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Price: $2.99

Category: Lifestyle

Updated: Mar 28, 2012

Version: 1.0.3

Size: 8.6 MB

Language: English

Seller: Spinning Plates, LLC (OR)

Rated 4+

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.


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Spinning Meals Smart Meal Planner by Spinning Cook

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Description

As seen in the NYTimes and eHow's 12 Great Apps for Moms, Spinning Meals is a recipe-driven meal and grocery planner. Personalized meal plans are just a tap away!

Spinning Meals is the only iPhone app that automatically plans your weekly meal schedule for you, based on your own recipes and preferences. Create an entire weeks meal plan with a simple tap and the app will automatically generate a shopping list for you to ensure you have all the ingredients necessary to make tasty, nutritious meals for the whole family.

FEATURES:
Automatically plan Breakfast, Lunch, and/or Dinner
Control planning behavior with settings
Build meal plans manually if you prefer
Organize your recipes by category (Ex: Salads) and prep time
Group recipes into meals (Pork Tenderloin with Mashed Potatoes and Asparagus)
Shop from the grocery list generated from the meal plan

Using a patent-pending meal planning engine, Spinning Meals considers your food preferences and the seasonal variations which go along with your family's favorite meals. Seasonally categorize your familys favorite dishes and how often you wish those dishes to appear on your meal plans. Give the app a spin and Voil! Your grocery list and meal schedule is all ready to go.

What critics are saying:

"I'm very impressed with this app, top to bottom. It solves the problem of the dinner rut, lets you use your own recipes while also adding in fresh ideas and it gives you automatic grocery lists. An all around win, win, win for me."
-Heather Leister, theiPhonemom.com

"This genius app takes the tedium out of menu planning. With a single spin, you get a weekly menu and a shopping list that makes it easy to pull off. Its also simple to customize and add your familys favorite dishes to the rotation."
-Marisa McClellan, blogger and author of the upcoming Food in Jars Cookbook, and seasoned meal planner

"a one-stop shop for people who are in charge of organizing meals for the week."
-David Rabinowitz, 148apps.com

Stay tuned for exciting new features and recipes coming soon! Want to get in touch? Please visit www.SpinningMeals.com to leave comments or questions about the app, send a tweet to @spinningmeals, or simply email WeCare@SpinningMeals.com.

What's New in Version 1.0.3

1.0.3: bug fixes and usability improvements

1.0.2: Now with Internet recipe capture, import recipes from your favorite sites like AllRecipes, Epicurious, and Food Network!

Customer Reviews

Wonderful! (5 stars)
This planner anticipated things I hadn't dreamed I needed, but love, like desired frequency, seasons and the simplicity of cut and paste for recipes written from scratch. Thanks so much.

This App Saved My Marriage (5 stars)
I don't really know what I'm doing in the kitchen and so I never make plans for what we'll eat for dinner. Unfortunately, my husband has no choice but to try and put meals together every night. It's not fair to him and I always end up feeling bad. I heard about this Spinning Meals app, downloaded it, and gave it a spin. Oh my gosh, it did all the creative planning for me for the whole week! The recipes are easy and they are meals my family w

The menu planner I have been waiting for (5 stars)
For some reason I just have a mental block against menu planning. I have had this problem for years. I love to cook and I have lists of meals that my family likes, but when it comes to planning a menu for the week I simply hate it and can't seem to do it. This leads to constant grocery shopping and questions of "what's for dinner?" at 7pm.
Then came Spinning Meals. I easily loaded in my family's favorite meals, and voila,

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