Best app on the app store
Honoured to have been one of the first 50 reviews. Too good of an app
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This is changing my life.
I struggle with what to eat on a daily basis. By the time it gets to dinner, I’m so mentally exhausted that thinking of what to make is draining. I used to cook and genuinely enjoy cooking, I don’t know what happened over the years. This app has brought my love back to cooking, and has reminded me many tricks I have forgotten or didn’t know. The recipes look relatively healthy too, and the ability to filter out red meat is nice too as so many things contain that. Now I don’t have to think of an idea - I can look through recipes and randomly pull one out to make an amazing and healthy dinner.
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I love this app.
I never write app reviews, but this app is amazing. I’m 29 and I really really really have been struggling to learn to cook, to the point where my ribs are sticking out!! No more. I’ve tried two recipes on the app so far — the Mac and Cheese, and the Curry Chicken Salad… and the salad just did it for. Best thing I’ve eaten in a year, and I made it myself. Love the concepts, execution, and recipes. The concepts are well taught, demoed and they really make it easy to learn. Lovely intuitive app design. 10/10, no question. Recommended it to another culinary challenged friend, and am super excited to have this app on my phone. A complete lifesaver. Thank you Zest team!
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Fun, metric/uk measurements missing
Unfortunately I have to convert everything to metric and also Fahrenheit to Celsius. I like the rest of the app, it’s cozy and feels carefree. Thanks dev team.
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Hi! You can change the conversion settings from your Me page. Click on your name in the bottom right of the app, then click the little gear in the top right, then go to Profile. You’ll see a section called “Measurements”.
In love ❤️
I absolutely love cooking, but find it to be so intimidating and exhausting. Preparing meat, making sauces, and eating foods out of my comfort zone were all a nightmare until I started using this app. Before, I would go out to eat as often as I could to avoid the stress of cooking. And when I did cook, it would be one of the same 3 meals. This app made cooking fun for me again. I’ve learned so many new ways to look at food and ingredients, that I now feel confident enough to substitute things- and even improvise in the kitchen. Mistakes don’t defeat me. The oven doesn’t scare me. Instead of eating a bag of chips for a late night snack, I make a simple pasta. At night before bed, I scroll through the recipes or complete lessons, and feel excited to wake up tomorrow and get to cook something. Thank you, my Zestie. ❤️
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Beyond my expectations
I always worry when apps have less than a thousand reviews and are five stars. I have no reasonable explanation for this but I was worried this app was too good to be true based on the reviews. Honestly though it’s gone beyond my expectations the jokes are funny and the tips are perfect for my ADHD brain. I NEED to know why I’m doing things to understand HOW to do it. I wish the subscription had more pricing options but overall this has been a great app so far.
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a fun way to learn cooking!
First of all, most of the recipes need to be paid for. But the very simple ones don’t and they take you through step by step.
This is a really fun way to learn the basics/ expand your previous cooking knowledge and I hope more people find this app because it’s so useful!!
This is a really fun way to learn the basics/ expand your previous cooking knowledge and I hope more people find this app because it’s so useful!!
The best cooking app around
I've been a big fan of zest since the beginning, for probably over a year now and its great. I love that you can press and hold on the ingredients for more info, like where in the store to look and substitutes for the ingredient. The videos are also very helpful for beginners like me who have no clue how to cut vegetables and cooking in general. I've gotten a lot better in the kitchen since I've used this app. Another plus is they have a wide variety of recipes.
The one thing I wish the app did have is a comment section on the recipes, so the users of the app can give each other tips on executing the recipes. But that's the only real criticism I have of the app.
The one thing I wish the app did have is a comment section on the recipes, so the users of the app can give each other tips on executing the recipes. But that's the only real criticism I have of the app.
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Scary sound!
Okay so I love this app. At first glance, I love the learning, I love the shopping list and all the categories including depression meals, etc. I wish it was a little cheaper or had a lifetime purchase, but that’s okay and nothing too noteworthy. I’m mostly very excited to use this app.
But the one thing is the sound when you get a question right SCARES THE CRAP out of me every time. It’s loud and kind of aggressive, no matter how low my volume is. I like having it on to hear the correct/incorrect sounds in general but woah! I feel like that could be gentler.
Overall thank you this app was a fabulous idea and something I needed a long time ago. Hopefully everything works as it looks because I’m excited!
But the one thing is the sound when you get a question right SCARES THE CRAP out of me every time. It’s loud and kind of aggressive, no matter how low my volume is. I like having it on to hear the correct/incorrect sounds in general but woah! I feel like that could be gentler.
Overall thank you this app was a fabulous idea and something I needed a long time ago. Hopefully everything works as it looks because I’m excited!
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A lot of paid recipes
I downloaded this so I can get better at cooking and learn new techniques, recipes and stop relying on takeout.
However, you need to pay for a subscription to unlock meal recipes. I searched for breakfasts I can make, and the only one which was available to me was “baked potato”. All the proper breakfast foods were locked behind a paywall.
I recommend just googling recipes. There are plenty of sites online which are helpful and free.
However, you need to pay for a subscription to unlock meal recipes. I searched for breakfasts I can make, and the only one which was available to me was “baked potato”. All the proper breakfast foods were locked behind a paywall.
I recommend just googling recipes. There are plenty of sites online which are helpful and free.
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