Cook'n with Betty Crocker

Planning mealtime has never been easier with Cook'n with Betty Crocker

Product Information

With over 50 years of cooking and baking success, Betty Crocker's Cookbook has earned the reputation of being the most trusted cookbook in the kitchen.

Millions turn to the Betty Crocker Cookbook for accessible, reliable, foolproof recipes. Updated with today's lifestyle needs in mind, it has nearly 1,000 delicious recipes-from weeknight dinners in a flash to festive holiday feasts.

Betty Crocker has collected all the best recipes in one easy reference-find fresh ideas, as well as all your tried and true favorites. From breakfast to dinner, from homey favorites to scrumptious new dishes, cooking just doesn't get any better than this!  Cook'n with Betty Crocker includes all the recipes from Betty Crocker's Cookbook, 9th edition, PLUS a bonus set of recipes from Betty Crocker's Bisquick Cookbook.

Browse hundreds of full color mouth-watering food photos, and learn valuable preparation and cooking techniques with helpful video clips. Planning mealtime has never been easier! Whether you're a novice cook or a pro, with Cook'n with Betty Crocker, you'll be cooking with ease and confidence.


Includes

• Betty Crocker’s Cookbook (The Big Red Cookbook)
• Betty Crocker’s Bisquick Cookbook

Product Overview

Betty Crocker’s Cookbook (The Big Red Cookbook)

With over 50 years in print, Betty Crocker's Cookbook has earned the reputation of being the most trusted cookbook in the kitchen.  Millions of cooks turn to "The Big Red Cookbook" for accessible, reliable, foolproof recipes.  In this edition, updated with today's lifestyle needs in mind, you will find nearly 1,000 delicious recipes.  

Betty Crocker has colleted all the best recipes in one easy reference find fresh ideas, as well as all your tried and true favorites..  There are friendly, easy-to-understand explanations of cooking techniques, food terms and ingredients.

From breakfast to diner, from homey favorites to scrumptious new recipes, cooking doesn't get any better than this!  Whether you are a novice cook or a pro - with Betty Crocker you will be cooking with ease and confidence.




Betty Crocker’s Bisquick Cookbook

Want to whip up a batch of no-fail biscuits, light and fluff pancakes or oh-so-scrumptious shortcake?  Look no further - all your most requested recipes, plus some flavorful new ideas are here in one great cookbook!  You will also find helpful how-to photos and video tips for making Bisquick basics perfect every time.

But it doesn't stop there!  Bisquick is so versatile that they have jam-packed this CD with 140 out of this world recipes.  They have included a chapter of all your favorites - just made lighter - and a special chapter of recipes for kids to guarantee hours of fun in the kitchen.  Plus, you will  love the amazing section of Impossibly Easy Pies!  And you can see exactly what you are making because every recipe on this CD is accompanied by a beautiful color photograph.



Product Features

• Contains over 1,000 Betty Crocker Recipes!
• Includes hundreds of photos
• Shows instructional videos
• Enter and organize your own recipes
• Search hundreds of recipes in seconds
• Adjust recipe serving sizes automatically
• Create weekly menus and make shopping lists
• Analyze nutritional value of any recipe
• Print family cookbooks
• Email recipes to family and friends

Categories

• Best-Ever Breakfast
• Savory Snacks and Breads
• Family-Pleasing Dinners
• Impossibly Easy Pies
• Delicious Desserts
• Favorites Made Lighter
• In the Kitchen with Kids
• Helpful Nutrition and Cooking Information
• Betty Crocker's Cookbook, 9th Edition
• Cooking Basics and Ingredients
• Appetizers & Beverages
• Breads
• Cakes & Pies
• Cookies & Candies
• Desserts
• Eggs & Cheese
• Meats
• Poultry
• Fish & Shellfish
• Grilling
• Rice, Grains & Beans
• Vegetarian
• Pasta
• Salads & Salad Dressings
• Sauces & Seasonings
• Stews, Soups & Sandwiches
• Vegetables & Fruits

Unique Advantages

Cook'n will:

• Search thousands of recipes in seconds--just tell it what you have on hand
• Adjust recipe serving sizes automatically
• Demonstrate preparation techniques with video clips
• Display hundreds of full-color food photos
• Organize your own recipes
• E-mail recipes to your friends
• Print your recipes on decorative 3x5 cards
• Create weekly menus
• Make grocery shopping lists
• Search the internet for coupons
• Analyze the nutritional value of your recipes
• Download recipes & shopping lists to your Palm Pilot!

Recipe Manager:

• Organizing your family recipe collection in the computer is easy with Cook'n. You already know how to put in your recipes, that's because Cook'n's recipe window looks just like a recipe card. And, "Quick-Fill" editing does much of the typing for you.
• Cook'n has simple cookbook-like chapters and categories that make it easy to find your recipes fast.
• Cook'n's Recipe Manager makes entertaining a snap. Simply select the number of guests you will be serving and enter it into your favorite recipe. Cook'n calculates the new ingredient amounts for you.

Menu Planner:

• Build your own weekly and monthly menus
• Drag and drop meals to make your menus
• Combine recipes and food items to make complete meals. Then, drag and drop meals to make your own weekly or monthly menus.
• Menu planning instructions teach you how to cut prep time in half by using dove-tailing techniques when preparing your menus.

Grocery Shopping Assistant

• Compiles your family's shopping list automatically
• Organizes shopping list items by aisle
• Converts to package sizes (e.g., tablespoon tomato paste to 8 oz. cans)
• Calculates your grocery cost

Personal Home Nutritionist

• Analyze the nutritional elements of recipes and menus (even the ones you add!)
• Choose between brands to satisfy dietary needs
• Cook'n will analyze the nutritional value of any recipe or menu (even the ones you add!). You don't have to be a nutritionist to understand it either -- that's because Cook'n nutrition facts window
• looks just like the label on a can.
• Cook'n has nutrition facts from the labels of 10,000 food products. You can choose between different brands to see what the nutritional effect is. Stop the guesswork among different brands and
• know which one is most appropriate for your needs.
• Now you can plan menus based on dietary needs and tastes. Prepare one delicious meal for the entire family.

Software pictured here is represented by the packaging for easier viewing. You will receive actual software on CD.


Windows Requirements

• Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, Vista
• Pentium processor or better
• 8 MB of RAM (16MB recommended)
• 60 MB Hard Disk space
• Palm OS Handheld compatible (OS4 or older)
• 2X CD-ROM drive (4X recommended)
• Keyboard
• Mouse