If you love to cook, then there are some wonderful applications that you can download for your phone that can help you in a major way. They offer recipes and shopping lists in the convenience of having them at your fingertips. Gone are the days of recipe cards and printing recipes. You can have your entire recipe box stored easily on your phone and you will never lose another recipe. 

One great app to check out is Epicurious. It is a free app and has endless recipe choices in which to choose. It breaks down the categories which makes it easy to find recipes for different courses or for snacks. The shopping list is a very handy tool and it allows you to mark if you have purchased each of the items so that nothing is forgotten at the store. It offers pictures of the finished creations so that you can have something to guide how you are doing when you are cooking. 

Another cooking app to check out is Jamie Oliver's 20 Minute Meals. This is great for those who do not have a lot of time. This app gives 60 of Jaime's recipes. It gives step-by-step directions on how to prepare the meals. It also tells how many people each dish will serve. The app is $7.99 and is worth it for those looking for great meals in a hurry.

The third great cooking app is How to Cook Everything. This is based on the bestselling cookbook by Mark Bittman. It offers 2,000 recipes and has many useful features for users. Some of the features include most popular dishes, a featured recipe of the day and quick dishes. It has pictures and the recipes are easy to follow. This app is available for $4.99.

Cooking and shopping can be made so much easier with the help of these phone apps. People who are busy and do not have a lot of time to sit down and write down a recipe will love having the information at their fingertips. These apps can also give great new ideas for new recipes for appetizers, meals, snacks and desserts.