App-etite: No time to cook

It’s a common complaint: You’ve been dreaming all day about a home-cooked meal, but you get home after work and it seems you simply don’t have the time to whip up dinner from scratch. The Real Simple Recipes app “No Time to Cook?” puts that problem to an end, with a collection of 850 recipes that can be cooked start-to-finish in 40 minutes or less. The app also simplifies the process of finding something to cook by letting you tell it what ingredients you have, cutting down on trips to the grocery store—though, if you need to make a run, it will generate a grocery list for you. The app also guides you step-by-step though the cooking process, with built-in timers for each step of each recipe, so you never have to worry about undercooking the chicken or burning the sauce. What’s more, this handy app is just $4.99 in the iTunes store and Android Marketplace. We think that’s a fair price for making your weeknight dinner plans just that much easier.