SoftCuisine is a simple and easy to use recipe manager. It uses little memory and so it runs beside other applications.

SoftCuisine 2 is free and runs on Windows 95/98/ME and NT/2000/XP.
To get a copy see the downloads page.

You can view Recipes, Ingredients, Meal Plans, and Shopping Lists in separate windows. Each Recipe can be edited and new Recipes can be added easily. It stores all your Recipes in a single database so that you don't have to find the correct 'CookBook' in order to find a Recipe!

You can view quantities in US, UK or metric units. SoftCuisine can automatically convert between these different measurement types. Recipes can be assigned to as many categories as you like to aid searching. 

You can display multiple Recipes on the screen at the same time in order to compare them. It has a print preview feature so that you can see what the Recipe will look like before you print it.

You can search your recipes by categories, calories, ingredients, or difficulty. You can specify whether you want to search for recipes which include certain ingredients or do not include certain ingredients. You can include or exclude Recipes in certain categories. You can also browse through the list of available Recipes.

It includes a glossary, conversion tables and context-sensitive help. It also includes Web Links so that you can go straight to your favorite cookery pages from SoftCuisine.

You can import Recipes in Meal-Master and MasterCook II formats. You can export Recipes and send them via email to your friends.

It includes some sample recipes.

The second beta version of SoftCuisine 2.1 is available now. Please see the downloads page for details.