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Whip up meals in less time or for less
money with a little help from these
digital kitchen helpers.
DIGITAL RECIPE
READER
No room
in th e kitchen fo r a
com p uter? T he Key
Ingredient D em y
recipe reader, $300,
left,
stores up to
2,500 recipes. Load
the device from a
shared library of
100,000 recipes
(the D em y is tied
into the recipe site
keyingredient.com),
and input yo u r own
online. Built-in tools
include three tim ers,
a m easurem ent
converter, and
ingredient
substitution
suggestions.
mydemy.com
GROCERY LIST
PHONE APPS
For
no m ore than a
dollar, yo u r phone
can help m anage
yo u r g ro cery list.
“ G ro cery iQ ” fo r the
iPhone ($1; iTunes
A pp S to re ) lets you
add item s to yo u r
list by pointing the
iPhone’s cam era at a
product’s bar code.
Custom ize lists fo r
m ultiple stores,
auto-sort by aisle,
and share lists
betw een phones.
T he app will also
find coupons to
print o r add to yo u r
store loyalty card.
Have an Android
p hone? Try “ G ro cery
List,” free.
ONLINE GROCERY
SHOPPING
Alice
.com
m im ics real-
w orld shopping with
product packaging
show n on virtual
shelves. Sho p
household item s by
room and so rt by
name, price, or
coupon availability.
Shipping is free, and
you can have item s
sent autom atically
on a weekly or
m onthly schedule.
And w hen you
check out, available
m anufacturers’
coupons are
applied— no clipping
needed.
COUPON SITES
En ter yo u r shopping
list and register yo u r
g ro cery store loyalty
card at
Shortcuts
.com
and th e site
will suggest
coupons. O n ce you
accep t them , they’re
deposited onto yo u r
loyalty card. At
checkout, the
register will
autom atically apply
them to yo u r
purchase. A nother
to try:
Recipe.com’s
Recipe Saver directly
connects yo u r
recipe box and
shopping list to the
m oney-saving
specials in yo u r local
g ro cery stores. iSD
24 MARCH
2010 BETTER HOMES AND
GARDENS
BY SUZANNE KANTRA. PHOTO: ADAM ALBRIGHT
