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donna hay what's for dinner app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 2048 ratings )
Food & Drink
Developer: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Free
Current version: 1.1.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 07 Nov 2013
App size: 59.82 Mb

what’s for dinner

The daily question of what to cook for dinner just became the simplest to answer with the launch of Donna Hay’s first multi-device mobile app, what’s for dinner.

Designed for that time of day when you’re deciding what to cook that night — or for the more organised among us it even has a weekly planner — find recipes at the touch of a button on your convenient mobile device. No matter if you’re in the office, on a train or running errands, it’s easier than ever to plan your meals on-the-go.

With a simple function allowing you to search by favourite ingredients or ones you already have in your pantry or fridge, the new app is the home cook’s best friend. It also has useful shopping list and timer functions. Featuring easily accessible chapters under a variety of themes in Donna’s fast and fresh style, what’s for dinner provides simple meal solutions that fit in the palm of your hand.


FEATURES:

2 FREE RECIPE-PACKS
After installing the app, download your two free recipe-packs, chicken and pasta.

SEASONAL RECIPE-PACKS
Each recipe-pack contains 12 fast, fresh and simple recipes.

RECIPE SEARCH
The search function lets you plan a meal with your favourite ingredients or ones you already have in the pantry or fridge.

SHOPPING LIST - SYNCHED ACROSS DEVICES
You can select ingredients from each recipe to appear in your shopping list, which is aggregated for your convenience. Shopping lists are synched through your iTunes account so you can plan your meals on your iPad and then go shopping using your iPhone.

COOK MODES
Each recipe is broken into a large slideshow of steps called cook modes, which allow you to easily follow the recipe one step at a time.

WEEKLY PLANNER
If you like to be organised in your approach to meal planning, then you can add recipes to your weekly planner at the touch of a button.

FAVOURITES
Tap the heart symbol on your favourite recipes to save them all together in one handy location.

TIMER
A clock is built in for your convenience, telling you when cooking time is up.

AVAILABLE ON IPAD, IPAD MINI AND IPHONE
The app is available as iPad, iPad mini and iPhone versions. Recipes purchased on one version are freely available on your other iOS devices linked to your iTunes account. On your other devices, just go to settings area in the app and restore purchases.

Pros and cons of donna hay what's for dinner app for iPhone and iPad

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Donna Hay! I LOVE HER! And i Love this App! Really easy to use!
I love Donna Hay, her books and this app! My only criticism is that I would like there to be a note section for each recipe to add ones own thoughts or additions/changes to the dish. Thank you for this great app!

Some bad moments

It seems there might be good recipes here, but in three days I have not been able to get a single recipe pack to download. It just says "Downloading" forever. Ive deleted and reinstalled, but its always the same. There is no progress indicator to show that anything at all is happening. Very frustrating. Giving up.
Please allow for custom meal plans. Right now the weekly planner only allows me to add a pre-loaded recipe. Really need to be able to have the flexibility to add custom details as well as preloaded recipes. Please allow for this and Id give it 10 stars !!!
Although the roll out of this app was quite bumpy, the e-mail communications I had with HarperCollinsAU were very informative so (thanks again and) kudos to them for that! Now that the app is working properly, I definitely recommend downloading it!! Ive purchased all available recipe packs and Ive found recipes in EVERY pack that I’ll definitely be making!! The interface is clean, which makes the app very user friendly. The photos (of each dish) are tempting and all the bells and whistles are included with the exception of the option to change the serving size. There are only three videos, Donna’s welcome and two demos, so I’m hoping more demo videos will be added, a few for each recipe pack, in future updates. Overall, this is a quality app – a tweak here, an addition there and this app will be one of the better recipe apps! I’m looking forward to watching this app “grow-up” :*)!!
I love Donna Hays recipes. I am surprised that the recipes Ive looked at so far only make 2 servings and the app does not have the ability to scale them up.
OMG this app is amazing and I love it because when I have stressed out nights I come home from work look up some recipes and make one for me and my roomie, thanks for the app a millions
Ill be honest, I HATE apps and websites that feature autoplay videos, especially when theyre sprung on the user without notice. That can really cause problems, and its a big enough issue for me that I feel it justifies a single star. Fix that and I might reconsider my review.