Recipe Software (ingredient, desserts, cheap, stew)

[ac00]

I have a lot of recipes that I need to store in some kind of software so that I can look them up by food groups as well as by course type as well as Ingredient type. Does anybody have any recommendations for free software?

Thanks

[karibear]

Depends on what kind of computer you have. I download quite a few, and I have some CDs as well. For my favorites I create word processing files and save them that way. You can have a folder for desserts, stews, soups, etc. On my computer it doesn't much matter what kind of files they are, either - I have a lot of PDF files that automatically open in Adobe Acrobat.

So I don't bother with any kind of dedicated software, I just use WordPerfect. You can do the same with Open Access, or MSWord. Don't know anything about Macs, though.

[Caligula1]

I do the same thing using MSword, though most of mine are mainly desserts

[figmalt]

I've used MacGourmet for my Mac and liked it. It can sync with my iPod/iPhone, which is nice, but there are cheaper options out there. If you have Microsoft Access, you could probably download a free recipe database online somewhere, which would give you better sorting, searching, and categorizing abilities, but you can do that manually with Word.

[taylor400]

I have all my recipes in MS Word, divided into different folders depending on the food type. My husband also built me a website for all my recipes. This way I can access all my personal recipes from anywhere with my phone. It's great when I am grocery shopping and can't remember an ingredient!