SideChef: Recipes & Meal Plans

SideChef

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About this app

SideChef’s 18,000 step-by-step recipes help you get from “what’s for dinner?” to cooking your next meal in just minutes. Filter by diet and preferences, search by ingredients, create a grocery list, and instantly shop ingredients on Walmart. Called “best app” by USA Today and the New York Times’s “favorite cooking app,” SideChef empowers you to eat healthier, save money, and live your most delicious life.
PERSONALIZED RECIPE RECOMMENDATIONS
Quickly find recipe inspiration tailored to your specific preferences. Filter by dietary requirements, allergies, food preferences, and ingredients you already have at home to find a recipe you like in less than one minute.

ONE-CLICK GROCERY SHOPPING
Easily create a grocery list, and shop ingredients directly from Instacart, Walmart, Amazon Fresh, Target, and many more of your favorite grocers . Ingredients are intelligently matched to in-store products, and updated with real-time prices and availability. Make smarter decisions by seeing the percentage of each ingredient used in a recipe – an easy way to plan for leftovers and minimize food waste, while also saving money.

GREAT FOR BEGINNERS
New to cooking? Our step-by-step recipes include an image or video at every cooking step so you know exactly what to do. Built-in timers ensure you never overcook anything again, while how-to videos teach you valuable culinary skills – from how to properly dice an onion, to how to press tofu. Rate recipes, upload photos, exchange tips, anad share cooking fails and successes with the SideChef home cooking community.

EASY MEAL PLANNING
Use our meal planning tool to select recipes for the week, or save appealing recipes to your cookbook. Browse thousands of curated recipe collections and meal plans for more inspiration and ideas on what you’ll cook next.

AUTOMATED CONTROL OF APPLIANCES
Remotely control your compatible smart appliances with 2,000+ CookAssist-enabled smart recipes. Compatible brands include: LG, GE, and Bosch Home Connect brands including Thermador and Gaggenau. Simply link your devices and start cooking.

RECIPES FOR EVERYONE
Personalized recipe recommendations for these diets and allergens: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Low-Carb, Paleo, Keto, Gluten, Egg, Dairy, Soy, Peanut, Tree Nuts, Fish, Shellfish
Recipes cover a variety of cuisines: American, Italian, Mediterranean, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, French, and more! Browse recipes from your favorite culinary influencers – top food bloggers, writers, and renowned chefs.

PRAISE FROM MEDIA
“Favorite cooking app” – New York Times

”Best App of 2017” – Google Play

“It’s not just recipes, it does everything for you” – The Today Show

”SideChef has become a game-changer in the crowded space of cooking apps” – Forbes

”Best Cooking App” – Tom’s Guide

OPTIONAL SIDECHEF PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION
SideChef is free to download and use. Should you choose to upgrade to SideChef Premium, we offer an auto-renewing subscription option at a price of $4.99 USD / month or $49.99 USD / year.

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

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

Ratings and reviews

So far really nice. I would however like the option to stop seeing certain styles of food - the app is loaded with sweets and desserts, and I'm really not interested in them. I'm looking for healthy meals. You can already specify dietary requirements and receive tailored recommendations, which is good, I'd just like that expanded a little please!

A good app and with great recipes. But there are some improvements to be made: 1. The quantities are not always consistent between metric and imperial and can be confusing to read. What is 4pckg of white sugar? 2. The app notifies me constantly when I lose connection. This would be fine. But, it happens when I'm not using the app as well as when it's in the background which is very distracting. Please turn this off. 3. I want compete freedom to add my own weird ingredients to the shopping list.

Love it! Meal planning is a breeze with the feature. Helps keep me on track with time, financial, and health goals. The availabilty of so many different recipes keeps the palate from boredom while pursuing goals. I used it reviously on my Lg app.I would have given 5 stars but my order did not sync to the cart in the Walmart app so had to manually add each item. Also, staple pantry ingredients such as salt, pepper, and oil should populate differently where you check only if needed.