SideChef: Recipes & Meal Plans

5.21.0

With SideChef’s 18,000 step-by-step recipes, users can quickly transition from "what’s for dinner?" to cooking their next meal in just a few minutes. The app allows users to filter recipes by dietary preferences, search for recipes based on ingredients they already have at home, create a grocery list, and instantly shop for ingredients on Walmart and Amazon Fresh.
4.5/5 Votes: 7,096
Developer
SideChef
Updated
Apr 21, 2023
Version
5.21.0
Requirements
7.0
Downloads
500,000+
Get it on
Google Play
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Description

SideChef’s collection of 18,000 recipes with step-by-step guidance can help you decide “what’s for dinner?” and prepare your next meal in minutes. The app enables you to search for recipes based on your dietary preferences and ingredients at hand. It also allows you to make a grocery list and buy the required ingredients instantly on Walmart and Amazon Fresh. Praised by USA Today as the “best app” and called “favorite cooking app” by The New York Times, SideChef is a handy tool to eat healthy, save money, and enjoy delicious meals.

PERSONALIZED RECIPE RECOMMENDATIONS
SideChef quickly suggests recipes tailored to your dietary requirements, allergies, food preferences, and ingredients at home, helping you to find your favorite recipe in less than a minute.

INTEGRATED GROCERY SHOPPING
You can easily create a grocery list and purchase ingredients directly from Walmart and Amazon Fresh (in the U.S. only). The app intelligently matches the ingredients to in-store products, and updates you with real-time prices and availability. The app also helps you plan for leftovers and reduce food waste.

GREAT FOR BEGINNERS
SideChef offers step-by-step recipes with images or videos for every cooking step, making it a great tool for new cooks. Built-in timers prevent overcooking, while how-to videos teach essential culinary skills, from proper onion dicing to tofu pressing. Users can rate recipes, upload photos, share cooking fails, and exchange tips with the SideChef community.

EASY MEAL PLANNING
SideChef’s meal planning tool lets you choose recipes for the week and save your preferred recipes in a cookbook. The app also features curated recipe collections and meal plans for more inspiration and ideas on what to cook next.

AUTOMATED APPLIANCE CONTROL
With 2,000+ CookAssist-enabled smart recipes, you can remotely control compatible smart appliances. Compatible brands include LG, GE, and Bosch Home Connect brands like Thermador and Gaggenau. Simply link your devices to start cooking.

RECIPES FOR EVERYONE
SideChef offers personalized recipe recommendations for various diets and allergens such as vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, low-carb, paleo, keto, gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free, soy-free, peanut-free, tree nut-free, fish-free, and shellfish-free. The recipes cover diverse cuisines such as American, Italian, Mediterranean, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, French, and more. Users can browse recipes from their favorite culinary influencers, top food bloggers, writers, and renowned chefs.

PRAISE FROM MEDIA
The New York Times called SideChef its “favorite cooking app.” Google Play named it “Best App of 2017.” The Today Show exclaimed, “It’s not just recipes, it does everything for you.” Forbes recognized SideChef as a “game-changer in the crowded space of cooking apps.” Tom’s Guide named it the “Best Cooking App.”

OPTIONAL SIDECHEF PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION
SideChef is free to download and use. If you opt for SideChef Premium, you will have an auto-renewing subscription option priced at $4.99 USD/month or $49.99 USD/year.

By downloading and using the app or purchasing a SideChef Premium subscription, you agree to the SideChef terms of use and service: https://www.sidechef.com/terms

For more information about how SideChef uses your personal data, please see its Privacy Policy: https://www.sidechef.com/privacy-policy. By downloading this app, you acknowledge the terms of the Privacy Policy.

What's new

[NEW] Save recipes from Web in more ways, plus add steps and notes to own recipes
- Did you find a new recipe that you love? You can now save recipes directly from the browser to the SideChef app by tapping the Share icon
- Capabilities for adding cooking directions and notes to recipes that you have created or saved from the web are also added so that you can keep all recipe information in one app!

Happy cooking,
Team SideChef

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