Healthy Cooking Apps

With Christmas party time moving in fast, thinking about what food to prepare, to share and to eat is fast becoming a priority. Janne Ramsay, Naturopath at Mr Vitamins shares two of her two new favourite apps

Healthy Desserts

This app is nearly worth having just for the amazing photographs. But we have our apps for specific reasons and this one is for the organic and mouth-watering desserts.

• Variety of 66 handpicked cookies, bars, muffins and smoothies
• Recipes are marked as vegan, raw, gluten free, naturally sweetened or whole grain
• Number of portions
• Step by step cooking instructions
• Recipes use natural sweeteners, healthy fats, whole grains and/or fresh fruit
• Estimated cooking time given for each recipe
• Well-organised

Janne recommends the No Flour Chocolate Cake, Chia and Cardamon Pudding, Rhubarb and Strawberry Ripple FroYo and suggests trying all of them over time... Cost: $2.99 on the iTunes App Store

Green Kitchen

Stunning photographs and a world-class easy to use interface will whet the appetites  and inspire vegetarians and omnivores. This App was featured on Apple’s best list for 2012. It reached Number 1 in the Food & Drink Category in over 50 countries.

• Inspiring source of organic, tasty vegetarian food
• A good variety of main courses, snacks and healthy drinks
• Recipes are marked as vegan, raw, gluten free, sugar free or whole grain
• Recipes are based whole grains, natural sweeteners, good fats, fruits and vegetables
• Step by step cooking instructions
• Cooking time provided
• Portion size provided
• Well-organised

Janne recommends the Rustic Potato Pizza, the Citrus Salad, the Veggie Tower and the Baked Pistachio and Herb Falafel. Cost: $4.99 on the iTunes App Store

Bon Appetit from Naturopath Janne Ramsay!