The creators of the new Innit recipe and cooking app recently asked me to review it. I’m getting some thank-you items in return (a shopping bag, T-shirt and spatula so far, just thought you should know. That’s not enough to really change what I’m about to say one way or another). The app is free, you can download it by clicking here.
My first impression is Innit is suited to people who don’t like to cook or who have never cooked. Its step-by-step videos, some as basic as how to boil water, can take the novice past any jitters about cooking so they can prepare their own meals rather than relying on take-out every night.
The app even provides a shopping list for each dish and can talk to smart appliances (I don’t have a smart oven, so I can’t test that out).
The app also tells you how long it will take to prepare your meal, giving you an end-time. I’m sure type A people will strive to beat that to show just how good they are.
I was able to find 10 possible recipes. The app’s website says you can personalize recipes to take into account allergies, etc. I haven’t found how to do that yet. I’d like to customize the recipes available to take out fat, salt and sugar, my three evil foods.
One salmon teriyaki recipe,for example, has 3,560 mgs of salt, two days supply for me. I’d substitute Mrs. Dash salt-free teriyaki sauce to cut that considerably. I’ll let you know in a subsequent post if I can find a way to do that.
To find nutritional info for each recipe,you tap on the calorie count to reach the nutrition info screen.
One pet peeve, the videos seem to be completely silent. I’m guessing that’s so they are universally watchable regardless of what language you speak, but I would have appreciated even some background music. A silent video seems like a throw-back to the 1950s and home movies.
So my overall first impression — novice cooks or people afraid of cooking may find comfort here and become better cooks with Innit.
Stay tuned, I plan t try making one of the recipes and posting about that too.
The No Salt, No Fat, No Sugar Journal 
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