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How do I follow a recipe without touching my screen with floury hands?
Hands in the dough, the phone going dark, the next step hunted down with an elbow. Here is how to have the recipe read aloud to you, one step at a time.
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Meal planning, recipe management and grocery lists. Our tips for planning your weeks and cooking with a clear head.
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What do you give someone who cooks every night?
Another kitchen gadget ends up in a drawer. Give one to three years of Origano Pro instead: a code to tuck into a card, activated whenever they are ready.
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How do I keep track of my own changes to a recipe?
Less salt, ten more minutes in the oven, half the sugar. Here is how to keep the version you actually cook, instead of half remembering it every time.
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How do I get rid of the ads and the life story when saving a web recipe?
Three ads, an autoplaying video and the author's summer vacation before the ingredient list. Here is how to keep the recipe and leave everything else behind.
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How do I convert cups and ounces to grams and millilitres in my recipes?
A recipe in cups, a scale in grams, and a calculation to redo on every line. Here is how to rewrite a whole recipe in your own units, in one click.
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How do I organize my recipes by category?
Books, meal types, categories: three levels of filing in Origano, and only one of them decides what the menu generator actually puts on your plate.
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How do I plan my meals for a health goal or a training program?
Your training app takes care of the gym. The kitchen still needs a plan. Here is how to set up the week so the right meals are already waiting in the fridge.
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Is there a Chrome extension to import recipes from any website?
Some sites refuse to let a recipe be imported from its link. The Origano extension reads the page from your own browser and files it in your book in one click.
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How do I use my leftovers instead of throwing them out?
Tuesday's chili ends up at the back of the fridge and you buy lunch anyway. Here is how to plan leftovers in advance, so you cook once and eat twice.