May 4, 2012 in User News
As part of migrating this website to use BuddyPress (for easier account log-ins and social sharing features) all existing accounts will be wiped.
Since nobody other than me has been creating recipes I’m sure this won’t annoy anyone 
A quick tweak went in tonight.
Previously the only option you had to control who could view your recipes when creating your recipes was to set it as Public or Private. Public meant everybody, including non-users could view it. Private meant only you could view it.
We’ve added a third option:
“All Users” – By setting the visibility of your recipes to this anybody who has an account with the Lazy Cookbook will be able to see the recipe.
I often make double, triple batches of meals and freeze the rest but while developing the Lazy Cookbook I ran into the a problem. Basically I often had frozen meals available for a scheduled dinner but still went out and bought the ingredients again because my meal plan told me to do so.
So I decided to add a freezer, or inventory, component.
It is pretty simple.
Adding the Freezer
There’s a link on the main recipe header of any recipe to add a serving for this particular meal, which basically means that there’s a serving available.
Editing Freezer List
When you build a shopping list, any recipe that has a serving in the freezer will indicate this, so you know before going out shopping that you already have a serving available. From the Shopping List page you can click the Freezer link to see the contents of your freezer and edit the list.
Servings
You’ll note that when you add a serving it is adding an individual serving (not a full family meal). You can set the ‘size’ of your family by pressing Edit Profile … on your profile page you’ll find a place for setting the ‘Family Size’. Basically if this is four (the default) and you add four servings, then the Lazy Cookbook records this as a family serving.
April 24, 2011 in Uncategorized
The Lazy Cookbook is very much a work in progress but if you would like to try it out please do so and let me know what you think.
I can’t promise I’ll make the changes you want (I’m busy) but I will consider them and add them to the backlog. Right now I’m more concerned about getting features in and proving the ‘proof of concept’ than making it look pretty. Many of the interfaces need work but the core functionality for adding recipes, planning meal schedules, and creating shopping lists is all in place and I’ve been using it for months now.
April 23, 2011 in FAQ, Features
One of my main goals in developing the Lazy Cookbook was that my various devices could easily pull the information that I needed, when I needed it.
From any device users have full access to most of the Lazy Cookbook features. However I will also streamline the user experience based on the device.
For example when I access the Lazy Cookbook on my iPod Touch (and not the iPad or a computer) I am generally wanting to go to the Shopping List (i.e., I bring the iPod Touch with me while shopping).
So when a user logs into the Lazy Cookbook now from a ‘smaller screen’ device they are taken to the Shopping List directly. As well the Shopping List interface is adjusted slightly for smaller screens, removing unneeded features at the store (like adding recipes to the list) and focusing more on checking items off your list. As well there is scratch pad to quickly type notes (in case you just remembered you needed something on the way into the store and did not want to forget).
Over time more streamlining will go into place though I’ll also try (when possible) to make sure users can access the full site from any device, if they want.
Questions or suggestions? Please let me know.
April 21, 2011 in Copyright, Privacy
Once more users start engaging with the Lazy Cookbook I’m expecting to run into issues with recipes appearing here that the users don’t have permission (from the original sources) to post here.
When Adding Recipes
If the recipe is a copy and paste from another source without any modifications please flag that recipe as Private so that it only appears on your list (i.e., this makes it unable to be viewed by any other user).
If You Spot a Copyright Violation
Please comment on this thread and I’ll investigate and more than likely I’ll simply move the recipe to be a Private recipe for the user.
Any other concerns? Please let me know here so that they can be addressed before the Lazy Cookbook moves out of Beta.
February 15, 2011 in Data, Export
One of my main concerns with dumping all my recipes into one of the existing recipe sites or apps available for the iPad was that it was not clear how I would go about recovering those recipes if I choose to move my recipes to another product, or if the site/app disappeared.
So one of the first features added to the Lazy Cookbook is the ability for users to:
Initially these emails are quite basic and I’d like to add some nicer formatting to them but they accomplish their goal — preserving the user’s ownership over their own data.
January 23, 2011 in Uncategorized
Out of frustration over not finding an adequate solution to maintain recipes the way I wanted to I have created this site.
Basically I wanted a service that would allow for cooking with the iPad (as a cookbook and not an ingredient) and shopping with an iPod Touch. There were a few apps that came close but none of them had the full range of features I wanted.
So I’m making my own. More details as it gets rolled out in bits and pieces.
