Recipes...how do you keep them electronically?

There are some apps out there that are apparently really good for this sort of thing. I'm an old school kind of gal though, and print out my recipes and keep them in notebooks. That way I won't endanger my laptop in the kitchen. And I like writing out recipes. It's therapeutic.

The few recipes I am organizing electronically, I am using evernote.

Evernote-it is free, but you only have access to your stuff when you are online. You can pay and get access all of the time. I used to use this but switched to the app below.

Paprika-this is what I use and I love it. You can also get Paprika apps for your iPhone and iPad and anything you enter into one is automatically on the other. You can find Paprika in the Mac App Store.

ETA: You can probably do a Google search for the recipes that you have torn out of magazines or just have written down and quickly import them into Paprika. I have done that a lot. 

ETA2: I noticed that some are reading this post and may be thinking that Paprika stores recipes that you enter, on their servers. The recipes are stored on your device so you always have access to them whether you are online or not. You will also still have your recipes, even (and I don't think this is a possibility) if the developer should go bust. Your recipes in Paprika is shared between your devices by iCloud. You have to enable the app in iCloud in each device. Paprika can be trusted. The important thing is, like everything else on your devices, so regular backups.

Evernote is the app that stores your stuff on their server and you can only access it if you have internet connection, unless you pay a yearly fee.

I use Paprika. I love it!

I tried the Big Oven app and website and really liked it. I paid for the extra membership to make downloading recipes a little easier. You can add pictures and put in your own recipes. In the end, though, I'm a paper gal. I like my paper planner and my paper recipe book.

I recently started using evernote. I was thinking of adding my recipes but before I do... do you know, if I have a bunch of stuff on evernote, is it stored on my phone? My phone has been sluggish lately and I don't know if it's a coincidence.

I'm a paprika fan too!

I use Paprika - I have been able to import some recipes online. I love the shopping list it provides for your recipes.

For those asking about losing your recipes if Paprika goes bust. Those recipes are stored in the apps themselves, on your devices, so even if the developer should go bust, your app will still work. The way that the recipes are shared by Mac, iPhone, iPad is through iCloud. You have to enable it to get your changes on your other Paprika apps. You will not lose them unless you take them off. You need to do your backups like you normally should though. If your computer crashes, you will lose anything that is on it, if you have not done a backup.

Evernote, stores your information on their servers. You can only access anything that you put on that app, if you are connected to the internet. If Evernote should go bust (I don't think that will happen) you will not have access to your stuff. They do have a plan that you can pay for yearly and it will be stored on your device. Evernote, I would worry about more than Paprika.

I have no concerns whatsoever about storing my recipes in Paprika. I think that the only thing that could ever cause it to no longer work, is if the company went bust and way on down the road, the operating software for your device was updated to the point where the app would not longer work without an update from the developer. That is possible with any app/program. I personally am not worried about it.

Someone had mentioned Paprika on a thread a few weeks ago and I bought it for my iPad Mini. OMG... I just love that app! I combined all of my recipes from other place (allrecipes.com, pinterest, etc.) into it. It was really easy, even for the websites that didn't port over automatically. I absolutely love how you can select recipes and add the ingredients to a shopping list. (I use that just to compile what I need for the week and the manually put it into my shopping list app, because I keep everything in one place for shopping.) Then I just have my iPad with me in the kitchen if I need it for the recipe as I cook.

Probably one of the best apps that I've ever paid for!

Paprika does have a place for notes on each recipe and you can edit and alter any part of the recipe that you choose.

Oohh thanks for asking. I've been looking for something for a while now. Will have to go and check Paprika out

Thanks lovetodigi!

I also love Paprika. I like that you can easily scale recipes up or down without having to do the calculations yourself (yes, I'm lazy!) and that you can set timers right in the app while you're cooking.