Nokia Lumia 800 free app: 170,000+ Recipes - BigOven review
By Alex Bentley on December 8,
 2011 at 00:00,

170,000+ Recipes - BigOven Windows Phone app reviewWith its gorgeous 3.7-inch screen and great touch interface, the Nokia Lumia 800 is the perfect smartphone for enjoying apps at home or on the move. And thanks to the great 170,000+ Recipes – BigOven free app for Windows Phone, it’s now also the perfect phone for getting creative in the kitchen.

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When you first launch the 170,000+ Recipes – BigOven app for Windows Phone you are greeted with the main Recipes page. From here you can search from the vast database of recipes on offer, browse recently viewed recipes or even view recipes that other users have recently rated highly.

To search for a specific recipe, you just need to tap the Find a Recipe button and then you can type the name of the recipe you’re looking for into the main search bar and tap Find. To make things easier, you can also filter your search by categories such as Appetisers, Breakfast, Desert and Soups.

Once the search results appear, you can view them in a scrollable list, with images and ratings to help you choose the one you want. Then you can tap the recipe you like the look of to see a full ingredients list, recipe instructions, reviews of the recipe and even large colour photos of the finished product.

If you like a specific recipe, you can then tap a Favourites button to add it to your own personal recipe book; share it with friends via Facebook Twitter or email; add the ingredients to your own Windows Phone grocery list; and even upload your own photos of the dish, once you’ve cooked it for yourself.

A nice touch of the 170,000+ Recipes – BigOven app is that you can also use it to find the best recipes for using your leftovers. All you have to do is tap the Use Up Leftovers button on the main page and enter up three ingredients that you have, and the app will then suggest a range of great recipes you can try.

And If you’re a novice in the kitchen, the 170,000+ Recipes – BigOven app also lets you use your Nokia Lumia 800 to browse a full glossary of food terms - from Ahi to Zwiebeck  - to help you get up to speed on exactly what you’re supposed to be doing and better understand the terms you see in the recipes.

Providing a great way to use your Nokia Lumia 800 to create delicious treats in the kitchen, 170,000+ Recipes – BigOven is an app everyone can enjoy. And the fact that it’s free and comes in a tiny 1MB download means that it’s also available to all, making it an essential app for your Windows Phone.

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170,000+ Recipes – BigOven is available free now from the Windows Phone Marketplace

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