actually help or is that a myth

I did all the steps, from marinading them overnight, shaking them in the flour (2 times, with one dip again), dabbed oil onto them (I don't have an oil sprayer so I used a paper towel), and then air-fried them for 24 minutes in 200*C, and I turned their sides. I already preheated the air fryer too.

But the chicken always come out with the crust stufk to the bottom, and when I pull them out, they just lose that patch? I mean not like everything falls off, but just that patch in the bottom.

And that point, the drumsticks appear charred already. What did I do wrong?

My experiences with frying veggies are limited to sauteeing them, and usually until they are brown. Am i supposed to do that with Soffritto too, or should they be cooked milder before mixing with the beef and other stuff?

My husband is really sick right now and on a liquid diet.

What can I make for myself that won’t smell super strong? I want to be considerate and not make it worse for him 😅

Also worth noting- he is blind so his sense of smell is something he is hyper aware of

i seen videos on youtube you put it in a hot medium hot pan i get that but irl in real life whats it supposed to look or smell like how i know its toasted idk i have no reference point

I bought raw chicken tenders from the food store Monday around 4pm. They have been in my refrigerator since. Is it safe to cook them on Wednesday evening? Or should I throw out and buy new? Unfortunately I haven’t had time to cook and won’t until then.

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