Useful Tools Yummly Pepperplate Nutrition Data Background Yummly started in 2010 by founder Dave Feller, who loves cooking but hates mustard, so he set out to create a recipe search that better anticipates people’s preferences. www.yummly.com If you create a free account (or sign in with Facebook or Google), you can customize your taste preferences to exclude particular disliked ingredients… Limit results to particular dietary preferences, such as vegan or paleo… Or exclude groups of common allergens. You can also select your level of cooking proficiency… Or add your favorite cuisines to better refine your results. Yummly’s search also has a unique set of sliders that allow you to customize your results based on “tastes” like savory, bitter, or sweet. Clicking the Yum button allows you to save any recipe you find… And organize them into custom collections… “Yum” enough recipes, and Yummly will provide personalized recommendations! Download the Yummly mobile app to search for recipes and access your “Yums” on the go. iOS, Android, and Windows phones Background Pepperplate is a website and mobile app launched in 2010 that allows users to save and organize recipes, as well as create menus, meal plans, and shopping lists. www.pepperplate.com Create a free account to save and organize your recipes. You can import recipes from a range of popular sites… Or add your own recipes manually. You can also create custom menus from your saved recipes… Plan the week’s meals in advance… And generate shopping lists from your recipes. Pepperplate automatically sorts your ingredients by aisle. Install the Pepperplate mobile app to automatically sync your recipes, menus, meal plans, and shopping lists. iOS, Android, Windows Phone, NOOK tablet, and Kindle Fire Background Another website from Condé Nast, SELF Nutrition Data searches the data from the USDA nutrient database as well as provides some additional useful tools and features. nutritiondata.self.com You can look up individual food items and retrieve a detailed breakdown of the calories, vitamins and minerals, protein quality, and more. If you create a free account*, you can create and save recipes… *Or use your Epicurious login, if you have one. All Condé Nast websites use the same account. …and see the recipe’s nutritional analysis. Web Links Web Links www.epicurious.com www.food.com allrecipes.com www.yummly.com www.pepperplate.com nutritiondata.self.com .