My Cookthink: the feature that launched 1000 meals
February 13th, 2008
We’re very excited about the new my cookthink section we launched today at cookthink.com. It’s got a bunch of cool features wrapped up in it, so we wanted to give you a little tour.
The foundation of my cookthink is our state-of-the-art meal builder. (What does state-of-the-art mean, anyway?)
With the meal builder, you can save multiple recipes as a single meal. In this case, I’ve added this Cucumber, Carrot And Radish Salad With Creamy Avocado Dressing and Lentil Salad With Garlic Vinaigrette to a meal I’ve named “Wednesday Dinner.” To add these Pork Burgers With Avocado Dressing to “Wednesday Dinner,” I can just click on the “yes! save it to my meal builder” link in the top right corner of the recipe.
To add a recipe to a different meal or to create a new meal, I can click on the “select meal” drop-down in the meal builder.
To see a meal in detail and make changes to it, I can click on the “edit meal” magnifying glass in the meal builder. The meal opens in a pop-up. In this case, it’s a meal I’ve named “Tuesday Dinner.”
From here, you can see how long each recipe takes, re-order the recipes by dragging and dropping them, star the meal as a favorite, make notes about it (perfect for grocery store reminders and cooking tips), print the meal or email it to a friend.
You can see and edit all of your meals by going to your my cookthink page. Click on the my cookthink link at the top of any page on the site. This is your personal hub at Cookthink. Here, you can change your password and profile; see all the recipes and reference articles you’ve starred; and sort and manage your meals.
To start using the meal builder and my cookthink, just log in to cookthink.com with the email address and password you used to sign up for the site. If you don’t yet have a free account, sign up for Cookthink here.
Let us know what you think. We’ll continue to add new features to my cookthink. Ideas and suggestions always welcome.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:44 am
[…] We’re very excited about the new my cookthink section we launched today at cookthink.com. It’s got a bunch of cool features wrapped up in it, so we wanted to give you a little tour. The foundation of my cookthink is our state-of-the-art meal builder. (What does state-of-the-art mean, anyway?) With the meal builder, you can save multiple recipes as a single meal. In this case, I’ve added this Cucumber, Carrot And Radish Salad With Creamy Avocado Dressing and Lentil Salad With Garlic Vinaig…[Click here for the original article] […]
February 14th, 2008 at 11:01 am
That is awesome, Team Cookthink! Can’t wait to start building meals.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:07 am
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February 16th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
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February 17th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Can I star the blog posts too, oh pretty please? I want to save the one about saving the green onion bulbs to regrow, but I can’t because it’s not an article.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
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July 11th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
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