{"id":61750,"date":"2014-03-04T11:17:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T09:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=61750"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:50:46","slug":"what-can-i-do-with-my-tablet-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/what-can-i-do-with-my-tablet-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"What can I do with my tablet: cook"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our Android Tablet Series<\/a>, we show you how to\u00a0exploit the full potential of your device. In this installment, we’ll take a look at\u00a0how you can transform your tablet into the <\/strong>perfect kitchen assistant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Your tablet is light and portable and easy to use anywhere, making it perfect for watching movies in bed,<\/a> reading books on the train<\/a>, or as a GPS for your car<\/a> when you’re out.<\/p>\n

But if there’s place where you can really take advantage of your tablet, it’s in the kitchen. Not only is it small and lightweight, it can be used for a ton of different functions, including a timer, a way to search for new dishes, as a cookbook, to find out how many calories there are in your meal, to make sure that the food you’ve got\u00a0in the refrigerator\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0go bad, or even to create new exotic cocktails.<\/p>\n

Here, we’ll go through the best apps for\u00a0turning your tablet into a really useful kitchen companion.<\/p>\n

Kitchen Timer: keep an eye on the stove<\/h3>\n

\"KitchenThe first thing you should do is equip yourself with a tool to keep an eye on the food you’ve got in the oven, because a dish that’s overcooked, or even worse, burnt, is perhaps the worst thing that can happen in the kitchen. Kitchen Timer<\/strong> lets you to set the countdown for as many as 5 stove tops and the oven at the same time. With this app, no pot can escape your watch!<\/p>\n

Download\u00a0Kitchen Time for Android<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Set<\/p>\n

Allthecooks Recipes: a source of inspiration<\/h3>\n

\"Allthecooks<\/p>\n

Whether you’re a seasoned chef or a novice cook, a recipe book is a must in the kitchen. Allthecooks Recipes<\/strong> is an app with a huge database of recipes sorted by course, from appetizers all the way to desserts. It also has a section with dishes for special diets<\/strong>, such as diabetics, infants, gluten-free and vegetarian options. In the app, there’s\u00a0a forum to talk about food and health, as well as the option to bookmark recipes, and a section for creating\u00a0your shopping list.<\/p>\n

Download\u00a0Allthecooks Recipes for Android<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Get<\/p>\n

My CookBook: all your recipes on your tablet<\/h3>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

An app for discovering new recipes is important, but being able to save the ones you like, or even create your own personal favorites,<\/strong> is crucial when it comes to improving your skills in the kitchen. My CookBook<\/strong> allows you to have your recipe book on your\u00a0tablet, creating a database of\u00a0your specialties. You can create shopping lists from the ingredients in the meals you want to prepare, sync recipes across various devices, and have the app read the recipe aloud<\/strong> using the speech synthesizer.<\/p>\n

Download\u00a0My CookBook for Android<\/a><\/p>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

Cooking Conversions: don’t forget to measure!<\/h3>\n

\"CookingNot everyone is a mathematician, and having to do calculations for the number of people you’re serving, or from one unit of measurement to another, is probably the last thing you want to do in the kitchen. For a quick calculation of how much of an ingredient to use or to\u00a0convert units of measurement, there’s Cooking Conversions<\/strong>, an app that also gives you substitute suggestions for\u00a0many ingredients.<\/p>\n

Download\u00a0Cooking Conversions for Android<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cooking<\/p>\n

Best Before: don’t\u00a0throw anything away!<\/h3>\n

\"BestEven those who have a small fridge are in danger of forgetting about food. Best Before<\/strong> is an app that monitors the freshness of your stored food, and lets you know when a product is about to expire. Take a picture when you buy the product, set an expiration date and say goodbye to wasting food.<\/p>\n

Download\u00a0Best Before<\/a> for Android<\/p>\n

\"Best<\/p>\n

Recipes by Ingredients: improvised dishes<\/h3>\n

\"Recipes<\/p>\n

You haven’t\u00a0had dinner at home for three days in a row and, suddenly, half the food in your fridge is about to expire. No problem – with Recipes by Ingredients,<\/strong> you can find recipes based on the ingredients you have on hand. Put them in the search bar, add any allergies or food preferences, and filter the\u00a0search results for calories and any other factor you want to consider.<\/p>\n

Download\u00a0Recipes by Ingredients for Android<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Recipes<\/p>\n

My Cocktail Bar Drink Recipes: a drink after eating<\/h3>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

After an amazing meal, sometimes the only thing that will do is a quality drink. Unless you’re a bartender, you probably won’t remember how to make a sex on the beach or a pina colada; My Drink Recipes Cocktail Bar<\/strong> is the final touch to make\u00a0your meal a great success. Again, if you don’t have a wine cellar in the house, just enter the alcohol and mixers you have available, and the app gives you a list of cocktails that you can make.<\/p>\n

Download\u00a0My Cocktail Bar Drink Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Find<\/p>\n

Noom: keep the calories under control too!<\/h3>\n

\"Noom\"Calculating\u00a0the number of calories contained in your food isn’t that\u00a0difficult, and other apps like Allthecook Recipes let you know how much “energy” is on your plate. But, if you want to keep track of all the calories you consume, as well as those that you burn off, there’s Noom<\/strong>, an essential app for anyone who wants the skill of\u00a0a great chef, but not the size!<\/p>\n

Download\u00a0Noom for Android<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Calculate<\/p>\n

Your tablet is more than just a sous-chef with a great memory<\/h3>\n

With a series of apps,\u00a0you can turn your Android device into your personal\u00a0kitchen assistant<\/strong><\/strong>. The apps in this article\u00a0are only suggestions, because there are plenty of Android applications for cooking, but the more you become a tablet expert in the kitchen, the more you can discover for yourself.<\/p>\n

Like we’ve shown in our Android Tablet Series<\/a><\/strong>, your tablet isn’t limited to cooking. You can do many things, and in the next installment, we’ll show you\u00a0how to turn your tablet into a stereo<\/strong>, with the best apps for music, and an almost infinite catalog of songs and artists.<\/p>\n

Have you tried cooking with your tablet?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our Android Tablet Series, we show you how to\u00a0exploit the full potential of your device. In this installment, we’ll take a look at\u00a0how you can transform your tablet into the perfect kitchen assistant. Your tablet is light and portable and easy to use anywhere, making it perfect for watching movies in bed, reading books … Continue reading “What can I do with my tablet: cook”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2042,"featured_media":61760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-61750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331222,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61750\/revisions\/331222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61750"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=61750"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=61750"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=61750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}