THE LIVING COOKBOOK REVIEW

Know how I saved a lot of time today? I didn't have to spend 30 minutes going through a thick stack of hand written recipes that I have collected for about the past 35 YEARS looking for my Salmon Stew recipe.

Know why I didn't have to go through that stack? Because I have the Living Cookbook recipe software program. Although I love to cook, I do not commit all of my recipes to memory. Heck, these days and times, I couldn't trust my memory anyway, so I just look the recipes up most of the time. Now, since I enjoy cooking, I also collect cookbooks - a LOT of them. When I get a new one, I usually go through it pretty carefully so I know what I've got to work with. I'll try some of the recipes out, some are keepers, some are not. I'll even try dishes that are the same or similar from several different cookbooks to decide which one I like best. Well, how are you going to keep track of which one you liked best. Here we go with another peice of paper if you're doing it the old way. Find the one you like best and add it into your Living Cookbook. No more reviewing four recipes again and thinking "was this the best one?".

This recipe software is a lot more than just a recipe organizer. Here's a list of the major features.

• Manage your recipe collection 
• Plan meals using the meal planning calendar 
• Calculate nutrition for any recipe, menu or meal 
• Create grocery lists organized by grocery aisle 
• Manage your kitchen's inventory 
• Publish and print cookbooks 
• Print on any size paper, including index cards 
• Share your recipes as files or e-mails 
• Import every major recipe file format 
• Copy recipes directly from the Internet 
• Help file with over 450 help topics 
• Online support forum with over 20,000 members 

They offer a free 30 day trial that lets you try this baby out to see if you like it.

You can go here to get that free trial Living Cookbook 2008 Free Trial

I promise, it's easy to use and you'll get the hang of it quickly. As mentioned above, the forum is a great place to get ideas and answers.